Job Vacancy

Safety and Security Officer
Department: Operations

Syria

Albab

Posting Date: 30 May 2023

Closing Date: 06 Jun 2023

Job Purpose:

Incident reporting & analysis, offering proactive measures on safety and security, context analysis, staff training, improvements on existing systems of staff tracking, vehicle movement, communications, and security/contingency planning. The Safety & Security Officer will ensure context and risk analysis are conducted and risk mitigation measures are put in place as needed.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Preparing immediate incident reports to the management and concerned staff.
  • Investigating and following up on security incidents where IYD staff or assets are involved.
  • Ensure that all necessary staff are educated on the use of security measures as needed and conduct periodic checks to ensure systems are functioning.
  • Utilize the Security Management Plans, Contingency Plans, and SOPs and ensure that equipment and personnel are in place to support all plans (this includes re-location, hibernation, and evacuation plans).
  • Maintaining high levels of oversight for physical security issues at offices and guest houses, including COVID-19 precautions.
  • Liaising with key stakeholders to ensure that IYD staff can maintain access to program areas.
  • Conducting security assessments of offices, warehouses, venues, and guesthouses in collaboration with the related staff.
  • Update the security incidents database and maps.
  • Conduct regular meetings with designated staff to ensure safety & security concerns are being met.
  • Produce daily/weekly/Bi-weekly and monthly security reports.
  • Monitoring SOPs, and supporting the development of new procedures to match security challenges and operational realities as they present.
  • Track safety-related incidents and developments in NW Syria.
  • Performs other assigned tasks within the overall scope of his/her role.
Note: The above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Other future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department’s organizational chart.
Qualification (Education – Work Experience):
Essential:
    • Bachelor’s degree in English Literature or related fields.
    • Two to four years of professional humanitarian access and security.
    • Advanced level in English.
Desirable:
    • Master’s degree in English Literature or related fields.
    • More than four years of professional humanitarian access and security.
Core & Managerial Competencies:
Core Competencies:
    • Communication.
    • Teamwork.
    • Planning and organizing.
    • Accountability.
    • Creativity.
    • Stakeholder Orientation.
    • Commitment to Continuous Learning.
    • Technological Awareness.
Supervisor – Managerial Competencies:
    • Leadership.
    • Building Trust.
    • Vision.
    • Managing Performance.
    • Empowering Others.
    • Judgment/Decision-making.
Technical Competencies:
    • Advanced knowledge of computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook).
    • Good knowledge of reporting systems.
    • Attending related security training courses.
    • Experience in working with NGOs.
Submission:

Interested candidates should use the following link for registration.

http://tiny.cc/IYD23-FSL97-SSO-BAB-3005

We are strongly encouraging females to apply for this position.

Compliance to Anti-Harassment, PSEA, and Child Safeguarding:
  • Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to IYD, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. IYD is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.
  • IYD employees and related personnel must not under any circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside IYD.
General Information:
  • Multi-sent CVs will be ignored (please send your CV only one time at a time).
  • No resume will be reviewed after the specified date for receiving CV’s to the announced vacancy.
  • IYD is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
  • IYD does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
  • IYD is not able to respond to every applicant individually due to the anticipated high number of applications.
  • IYD retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer a contract with a modified job description or for a different duration, or to offer a contract at a lower grade.
 
We thank all applicants. However, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Website: https://iydrelief.org