Country Safety and Security Advisor (INT10163)

Country Safety and Security Advisor (INT10163)

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

Do you have Strong knowledge of humanitarian issues, including safe programming, and conflict at the global level, particularly those related to the food crisis, humanitarian principles?

Do you have the Negotiation and facilitation skills?

Do you have the Ability to liaise with a wide range of people?

If so, we’d like to hear from you!

Job Purpose

To support and build the capacity of security team and line management in the DRC to set appropriate tools and systems to ensure adequate security measures are in place for staff members and the safe implementation and delivery of programs in the DRC as per Oxfam’s duty of care responsibilities.

The Role

We are looking for a Country Safety and Security Advisor to:

Information Management:

• To promote the development of appropriate security information networks relevant to all the Oxfam teams working in DRC.
• To support managers/teams in collecting, analysing, and disseminating relevant security information thus enabling line management to take informed decisions and actively manage security
• To support managers in methods of ensuring security information is recorded, analysed regularly, and shared in a timely manner with relevant stakeholders (internal ones and where appropriate external).
• To help management provide regular, concise, and clear verbal and written security updates.

Advising and facilitating security management

To support Managers to ensure that a functioning security management system exists including:

• Recommend a structure of security focal points in all the provinces where Oxfam works
• Ensure regularly updated Context analysis (internal & external), including incident mapping, stakeholder analysis, review of existing security management arrangements, threat and risk analysis and capacity assessment;
• Participate in Scenario planning, including recommendations on appropriate interventions (programme objectives, scope, outputs, based on judgements about access and security risk), capacity needs for scenarios (training, resources, infrastructure) and relocation and evacuation plans.
• Support in the development/revision of Strategy building on existing local capacity within and external to Oxfam and takes into account Oxfam’s policies and resource limitations.
• Advise and support country leadership team (CLT) the management of security related incidents and crisis
• Ensure the monitoring of compliance to security policies and standards throughout the operating areas of the country
• Conduct induction/familiarization session on Oxfam’s security tools and policies and improve staff members general organizational awareness of security risk and security management
• Support managers with direct security management responsibilities to ensure the constant monitoring of the security situation and threat and risk assessment in their respective areas.
• Conduct regular security audits and ensure appropriate action is taken by line management.
• Advise on and support managers in the development of appropriate and user-friendly security management procedures and guidelines. Support managers in the implementation of agreed security procedure, ensuring that all staff are familiar with and adhere to these guidelines and are fully informed about any changes in security levels or procedures.
• Co-ordinate with Managers, office administration and logistics and advise on relevant aspects and systems of administration, communication and transport which could have a direct n impact on staff security and the safe delivery of programs
• Support Managers and key staff to carry out effective and accurate security briefings for all new staff and visitors

Develop and facilitate good relations with key stakeholders.

• To advise on the development of acceptance strategies, that promote understanding of Oxfam’s work within programme areas (e.g community leaders, local government, security forces, staff)
• To identify appropriate channels for internal and external communication.
• To support and advise managers on representing Oxfam in security planning coordination work
• To support in the Oxfam partners’ capacity building in security management

What we are looking for

Our next Country Safety & Security Advisor will need to meet the follow requirements:

Essential

1. considerable and strong security planning and implementation work experience gained in the context of field relief operations in insecure areas
2. substantial experience of working in conflict affected areas and of associated risks to personal and organisational security (banditry, localised conflict, urban disturbance etc)
3. substantial experience in the development of security measures and procedures.
4. substantial experience in the development and delivery (knowledge transmission) of security related training
5. substantial experience of working with teams of people with varying experience of security planning and management
6. experience and ability to work effectively with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams
7. good organisational and planning skills
8. proven excellence in communication and liaison skills
9. self-motivation, maturity and the capacity to work with limited supervision
10. initiative and creative thinking
11. patience, sensitivity and tact
12. flexibility and a willingness to travel extensively over the course of the deployment
13. fluent in French
14. ability to speak and write in English

Preferred

1. knowledge and previous experience of working in the DRC – Familiarity with society, customs, culture, politics and geography
2. experience of working for a NGO/UN systems.
3. experience and understanding of Oxfam security planning procedures
4. Knowledge or fluency in Kiswahili

Please see the attached job description for the full responsibilities that the Advocacy Manager will undertake and the required skills and competencies.

Location: Goma

Job Type: Fixed Term, 24 months

We offer

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in humanitarian context, to act as key contributor to Oxfam humanitarian response in DRC, to work with a group of passionate people that are specialists in their fields etc, training and development, offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

How to apply

This is an opportunity for an exceptional, dedicated, and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam’s values and beliefs.

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please upload your up to date CV and download the full job description and apply online at :

https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/vacancy/country-safety-and-security-advisor-int10163/20529/description/

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About us

Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

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To do that:

• We need to dismantle the unequal power structures that exist everywhere, this including Oxfam and the wider development and charity sectors.
• We need an inclusive Oxfam where everyone can bring who they are to our work and feels celebrated for the differences they bring.
• We want and need everyone, and that means we need you.