Humanitarian Access and Security Manager

Handicap International/Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and speaks out to meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. More info: www.hi.org

HI is committed to an employment policy in favour of persons with disabilities.

YOUR MISSION:

For challenging areas in the Middle East, HI is looking for a Humanitarian Access and Security Manager.

The role of the Humanitarian Access & Security Manager (Specific area) is aimed at helping to ensure the safety and security of HI’s mission staff and goods at all times through ensuring proper risk analysis, security frameworks, tools and protocols in place and at the same time supervising their correct and effective implementation. The secondary objective is to develop HI’s capacity to analyze, dialogue, and negotiate in order for populations to fully access humanitarian aid. The position is directly under the Humanitarian Access & Security Manager (Country) or the Area Manager line management.

1. Contributes to the country strategies in line with the global strategies

Steers security strategy and functioning through the active promotion of HI’s institutional policy and the optimization of resources

2. Standards and Accountability

• STANDARDS: ensures respect and application of HI standards and of the mission for the whole of his/her professional sector, with regard to policy, processes and tools;

• LOCAL ADAPTATION: adapts and contextualizes these standards according to specific local characteristics;

• INTERNAL CONTROL: oversees internal control for his/her whole area of responsibility;

• ACCOUNTABILITY: guarantees compliance with and application of institutional donor rules on his/her activity sector on all the projects implemented in his/her specific area.

3. Operational security management

Gain a thorough understanding on security issues in the specific area and develop an effective and efficient security related information collection.

4. Representation and coordination

Represent HI in bilateral meeting with humanitarian actors and with local actors when requested by the Area Manager and the Humanitarian Access and Security Manager (Country);

5. Training and management

• Assess risk behavior from HI staff (national and international) in the area;

• Provide training and on the job training toward persons who have security responsibilities in the area;

6. Humanitarian Access

Continually analyze the humanitarian context on the area, identifying challenges to access, opportunities for improvement, and key actors;

7. Reporting

YOUR PROFILE:

Knowledge

• Security assessment/review experience and analytical and planning skills
• Substantial experience in developing of security management
• Good written and spoken language is essential
• Experience of working with INGO and experience of working with teams of people with varying experience of security
• planning and management

Know-how (practices)

• Considerable and string security planning and implementation work experience gained in the context or field relief operations in insecure areas
• Substantial experience of working in conflict-affected areas and of associated risks to personal and organizational security
• Ability to work under pressure and in response to changing needs

Interpersonal skills (attitudes)

• Initiative and creative thinking, patience, sensitivity and tact
• Good reaction capacities
• Organised
• Rigorous
• Autonomous
• Solution-oriented
• Adaptable
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to manage stress
• Able to work as part of multi- cultural and multi-disciplinary teams
• Engaged Anticipative