OPERATIONAL SAFETY MANAGER – SYRIA

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

CARE is seeking an Operational Safety Manager who will be responsible for maintaining oversight of safety and security policy and strategy, developing contextual analysis, building capacity within the Country Program and partner safety and security teams, and developing and implementing context-appropriate CARE safety protocols and procedures across CARE’s field and program locations as they relate to CARE’S Syrian emergency response. This position will be based in varying locations within North-East Syria (NES), with a significant portion of time spent visiting field locations.

The position is detached from the Country Office to provide direct support to the Country Director and Deputy Country Director and the North East Syria team. The OSM (NES) will also report to and be supported in this role by the Regional Safety Security Manager (Amman), and CARE’s Safety and Security Unit (CSU) to assure oversight for hub operations inside Syria. The OSM (NES) will supervise the safety and security team in NES and capacity build partners.

Responsibilities:

• Planning and Preparation
• Procedures and Protocols
• Crisis Management
• Analysis and Assessment
• Staff Management & Capacity Building
• Perform other duties as directed by the Country Director, and RSM (MENA)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in the relevant courses such as political science, international relations, risk management, law enforcement
• Certified train the trainer for safety and security training
• First Aid/Trauma such as FPOS / FREC 3 / First responder etc.
• 5 years of experience in managing security operations for humanitarian organizations.
• Proven capacity to mentor and coach national staff
• Experience writing high-level security risk analysis and/or conflict analysis.
• At least 3 years of experience working for a humanitarian agency in a conflict setting, managing difficult dynamics
• 2-3 years of work experience in the Middle East
• Experience working in remote management and with partners
• Arabic highly desirable