Regional Health Safety and Security Adviser East Africa & Yemen (Kenyan Nationals Only)

Background

NRC’s East Africa and Yemen (EAY) region includes operations in Yemen, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania. Most countries in the region have experienced protracted crises and/or recent conflicts leading to a growing caseload of displaced or displacement-affected populations.

The Regional Health Safety and Security Advisor (RHSSA) serves as a technical resource on Health Safety and Security (HSS) related risk, incident and crisis management within the region.

The RHSSA will provide technical support to the Country HSS teams.

Responsibilities

1. Advises on HSS Risk Management (HSSRM), in line with established NRC HSSRM policies, standards, procedures, and NRC Duty of Care principles.
2. Acts as technical references/resources for Health Safety and Security within the region. Reviews and provides feedback to country offices on all HSS related products (plans, reports, assessments etc.) to ensure they comply with NRC standards.
3. Based on needs and criticality deploys to support country HSS Management and Crisis/Incident Management teams within the region upon request, and contributes to the development of crisis/critical incident management capacity within the region.
4. Maintains a general overview of the HSS context within the region and HSS related trends/risks that will be part of the regular briefings provided to Regional Management Group.
5. Acts as a technical resource during recruitment HSS staff within the region.
6. Specific responsibility for oversight and support to a maximum of 5 country operations within NRC’s East Africa and Yemen region in order to maintain NRC’s HSS and Duty of Care standards and procedures.
7. Work with the teams in assigned country offices in achieving their annual HSS operational plans within agreed time lines.
8. Work with the teams in the country operations assigned to, in order to ensure HSS related operational standards and procedures are context specific, adaptable to changes to context and programme response/implementation needs while maintaining NRC’s duty of care standards/polices.
9. Update and maintain country specific HSS related information on NRC’s Online Travel Authorization and Travel Information platforms specific to EAY region. Provide the Regional Management Group with a regional trends and risks analysis during regular RMG meetings.
10. Develop and implement a regional HSS Training Plan with particular focus on the development of in country HSS training capacity/teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of HSS Management related experience
• Substantial and demonstrated prior experience as a trainer, with an effective and professional training style, and the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to a wide-ranging audience.
• Advanced report writing and good communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience in crisis management.
• Advanced knowledge of risk management and best practice specifically in relation to humanitarian safety and security management.
• Fluency in English both written and verbal

Preferred

• A minimum of 2 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in high-risk security environments.
• Professional qualifications or studies in security management and other areas closely linked to occupational health safety and security management.
• Prior work experience at the regional level

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility. At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

What we Offer

Contract: 12 months

Salary: Grade 9 of NRC Kenya Salary Scale

Duty Station: Nairobi

Travel: Up to 40%

Start date: May 2022