Roving Security Humanitarian Operations Specialist

  • Contractor
  • Nairobi or Johannesburg Kenya
  • TBD USD / Year
  • ActionAid profile




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ActionAid

Roving Security Humanitarian Operations Specialist

Fixed term – ending 31/12/2025

Starting at £50,672 per annum, plus benefits

ActionAid(AA) Global Secretariat (GS) Hub in Johannesburg /Nairobi or an AAI Country Office where appropriate

The Role:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Security Humanitarian Specialist who wants to help people harness their own power to achieve a feminist, just, green transition in the 45 countries where ActionAid works.

You will provide humanitarian operational safety and security to slow and rapid onset humanitarian emergencies in line with ActionAid’s global staff safety and security policy and external safety and security policies and best practice. You will support the operational delivery and coordination of humanitarian operational safety and security for larger scale Red and Orange Alert level emergency responses as well as pro-actively work with ActionAid countries and partners to strengthen humanitarian operational safety and security in protracted / smaller scale crisis.

Who we’re looking for:

With substantial security operational and management experience in a similar role, preferably in a multi-country setting, you should also have demonstratable experience of having worked in conflict environments, protracted- and sudden onset crisis. You should have experience in external engagements, networking and working with the wider security sector. You should be comfortable to develop and monitor operational safety and security budgets and have experience of building capacity of individuals and teams in safety and security management processes.

You should also have strong commitment to ActionAid’s values and ethos, including ActionAid’s feminist leadership principles.

You should further have strong influencing and negotiating skills with a variety of actors in complex and stressful circumstances. You should have excellent communication, reporting and interpersonal skills (written and oral), together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities.

What we offer:

ActionAid is committed to providing a welcoming, supportive workplace where we recognise a job well done, encourage close collaboration and sharing power, and where safeguarding standards and feminist leadership are exemplified everywhere. At ActionAid, you can look forward to a fair compensation package and a flexible working environment, including

• A workplace that embraces intersectional feminist principles

• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption pay

How to apply

How to apply:

To start the application process click here:
https://actionaidinternational.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=108

Applications close on 25 April 2022. Please upload an up-to-date curriculum vitae and a covering letter, clearly explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile.

Please check your application and make sure you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification. In addition, your application will be stronger if you meet at least some of the desirable criteria. If you do not meet at least all the essential criteria, please do not apply as we only consider candidates if they meet the essential criteria listed on the job description.

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

ActionAid International will not consider unsolicited candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

About us:

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice.

ActionAid International welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity. Suitably qualified women leaders and people of colour are encouraged to apply.


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