Safety & Security Officer (Ukraine)

Job purpose:

The Safety & Security Officer (SSO) will work under the Response Director and the Regional Security Advisor (RSA) of Safety, Security and Access related issues and developments in Ukraine and advise the Response Director on the necessary actions to be taken when required. The SSO is responsible for ensuring that appropriate systems and procedures are in place to maximize the Safety and Security of all GOAL staff in Ukraine and that these systems and procedures are adhered to. The SSO is responsible for working with the GOAL response team at all levels to ensure that Safety and Security is factored into all GOAL programmes and operations of GOAL Ukraine Response.

Duties, objectives and competencies

• To be a focal point for Safety and Security issues for all GOAL programmes and operations in Ukraine; giving constant advice regarding Safety and Security to the Response Director; to liaise with both the Regional Security Advisor (RSA) and Global Security Advisor (GSA) in terms of information collection, analysis, and dissemination.
• Incident Reporting, Tracking, Mapping, & Analysis: to maintain tools for Security Incident Information Management, ensuring that Incident Reports are submitted on time, that incidents are tracked and analysed and that lessons are learned.
• Context & Conflict Reporting: to maintain a robust reporting system including Sitreps, Weekly Reports, which keep the Response Director and RSA abreast of all contextual and conflict developments in Ukraine, and the analysis of those developments; deliver immediate Flash Reports when an incident impacting or likely to impact GOAL in Ukraine occurs.
• S&S Policies & Procedures: to be familiar with GOAL’s Safety and Security procedures and policies and support the Response Director in ensuring that these are adhered to at all times; to continually review all Safety and Security procedures and policies, ensuring that they are kept relevant to the evolving Safety and Security context of each location in Ukraine.
• Security & Context Briefings: to provide security briefings (personal security and context) as part of the induction for new GOAL staff in Ukraine and GOAL visitors to Ukraine, as well as Context Briefings at programme and grants meetings.
• Security Training: Advise on in-country training for GOAL staff in relation to Safety and Security; develop a progressive training/revision programme for all staff and as required, source external training to meet identified training needs.
• Operational Security: Ensure that all preparedness measures as laid out in the security guidelines are in place, in particular evacuation plans and security communication mechanisms; provide recommendations to the Response Director on any aspect of a field site’s safety or security management which requires improvement; continually assess day-to-day programming and operations in order to identify risks and threats and advise accordingly.
• Crisis Management & Contingency Planning: to contribute to the Contingency Planning process by developing potential scenarios that necessitate contingency planning and participating in planning sessions; contribute to Crisis Management through active participation in the GOAL Ukraine Incident Management Team.
• Networking & Representation: Establish points of contact in a variety of organisations including GOAL’s partners in Ukraine, other humanitarian agencies, etc., and maintain those contacts; establish a range of sources for information gathering; represent GOAL at various groups relevant to humanitarian Safety & Security in Ukraine.
• Acceptance: Establish relationships with key stakeholders in local and national government and all other relevant authorities, to constantly improve GOAL’s acceptance and access.

Requirements (essential)

• Ukrainian national
• High level of spoken and written English
• Fluent Ukrainian and Russian
• Qualification in International Relations, Conflict Resolution, or similar discipline
• At least 3 years field experience of Safety and Security management
• Proven ability to produce timely situation reports and analysis of events
• Proven ability to design and maintain Security SOPs
• Experience in liaising with various agencies
• Broad-based knowledge and understanding of the political, social, and security situation in Ukraine.
• Sound judgment, diplomatic tact, maturity and common sense.
• Experience with an INGO or similar with responsibility for Safety and Security management.

Requirements (desired)

• Experience in designing and providing safety and security training