SUB-REGIONAL SAFETY & SECURITY ADVISOR – SAHEL

Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Mission

Reporting directly to the Regional Head of Safety and Security for West, Central and North Africa (WCNA), the Sub-Regional Safety & Security Advisor (hereafter referred to as the Advisor) is responsible for overseeing the security and risk management processes in our National Associations in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger while ensuring transparency, accountability and the efficient and proper use of organizational resources.

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Lead People

· Provide matrix leadership and develop a network of national security focal points.

· Drive SOS security capacity across the organization through transparent communication and effective stakeholder management.

· Serve as ultimate accountable for delivery of security strategies including guard force performance.

· Ensure adequate communication on security issues across the program locations.

· Provide advice and respond to training needs to develop staff safety and security competencies.

2. Protect the Organization

· Update and implement security strategies across all national organizations.

· Investigate security incidents to include instances of fraud.

· Lead the development and review of security plans and procedures including contingency and crisis response plans, severe incidents, and standard operating procedures.

· Undertake regular security assessment missions to all program locations across the Sub-Region.

· Monitor the reporting and data gathering of security incidents and generate analysis/reports on security trends.

· Build a professional culture of candor and integrity.

3. Manage Empowering Relationships

· Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key external stakeholders in the Sahel Sub-Region.

· Live the humanitarian values (neutrality, impartiality, independence & humanity) in interactions with external stakeholders.

4. Develop and Innovate

· Ensure professional development and continuous awareness of developments in the security profession.

· Seek to apply learning and other innovation to safety and security program.

Requirements

· At least five years of security management experience at a national level and higher;

· University degree with formal training in the security field;

· French language proficiency with some English language capacity;

· The ability to travel up to 50 percent of the time;

· Possess strong integrity, emotional intelligence and communication skills;

· Knowledge of functional leadership in global organizations;

· Positive working attitude and ability to work under high pressure; and

· Pro-active and self-motivated to learn and acquire additional competences needed for the job.

We offer

· Diverse, creative and challenging opportunities in an international working environment

• Possibility to make significant, positive contribution
• Competitive compensation package and excellent development opportunities
• In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organization, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Eff orts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action