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Regional Security Adviser - وظيفتي
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Regional Security Adviser

Job Description

Role and responsibilities:

The Regional HSS Adviser serves as a technical resource on health, safety, security risks, and crisis management within the Middle East region. The position holder provides technical support, guidance, and advice to the Country HSS Managers and any other HSS staff as required.

Generic responsibilities:

  • Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance, and procedures.
  • Provide strategic advice and technical support to the Country Offices in the region on HSS.
  • Support and monitor compliance with the HSS handbooks and NRC policies, and respective quality assurances.
  • Provide control checks to the Country Offices (COs) to ensure compliance to the HSS policies, pre-agreed through travel visits to the country offices.
  • Contribute to the development of policies, strategies, tools and new approaches, with a focus on innovation and piloting.
  • Ensure that best practices are identified, documented and disseminated both within the region and beyond.
  • Provide capacity development across Country Offices in the region and the Regional Office.
  • Provide regular HSS analysis and reports.

Specific responsibilities:

  • Act as the technical reference/resource for security within the region. Review and provide feedback to country HSS teams on all security products (plans, reports, assessments etc.) to ensure they comply with NRC standards.
  • Support country offices and the regional office to implement the NRC HSS policy. Follow-up on compliance issues raised by the Compliance Unit, T-reporting, and management. Conduct reviews field visits and training to address compliance gaps.
  • Technical guidance on specialised issues such as humanitarian access, negotiations, analysis, and risk management upon request.
  • Contribute to advancing regional shared initiatives with other departments (HR, Risk and Compliance, Programme, etc.)
  • Deploy to support country crisis teams within the region upon request and contribute to the development of crisis management capacity within the region.
  • Maintain a general overview of the security context within the region and brief regional management on key security development and emerging threats within the region upon request.
  • Train and mentor new security staff across the region on NRC’s policy and systems relating to risk assessment, day-to-day operational security, and crisis management. Oversee and support the capacity building programme for security staff throughout the region, to ensure continued professional development with a view to nationalisation where practicable.
  • Facilitate dialogue and sharing of best practices between HSS staff across the region on matters related to security.
  • Support in developing and implement the regional security training package for all staff on safety and security.
  • Act as a Security Focal Point for MERO and SRO staff based in Jordan, ensuring compliance of MERO HSS systems with global minimum standards.
  • Provide inductions and security briefings to new joiners, staff and visitors to the regional office. Ensure HSS core documents, contacts and procedures are up to date and accessible to all and that relevant security updates are timely shared.
  • Represent NRC MERO HSS department in internal and external fora and meetings upon request.
  • Act as interim Regional Head of HSS in its absence.
  • Act as main focal point for all administrative department issues (procurement, logistics, workshop arrangements, etc.).
  • Provide support on any other matter deemed within the remit of the role as directed by the Regional Head of HSS.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

  • Country HSS managers or equivalent
  • Country HSS staff
  • Country Directors
  • MERO Management Team (MMT)
  • MERO Administration and Support teams
  • Regional Access Adviser
  • Head Office HSS department
  • Security focal points in peer organizations

Competencies:

Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver desired results. Competencies are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:

  • Professional competencies

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.
Generic professional competencies for this position:

  • Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a senior Security or Risk Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

  • Minimum 5 years of experience with non-profit, NGO or international organizations in international humanitarian assistance programmes, with demonstrated capabilities in high-risk security environments
  • Previous experience in delivering training and capacity building activities
  • Advanced report writing
  • Demonstrated experience in crisis management
  • Advanced knowledge of risk management and best practice specifically in relation to humanitarian security management
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture
  • Experience in risks management for implementing partners and remote management
  • Good understanding of humanitarian access and humanitarian programme implementation
  • Familiar with the concept of Duty of Care and its principles
  • Work experience at regional level
  • Knowledge of regional geopolitical contexts, including North Africa
  • Knowledge of Arabic is an asset

  • Behavioural competencies:

These personal qualities influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies and the following are essential for this position:

  • Handling insecure environments
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Initiating action and change
  • Analysing
  • Communicating with impact and respect
  • Strategic Thinking

Performance Management:
The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

  • The Job Description
  • The Work and Development Plan
  • The NRC Competency Framework

What We Offer:

  • Contract period: 24 months renewal subject to positive performance, need and funding
  • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
  • Duty station: Amman, Jordan
  • Travel: 40% travel regionally

About Us
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.
Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.
NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.للتقدم على الوظيفة

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