Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The Opportunity
We recognise that our staff and associates may work in or travel to hostile and complex environments that present unique safety and security risks, and we are proactive in identifying and mitigating these risks. We understand that security management should be an enabler rather than a barrier. Plan International is committed to fulfilling its duty of care to our staff and providing a safe and secure environment so that we can better fulfil our purpose and objectives.

The Deployable Humanitarian Security Advisor works with both the Plan International Global Safety and Security Team and the Global Humanitarian Team. They will deploy to Country Offices and provide operational advice and technical support to the country management team. Deployments will be to locations responding to humanitarian crises, including high-risk locations such as disaster areas and fragile or conflict-affected states. They will be prepared to deploy at short notice and support country management and staff in managing safety and security risks while rapidly scaling up humanitarian operations

The Requirements
• Significant experience overseeing security planning and operations in humanitarian or high-risk contexts.
• Experience in conducting security risk assessments.
• Experience providing technical support and oversight to security programmes.
• Experience in security capacity building in a variety of contexts.
• Proven experience in field-level representation with key stakeholders and coordination with peer NGOs and UN actors.
• Experience in Humanitarian access negotiation/strategy.
• Clear understanding of humanitarian principles and International Humanitarian Law
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
• Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with a diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Good attention to detail.
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure.
• Strong communication (written and spoken) skills in English.
• Committed to actively upholding Plan International's vision, values and behaviours and policies, including the Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe Policy.
Closing Date: Sunday 5th March


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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