Dec 10, 2017

Roving Regional Security Adviser - Asia Europe

Employer: Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Asia Europe
Closing date: 02 Jan 2018

About NRC

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

About Asia Europe Region

The Asia Europe region for NRC comprises a diverse range of country programmes across a vast geographical area: Greece, Ukraine, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The operating environment is varied, encompassing a complex and multi-faceted set of humanitarian and recovery response needs in countries that are either fragile, environmentally vulnerable or both. Home to some 3.5 million refugees, the Asia Europe region also hosts over 5 million IDPs and 1.4 million stateless people, with the majority of refugees originating from Myanmar and Afghanistan. The Afghan refugee population now constitutes the largest protracted situation in the world. In 2018, the Region will be enlarged to include Latin America and Bangladesh.
Regional Security Adviser

NRC is seeking a roving Regional Security Advisor to cover program activities in Asia, Europe and Latin America. We are looking for a “hands on” person that has extensive field experience from the INGO sector. The successful candidate will be able to provide relevant security related support to our country operations and ensure that robust and relevant security systems are in place. Furthermore, the position will have responsibility for monitoring compliance in the country operations as well as functioning as the regional resource for security risk management and the monitoring of contextual trends in the Regions’s areas of operation. The position is a critical link between the Regional Office and field operations - strong communication skills are a must and extensive travel is to be expected.

The Roving Regional Security Advisor (RRSA) serves as the lead technical resource on security, risk and crisis management within the Asia Europe region. The RRSA is line managed by the Regional Director (RD), receives technical direction from the Global Security Advisor (GSA) at NRC HQ in Oslo, acts as the technical reference for Country Security Advisors (CSA) or equivalent within the region, and serves as a core member of the regional crisis management team. In detail this include these responsibilities:
Advises the RD and CSAs on security risk management (SRM), in line with established NRC SRM policies, standards and procedures.
Acts as the technical reference/resource for CSAs within the region.
Reviews and provides feedback to CSAs on all security products (plans, reports, assessments etc.) to ensure they comply with NRC standards and ensure copies are sent to HO Security for filing.
Serves as a member of the regional crisis management team, deploys to support country crisis teams within the region upon request, and contributes to the development of crisis management capacity within the region.
Maintains a general overview of the security context within the region and briefs regional management on key security development and emerging threats within the region.
Acts as the technical resources during the recruitment of CSAs within the region.
Monitors country and regional office compliance with the NRC SRM policy.
Reports compliance scores/issues to the RD and HO every trimester.
Follows-up on compliance issues raised by the RD and/or HO and travels to conduct verifications upon request.
Monitors and supports the implementation of global Security initiatives from HO.
Trains and mentors new CSAs in the region on NRC’s policies and systems relating to risk assessment, day-to-day operational security, and crisis management.
Trains and mentors CSAs or equivalent in the region on security trainings aimed for in particular national staff safety, security and risk management.
Facilitates dialogue and sharing between the COs on matters related to security.
Provides technical guidance on specialised issues such as humanitarian access, negotiations and risk management upon request.
Ensures that Regional Office staff receives security inductions and complete the necessary trainings.

The RRSA is a member of the Regional Management Group (RMG).
Our ideal candidate

We are looking for an experienced humanitarian worker for this position, who have specialized in the field of security for at least 7 years and have knowledge from working in both Asia, Europe and Latin America. The more detailed requirements can be seen below:

Required:
Minimum 5 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and executing security management operations in high risk contexts.
Minimum 7 years in the field of security. Demonstrated experience working in good cooperation with regional and country managers and developing cooperative and effective security risk management teams. Advanced knowledge of risk assessment and management best practices and international standards.
Advanced knowledge of humanitarian security management best practices.
Demonstrated experience in crisis management.
Substantial and demonstrated prior experience as a trainer, with an effective and professional training style, and the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to senior management and to a wide range of audiences.
Advanced report writing and good communication and presentation skills.
Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture.
Fluency in English and Spanish, both written and verbal.

Preferred:
Professional qualifications or studies in general management, security and/or risk management
Prior work experience at the regional level
Experience or qualifications in humanitarian access
Experience or qualifications in negotiations
Experience in risks management for implementing partners or remote management
Professional qualifications and studies in security management and general management

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships.
We offer
Contract period: 1 year with the possibility of extension
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions (see Grade Structure below)
Duty station: Roving

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