Country Security Manager At International Medical Corps

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Country Security Manager works at the direction of the Country Director and the Director of Global Security. The primary function of the Country Security Manager is to provide assistance to the Country Director and country programs, as assigned, on all issues of safety and security as they relate to staff at a program site. The Director of Global Security (DGS) is the technical manager for the Country Security Manager.

Work with and advise the Country Director on all matters related to staff and program security, ensuring all IMC security policies are followed and local protocols are formalized and enforced for each site. The Country Security Manager oversees daily security management of a country program site and manages the National Security Officers, as well as trains and mentors Security Focal Points, and monitor and assess security conditions, assist, and provide direction to country management teams and Security Focal Points (SFP’s)

Security Management:

• Develop and update the Security Risk Assessments (SRA’s), SOP’s and Contingency Plans
• Supervise and train Field Security officers/ assistants.
• Coordinate and monitor security activities to ensure that safety and security policies and procedures are implemented.
• Ensure that all field staff is fully cognizant of prevailing security threats and fully advised on means to reduce staff vulnerability to those threats.
• Design and drill warden systems, emergency communications networks, and provisioning of emergency supplies for field personnel
• Ensure internal Incident Management System © is utilized properly and performs incident mapping and analysis
• Collects security related information from local and regional resources as it applies to sites and communicates with regional security focal point and the Director ofGlobal Security (DGS) and Country Director (CD) as appropriate.
• Monitors the security preparedness of country staff and works with CD to enforce staff compliance with internal security policies and SOPs.
• When directed by the DGS, carry out after action reviews and capture lessons learned to be incorporated into future staff trainings.
• Act as a key member of the Field Incident Team when required during a crisis so that safety policies and procedures are implemented.
• Ensures logistics follows a servicing and maintenance schedule for vehicles.
• Audits communications equipment and facilitates communications-related assistance when necessary.
• Recommends changes in country security plans to CD and DGS as needed.
• Ensure induction security briefings are conducted to all arriving staff, visitors or volunteers.
• Travel to all areas of operation to assess the situation first-hand on a regular basis.
• Implement IMC’s standard security policies and procedures in all IMC premises.
• Provide orientation regarding current security situation to local and expatriate staff.
• Responsible for the security of all IMC premises.
• Responsible to provide current security information of concerned area to local and expatriate staff before field visit.

Working Relationships:

• Maintain excellent working relationships as a member of the country team senior management.
• Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, local authorities, and other NGO’s
• Maintain local networks to ensure community acceptance and local information

Compliance & Ethics:

• Ensure weekly security reports are completed and sent to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and security developments including investigation of security incidents
• Conducts and submits Security Risk Assessments of programs, as required.
• Conducts and submits full Site Security Surveys of every site visited.
• Conducts and submits Trip Reports of all high-risk field deployments.
• The above should be completed using the Security Department approved templates and be submitted to the Director of Global Security and the other HQ security staff.
• Keep excellent records and logs to ensure continuity of this position
• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to humanitarian work, security or risk management, such as security management, corporate security, engineering, disaster response, or related field.
• At least 3 years´ work experience with humanitarian organisations, or 5 years with a large international organisation operating in Venezuela.
• A detailed understanding of security and cultural context of Venezuela
• Full command of written and oral English.