Security Adviser at Norwegian Refugee Council

Do you have an interest in humanitarian access and contextual analysis? Are you able to develop security and risk management systems and establish a strong network? NRC is looking for a skilled and energetic candidate who is seeking to move into a senior management post that will set the strategic direction for security management and humanitarian access. The successful candidate should have a keen interest in working in highly fluid, challenging but interesting operating environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Development and implementation of the NRC Security Management System at area level.
• Conduct Security Risk Analysis (SRA) according to minimum operational requirements (MOSS).
• Minimize security risks to the operations of NRC.
• Technical management of security staff.
• Support, training, control and development of security staff in all offices.
• Prepare reports as required.
• Communicate and cooperate with relevant external security actors.
• Train and develop staff in safety and security.
• Work closely in conjunction with the Area Manager, security & liaison staff in the field and SRO’s Risk & Security Adviser to ensure safety and access are duly factored into programmatic as well as operational planning, decision-making and implementation.
• Develop and maintain updated security protocols for staff and operations inside Syria. Ensure that minimum compliance standards are met and that the documents are relevant to the context and updated.
• Facilitate information management and dissemination amongst others through weekly context updates as well as ad-hoc security notices.
• Provide quantitative and qualitative data to programme and support staff regularly and upon request.
• Liaise with other research, analysis, and security professionals insofar as is necessary to support contextual analysis and security advice.
• Ensure full compliance with all aspects of NRC Global and Syria-specific security and Duty of Care policies, protocols and guidelines.
• Regular reporting to Area Manager/ SRO Risk & Security Adviser and provision of qualitative and quantitative inputs and ad-hoc assigned tasks.
• Support area management team as well as staff on crisis management, incident management and post incident management.
• Support, training and development of security staff in all offices.

Required Professional Competencies:

• Minimum 5 years of experience from working as a Senior Security Advisor in a humanitarian/recovery context or in a hostile environment
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal
• Knowledge of the context in the Middle East
• Knowledge of Arabic desirable

Required Behavioural Competencies:

• Handling insecure environments
• Initiating action and change
• Empowering and building trust
• Influencing

We Can Offer

• Contract period: 18 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions
• Duty station: Erbil, Iraq*