Security Manager Iraq-Syria

Job Description

Ref 168_18

The vision of Norwegian People’s Aid is Solidarity in Action. We are a politically independent membership-based organisation working in Norway and in more than 35 countries around the world. Founded in 1939 as the labour movement’s humanitarian solidarity organisation, NPA aims to improve people’s living conditions and to create societies that are more just and more democratic. NPA’s international work covers three core areas: Humanitarian Disarmament, Democratisation and Just distribution of power and resources and Humanitarian Action and Crises Response.

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) is looking for an experienced Security Manager to establish and maintain security support systems for NPA’s programmes in Iraq and Syria as well as to provide up to date security analysis and risk assessments. You have strong internatonal experience in security assessment, planning and implementation of safety and security procedures from conflict areas, preferably with experience in the Middle East, strong negotiation and analytical skills as well as managerial and leadership skills. The Security Manager is part of the country management team and responsible to advice and support the Country Director and the management team on all security related issues. The Security Manager works closely with the NPA Head Office (HO) Security Team.

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has been working in Iraq since 1995 and in Syria from 2012. The country head office is based in Erbil in Kurdistan region of Iraq, with several sub-offices in Iraq and Syria. From there NPA runs a multi-sector programme in relief, protection, humanitarian disarmament and long-term development.

In this position your main responsibilities will be:

• Establish and implement security systems (including policies, plans, procedures) for NPA Iraq/Syria in line with existing NPA security policies and approach.
• Monitor adherance to programme security systems as per approved procedures.
• Develop and conduct comprehensive security risk assessments in order to ensure implementation of appropriate security plans/procedures.
• Conduct security training for staff in order to ensure awareness and promote inclusion, participation, and leadership among the entire NPA team.
• Ensure that NPA is well connected and part of all relevant interagency and security coordination mechanisms in Iraq and Syria and liase with the relevant agencies and authorities.
• Advise the Country Director and Managment Team on security related issues.
• Conduct analysis of the context and developments in relation to the security situation, including ongoing risk assessments and analyse security incident reports (trends, threaths).
• Provide the Country Director, Crisis Management Team and the Head Office Security Team with briefs and updates on a regular basis/as necessary and advise and support Programme Managers and the Country Director with regard to implementation of the security management system, including management of security incidents.
• Provide crisis management support to senior management for incident response, reporting and analysis.
• Ensure that the supporting departments (Finanance, HR, Administration, Information Management and Logistics) have appropriate systems in place to facilitate good security management.
• Manage, guide and support local Security Officers nd support local Security Focal Points.

To be succesfull in this role you must have:

• Strong international experience in security management, assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the context of INGO humanitarian operations in conflict affected countries.
• Analytical capability and ability to process sensitive information with discretion.
• Proven negotiation skills (internal and external) in complex and stressful circumstances.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Solid experience to provide training, advice and support.
• Good writing skills and proficiency in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including tact, diplomacy, discretion and impartiality.
• Good team player.

We consider it an advantage if you also have:

• Experience from Iraq, Syria or comparable context
• Experienced in supporting multiple field offices in conflict areas
• Capacity building skills

In return we offer: An interesting, challenging work environment and a competitive salary package which includes country specific allowances. You will be covered by our comprehensive insurance scheme.

Accommodation: NPA will provide free accommodation. The position will be based in Baghdad with frequent travels to all programme locations in Iraq and Syria.

Leave: We recognise the harsh conditions of working in the Iraqi and Syrian context and the need for time off to recuperate. We have an R&R rotation system in the programme.We offer five weeks annual holiday* plus one additional week off for expatriate staff. NPA provides three international flights home per contract year**.

We offer a one-year contract with the possibility of renewal.

In general we emphasize the importance of strong health. One of NPAs overall objectives is to promote gender equality in our organisation, and female candidates are encouraged to apply

For more information about NPA, please see our website at https://www.npaid.org or visit us on Facebook or Twitter.

* Terms for annual leave follow the Norwegian Annual Holidays Act
** Terms apply according to NPA’s internal regulations

Please apply online as instructed on this website. Due to capacity reasons we are only able to process applications sent through our recruitment portal.

Contact person

Senada Kahriman

Country Director

Senada.Kahriman@npaid.org

Kay Gamst

Rådgiver Sikkerhet

+4741260041

kayg@npaid.org

About the Organization

The vision of Norwegian People's Aid is Solidarity in Action. We are a politically independent membership-based organisation working in Norway and in more than 35 countries around the world. Founded in 1939 as the labour movement's humanitarian solidarity organisation, NPA aims to improve people's living conditions and to create societies that are more just and more democratic. NPA's international work covers three core areas: Humanitarian Disarmament, Democratisation and Just distribution of power and resources and Humanitarian Action and Crises Response.