Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 05 Jun 2017
Position Title: Field Security Officer
Duty Station: Wau
Type of Appointment: Consultancy, 3 months with possibility of extension
General Functions:
Under the overall supervision of the (COM), direct supervision of Field Security Officer – Juba and administrative supervision of Head of Sub-Office, the successful candidate will be accountable and responsible for all security and safety matters related directly or indirectly to IOM personnel and property in Wau, South Sudan. He/She will be responsible for ensuring safety and security of the IOM staff in accordance with UN/IOM security policy
Core functions/ responsibilities:
Collaborate, coordinate and establish networks with other international organizations, government security services and agencies working in the security management field, ensuring appropriate lines of communications relating to all aspects of staff security and safety of IOM staff in Wau are established and well maintained.
Provide advice, technical support and assistance to the HSO Wau and FSO Juba regarding safety/security matters that will impact on IOM programmes
Develop and maintain a close working relationship with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) humanitarian access teams and conduct Security Risk Assessments (SRA) for IOM target locations in Area of responsibility
Ensure all IOM staff and compounds have completed all MOSS/MORSS compliance requirements including but not limited to duly approved security clearance and effectively address all non-compliance findings. Develop and provide pre-departure safety/ security briefing for the staff based on information received and SRAs conducted
Ensure all relevant safety/security information is disseminated in a timely manner to the staff members, FSO Juba and HSO Wau.
Develop area specific security plan, identifying possible evacuation routes/location and adequately brief staff on the plan and routinely exercise the plan.
Report Security matters affecting Staff safety directly to the HSO and FSO-Juba liaise with various security services on the ground regarding safety/security issues of the Staff.
Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Desirable Competencies:
Behavioral
Accountability
- Accepts and gives constructive criticism
- Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
- Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
- Monitors own work to correct errors
- Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings
Client Orientation
- Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
- Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, and project beneficiaries
- Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks
Continuous Learning
- Contributes to colleagues' learning
- Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
- Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
- Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area
Communication
- Actively shares relevant information
- Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
- Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
- Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience
Creativity and Initiative
- Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
- Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
- Persuades others to consider new ideas
- Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems
Leadership and Negotiation
- Convinces others to share resources
- Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
- Presents goals as shared interests
- Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments
Performance Management
- Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
- Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers
- Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
- Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures
- Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
Planning and Organizing
- Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others
- Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
- Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
- Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
- Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
- Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members
Professionalism
- Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
- Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
- Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
- Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
- Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
- Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
- Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions
Teamwork
- Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
- Contributes to, and follows team objectives
- Gives credit where credit is due
- Seeks input and feedback from others
- Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
- Actively supports and implements final group decisions
- Takes joint responsibility for team's work
Technological Awareness
- Learns about developments in available technology
- Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions
- Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work
Resource Mobilization
- Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs
Technical
- Interfaces with the UNDSS, safety/security counterparts, relevant government agencies and other stakeholders to prepare adequate responses to security management challenges.
- Anticipates and prepares adequate responses to matters affecting staff safety/security
- Displays availability outside of regular hours to respond to challenges.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Education
- Master’s degree in Security Management/Social Sciences, International Studies, Communications or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or
- University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
- Experience in security management, law enforcement, preferably at an international level;
- Extensive military experience, law enforcement, Disaster (Risk) Management, or alternatively a combination of relevant security training and field experience;
- Previous experience in UN Missions, International Peacekeeping or Emergency Missions;
- Ability to discern and uphold the programmatic interest status and safety of the mission at all times;
- Ability to collaborate with senior military and government counterparts;
- Ability to manage a high degree of rational behaviour and decision making at all times irrespective of the gravity of the security environment;
- Familiarity with the East and Horn of Africa context and previous working experience in the South Sudan an advantage
- Experience in planning and execution of security agencies or organizations an advantage;
- Must have a valid driver’s license and previous experience in dealing with law enforcement agencies an advantage.
Languages:
Thorough knowledge of English
How to apply:
Interested candidates are required to submit a letter of motivation and curriculum vitae to below email address. Please indicate the position title on the subject line while sending your application.
E-mail: vss@iom.int
Women are highly encouraged to apply.