Global Safety and Senior Security Advisor at Save the Children

The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries
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Global Safety and Senior Security Advisor

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldHuman Resources / HR  , Safety and Environment / HSE 

Role Purpose:

  • This is an exciting opportunity for a Safety and Security Senior Advisor to join the Global Safety and Security team within Save The Children International. Reporting into the Director of Global Safety and Security, and providing support to SC UK and other members, especially with respect to crisis management protocols and global operational planning, and risk management.
  • The successful candidate will develop a security function for SCUK within SCI that is responsive to current security resourcing and arrangements, which will make better use of limited resources and that will recognise that a lot of our risk is mitigated in practice by ensuring a strong movement-wide approach.   
  • As the Safety and Security Senior Advisor you will apply the principles of being proportionate, leverage existing resources where possible; reduce costs; support the continued development of a strong global system. Utilise the SCI ISO accreditation in relation to safety and security; travel risk management (ISO 31030).
  • In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
  • In order to be successful, you will bring/have

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

  • Significant international safety and security experience, ideally within a humanitarian context
  • Crisis management experience
  • Risk management experience, including risk assessment of sites and interaction with other risk management activities within organizations.
  • Ability to establish collaborative and productive relationships with people at all levels of Save the Children International
  • Be flexible, proactive and people focused.
  • Excellent writing, editing and analytical skills, and ability to formulate well-targeted policy recommendations.
  • Experienced in providing insight to senior stakeholders using story-telling narratives, supported by the use of graphs/chart/maps when necessary.
  • Written and spoken fluency in English, proficiency in a second or third language preferred.
  • Ability to work in a matrix management environment. 
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including good public presentation skills, and a very strong capacity for effective teamwork. 
  • Experience in using internal systems (finance, award management, etc.) to extract relevant data to use on wider GSS analysis.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and often demanding environment.
  • Commitment to Save the Children values.
  • A good level of use of MS office suite.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Save the Children on kenya.savethechildren.net to apply

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