Humanitarian Access & Security at Handicap International (HI)

MANDATE In Kenya, Handicap International works to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities and advance their rights with a special focus on refugee-related issues. Working in Kenya since 1992, Handicap International currently employs 80 local staff and three expatriates. BACKGROUND Despite the post-electoral violence of 2007-2008, ...

 

Humanitarian Access & Security

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience3 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldSecurity / Intelligence 

YOUR MISSION:

  • Reporting to the Program Director, the role of the Country Humanitarian Access & Security Manager (HASM) is to ensure the security of HI staff and assets, and to develop HI's access to vulnerable populations as much as possible. He ensures that the strategies of the countries concerned are in line with the global strategy.

Your main missions will be:
Mission 1: MANAGEMENT

  • Exemplary Manager: embodies HI's values on a daily basis, and is a role model
  • Meaningful manager: understands strategy, makes it explicit, translates it into operational objectives for his team, leads the necessary changes. Gives meaning to every management action. Encourages inter- and intra-departmental exchanges of practice. Encourages innovation and risk-taking
  • Operational Manager: organizes the operational management of his team, structures work around identified processes, monitors performance, and facilitates problem resolution

Mission 2: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

  • Contributes to country strategies and ensures they are in line with global strategies
  • Develops security strategy and operations through active promotion of HI's institutional policy and optimization of resources
  • Contributes to the drafting, revision and implementation of operational strategy (StratOp) within the scope of its responsibilities
  • Creates and updates the risk map as part of its responsibilities, proposes and implements risk management measures
  • Ensures HI's external representation on security issues concerning its country (e.g.: forums, operational and strategic alliances); guarantees the development of local partnerships necessary for the development of its country of activity

Mission 3: STANDARDS AND EXPERTISE

  • Ensures the development, updating and implementation of HI's security system in the program (procedures, documents and tools)
  • Verifies implementation of HI's security policy, operational guide and new security directives issued by head office
  • Develops a learning system based on program experience and lessons learned
  • Oversees the drafting, revision and implementation of the operational strategy (StratOp) within the scope of its responsibilities

Mission 4: OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION

  • Context monitoring and acceptance building in the program area
  • Operational security management
  • Humanitarian Access
  • Capacity-building and training in security and humanitarian access

Requirements
YOUR PROFILE:

  • You hold an university degree or equivalent certification in risk management, international relations or other discipline relevant to the position
  • You have at least 3 years' experience as a Security Manager, Analyst or Manager with security responsibilities in unstable countries
  • You know how to develop an access strategy but also mitigation measures in line with humanitarian security approaches, to realize a security risk analysis
  • You master security incidents/crisis management

Method of Application

  • Only online by joining a CV and cover letter via the link
  • Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis, don’t wait for applying!
  • Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Interested and qualified? Go to Handicap International (HI) on apply.workable.com to apply

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