Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Bamako, Mali

ACTED has announced a call for applications for the position of Country Security Manager.

The NGO provides assistance through building emergency shelters, distributing non-food items, assisting in the management of camps for displaced persons or providing logistical support as well as information management services to the humanitarian community.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the recruitment and selection of qualified national security field staff, recommend promotions, disciplinary action and termination of staff in consultation with the country director
• Supervise and mentor national security officers, focal points, guards and drivers
• Make frequent site visits to ACTED premises to carry out performance assessments and provide constant support to the security team
• Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff
• Develop and regularly update the country security profile
• Follow up on major country events and developments
• Analyse and locate key local stakeholders
• Develop security trend analysis
• Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilised properly
• Fill in and regularly update the risk analysis matrix
• Carry out security assessments of new ACTED areas of intervention or areas under Phase C
• Develop and update country security plans, SOPs and contingency plans
• Draft and regularly update the country security plan for validation by the country director and endorsement by HQ
• Recommend changes in the country security plan to country director and HQ security department
• Draft standard operating procedures (SOPs) adapted to the local context
• Draft and regularly update evacuation and contingency plans in capital and support area coordinators in developing area evacuation and contingency plans

Requirements

• Two years, minimum, of work experience in insecure environments, preferably in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East
• Extensive experience in security management and procedures
• Demonstrated communication and organisational skills
• Ability to train, mobilise, and manage both international and national staff flexibility and ability to multitask under pressure
• Ability to work well in unstable and frequently changing security environments
• Willingness to work and live in often remote areas under basic conditions
• Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the office
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English
• Knowledge of local language and/or regional experience (highly desirable)

To apply and for more information, click here.

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