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Roving Regional Security Adviser

Oslo

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Oslo
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Security and Safety
    • Emergency Aid and Response
    • Security
  • Closing Date: Closed

Founded in 1946, today the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) works in both new and protracted crises across 31 countries. Our 6,000 employees provide life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. NRC specialises in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance, camp management, and water, sanitation and hygiene. NRC is a determined advocate for displaced people. We promote and defend their rights and dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the international arena.

NRC’s expert deployment capacity, NORCAP, boasts around 1,000 experts from all over the world who can be deployed within 72 hours. NORCAP experts help improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. 

NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

 Do you want to be part of the Regional Office team for West and Central Africa? NRC is looking for a highly motivated people-oriented and fluent English and French speaking Roving Regional Security Adviser. The Central West Africa-Regional Office currently serves country operations in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is currently based out of the NRC Head office in Oslo. In June, it was decided that the Regional Office should move closer to its operations with the establishment of a Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal by July 2018.

The Roving Regional Security Adviser serves as the lead technical resource on security, risk and crisis management within the Central and West Africa region and serves as a core member of the regional crisis management team. The Roving Regional Security Adviser acts as the technical reference for Country Security Advisors or equivalent within the region.

The Regional Roving Security Adviser reports to the Regional Director, has a technical line to Global Security and is a member of the Regional Management Group.

Job description

  • Advises the Regional Director and Country Security Advisers on security risk management, in line with established NRC Security Risk Management policies, standards and procedures.
  • Acts as the technical reference/resource for Country Security Advisers within the region. Reviews and provides feedback to Country Security Advisers on all security products, such as plans, reports, assessments, to ensure they comply with NRC standards and ensure copies are sent to Head Office Security for filing.
  • Serves as a member of the regional crisis management team, deploys to support country crisis teams within the region upon request, and contributes to the development of crisis management capacity within the region
  • Monitors and supports the implementation of global Security initiatives from Head Office.
  • Trains and mentors Country Security Advisers or equivalent in the region on security trainings aimed for in particular national staff safety, security and risk management
  • Ensures that Regional Office staff receives security inductions and complete the necessary trainings.
  • Provides technical guidance on specialised issues such as humanitarian access, negotiations and risk management upon request.

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and executing security management operations in high risk contexts.
  • Minimum 7 years in the field of security. Demonstrated experience working in good cooperation with regional and country managers and developing cooperative and effective security risk management teams.
  • Advanced knowledge of risk assessment and management best practices and international standards.
  • Advanced knowledge of humanitarian security management best practices.
  • Demonstrated experience in crisis management.
  • Substantial and demonstrated prior experience as a trainer, with an effective and professional training style, and the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to senior management and to a wide range of audiences.
  • Advanced report writing and good communication and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture.
  • Fluency in English and French, both written and verbal

  • All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability.

Personal qualities

  • Handling insecure environments
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Working with people
  • Analysing
  • Communicating with impact and respect
  • Coping with change

We offer

  • Commencement: January 2018
  • Duration: 24 months
  • Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
  • Grade: 9 in NRC Grade Structure
  • Duty station: Roving position - more than 150 days of travel. The Regional Office will be moved to Dakar in July 2018
  • Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.


  • Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
This vacancy is now closed.