Security Advisor - Syria

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

 Our Ideal Candidate:

We are seeking a university graduate in relevant field, with a minimum of 5 years of experience working as a senior Security Advisor in a humanitarian/recovery context or in a hostile environment

Previous experience working in complex and volatile contexts is essential. We are particularly looking for someone with experience working in the Middle East region; knowledge of the context in Syria is highly preferred.

Position Description: 

Specific Responsibilities related to this position include:

• Work closely in conjunction with the Area Manager, Access Officers in the field and SRO’s Risk & Security Adviser to ensure safety and access are duly factored into programmatic as well as operational planning, decision-making and implementation.
• Develop and maintain updated security protocols for staff movement and operations inside Syria (including hibernation plans; Proof of Life procedures; Fire Safety Plans; critical incident management protocol; etc.).
• Support Implementing Partners in managing safety & security and carrying out sound (security) risk assessment relevant to the programs they implement on our behalf.
• Facilitate information management and dissemination amongst others through weekly context updates as well as ad-hoc security notices.
• Provide quantitative and qualitative data to programme and support staff regularly and upon request.
• Liaise with other research, analysis, and security professionals insofar as is necessary to support contextual analysis and security advice.
• Ensure full compliance with all aspects of NRC Global and Syria-specific security and Duty of Care policies, protocols and guidelines.
• Regular reporting to SRO Risk & Security Adviser and provision of qualitative and quantitative inputs and ad-hoc assigned tasks.

Additional Information:

Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.

Contract period: 12 months

Duty Station: Within the Syria Response Office’s area of operation

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start

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