Employment Term: 1 year
Remuneration: €48,000. p.a ++
Family Post: No
Closing date: 31st July 2012
Reports to: INSO Director DRC
www.ngosafety.org
INSO is the new global charity dedicated exclusively to issues of humanitarian safety and to the operation of NGO Safety Offices (NSO) in violent or insecure contexts. INSO DRC aims to support security awareness and security management capabilities amongst NGOs in Eastern DRCongo.
We are now seeking an experienced individual to join our team as a Regional Safety Analyst (RSA) based out of the INSO office in Goma. The RSA leads the delivery of INSO’s core support services in his/her area of responsibility and will combine a strong technical security background with an appreciation and understanding of NGO principles and approaches.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Establish and maintain an active information source network including amongst NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other national and international security actors to obtain credible and relevant information.
- Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and a contextual analysis of the local and regional security situation.
- Write comprehensive bi-weekly reports on the provincial and regional security context as it relates to NGOs, and produce daily incident reports and threat warnings as appropriate.
- Facilitate weekly NGO security roundtables in your region of responsibility, presenting trends and facilitating discussions.
- Assist NGOs to develop their own security management capacities by reviewing policy, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in evacuation planning.
- Manage a small operational team at the Goma office. This includes supervising national staff and oversight of some local logistics and administration.
- Effectively represent, promote and protect INSO mandate for independence, impartiality and neutrality.
(A) Mandatory Requirements: (Applicants MUST have all these)
- Fluent in both French and English languages (written and spoken)
- Graduate level education (BA/BSc or equivalent military college) in relevant field.
- Minimum 2 years experience working in an insecure/post conflict environment.
- Proven writing and analytical skills (sample requested)
- Familiarity with the philosophy, priorities and principals of NGOs and NGO approaches to security.
- Ability to develop and maintain culturally and socially diverse relationships and contacts.
(B) Preferred Characteristics: (Applicants may or may not have these)
- One, or more, years experience in DRC (in any capacity)
- Employment history that reflects experience in both security and civilian fields.
- Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
- Existing information networks and local language skills.
- Formal training qualifications (HEAT, K&R, Personal Security etc)
(C) Applications:
Interested persons are requested to send the following to jobs@ngosafety.org no later than 17:00GMT on 31st July 2012.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted after the closing date:
• Cover letter (2 page max) – specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, your motivation in applying and what you hope to bring to INSO (max 1 page) • Up to date CV (5 page max) • One relevant and substantive writing samples which demonstrate your analytical and reporting ability (up to 10 page max)
Please do not send any additional information (certificates, other writing samples etc) and keep the total size of your application under 1MB if possible.
Please put “RSA DRC” in the subject line of your email.
Incoming applications are automatically sorted by subject line and so a failure to do this may result in your application being deleted.
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