Senior Security Analyst and Safety Coordinator in Nairobi

Nairobi with frequent travels (50%) to Somalia

The NGO Safety Program (NSP) for Somalia / Somaliland is a program created by NGOs, which aims at supporting International and National NGOs to operate safely and securely in Somalia / Somaliland.

NSP is administratively and legally hosted by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) to provide it with a legal and administrative framework, through which it fulfills its functions.

Required

• The position requires the holder to provide geopolitical analysis and write high quality security reports based on data provided by the Field Officers, targeting an audience of NGOs;
• support NGOs during crisis management;
  source, process and analyse complex information for the production of regular security reports.
• Candidates must be able to exercise a large degree of common sense and personal discipline;
• undertake tasking at short notice with due regard to the security environment;
• work effectively and efficiently unsupervised;
• plan and manage their own time effectively;
• exercise a strong work ethic and take responsibility for own actions.
• This position requires a high degree of flexibility with respect to working hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management of NSP Field Staff with a clear understanding of the pressures associated
• with operating in hostile environments, logistics and financial needs of the field staff in link with the Finance Officer.
• Will travel to Somalia (security permitting) to gather information and train field based staff; Proactively propose, design and process new analysis tools, special reports, maps;
• Participate on request to the training of NGOs in link with the Training Manager;
• Participate on request to specific response in support of NGOs (evacuation, crisis management);
• Participate proactively to the definition of NSP strategy, drafting of proposals and follow-up the action plan based on the strategy and reporting against it and in the capitalization and the development of the Institutional memory of NSP.

Key Competencies

• Degree in Journalism, any Social Sciences, Master’s degree is preferred. 5 years’ experience of practical experience in high level information sourcing, processing, analysis and reporting.
• Minimum 2 years of Somalia experience and proven experience of high quality reports production within the Somali context.
  Previous experience as an NGO or UN Security Focal Point is a strong advantage.
• Previous experience in security at a management level is an advantage.
  Well developed networks for information in Somalia and regional hubs such as Nairobi is mandatory.
• Ability to work alone and on own initiative.
• Demonstrated leadership capacity and ability to maintain and motivate staff in a remote management environment;
• Demonstrated ability in developing multi-media presentations;
• Demonstrated ability to make clear and articulate presentations of complex information.
  Fluent in English with excellent writing capacities;
• Fluency in Somali (fluent) is a very strong advantage.
• Excellent knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet;
• Knowledge of GIS and/or mapping software basic knowledge is a plus- (ArcGIS).

How to apply

Please forward letter of application and C.V. by email to info@somaliangoconsortium.org ONLY, with the subject “Senior Security Analyst and Safety Coordinator’, not later than 21st September 2012. Only
shortlisted applicants will be notified.