Background
Duties and Responsibilities
DUTTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Review security threats and risks in detail and compile accurate reports on trends and situations that could adversely impact WFP operations, in order to ensure information is accurately collated and sent to senior security staff to support reporting and decision making.
- Review security related information (e.g. security incidents and events, security support to daily activities, etc.) and use corporate or local information management tools to produce a range of analyses and in-depth reports, to ensure that information is readily available for relevant stakeholders.
- Liaise and co-ordinate with local administration, security and law enforcement authorities, communities, UN/NGO security staff and other actors, to facilitate access for safe programme delivery and to mitigate potential risks against staff and other resources.
- Plan and co-ordinate staff activities during field missions and perform security assessments within the area of responsibility to support safe and effective programme delivery.
- Analyze security assessment reports following field missions and present detailed recommendations for risk mitigation to support security situation analysis and facilitate decision-making.
- Assist in advising the Country Director on security risk management matters and safety issues in compliance with the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS).
- Support the implementation of risk management mitigation measures, including Minimum Operational Security Standards (MOSS) to ensure compliance.
- Support the maintenance and management of security equipment and make recommendations to strengthen technology capacity in line with business requirements.
- Monitor and ensure that all access control procedures are effective and stringently followed by all staff and visitors, in order to maintain a safe and secure environment.
- Maintain and develop recommendations for improving emergency and contingency planning documentation including physical preparations and procedures, to support preparedness for a crisis.
- Deliver security training to staff and review security training needs in order to develop measures to meet business requirements.
- Supervise and provide on-the-job training to other staff supporting their development and high performance.
RESULTS EXPEXTED:
- Coaches’ team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field. Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
- Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
- Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
- Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.
- Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
- Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
- Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
- Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.
- Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
- Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
- Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
- Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.
- Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field
- Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
- Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
- Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfill the needs of internal and external partners.
Competencies
- Demonstrates understanding of strategic approaches to security to identify potential threats. Contributes to the creation and implementation of WFPs mitigation measures.
- Demonstrates some understanding of day to day security operations. Contributes knowledge to development of resolutions to aspects of challenges faced, as directed
- Demonstrates ability to track and compile reports on HQ and Field staffing and financial resource usage on a project-level basis.
- Demonstrates understanding of key UN inter-governmental body partner agencies. Understands implications of security information and reports and supports in the identification of mitigating actions against threats and vulnerabilities to WFP’s operations.
- Supports in planning and prioritization practices in-line with established security policies and procedures.
Required Skills and Experience
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area.
Experience:
- Has gained sound knowledge of security operations technical processes
- Has provided technical guidance and training to staff members within area of expertise
- Has supported research and collation of data which feeds into reports that inform security operations activities
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English, Kurdish and/or Arabic.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Specialized knowledge of the application of practical methods, techniques, procedures and systems used in security, typically gained through technical training and work experience.
- Broad knowledge and understanding of security logistics, security administration, risk assessment and co-ordination with local authorities and local law enforcement agencies.
- Training and experience in fire and related intervention/evacuation procedures.
- Ability to manage emergency situations and remain calm.
- Attention to detail and constant vigilance in order to promptly detect any breach in security measures.
- Ability to interpret information, use judgment and inform supervisors of any incidents which might impact the UNWFP staff and operations.
- Excellent communication skills in order to maintain frequent correspondence with both, internal staff and external authorities with regards to security advisories and security incidents
- Willingness to attend security trainings and comply with UNSMS standards.
Nationality and Residency:
The applicant should be either an Iraqi national or have a valid Iraqi residence/ work permit at the time of application.