SALARY: £23,090 - £29,954 net p.a., equivalent to £30,676 - £40,624 GBP UK gross. (Net = take home salary - Oxfam will meet the tax and social security liabilities of post-holder in addition to net salary)
Oxfam offers a wide range of benefits, including over 43 days holiday/TOIL per year, pension and medical cover, living and accommodation costs covered during deployments.
This post is unaccompanied.
Location: Various worldwide
Contract: Open-ended
Hours: Full-time - 36 hours per week
Closing Date: 18th April 2011
Interview Dates: 9th & 10th May 2011
All applications must be submitted in English. Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSPs) are a pool of professionals that ensure Oxfam has the management, technical and logistical capacity to establish a presence and to respond rapidly to major humanitarian emergencies anywhere in the world. OXFAM PURPOSE: To work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering TEAM PURPOSE: To ensure Oxfam has the management, technical and logistical capacity to both scale up and respond rapidly to major humanitarian emergencies anywhere in the world. JOB PURPOSE: To strengthen Oxfam's response to humanitarian emergencies by providing security management support to country and regional offices, to which the post-holder is deployed, including building security management capacity for the future. REPORTING LINES: Postholder reports to: Humanitarian Department Security Adviser. Whilst on deployment, will report to Country Director/Programme Manager, as designated in Terms of Reference. Staff reporting to this post: None BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: None
The post holder will undertake a series of assignments either in Oxford or based in a country or region for which specific Terms of Reference will be negotiated and agreed with relevant parties, prior to deployment and or revised in the early stages of the deployment.
Assignments will normally include the following responsibilities: - To carry out security assessments and security management reviews in locations Oxfam is working or is considering working; either providing management with recommendations for action or working directly to implement the action plan.
- To provide expert advice on security related matters in the context of a particular environment including: gathering information from other organisations and institutions, and representing Oxfam in security meetings with other agencies, institutions and authorities.
- To assist managers in developing high quality security management systems in line with Oxfam security policy and security management approach.
- To train staff on security management issues, both informally and within the context of formal training courses.
- To prepare regular reports and summaries of work and recommendations to Oxfam including a short final report at the end of each assignment and to ensure that relevant information is documented and shared with country office, RMC and the HD.
- To act, on occasions, as a Security Officer; this may include: design and implementation of a new security management system or review and modification of an existing system; management of staff; and representation and coordination.
- To recruit, train and supervise security staff when on deployment, and to build the capacity of other Oxfam staff.
- To carry out security management tasks or represent Oxfam in meetings, as requested by the Security Adviser.
- To ensure that all work is carried out in a way that is sensitive to gender and diversity issues.
- To promote and ensure that programmes respect the NGO/Red Cross Code of Conduct, SPHERE, the People in Aid Code, Oxfam International procedures and other regulatory codes.
When not on assignment, the post holder will: Undertake written assignments and research work to document experience and build up institutional learning on aspects of security management; assist the Security Adviser with discreet work such as development of the security tool kit and training modules; and cover for the Security Adviser as necessary.
- Considerable practical experience of security assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the context of UN or NGO humanitarian operations.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences including in complex and stressful circumstances.
- Proven experience of field based training.
- Ability to advise and support field staff in a consultative manner.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Must be organised and efficient.
- Good knowledge of written and spoken English, plus fluency in French or Spanish.
- A sound understanding of the importance of gender in humanitarian work.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- Willingness to travel at short notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
- Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Oxfam.
- Committed to humanitarian principles and emergency response work.
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