South Sudan: Safety Advisor

Organisation Background

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

The Organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a valuable component of the humanitarian safety coordination system.

Today the Organisation provides daily support to more than 850 NGOs in twelve of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.

INSO South Sudan Country Office

INSO South Sudan launched operations in 2018 and currently assists approximately 140 NGO partners. Specifically, the programme provides the NGO community with tailored safety support through three main services: Capacity Building (provision of training to humanitarian workers); Information and Advice (provision of regular context reports, risk assessments and tailored advice on humanitarian access); and Response (support during crisis and critical incident management). INSO services currently cover the entirety of the country with expansion of permanent presence planned for 2019.

We are now seeking an experienced individual to join our team as Safety Advisor tentatively planned to be based in Wau.

Job Summary:

Safety Advisor positions are highly rewarding roles, offering a unique opportunity to work in a close-knit team giving security analysis and advice that is not only some of the best of its kind, but that is also vital to the efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the thousands of people who need it. Successful candidates will be outgoing and resilient, with the ability to analyse complex security issues and contexts, give sound practical safety and security advice, communicate to an excellent standard of English both verbally and in writing, and above all else share INSO’s commitment to humanitarian principles.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in NGO safety and security and good analytical skills. She/he will be an outgoing, inquisitive and detail-oriented individual, with experience in building and leading high performing teams. The candidate will also have the ability to analyse complex security issues and contexts, communicate at an excellent level of English - both verbally and in writing, and above all else shares INSO’s commitment to humanitarian principles.

Major Responsibilities:

· Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other national and international security actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.

· Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and contextual analysis of the local security situation through: daily alerts and reports, weekly incident lists, bi-weekly analytical reports, and other thematic reports.

· Facilitate and lead regional NGO community security roundtables.

· Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation planning.

· Manage a small office team, including supervision of national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.

· Effectively represent, promote and protect INSO's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.

Mandatory Requirements:

· Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

· Proven writing, editing, and analytical skills and the keenest eye for detail.

· Significant experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments.

· Personal and professional resilience in a fast-moving, high-output, quality-driven programme.

· Experience in the humanitarian, and/or risk management and/or humanitarian access sectors.

· Independent drive, motivation, and excellence, and ability to operate and sustainably manage staff and teams under strict systems and deadlines.

· Well-developed personal, organisational and team management skills and standards in a diverse multicultural setting.

· Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and principles.

Preferred Characteristics:

· Detailed understanding of INSO mandate & services.

· A year’s (recent) experience working on South Sudan - ideally in an NGO safety role or equivalent - and demonstrable understanding of the context.

· Experience with NGO liaison with armed forces and armed groups.

· Experience in staff capacity development and training.

· Experience with NGO security and/or project management.

Key Personal Competencies:

· A good listener

· An effective communicator

· Excellent analyst

· Team player

· Excellent interpersonal skills

· A people manager

For the full terms and conditions, please go to: https://www.ngosafety.org/sa_ssd

Interested applicants are requested to send the following to jobs@ssd.ngosafety.org before 17 January 2019 with reference “INSO SSD Safety Advisor" in the subject line of the email. The application must include:

• Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, any preferred characteristics, your motivation for applying, and what you hope to bring to INSO (2 pages maximum).
• Updated CV (5 pages maximum).
• One relevant and substantive writing sample in English that demonstrates your analytical and report writing abilities (10 pages maximum).

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 3MB if possible.