Safety and Security Training and Capacity Building Specialist

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.

We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.

Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with c15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.

Contract length: 5-6 weeks

The role

The Safety and Security Consultant will be responsible for ensuring the consistency in safety and security training and capacity building activities across the country program. Under the direct management of the Safety and Security Director, s/he will work closely with Area Managers and other specialist to undertake, but not limited to, the following activities and tasks as described below. :

• Undertake a review of the country incident management plan to ensure compliance with Save the Children global security standards.
• Design and facilitate a 1 day training sessions at each of the four field bases to raise the awareness of all staff and enhance their responses in hostile environments.
• Design and facilitate a 1 day training sessions at each of the four field bases to ensure that staff involved in security management at the field level has a full understanding of the security guidelines.
• Design and facilitate a 1 day Hibernation/ Evacuation/ Relocation Plan (HERP) workshop at each of the four field sites to ensure that all field based staff that will be engaged in any HERP incidents are aware of their roles and responsibilities. The training should include a review of medevac procedures.
• Design and facilitate a 1 day business continuity workshop at each of the four field sites to ensure that all business continuity plans are reviewed and updated in light of the current context and that key staff are aware of their roles and responsibilities.
• Design and facilitate a country wide scenario to test all field bases and country wide readiness to evacuate as well as the crisis management team’s readiness to manage an incident.

This work will have to be coordinated between the 4 field bases with strong support of the Safety and Security Director and the Operations Director.

As an international child-centered development organization, the Security Training and Capacity Building Specialist will commit to the wellbeing of children and to support the Convention of the Rights of the Child and will not tolerate child abuse.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in peace and conflict studies, security studies, international affairs, economics, political science, international development, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Has 8-10 years of experience developing and managing security systems for INGOs in highly insecure environments.
• Has 5-7 years of experience in designing and implementing capacity building activities in the safety & security fields.
• Proven planning, management, reporting and interpersonal communication skills are must.
• Demonstrated experience working successfully with INGOs , training and building capacities of their teams.
• Previous working experience in Middle East in general and in Lebanon in particular.
• Ability to respond on short notice and plan and execute several activities at once
• Ability to work under pressure, as part of a team or independently and meet deadlines consistently
• Proven leadership, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, and ability to build and motivate diverse teams
• Strong coordination and facilitation skills
• Experience designing and facilitating safety & security workshops ad scenarios.
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills. Arabic language is an asset.
• Proven experience of training multi-national staff
• Knowledge of humanitarian relief issues and commitment to humanitarian relief
• Experience and understanding of training delivery and methodology
• Ability to work effectively to tight deadlines with a minimum of support.
• Computer literacy in MS Office

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Please apply in English using your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.

Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: msaad.66154.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com