SAFETY AND SECURITY MANAGER (SYRIA)

At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2015, CARE worked in 95 countries and reached 65 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

CARE is seeking a Safety and Security Manager (Syria) who will be responsible for maintaining oversight of safety and security policy and strategy, developing contextual analysis, building capacity within the Country Office and Hub office safety and security teams, and developing and implementing context appropriate CARE safety protocols and procedures across CARE’s field and program locations as they relate to CARE’S Syrian emergency response. This position is based in Amman (Jordan), with a significant portion of time spent visiting field locations and providing support to CARE’s Emergency Response Team located in programmatic hubs in neighboring countries to Syria.

The position is detached from the CSU to provide direct support to the CARE (Syria) country office, and will support the CARE Syria Country Director, the Hub Directors, the Regional Security Manager and CARE’s Safety and Security Unit (CSU) in maintaining oversight for operations inside Syria. The focus will be on a connected security strategy that works through four linked countries within the MENA region.

While supporting the overarching mission objective of the CSU – providing the safest possible working environments for CARE staff – the Safety and Security Manager (Syria) will work closely with staff, partners, communities and peers to enhance the capacity of the four Hub offices, providing routine and timely analysis and incident reports to the Country Director and Regional Security Manager, deploying as needed in support of Country Office teams, and developing regionally consistent strategies for the management of safety and security.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Planning and Preparation
• Advise and Report
• Strategy development
• Analysis and assessment
• Capacity-building and gap-filling
• Coordination
• Operations Room
• Other duties as advised

Primary Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international relations, humanitarian/development work, security risk management or related field.
• 5 years of experience of managing security operations for humanitarian organizations.
• Proven capacity to mentor and coach national staff.
• Experience writing high-level security risk analysis and/or conflict analysis.
• At least 3 years of experience of working for a humanitarian agency in a conflict setting.
• Competent and literate in English, verbal and written, with a sound knowledge of technical expressions
• Demonstrated supervisory ability, sound judgment and the ability to work effectively with others at all levels
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis and strategic planning skills
• IT literate, MS – Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in developing security-related technical tools, guidelines and systems
• Interpersonal communication and proven written / presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage under stressful conditions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the historical and socio-political context of Middle East.

To apply for this position, please visit our website at https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=CAREUSA&...

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