Location: Addis Ababa
Deadline: 16 October 2022
Job Description
SOS Children’s Villages, founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, is the world’s largest non-governmental organization focused on supporting children and young people without parental care, or at risk of losing it.
Child neglect, abuse and abandonment is everywhere. Families are at risk of separation. Locally led, we work in more than 130 countries and territories to strengthen families who are under pressure so they can stay together. When this is not in a child or young person’s best interests, we provide quality care according to their unique needs.
Together with partners, donors, communities, children, young people and families, we enable children to grow up with the bonds they need to develop and become their strongest selves. We speak up for each child’s rights and advocate for change so all children can grow up in a supportive environment.
Location: All GSC locations: Innsbruck, Vienna, Faridabad, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dakar, Casablanca, Amman, Skopje, Tallin, La Paz, San José
Duration: Full-time, Limited to end of 2023
Mission
The Security Analysis Advisor will have overall responsibility to develop reports, presentations and other communications on strategic security issues affecting our Federation and to manage our global travel safety program. This role requires the building of relationships across the Federation, the development of sources of security risk information, the development and management of internal processes and communication, and the gathering of feedback from the many stakeholders. The role will be under the direct supervision of the Global Head of Safety and Security.
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain effective working exchanges and relationships with security officials of other international organizations, regional government counterparts and partner security services, all the regions/country United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) offices and all appropriate security managers, security focal points, in order to ensure up to date security-related insight that will be used to inform our executive team and to develop security plans.
- Develop and execute the plan for the global travel safety program, which will be accomplished in partnership with the full security team across the Federation.
- Support the response to high order threats management including kidnapping and extortion incidents.
- Provide advice and respond to the analytical training needs to develop staff safety and security competencies – also by drawing from the experience of local teams and stakeholders.
- Support program security risk assessment planning activities.
- Maintain close contacts with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
- Monitor the reporting and data gathering of security incidents and generate analysis/reports on security trends, responses and vulnerabilities and any relevant lessons learned from security and safety incidents.
Requirements
- An advanced university degree in a relevant domain;
- Minimum of 7 years of experience providing security analysis and travel safety support to global organizations. Experience in an NGO or International Organization is very welcome;
- Strong expertise in safety and security management in hazardous/complex environments, including providing analytical support to organizations in these environments;
- Team player with strong emotional intelligence;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English with other UN languages welcome;
- Be able to successfully and productively resolve problems;
- Be able to successfully manage time, plans, projects and other related tasks;
- Be able to function well in a position of high expectation and demand;
- Be able to continuously meet targets and surpass expectations; and
- Live the values of SOS Children’s Villages International.
- Eligibility to work in the preferred location(s) (citizenship or work permit)
We offer
- A diverse range of interesting tasks in a leading INGO multicultural working environment
- As a responsible employer we provide a range of training schemes and encourage educational enhancement
- A salary that will be commensurate with experience and qualifications
How to Apply
If you are interested in this position, please submit your detailed application in English by 16th October 2022 at https://careers-sos-kd.icims.com