Guard Afghanistan Oruzgan
Provide service support to security department in Uruzgan Field Office.
Overview
Provide service support to security department in Uruzgan Field Office.
You have:
- Secondary School Graduate, High School Graduation is preferred.
- 2 years of working experience as Security Guard with National and International NGOs.
- Experience in big generators maintenance and maintaining the logbook updated.
- Able to speak well on both local languages (Pashto and Dari), English is a plus point.
- Familiar with all security procedures and rules.
- Obtained essential security trainings.
- Knowledge of south Region Context especially Urozgan province.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Knowledge of cash-based interventions and market-based programs.
Contract
This is a Professional contract (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract (NRC) contracts.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.
Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.
At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Together, we save lives and rebuild futures.
Safeguarding is central to NRC’s work. We expect all employees to:
• treat everyone with respect and dignity
• contribute to building a safe environment for all
• never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)
• always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH
The purpose of the Guard position to provide service support to the security department in South region – Uruzgan Field Office of the NRC. The position holder will be reporting directly to Security and Humanitarian Access Officer Afghanistan Uruzgan in order to run his/her duties smoothly according to security standards of NRC.
You can read more about this position at Job Description & NRC Grade Structure
Generic responsibilities
- Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines.
- Promote and share ideas for improvement.
- Perform according to the work and development plan.
- Looks for the security of the office and staff in the office.
Specific responsibilities
- To keep the office responsible informed of any incident in the neighbourhood.
- Responsible to not allow unauthorized people park their vehicles in front of the offices.
- Responsible not to allow any suspicious packages to the compound unless authorized by Supervisor/Security and Humanitarian Access Officer, Security Coordinator.
- Responsible for everybody entering to the office.
- To registers all the visitors coming to the office and reports to responsible person.
- To keep the generators maintained, (starts it on time, air filter replacement and keeps fuel balance).
- Perform maintenance of electrical systems (replace light bulbs and sockets and repair/replace defective parts.
- To check the heaters in the morning and continuously keeps checking it.
- Responsible for checking all security lights and reports if there is any loss during his working time.
- Control the water accessibility in the office (water pump, pipes).
- Switches on and off all lights of the building on time.
- Cleaning the compound, guard room regularly, and keep all the materials arranged.
- To help the cleaner in some parts of their work (Lawn maintenance, heater cleaning, washing heavy/big items.
- Keep all the windows and doors locked when the staff members leave the office.
- Irrigation of the garden twice a week (Friday and Saturday).
- Obey and work according to the time and schedule given by your supervisor.
- Respect the visitors and behavior them gently.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor
Generic professional competencies****:
- Secondary School Graduate, High School Graduation is preferred.
- 2 years of working experience as Security Guard with National and International NGOs
- Having experience in big generators maintenance and maintaining the logbook updated.
- Able to speak well on both local languages (Pashto and Dari) English is a plus point.
- Familiar with all security procedures and rules.
- Obtained essential security trainings.
- Knowledge of south Region Context especially Urozgan province.
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Knowledge of cash-based interventions and market-based programs
Behavioral competencies
- Handling insecure environment
- Empowering and building trust
- Communicating with impact and respect
We Offer
- Monthly Salary based on NRC Afghanistan Salary Scale.
- Mobile Phone with Top up Credit card.
- NRC will cover staff plus four (4) depended for medical insurance.
- Pension Allowances on monthly basis.
- Leave and Holidays according to Afghanistan Labor Law.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a challenging situation you faced while ensuring the security of an office? | This question assesses your problem-solving abilities in a high-pressure environment. | Discuss the situation, your actions, and the outcome while emphasizing safety and security measures. |
| What steps do you take to maintain and monitor security equipment? | The interviewer wants to know your technical expertise and diligence in ensuring functional security systems. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you handle unauthorized access attempts to the facility? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you provide an example of how you’ve contributed to a safe work environment? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How would you describe your approach to teamwork in a security context? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |