Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, procedures and SOPs/guidelines.
Ensure adherence to Security and Risk Management policy and procedures.
Coordinate and assist with budgets and costs for the Area office’s shared costs and support functions.
Provide security support in the training and development of staff.
Provide high quality security support to project implementation at Area level.
Hold regular meetings with key external partners and stakeholders, included but not limited to, the UN, ANSF, community representatives and other actors impacting on safety and security.
Promote NRC’s image as a neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian actor.
Provide input on security in Area level planning, and to coordinate and align security support with program plans at area level.
Responsible for implementation of Afghanistan-specific SOPs, guidelines and plans (such as Security Management Plan, Contingency Plans and Medical Evacuation Plans), including physical security, in concerned Area.

Specific responsibilities:

Oversight and implementation of Security Management Plan, SOPs and associated documents at Central Area level.
Representing safety and security issues at AMT level, as well as support the Area Manager on security issues.
Periodic and ad-hoc reporting to the Area manager , including analysis of conflict dynamics, actor mapping and external source liaison.
Leadership of Security Officers and Assistants in tasks such as SRAs, training, stakeholder engagement and access negotiations in line with Program requirements.
Facilitating safe and responsible program activities in hard-to-reach areas, including those that are operationally challenging and with high levels of non-state armed group influence.
Cultivating a transparent, accountable and analysis-driven security culture across the Area.
Technical support for security staff such as Security Officers, Assistants, and Guards and Radio Operators under them.
In coordination with the Area manager , maintenance of extensive information networks across a range of sources, including but not limited to conflict actors, government, UN, other NGOs and community gatekeepers.

Generic professional competencies:

Bachelor degree in BBA or Management or any other related field.
Minimum five years’ experience of working as a Security Officer/coordinator or Manager in a humanitarian or development context.
Previous experience of working in complex and volatile contexts.
Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile.
Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Area specific knowledge of the security context and threat environment.
Extensive experience cultivating relationships across sectors and communities.
Knowledge of the language local to Area.
Completed undergraduate study/ graduated from university.
Strong conflict analysis and mapping skills.
Excellent understanding of security as an enabling function of program support.
Good understanding of security management in humanitarian context, including physical security.