Security and Safety Consultant

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Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls, the empowerment of women and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

This position is based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, organizationally position sits within the UN Women Department of Management and Administration, the Security and Safety Services. The Security and Safety Consultant will support directly UN Women Country Representative operationally while maintaining a technical line of reporting to the UN Women Global Security Advisor, through the Regional Security Specialist. The role will be completed in the country, with requirement to travel within the country based on the Country Office needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Provide security & safety support, guidance, and advisory services to the Country Office

• Provide timely and accurate security and safety advice and recommendations to the Country Office; and approve organizational missions
• Clarify, interpret, and implement existing UN and UN Women security policy as applicable
• Oversee security & safety evaluations and provide advice on measures for the residences (Residential Security Measures - RSM) of UN Women personnel, as well as on latest trends and threats to personnel safety and security
• Track developing threats and related risks, reviewing the impact of security & safety factors and risk on UN Women personnel, premises, assets, programme design and delivery
• Provide recommendations regarding effective risk prevention and mitigation measures, including recommendations for possible UN Women support needs and improvements
• Capacity build UN Women Local Security Assistant through continues training, mentoring and guidance.

2. Oversee security and safety assessments and take necessary action

• Oversee substantive assessment of the security & safety situation at the duty station and ensure adequate collation and verification of security information
• Conduct security & safety assessments of UN Women premises, operation and equipment and provide recommendations on risk management.

3. Liaise with and participate in the local security community

• Maintain close liaison with Reginal Security Specialist
• Actively participate in UNSMS Security Cell
• Liaise and coordinate with the host government security organizations and/or personnel, including national and local provincial authorities, as well as non-governmental organizations, UN entities, and other non-State actors
• Participate as a member of security groups, particularly IASMN Working Groups as directed by the UN Women Global Security Adviser
• Provide an advisory presence to the UN Women Representative at UN security management meetings such as the country SMT, UNCT, and OMT
• Maintain a security & safety network of international and national personnel.

4. Collect, update, and communicate security information

• Provide updates and information to HQ in relation to the security & safety intranet portal and documentation
• Disseminate of security information and measures to personnel
• Disseminate analytical products and outputs of the Section to stakeholders
• Disseminate analytical products and outputs of the Section to stakeholders
• Establish a UN Women Warden System/Communication Tree where applicable.

5. Develop, maintain, manage, and implement the UN Women Security Plan, including updating personnel lists

• Oversee the development and implementation the UN Women Security Plan in accordance with the UN Security Plan; maintain the plan
• Manage the preparation and review of the UN Security Plan and provide technical support in its implementation
• Provide advice and recommendations in the selection and purchasing of security equipment
• Prepare and submit security clearance/movement of personnel requests
• Maintain, coordinate and implement the UN Women Warden System
• Keep and update of information related to UN Women offices and residences including Global Premises Directory.

6. Monitor, manage and implement UN Women compliance of the Security Risk Management Measures (SRMM) established for the duty station

• Compile data required for the SRMM Self-Assessment of the UN Women and UN Security & Safety Compliance Survey (SSCS) Programme
• Provide technical support to and advise the UN Women Local Security Assistant in the completion and updating of the SSCS
• Provide technical support to and advise the UN Women Local Security Assistant in the evaluation and implementation of the UN Women Security & Safety Compliance Action Plan (SSCAP)
• Provide technical advisory support to the Local Security Assistant for the UN Women Security & Safety Compliance Enhancement Funding (SSCEF)
• Implement SRMM for UN Women personnel, premises and assets, and systems and protocols, in accordance with organizational risk acceptance, ensuring the mainstreaming of security & safety
• Provide UN Women managers with prescriptive content such as policy, risk management methodology, SRMM and RSM
• Provide technical support to security compliance input of all UN Women offices within AOR
• Provide technical support to the Programme team in completing and submitting the UN Women online Programme Assessment format.

7. Report security incidents affecting UN Women personnel, programmes, offices and assets

• Collate information and provide inputs to security reports, such as the Security & Safety Incident Reporting System (SSIRS), Security Risk Management (SRM) Assessments and other ad-hoc incident reports
• Oversee security evaluations and surveys of Country Office and Field Offices
• Develop accurate and timely written country briefings; add inputs to position papers from a field perspective
• Provide information to the country UN Security Management System (UNSMS) as required.

8. Develop and conduct training courses on security awareness, preparedness, mainstreaming, Business Continuity and specialized security functions

• Participate in the development and delivery of UNSMS training
• Develop UN Women specific security training based on established needs and conduct security training
• Provide security orientation to newly assigned personnel members and security briefings
• Provide security mainstreaming sessions as required
• Provide Business Continuity training sessions as required
• Fully rollout Business County and Crisis Management Application
• Coordinate with Human Resources to provide UN Women Representatives and Heads of Offices security briefings.

9. Perform other security-related tasks including but not limited to:

• Provide Air Travel Focal Point services to UN Women as per CATSU requirements
• Maintain liaison with commercial companies used for UN Women security at offices and residences, in order to ensure the effective and efficient use of the guard force.

Competencies

• Professionalism: Ability to identify needs and potential issues, with the analytical ability to participate in the resolution of such. Has the ability to conduct data collection using various methods, apply judgment in the context of assignments given, plan of work and manage conflicting priorities. Shows pride in work and achievements, just persistence and overcomes challenges.
• Communication: possesses good communication and presentation skills across mediums necessary for the delivery of outputs, products and reports, including the ability to draft/edit in a clear concise style.
• Planning and organizing: is able to plan and organize work to meet imposed deadlines, conflicting priorities, changes in focus; working under pressure, using resources and time efficiently to ensure the completion of deliverables.

Required Skills and Experience

Required Qualifications, Experience and skills:

• Degree in Security, Business Administration, Risk Management, or similar.
• Minimum 10 years of international security experience out of which 5 years in complex operations e.g. humanitarian emergencies or peacekeeping operations.

Desirable:

• UN Security Certification Programme
• UN Hostage Incident Management certified.
• Knowledge of UN Security Management System.

Language:

• Fluency in oral and written English and French is required.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable