France: Security manager – Paris, France

Department: Security

Position: Security manager – Paris, France

Contract duration: Permanent contract

Location: HQ in Paris, France

Starting Date: ASAP

I. ACTED

Since 1993, as an international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential.

ACTED endeavors to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.

We go the last kilometer: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard to reach areas. ACTED develops and implements programs that target the most vulnerable amongst populations that have suffered from conflict, natural disaster, or socio-economic hardship. ACTED’s approach looks beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term livelihoods reconstruction and sustainable development.

With a budget of 164 million EUR in 2014, ACTED is active in 35 countries and implements more than 450 projects a year reaching over 8 million beneficiaries with 400 international staff and 4,300 national staff.

II. Country Profile

ACTED’s HQ was implemented in Paris in 2000 to coordinate the interventions of the organization at an international level. Today, almost fifty people work in the HQ in the departments of Finance, Logistics, Security, Human Resources, Project Development, Audit, Hub and Communication. Those departments support the Country Directions and the Regional Offices.

III. Position Profile

Position Context and Key Challenges

Under the authority of the HQ Safety and Security Director and in close interaction with the Country Directors and the Country Managers, the security team, the HQ Directors and Managers and ACTED’s national and international partners, the HQ Security Manager will be in charge of:

· Supporting ACTED mission in the Implementation of security & safety policy, global manual and procedures to ensure a safe and secure environment for ACTED staff, assets, program and reputation

· Supporting Country security managers and security focal point of all day-to-day security and safety operations

· Developing the templates, tools and process according to the security management cycle (below) and ensure their implementation in ACTED countries of intervention

· Conducting in country security audit and staff training

Key Roles and Responsibilities

1. Contribute to the implementation of ACTED security strategy

· Contribute to the update and of the implementation of ACTED security policies

· Contribute to the update and of the implementation of ACTED global manual

· Review Mission Country security plans

1. Risk management

· Review Country risk analysis matrix

· Review countries risk mitigation measures: SOP, MOSS self-assessment, Countries security action plan and country security funding plan

· Identify and inform Safety and Security Director of important gaps between risk analysis self-assessment and funding plan

· Provide technical advices on protection devices for promises, movement and communication

· Follow up on movements via security clearance requests for No-go areas

· Follow up on new premises selection

1. Contingency preparation

· Review country/area security, contingency & evacuation plans and suggest amendments and modification as appropriate

· Update security and evacuations plans of all of ACTED sites in collaboration with country staff

· Ensure ACTED mission have a proper level of preparation in case of emergency

1. Crisis management

· Can be deployed on the field to support Country Incident Management Team and liaise with HQ Crisis management Team

· Participate to the HQ Crisis management team if the Security and Safety director is absent

1. Incident report process

· Review field incident report

· Propose recommendation to avoid incidents

· Capitalize lessons learned

1. Field security audit

· Conduct security audit to assess the mission MOSS compliance

· Provide recommendations and capitalize lessons learns to improve the mission security management

1. Training

· Deliver training and provide assistance to country offices

· Oversee training for all ACTED security staff at country level to ensure understanding of and compliance with policies and procedures

· Support the capacity of national security staff

· Provide support to the field for technical security solutions (alarm system, tracking system…)

1. Coordination & external representation

· Liaise with ACTED senior staff, international NGO’s, donor agencies and with a variety of other security actors and governmental bodies for security-related issues

· Coordinate with ACTED HQ logistics departments to streamline security & safety throughout ACTED global logistics and IT processes

IV. Qualifications:

· At least 3-5 years of working experience in insecure environments;

· Extensive experience in security management and procedures;

· Demonstrated communication and organizational skills;

· Ability to train, mobilize, and manage both international and national staff

· Flexibility and ability to multi-task under pressure;

· Proven ability to work creatively and independently;

· Advanced proficiency in written and spoken English and French

V. Conditions:

• Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid; educational level, expertise, hardship, security, and performance are considered for pay bonus;

• Health insurance, “Tickets restaurant” and 50% of transportation costs

Please send, in French or in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references tojobs@acted.org

Ref : SM/HQ/SA