Safety and Security Manager - International Rescue Committee - Lebanon

SCOPE OF WORK: The IRC is currently seeking a Security Manager for its Lebanon Program, based in Beirut with at least 50% travel time to program locations. The position will work with the country management team to ensure that organizational security policies and procedures are responsive to the context, adequate and known to staff. The Security Manager will conduct on site training for staff and facilitate the development and implementation of appropriate security plans, Standard Operating Procedures and Contingency Plans. S/he will provide expert security advice to all levels of IRC staff in the country office including security updates, travel advisories, and incident management. The position reports to the Deputy Director of Operations.

Overall Responsibilities
Safety & Security:
- Undertake ongoing analysis of the context and developments in relation to the security situation.
- Develop and maintain up-to-date context analysis and risk assessment.
- Develop and maintain an incident reporting system in line with IRC policy.
- Maintain close contacts with all relevant stakeholders to develop a network and build relationships with key actors to ensure gathering of reliable security information.
- Undertake regular and ad hoc security assessment missions as necessary, in order to gather information and to analyse the overall security situation in existing and potential areas of intervention.
- Support country management to develop a security management system which includes a security management strategy (including detailed acceptance strategy) and plans and which allow for the continuous updating of security measures.
- Provide crisis management support to senior management for incident response, reporting and analysis.
- Ensure that the supporting departments have in place an appropriate system to facilitate good security management.
- To ensure that there is a Fire Safety Plan in place and that quarterly fire drills are carried out.
- To ensure that there are fully stocked First Aid Kits available in all IRC Vehicles, Offices, Warehouses and Guesthouses, at all times.

Specific Responsibilities
Security Analysis:
- Undertake ongoing analysis of the context and developments in relation to the security situation.
- Develop and maintain up-to-date context analysis and risk assessment.
- Develop and maintain an incident reporting system.
- Maintain close contacts with all relevant stakeholders to develop a network and build relationships with key actors to ensure gathering of reliable security information.
- Undertake regular and ad hoc security assessment missions as necessary, in order to gather information and to analyse the overall security situation in existing and potential areas of intervention.

Staff Management:
- Supervise the Safety and Security Officers (SSO).
- Assist the SSO in managing his/her workload, the organization of daily tasks and methodologies to be used for security reporting and completion of security assessments.

Security Systems:
- Support country management to develop a security management system which includes a security management strategy (including detailed acceptance strategy) and plans and which allow for the continuous updating of security measures.
- Advise and support Field Managers, the Safety and Security Officer and Country Director with regard to implementation of the security management system.
- Ensure the security management system is in line with existing IRC security policy, protocol and approach.
- Support the Country Director and other senior staff to manage security incidents.
- Provide crisis management support to senior management for incident response, reporting and analysis.
- Ensure that the supporting departments (HR, Administration, Supply Chain) have in place an appropriate system to facilitate good security management.

External Communications:
- Establish a network of contacts with local stakeholders such as government, (I)NGO’s, UN, partners, communities to share and exchange information.

Internal Communications:
- Country Director and senior management staff to inform and co-ordinate on security issues.
- Regional Security Advisor or HQ, if applicable
- Relevant staff in order to ensure that the security management system complements the program and advocacy activities and vice versa.
- Relevant support staff in order to ensure that all logistical, financial, IT, HR and administrative elements of the security management system are in place.

Qualifications and Experience
- Considerable practical experience of security assessment, planning and implementation of procedures in the context of UN or NGO humanitarian operations.
- Proven influencing and negotiating skills with internal and external audiences including in complex and stressful circumstances.
- Proven experience of field based training.
- Ability to advise and support field staff in a consultative manner.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with the capacity to remain calm under pressure and not lose sight of strategic priorities. Must be organised and efficient.
- A sound understanding of the importance of gender.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts.
- Willingness to travel at short notice, and often in difficult circumstances.
- Committed to IRC principles
- Arabic speaker with fluency in written and spoken English essential.

LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon (with regular travel to the field)
DURATION: 12 months (Renewable)

rouba.trabolsi@rescue.org