VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Security Assistant
LOCATION: Mogadishu
15.01.2025
ACTED
HR Department
Last Update
December 2024.
Position: Security Assistant
Department: Security
Direct Hierarchy: Field Access and Security Coordinator
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Location: Mogadishu - Somalia
Starting date: February 2025
Background on ACTED
Created in 1993, ACTED is an international non-governmental organization pursuing a dual mandate of emergency response and development interventions in 40 of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries affected by conflicts, disasters, or socio-economic hardship. With a team of 7,000 national staff and 400 international staff, ACTED implements 500 projects a year to support more than 20 million beneficiaries, notably in hard-to-reach areas.
ACTED goes to the last mile through programs and approaches that look beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term livelihood reconstruction and sustainable development. Guided by the motto “Think Local, Act Global” and its 3Zero –Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, and Zero Poverty – strategy, ACTED puts local territories at the Centre and provides a tailored support to local needs.
Position Profile:
The Security Assistant directly supports the Country Security Manager/Officer in reporting on context analysis, writing of security documents and ensuring compliance with security standards. He/she participates in drafting all the ACTED security reporting documents requested in the frame of the activity of the security department as well as in the administration of the security department. He/she is also responsible for the physical security of the Mogadishu compound, including the contracted manned guarding team, the technical security measures and appliances and the structural and procedural security measures.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Context analysis
· Provide regular contextual security reports and share with Security Manager/Country Security Manager.
2. Security Assessments
· Carry out security assessments and evaluations (Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) self-assessment) in all ACTED areas, particularly in (specify area)
· Update Security risks assessment, SOPs, and others security documents as appropriate and share with Country Security Manager and all local staff and ensure the security notice rules are applied.
3. Operational support
· Report any damage to perimeter fence, warehouse or other structures to the logistics team.
· Ensure constant update of the emergency contact list and timely issuance of ID cards.
· Ensure a proper level of preparation before movement on the field, transportation means are adapted, a good fleet maintenance, and set movement rules which are adapted to the local context to support the Logistic team in Country. Ensure Operational follow-up of movements.
4. Briefing and training (Mogadishu level)
· Provide security briefings for all incoming ACTED staff with follow-up periodically or when applicable.
· Provide security briefing to staff as needed and ensure that all staffs adhere to security policies and procedures. This includes briefing to all newly recruited staff joining ACTED, and induction briefings for visiting personnel.
5. Liaison with humanitarian, military, community, and other actors
· Establish a strong relationship with others security actors, including INGO, SNGO and agencies working in the security management filed.
· Share security updates with ACTED coordination.
· Report on all compound security and reporting from bases on agreed timeframes.
6. Reporting
· Fill reports in case of security incident and follow up as appropriate.
· Fill the incident data base in the area
· Participate actively in the writing/updating of Country Security Plan and annexes.
· Record the field security focal points in the Security Monitoring Plan daily.
Bachelor’s degree in security management or safety management or any other related education
§ In-depth knowledge of security management and risk management
§ Proven knowledge in occupational Health Safety environment.
§ Investigations training is an added advantage.
§ Computer literacy is mandatory.
§ Basic First aid and fire safety training.
§ Extensive knowledge of Country’s context.
§ Willingness to travel up to different locations in Somalia.
§ Fluency in Somali and English language is a must.
§ High level of integrity and honesty.
§ Ability to work independently.
Qualified national persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to somalia.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 29th January 2025 with the subject line “SECURITY ASSISTANT - MOGADISHU, Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments.
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programs from exploitation abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outline the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants, and other stakeholders and have zero tolerance towards misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer, however females, PLWD, and individuals from marginalized communities, are strongly encouraged to apply due to the disparity now.
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