Location: Kenya - Nairobi
UNICEF Somalia Support Center
The Security Officer is responsible for all aspects of security management, crisis readiness and preparedness for the Somalia Country Office. S/he serves as an adviser and assists the Representative and UNICEF Field Security Focal Point in the execution of their security responsibilities at the assigned duty station. The Security Officer is accountable both to the Chief of Operations and the UNICEF Representative. While the Chief of Operations has the day-to-day management of the Security Officer, on substantive matters, the Security Officer may report directly to the Representation on security concerns.
Qualifications:
Advanced university degree in social sciences or a related technical field. A military or policy academy degree would be relevant, including having successfully graduated from a senior service or command and general staff college.
- A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible experience in security management, preferably in a police or military context, which should include a high standard of physical fitness and operation under extreme stress, unit command and senior level staff experience, demonstration of high level of leadership and capability of rapid decision-making (with little margin of error).
- Excellent knowledge of security management combined with solid background of military or other security specialization and some political and social knowledge of country of assignment.
- Ability to effectively deal with stress factor when encountered in security management.
- Good technical skills to understand and consolidate the varying specializations such as electronics, communications, mechanics, explosives and other sophisticated devices encountered in security system management.
- Good communication skills, both oral and written.
- Technology awareness.
- Good computer skills.
- Teamwork.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with mission directors, security officers in other agencies, specialist in other fields related to security, representative of local and national governments and non-government community, with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
- Leadership, demonstrated leadership skills; ability to make quick decisions in emergencies or when rapid response is required.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
- Fluency in English and another UN language required. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station is an asset.
- How to apply
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