PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
SALARY: £28,000 - £33,938 net per annum, equivalent to £37,453 - £46,826 GBP UK gross (Net = take home pay. Oxfam will meet the tax and social security liabilities of post-holder in addition to net salary)
Oxfam offers a wide range of benefits, including over 43 days holiday/TOIL per year, pension, medical cover, insurance, living and accommodation costs covered during deployments.
Home-based with International Travel
This post is unaccompanied
Across the world, Oxfam GB responds to natural disasters, conflict and humanitarian emergencies that affect millions of people. Oxfam GB’s Humanitarian Support Personnel (HSPs) enable Oxfam GB to boost existing staff capacity to ensure good quality response capacity in rapid onset emergencies and support to on-going humanitarian programming. Right now we are looking for an expert to assess the security of our teams in the field and come up with practical ways to reinforce it.
About the role
On deployment, you’ll be a source of specialist security-related advice. You’ll carry out security assessments – recommending areas for improvement and working directly to put those improvements into action as part of a long-term risk reduction programme. You’ll also need to gather and analyse information, produce reports and represent Oxfam GB at meetings, as well as develop and provide expert training. When necessary, you’ll develop new high-quality security management systems or modify existing systems. But whatever the environment you’re operating in, or the nature of the work you’re carrying out, you’ll make a marked difference to the safety of our teams.
About you
With proven experience of security management within a UN or NGO operation, and a proven record of training and developing staff, you’ll need to be confident when it comes to building relationships, influencing and negotiating at all levels. You will be sensitive to cultural differences and have a good understanding of the importance of gender in humanitarian work. Cool-headed and a clear communicator, you’ll bring a solid grasp of written and spoken English plus, be fluent in French or Spanish. Lastly, because a lot of your time will be spent out in the field, you’ll need to be willing to travel at short notice for up to nine months of the year and often into highly troubled regions. You will be home-based and deployed from your home country.
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Closing Date: 23RD November 2012. To find out more about this role and to apply, visit http://www.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_oxfam.asp?newms=ap&id=39464&aid=15808 and quote ref: INT 5803.
