Department: Security
Contract duration: Fixed
Duty Station: Nairobi
Starting Date: August 2022
Background on 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 endeavours 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 mile: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard-to-reach areas. With a team of 4,800 national staff, 450 international staff, ACTED is active in 38 countries and implements more than 505 projects a year reaching over 20 million beneficiaries. More on www.acted.org
ACTED Kenya is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the Security Officer position in Nairobi, Kenya.
Position Profile:Â Reporting to the Country Security Manager, this position will support the Country Security Manager ensure that the security standards of ACTED staff are high and ensure high-level security of all ACTED staff, assets, property and resources within ACTED sphere of influence and context of operations. They will acquire operational comprehensive understanding of ACTED program in Kenya and provide support and advice in terms of security. He/she is accountable for compliance of ACTED security and safety guidelines.
The Security Officer will be involved in the smooth running of the Security Unit within the ACTED Kenya Operations and will also support ACTED operations in Uganda and Somalia. In addition, s/he will be responsible for ensuring conducting continuous security risk assessments and mitigating the security risks.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Context analysis
2. Security Assessments
3. Operational support
4. Briefing and training
5. Liaison with humanitarian, military, community and other actors
6. Reporting
Protection Mainstreaming– Promoting of and adhering to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy and guidelines
Perform other duties as requested by supervisor
Required qualifications and technical expertise:
Preferred experience:
Essential knowledge, Skills and Competency:
Qualified Kenya Nationals with the required skills are invited to submit their applications by 10/8/2022, 05:00PM to kenya.jobs@acted.org with the subject line: APPLICATION FOR SECURITY OFFICER accompanied with:
Cover Letter and CV must be shared as a single PDF document i.e with the Cover Letter being on the first page and CV starting on the next page, detailing 03 work referees and their day time contacts. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your application. If required they will be requested at a later stage.
Applications failing to respect the criteria above will not be considered.
Please note:
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. 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.*
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