Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact. Program / Department Summary Mercy Corps has worked in Haiti since 2010. Mercy Corpsโ program focuses on the implementation of humanitarian services. With funding from USAID and other donors, Mercy Corps works together with communities in the West, GrandโAnse and Nippes departments of Haiti. General Position Summary The main goal of the ASSM to create and foster a climate of security awareness that enables programs to be implemented. S/he is a strong team leader, able to develop and mentor team members and is an effective communicator, able to work with internal and external stakeholders to achieve common objectives. Mercy Corps policy requires that each country office designates a focal point who is responsible to monitor the safety and security environment, analyze context, report incidents, provide briefings and support the security management of the country. While the Country Director holds primary responsibility for security management, the ASSM is the vital contact for safety and security in a country program. The ASSM is responsible to implement, or operationalize, the security plan and guide the Risk Management Team in order to ensure the implementation, accuracy and relevance of security planning, as well as developing MC Haiti Humanitarian Access Management capacity. Essential Job Responsibilities
Maintains Mercy Corpsโ Global Minimum Standards for Safety & Security which include security management planning; documentation; orientations and briefings; journey management, including approval processes and staff tracking; incident reporting; office and workplace safety. This also includes management targets related to training, budgeting and staffing.
Conducts country and local Security Risk Assessments for different security risk contexts and uses these periodic assessments to inform its security management planning. Communicates relevant updates to the context, threats or procedures to team members and documents updated, as necessary.
Drafts, updates, contributes and/or implements the Security Management Plan. Each plan includes at a minimum: risk assessment; contact information for the Risk Management Team; context analysis; standard operating procedures (SOPs); contingency planning; emergency medical planning and contacts, incident reporting instructions.
Leads mandatory Security Incident reporting. Country offices are required to report and maintain a log of security incidents. It is the responsibility of the security focal point to maintain this log and also ensure individual security incidents are well-documented in a way that enables the country risk management team to analyze their immediate risk environment and also the agency to learn and improve upon their risk management approach. Critical incidents must be reported to the global security team immediately.
Coordinates security trainings, orientations, visitor briefing and on-boarding. It is the responsibility of the security focal point to ensure that team members are prepared for the security risks and environments they will encounter. This is done through a briefing on the environment and orientation to Mercy Corps procedures and planning. This is generally done prior to starting the responsibilities, however, in some cases this is done in-situ with trainings, briefings and access to security plans. Updates, briefings and trainings are offered or provided periodically or as situations evolve.
Identify and co-chair (with the CD or DCD) the Risk Management Team to help guide and implement security management in the country. Chairs Risk Management Team meetings and maintains a file of minutes or notes from the meetings.
Oversee the annual security self-audit with the Risk Management Team.
Serves as a point of contact for the Senior Director of Global Security and the Regional Security Advisor Security System Management
Familiarity with key security resources on the Hub and DL.
Ability to set up incident tracking and security files in the country and/or navigate access to in-country files that already exist.
