HSS Officer Mozambique Pemba

Tags: English Environment
  • Added Date: Thursday, 12 October 2023
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Generic responsibilitiesย 

  1. Promote and stimulate HSS risk management culture.
  2. Provide Area Management Group (AMG) with advice based on changes to the context.
  3. Oversee and support Area Office HSS risk management to staff, assets, operation and reputation of NRC.
  4. Implement the NRC Global HSS Management System at area level and provide reports as required.
  5. Develop and maintain area HSS documents and procedures.ย 
  6. Act as an adviser to the Area Incident Management Team leader during a crisis.ย 
  7. Conduct Security Risk Analysis (SRA) and status reviews under supervision of CO HSS Manager
  8. Manage HSS staff at area office level.
  9. Help organizing trainings for HSS staff on area level.
  10. Network, communicate and cooperate with relevant external HSS actors in the area.ย 

    Specific responsibilitiesย 

    ๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

    โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

    • Collect information on ongoing and forecasted security issues, and share information with staff in a timely manner;ย this includes maintaining and managing an information network of key stakeholders, as well as liaison, and access monitoring.ย Key relationships include but are not limited to: INGO Forum members, community leaders, security forces, other NGOs, other actors.
    • Keep abreast of key events and contextual developments that may impact on health, safety and security and issue weekly, monthly and need-to-know basis reports.
    • Maintain NRC records on all occurrences of incidents.
    • Ensure proper health, safety and security resources and equipment are available and in good working order, in line with minimum standards and operational requirements and internal compliance.
    • Conduct security risk assessments.
    • Deliver and document HSS briefings to NRC staff as needed. This includes HSS briefings to new staffs and visitors at area level, as well as weekly briefings during meetings.
    • Assist in the facilitation of HSS trainings for staff.

      Generic professional competencies for this position:ย 

    • Minimum 1-year experience working as a HSS Officer in a humanitarian/recovery context.
  11. Knowledge of humanitarian security management best practices.
Fluency in the use of Microsoft Office software. Fluency in English is mandatory. Fluency in at least one of the languages commonly used in Cabo Delgado is mandatory.ย  Experience in liaising with civilian and military actors in emergencies. Experience in incident reporting, incident mapping, set up and execution of an incident warning system (warden system), compilation of security reports and assessments. Good analytical capacity, resourcefulness and creativity in developing the role of security within programmers and ensuring the most effective support to line management. Ability to balance demands of beneficiary and security actors while maintaining appropriate contextual NGO security advice and coordination.

Context/Specific skills, knowledge and experience:ย 

Strong inter-personal, communication and network-building skills. Contextual analysis skills related to the political, social, health and security situation. Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.

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