Фахівець з безпеки / Health Safety and Security (HSS) Officer

About Us

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks.

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

Role and responsibilities

The HSS Officer is responsible for the oversight and implementation of HSS policies and procedures within the defined geographical area of Odessa office. This will also require liaison and cooperation with the other Ukraine and Moldova area offices, the AELA/CEERO HSS Manager, and the Ukraine HSS team.

Generic responsibilities:

• Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks, and guidelines
• Implement NRC’s safety and security policies at office level
• Conduct regular security and risk assessments to identify safety and security needs
• Train staff in safety and security and provide regular briefings and updates 
• Immediately report all breaches of safety and security procedures and all threats to NRC staff, beneficiaries, activities, or assets
• Facilitate staff hibernation, relocation, and evacuation in emergency situations 
• Supervise, train, and develop eventual security staff at office level
• Liaise with UN agencies, NGOs, and other external actors to gain security information  
• Ensure vehicle and staff movements are monitored according to procedures and that necessary safety and security equipment are available and in good condition 
• Prepare security updates and reports as required

Specific responsibilities: 

• Collect information on ongoing and forecasted security issues
• Share and update on information with staff in a timely manner
• Maintain information on these incidents in NRC records
• Keep management updated on events/contextual changes that may impact on safety and security
• Conduct infrastructure assessments according to minimum operational infrastructure requirements
• Support Security Risks Assessments to identify Security requirements and to assess if all NRC locations are compliant with NRC Security Risk Management standards
• Facilitate implementation and adherence of Odesa specific SOPs, guidelines, and plans
• Liaise with key stakeholders and maintain strong relationships to facilitate access for the implementation of programme activities
• Work with Logistics to ensure proper HSS resources and equipment are available
• These are kept in working order, in line with minimum standards and requirements
• Participate in the preparation and facilitation of security trainings and awareness sessions to all staff in the area.
• Fulfil any other related tasks that may be assigned by supervisor
• HSS focal point for incident response and incident management support
• HSS support to cross-border movements & activities

Competencies 

1. Professional competencies 

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance. 

Generic professional competencies: 

• Experience from working in security in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Able to quickly create a network facilitating operations 
• Fluency in English, Ukrainian and Russian both written and verbal 
• Valid driver’s license

Context related skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Knowledge of the context in Odessa
• Experience in the humanitarian sector 

2. Behavioural competencies:

• Handling insecure environments
• Initiating action and change
• Empowering and building trust
• Influencing
• Knowledge about own skills/profile
• Service and result oriented
• Team spirit
• Rigorous and flexible
• Enabler and problem solver

We offer:

• Type of contract: national employment contract 12 months
• Salary/benefits: According to NRC salary scale, terms and conditions.
• Duty station: Odessa, Ukraine.

This position is for Ukrainian nationals only.

To apply for this position please follow the link.

Please note that we will contact only shortlisted candidates.

NRC retains the discretion to cancel the recruitment.

NRC might review applications before advert deadline, therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.