Regional Humanitarian Entry and Security Coordinator – Senegal

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced individuals throughout the globe: we offer emergency assist, combat for his or her rights, and strengthen their alternative for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, alongside the displacement routes, and within the nations the place refugees settle. In cooperation with native communities, we try for accountable and sustainable options. We work towards profitable integration and – every time potential – for the fulfilment of the want to return residence.

The Danish Refugee Council was based in Denmark in 1956 and has since grown to develop into a world humanitarian group with greater than 7,000 workers and eight,000 volunteers. Based mostly in Copenhagen (Denmark) and current in forty nations, the Danish Refugee Council is a non-profit-making, politically unbiased, non-governmental and non-denominational reduction group.

Our imaginative and prescient is a dignified life for all displaced. All our efforts are based mostly on our worth compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

Background

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has an operational presence in West and Central Africa since 2014, working in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The Regional workplace, the place the Regional Humanitarian Entry and Security Coordinator (RHASC) relies is in Dakar.

Presently, DRC delivers life-saving help and safety to susceptible, conflict-affected populations together with internally displaced individuals, returnees and host communities within the areas of armed violence discount, humanitarian mine motion, livelihoods, diet and meals safety, safety, shelter and non-food objects (NFI) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

DRC is within the part 2 of its reorganisation. Throughout this part, the previous West Africa area will broaden significantly, from 6 to extra than12 nations in West and Central Africa, North Africa and Latin America.

General objective of the position:

The Humanitarian Entry and Security Coordinator has a regional focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and pointers inside the entire regional space. Beneath the authority of the WANALA Govt Director, the Regional Humanitarian Entry & Security Coordinator (RHASC) will present recommendation, coordination, and technical assist on all elements of the DRC Security Danger Administration system (SRMS) within the nations of operation, guaranteeing compliance with DRC World Security and World Entry insurance policies. S/He develops regional methods, that are translated into motion plans and day-to-day duties.

S/He manages the WANALA Security Specialist and supplies assist and/or technical steerage to nation operations (12 Nation Security Coordinators, 1 RECOLG Humanitarian Entry Coordinator), whereas overseeing actions with regional scope.

The RHASC would be the pivot for important incidents and disaster administration all through the area.

This place is a senior one, requiring a powerful earlier expertise in security and humanitarian entry. This place additionally requires robust communication and evaluation expertise as a way to feed knowledgeable choice making relating to DRC operations. The Regional Humanitarian Entry & Security Advisor can be based mostly in Dakar however might need to journey as much as 40% of the working time via the area.

Obligations

The Regional Humanitarian Entry & Security Advisor will handle all elements of the DRC Security Danger Administration (SRM) system within the area (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico). Beneath the direct administration of the Regional Govt Director he /she is predicted to pursue the next targets and duties in his/her day by day work:

General targets

• Handle the event and implementation of the Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC’s) Security Danger Administration System (SRMS)
• Facilitate program entry and continuity by offering dependable recommendation
• Guarantee compliance with DRC security coverage as acknowledged in Chapters 19 & 20 of the DRC Operations Handbook
• Supervise and mentor the Nation Security Coordinators
• To develop insurance policies and process, in coordination with challenge workers, for the secure supply of program actions
• Enhance the visibility of DRC as a champion of humanitarian entry, security and localisation

In additional element, your major duties and obligations can be:

Incident and Disaster Administration and restoration

• Help Incident Administration Groups (IMTs) with the implementation of contingency plans.
• Work as Coordinator and first level of contact for important incidents and disaster administration. Guarantee clean stream of data each upward (from subject to HQ) and downward (from HQ to the sector).
• Assess all After-Motion choices for programme continuity and restoration utilizing the danger evaluation framework developed at WANALA area.
• Usually inform the WANALA Govt Director and the World Security Advisor on Incident administration and After-Motion Opinions (AAR) via the Area.
• Work with the World Security Advisor on the event of the Security Incident Report (SIR) and on the protection workstream.
• Conduct post-incident inquiries, if required, and monitor compliance with motion factors on SIRs and AAR.
• Guarantee all incidents are duly reported within the Security Incident Report (SIR) system.

Develop Humanitarian Entry Regional Framework

• Help all WANALA nations in creating entry methods.
• Help the event of instruments and coaching methods to operationalize entry methods with the World Entry Advisors. Contribute to the DRC ACE Neighborhood on Humanitarian Entry via, inter alia, the definition of Entry minimal requirements and Entry minimal working procedures (AMOPs) and the event of the Entry Degree System.
• Work in collaboration with the Nation Security Coordinators and program groups to make sure that humanitarian entry methods ship the aim whereas minimizing unexpected antagonistic penalties on folks in want (do no hurt), inside DRC danger acceptance. Mainstream the usage of the danger evaluation framework developed at WANALA area to current and selected from totally different humanitarian entry choices.
• Supervise nation workplaces efforts in mapping, planning and coordinating engagement with all key stakeholders because it pertains to humanitarian entry and entry negotiations.
• Technically assist and high quality test ongoing entry assessments and different interventions as wanted.
• Coordinate the preparation of WANALA outreach papers and publications that may promote DRC primacy on humanitarian entry.

Oversee the event and implementation of the SRMS course of

• Make sure that nations are updated with the totally different parts of the DRC Security Administration System: Contingency plans; Security Degree System (SLS), Minimal Working Security Requirements (MOSS), Native Security Guidelines (LSR), Security Danger and Risk Assessments (SRA); File of Emergency Knowledge (RED) as per the SRMS tracker that can be supplied.
• Make sure that nations present up to date Security Danger Assessments (SRA), Context Assessments and Programme Assessments for every programme space pursuant to DRC Security Coverage.
• Guarantee every programme space has applicable SOPs developed and carried out. Monitor compliance with SOPs. Hold observe of the SOPs within the SRMS tracker.
• Make sure that applicable Security enchancment plans (SIP) accompany the MOSS audits to deal with excellent necessities not but met.
• Handle, information and mentor the WANA Security Specialist.
• Present methodological and technical assist for the coaching of guards, drivers and Watchkeepers.
• Assess the implementation of bodily and asset safety protocols and laws.
• Conduct common web site assessments and advise on mitigation measures.
• Help logisticians and directors with the technical design, procurement, supply and management of security tools and countermeasures.
• Help the curiosity of security and entry via the administration of operation danger registers
• Act as the focus for specialist techniques and assist choices, contributing to total DRC safety coverage.

High quality assurance of security and entry associated insurance policies, protocols, procedures and laws

• Guarantee due course of is adopted through the totally different phases of incident and disaster administration: instant and rolling actions, post-incident restoration, residual danger evaluation and choices for programme continuity. Guarantee applicable mitigation measures developed through the After Motion Assessment are translated into an executable Security Enchancment Plan.
• Conduct common evaluations with Incident Administration Groups (IMTs) in nation workplaces to make sure that all parts of the contingency plans (Hibernation, Relocation, Evacuation, Medical Emergency and Abduction) are updated, practical and understood.
• Guarantee entry and questions of safety are successfully represented in operation danger registers.
• Make sure that security and entry wants are adequately budgeted on the Regional Degree. Instruct nations to the identical at their degree.
• Comply with up on Scheduled MOSS audits of all programme areas. Monitor the development of achievable and cost-effective mitigation measures arrange within the nations Security Enchancment Plans.
• Sharing the burden with the WANA Security Specialists and the Colombia CSC, conduct at the very least annual journey to every of permissible DRC Nation workplaces, designated Areas, Base or web site location for overview and capability constructing.
• Maintain common calls / conferences with Nation Security Coordinators to debate security and entry developments throughout WANALA, know the evolution of threats and produce well timed mitigation measures.
• Present quarterly evaluation, statistics and reporting on key developments throughout the nation to the WANALA Govt Director and HQ World Security and World Entry Advisors on security and entry danger. Help and monitor the standard of periodic reporting throughout the WANALA nations.

Regional illustration and outreach

• Attend NGO safety coordination, Humanitarian Entry Regional Working Group, UN and different related exterior fora.
• Set up a community of contacts and characterize DRC at safety conferences in assist to the Regional Workplace workforce, or Nation Places of work if requested.
• Act as the first level of contact for security and humanitarian entry associated issues with the Regional Workplace and different native actors (UNDSS, inter-agency fora and many others).
• The RHASC is predicted to play a pivotal position within the preparation of WANALA outreach papers and publications that may promote DRC primacy on humanitarian entry, localisation and security.
• Attend DRC month-to-month Regional Security Coordination conferences and different DRC fora on security and humanitarian entry.

Capability Constructing

• Conduct – or facilitate the supply of – security coaching (HEAT, PAST, First Support, Incident Administration, Household Liaison) for employees in any respect ranges. Make sure that all nations within the area are at par with DRC Security Coaching agenda. Put together an annual security coaching plan and guarantee finances is offered.
• Liaise with exterior business suppliers of security trainings, conduct their vetting and add their supply to the annual security coaching plan. Put Nation workplaces involved with these suppliers for the supply of security trainings.
• Supervise and mentor the Nation Security Coordinators on their position.
• Promote the combination of Security & Entry departments with Programmes and Operations in all phases, together with within the drafting of proposals and budgeting.
• Usually journey to Space workplaces in WANALA to ship coaching to DRC workers on the varied elements of the SRMS and the related SOPs. Contribute to sustaining a “security tradition” by mainstreaming DRC World Security Coverage and SRMS in any respect ranges of DRC operations.
• Help and mentor the Nation Security Coordinators on their position of custodians of the SRMS integrity.

Info Administration and Reporting

• Keep detailed mushy and arduous copy recordsdata of all related security paperwork and ensure they’re quickly accessible to of Important Incident or Disaster Administration Groups.
• Keep the SRMS tracker and the Security SharePoint updated and out there on-line to all of the designated customers.
• Present common state of affairs stories relating to compliance with DRC World Security Coverage.
• Guarantee an up-to-date customer briefing package deal is supplied to all Regional workplace guests and worldwide workers.
• Conduct security briefings for all guests and workers on the Regional Workplace degree. Make sure that Nation Places of work do the identical
• Present briefings on thematic and particular points, as requested by the WANALA Govt Director or the World Security and World Entry Advisors

Along with the above, the Regional Humanitarian Entry & Security Advisor could also be requested to hold out different duties requested by the Regional Director or the World Security and World Entry Advisors.

About You

To achieve success at this position we count on you to posses the next:

• Grasp’s diploma or equal (e.g. political science, worldwide growth, or economics)
• In lieu of the above, a bachelor’s diploma and a number of other years of expertise within the sector
• Safety danger administration certification or equal.
• Minimal 5 years of sensible expertise in sector space working for an INGO
• Administration and/or supervisory expertise inside an NGO or comparable organisation
• Confirmed capability to prioritize duties and meet deadlines
• Confirmed capability to develop and implement efficient and contextualized protocols and techniques
• Capacity to conduct and produce prime quality assessments on entry and questions of safety.
• Expertise with important incident administration
• Confirmed dedication to accountability practices
• Expertise with data gathering, evaluation and report writing
• Capacity to steer the joint definition and implementation of entry methods in a participatory method inside consortia and with native companions
• Expertise with delivering security and/or access-related coaching
• Expertise working in hostile or hazardous environments
• Humanitarian programmatic expertise a bonus.
• Full skilled proficiency in French and English is required
• Working data of Spanish, Arabic and different languages native to the WANALA area is an asset however not a requirement.

On this place, you’re additionally anticipated to show DRC’ 5 core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You concentrate on reaching outcomes whereas guaranteeing an environment friendly course of.

Collaborating: You contain related events and encourage suggestions.

Taking the lead: You are taking possession and initiative whereas aiming for innovation.

Speaking: You hear and communicate successfully and truthfully.

Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and selling the very best requirements of moral {and professional} conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, together with safeguarding towards sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We provide

Contract size: 1 12 months, open for extension pending efficiency, funding, and programme wants

Degree: E

Designation of Obligation Station: Dakar, Senegal l Household responsibility station, accompanied

Begin date: As quickly as potential

Common Laws

• The worker shall observe DRC directions on security, confidentiality and moral pointers, together with the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Accountability Framework
• Worker mustn’t have interaction in every other paid exercise through the DRC contract interval with out prior authorization
• Worker mustn’t have interaction in any exercise that would hurt DRC or the implementation of any challenge through the DRC contract interval
• Worker mustn’t give interviews to the media or publish project-related photographs or different materials with out prior authorization
• Worker shall return all borrowed tools for the challenge to DRC after the tip of the contract interval or upon request