Humanitarian Access and Security Tracking Officer - Emergency (Upon funds approval)

Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from woman and persons with disabilities.

Position’s mission:

Under the supervision of the HAS Manager, the Tracking Officer tracks movements and monitors the security context.

Reports to: HAS Manager

Interacts with: HAS team, Fleet, operations and programme team, support team, volunteers

Missions / Responsibilities:

Mission 1: OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION

Responsibility 1-1: Movement tracking

Activities:

• Helps brief teams before travel.
• Ensures that all HI vehicles comply with programme safety standards.
• Liaise with logistics to ensure regular briefing of drivers.
• Tracks the movements of HI staff and activities according to current procedures.
• Liaise with Manager for movement approvals.
• Tracks vehicle positions and records vehicle movements.
• Ensures that all movements are reported according to current procedures.
• Sounds the alarm and reports to Manager any incidents or problems during travel or any anomalies prior to travel.
• Trains new starters in movement procedures and the use of communication and tracking tools.

Responsibility 1-2: Monitoring the security context

Activities:

• Follow up with teams to get feedback on situation on the ground.
• Monitors security events daily and reports back to the Manager.
• Monitors external security incidents and helps with analyses.
• Cross check external incidents with current movements and report potential threat to Manager.

Responsibility 1-3: Additional missions to be defined according to the needs of the programme and the framework of the HAS Manager or Supervisor.

Activities:

• Supports logistics with the management of safety files (assessment of HI premises, emergency kit, means of communication, fire extinguishers, vehicle equipment etc.).
• Helps with the reporting and management of security incidents.

Note that this job description must remain flexible; the list of tasks set out above is not exhaustive and is subject to changes resulting from the diversity of Handicap international activities to respond to additional tasks or changes as identified by the line manager.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Essential: Certificate in logistics, security or fleet management (or any other field relevant for the position).
• Desirable: Bachelor Degree
• Desirable: trained in humanitarian access and security management.

Experience:

• Minimum 1 year experience in humanitarian action and NGOs
• Experience in logistics, Fleet Manager or a position with security (or transferable) responsibilities

Language:

• Essential: English and Arabic mandatory (oral and written)

Professional skills for Humanitarian Access and Security:

• Essential: Analysis of the security context
• Essential: Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Essential: knowledge of the humanitarian principles and humanitarian security management framework
• Desirable: Analysis of security risks
• Desirable: Management of security incidents

Cross-sector skills:

• Essential: Stress management
• Essential: Ability to analyze and summarize information
• Essential: Office automation and IT tools (google maps, google earth)
• Desirable: Use of tracking devices in the past (online GPS tracking platform, satellite phone, radios)

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

HI workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in HI Code of conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child. Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

Basic salary ranges for the position is going to be paid according to the experience and to HI salary Grid.

Basic Salary: Starting 1,450 USD

Closing date: 17/10/2024