Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Advisor

REQUIREMENTS

Work Experience:

• At least 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated successes in planning, organizing and managing safety and security in complex and volatile environments.
  
• Significant practical experience in humanitarian access, humanitarian negotiation, civil-military coordination, security management or related competencies.
  
• Substantial and documented prior experience as a facilitator – the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to a wide range of audiences.
  
• Experience with collaborative/inclusive development of tools, guidance and learning materials for/with practitioners.
  

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge of legal and normative frameworks for humanitarian action and expertise in applying humanitarian principles in practice.
  
• Thorough familiarity with principles and current approaches to humanitarian access and acceptance models of security management, including demonstrated understanding and successes in gender security management and gender equality.
  
• Ability to gain a precise understanding of the various local, regional, country and international policies, operational positions and interactions, and ability to support analysis and its uptake into decision making before and during emergencies and major crises.
  
• Advanced skills in humanitarian negotiation, humanitarian-military relations and/or engagement with armed groups.
  
• Strong communication, diplomatic, relationship building and interpersonal skills, including to influence and obtain cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control.
  
• Proficiency in facilitating challenging conversations, and challenge teams, on strategic, technical and operational subject matter to create shared understanding and inform decisions.
  
• Proficiency in delivering training and coaching support to individuals, teams and/or partners.
  
• Humility in analysis, ways of working and willingness to learn with teams in the most complex settings.
  
• Able to work as member of multinational team and manage a variety of external and internal relationships to achieve results.
  
• Excellent ability to produce user-centered, effective, and responsive guidance, tools and materials.
  
• Ability to summarize sophisticated topics and information inclusively, clearly and succinctly.
  
• Demonstrated commitment to gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in humanitarian settings.
  
• Ability to identify and address barriers to inclusion for marginalized and underrepresented groups in emergency response.
  
• Experience working with diverse teams and communities, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, and other groups at risk of exclusion.
  
• Commitment to ongoing learning and reflection on personal and organizational biases, and willingness to adapt practices to promote inclusion.
  

Language Skills: Proficiency in English and French required; Arabic and Spanish of additional added value.