Chief Security Adviser

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Org. Setting and Reporting
The Division of Security and Safety (UNDSS) is liable for offering management, operational assist and oversight of the United Nations safety administration system (UNSMS) globally. As a worldwide chief in safety danger administration rules, UNDSS permits the secure and efficient supply of United Nations programmes and actions in essentially the most complicated and difficult environments, whereas maximizing valuable sources. To this finish, the work of the Division is aligned underneath a transparent mission, to allow United Nations system programme actions by trusted safety management and options. This can be a distinctive alternative to affix a various, dynamic and thrilling group gaining distinctive and invaluable expertise the place safety gives nice worth. Apart from the chance to achieve new expertise and additional advance safety experience, this place presents a satisfying setting that provides you satisfaction by contributing immediately or not directly to peace and safety, human rights, and achievement of the Sustainable Improvement Objectives. Merely, all humanity will likely be benefiting out of your work. Collectively, we are able to make the world a greater place. For extra info on the Division, and the way we make an influence on the world in enabling the achievement of SDGs, go to: https://www.un.org/undss/ The Chief Safety Adviser will report on to the Deputy Director, Division of Discipline Operations of Division of Security and Safety at UN Headquarters in New York. The submit is presently situated in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and this responsibility station has been designated by the Worldwide Civil Service Fee as an “E” hardship and household responsibility station.
Obligations
Inside delegated authority, the Chief Safety Adviser could also be liable for the next duties: • Serves as Principal Adviser to the Designated Official and/or Head of Mission and to the United Nations Safety Administration System organizations on all safety danger administration issues, safety insurance policies and procedures. • Serves as a member of the Safety Administration Crew. • Chairs the Safety Cell, constructing consensus to make sure alignment and assist for safety operations and initiatives to finest allow UN actions. • Ensures forecasting of the evolving safety setting and, the UN’s safety and operational responses. Helps the DO and SMT to plan and put together to answer disaster occasions that immediately or not directly influence the UNSMS; within the occasion of disaster on behalf of the DO serves in a number one position to mitigate the unfavorable influence and to allow UN packages. • Leads the event of inclusive danger administration methods and drives planning utilizing situational consciousness, crucial considering, and logic to detect and interpret early indicators, rising developments and evaluation of multi-dimensional threats which will influence safety. Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of various options, conclusions, or approaches to issues. • Leads the preparation, assessment and implementation of safety planning, safety danger administration paperwork and safety options by innovation and creativity. Ensures written evaluation of safety developments and well timed reporting of incidents. Participates in conferences, committees, and process forces, prepares papers on safety points, delivers briefings gives responses, as wanted. • Advises on the inclusion of safety in all levels of United Nations actions and programmes. Offers operational and strategic recommendation and assist to line managers liable for safety. Permits the supply of mandates and programmes by direct operational help. • Oversees complicated security-related initiatives, prioritizing work to satisfy deadlines and following outlined processes, insurance policies, procedures and steering, fostering alignment with colleagues and throughout organizations. • Displays and contributes to actions that relate to the implementation and analysis of preparedness and compliance; drives outcomes that assist assist operational effectivity and effectiveness. Guides the definition of insurance policies, methodology and processes for the implementation of the substantive actions of the related groups, (Safety workforce, Division, Unit or Part). • Ensures efficient communication and belief by lively collaboration, session and exchanges with UN system organizations and different stakeholders, for info sharing, coordination of responses, provision of safety briefings, considering operational actions and dangers. • Collaborates carefully with friends and colleagues, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, and Host Authorities representatives. • Strengthens consciousness and capability of personnel by supporting the event, updates and supply of contextually related safety coaching and recommendation. • Ensures the conduct of safety surveys and assessments, creatively leveraging instruments and processes, figuring out and recommending easy, affordable, inclusive, efficient and environment friendly safety measures, together with when there may be incomplete, contradictory and/or fluid info. • Ensures implementation and upkeep of a functioning Safety Communication System. • Ensures conduct of price range, finance and logistical planning for the safety workplace and participation in related United Nations administration, finance, and logistics boards. Helps useful resource mobilization. • Leads and manages the safety workforce, develops strategic objectives, aims, plans for the supply of the substantive actions of the unit or part and implements corresponding outputs; anticipates human sources wants by workforce planning; assesses efficiency and helps the event of safety personnel underneath his/her supervision. • Ensures implementation of departmental approaches to mainstreaming gender, variety and inclusion into all features of the work in addition to making certain the implementation of people-centred safety danger administration approaches contemplating particular threats or vulnerabilities of personnel and adapting practices and measures in assist of variety and inclusion. • Performs different features as directed.
Competencies
Professionalism: Demonstrates respect and sensitivity in direction of variety in all its varieties, in all cultural, gender and spiritual settings. Contributes to an setting wherein others can discuss and act with out concern of repercussion; locations confidence in and builds belief with colleagues and stakeholders. Demonstrates efficient interpersonal expertise and emotional intelligence, together with self-awareness and contextual intelligence. Exhibits openness to studying and dedication to self-development. Identifies points, researches, collects information, demonstrates situational consciousness, conceptual analytical and evaluative expertise and participates within the decision of points/issues demonstrating crucial considering, perceptiveness, judgement and decision-making. Demonstrates a capability to implement insurance policies. Capacity to make fast selections in emergencies or when fast response is required. Communicates complicated ideas successfully each verbally and in writing. Exhibits pleasure in work and in achievements. Demonstrates skilled competence and mastery of subject material. Is conscientious and environment friendly in assembly commitments, observing deadlines and reaching outcomes. Exhibits means to prioritize, handle, and implement a number of high-level initiatives in a well timed method, even in fast-changing contexts. Is motivated by skilled fairly than private issues. Takes possession of accountability and helps methods to make sure compliance with all safety danger administration selections and rules. Exhibits persistence when confronted with tough issues or challenges; stays calm in traumatic conditions. Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and successfully; listens to others, accurately interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks inquiries to make clear and displays curiosity in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, model and format to match viewers; demonstrates openness in sharing info and protecting folks knowledgeable. Shopper Orientation: Considers all these to whom providers are supplied to be “shoppers” and seeks to see issues from shoppers’ standpoint; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with shoppers by gaining their belief and respect; identifies shoppers’ wants and matches them to acceptable options; screens ongoing developments inside and out of doors the shoppers’ setting to maintain knowledgeable and anticipate issues; retains shoppers knowledgeable of progress or setbacks in initiatives; meets timeline for supply of services or products to shopper. Management: Serves as a job mannequin that different folks wish to comply with: empowers others to translate imaginative and prescient into outcomes; is proactive in growing methods to perform aims; establishes and maintains relationships with a broad vary of individuals to know wants and acquire assist; anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable options; drives for change and enhancements; doesn’t settle for the established order; exhibits the braveness to take unpopular stands. Takes duty for incorporating totally different views and making certain the equal participation of men and women in all areas of labor. Managing Efficiency: Delegates the suitable duty, accountability and decision-making authority; makes positive that roles, duties and reporting strains are clear to every workers member; precisely judges the period of time and sources wanted to perform a process and matches process to expertise; screens progress in opposition to milestones and deadlines; frequently discusses efficiency and gives suggestions and training to workers; encourages risk-taking and helps creativity and initiative; actively helps the event and profession aspirations of workers; appraises efficiency pretty.
Schooling
Superior college diploma (Grasp’s diploma or equal) in enterprise or public administration, political/social science, psychology, felony justice, regulation, worldwide relations, safety administration or a associated area is required. A related first-level college diploma together with two years of qualifying expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma. A primary-level college diploma could also be substituted with a diploma from a police or navy training establishment, faculty or academy obtained over a minimal of a three-year interval.
Job – Particular Qualification
Not out there.
Work Expertise
A minimal of ten years of progressively accountable expertise in worldwide relations, disarmament affairs, battle decision, crime or terrorism prevention, safety, danger or catastrophe or emergency administration and preparedness within the public or personal sector areas liable for responding to emergency conditions that immediately influence safety is required. Expertise in planning, design, implementation, or assessment of danger mitigation measures associated to operations impacted by insecurity is required. Expertise in managing personnel or groups is required. 5 (5) years of expertise in area operation, together with 2 years in high-risk areas, is fascinating Worldwide expertise is fascinating. Specialised expertise in such areas as safety programmes, danger assessments, or evaluation is fascinating. Expertise in utilizing utilized analytics, enterprise intelligence, info administration to advance selections, methods and execution is fascinating. Expertise in Hostage Incident Administration is fascinating.
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the place marketed, fluency in each English and French (oral and written) is required. Information of one other official United Nations language is fascinating. Word: Fluency equals a score of “fluent” in all 4 areas (converse, learn, write and perceive). Information of equals a score of “assured” or “fluent” in at the least two of the 4 areas.
Evaluation
Beforehand rostered candidates aren’t topic to any additional evaluation and as such, is not going to be invited for such an evaluation.
Particular Discover
This “Recruit from Roster” job opening is simply open to roster candidates who’re already positioned on pre-approved rosters, following a assessment by a United Nations Central Evaluate Physique. Solely roster candidates who had been positioned on rosters with comparable features on the identical stage are thought of to be eligible candidates. Eligible candidates obtain an e mail inviting them to use. Rostered candidates are inspired to use provided that they’re and out there to take up the place on the responsibility station/s specified within the Job Opening. Making use of to this job opening carries an expectation to just accept the supply, if chosen. The United Nations Secretariat is dedicated to reaching 50/50 gender steadiness in its workers. Feminine candidates are strongly inspired to use. The United Nations Division of Security and Safety (UNDSS) is taking efforts to enhance gender parity, together with full implementation of the UN-wide, and Departmental Gender Methods. We’re dedicated to offering an inclusive tradition and thrilling alternatives for girls within the safety and operations area. Appointment or project in opposition to this place is for an preliminary interval of 1 yr. The appointment or project and renewal thereof are topic to the provision of the submit or funds, budgetary approval or extension of the mandate. An impeccable document for integrity {and professional} moral requirements is crucial. Making use of to this job opening carries an expectation to just accept the supply, if chosen. Employees members are topic to the authority of the Secretary-Common and to project by her or him. On this context, all workers are anticipated to maneuver periodically to new features of their careers in accordance with established guidelines and procedures. The Employees Rules, Employees Guidelines and administrative issuances governing workers appointments could be considered at: http://www.un.org/hr_handbook.
United Nations Concerns
In accordance with article 101, paragraph 3, of the Constitution of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity. Candidates is not going to be thought of for employment with the United Nations if they’ve dedicated violations of worldwide human rights regulation, violations of worldwide humanitarian regulation, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment, or if there are affordable grounds to imagine that they’ve been concerned within the fee of any of those acts. The time period “sexual exploitation” means any precise or tried abuse of a place of vulnerability, differential energy, or belief, for sexual functions, together with, however not restricted to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of one other. The time period “sexual abuse” means the precise or threatened bodily intrusion of a sexual nature, whether or not by pressure or underneath unequal or coercive circumstances. The time period “sexual harassment” means any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that may moderately be anticipated or be perceived to trigger offence or humiliation, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a situation of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work setting, and when the gravity of the conduct warrants the termination of the perpetrator’s working relationship. Candidates who’ve dedicated crimes aside from minor site visitors offences is probably not thought of for employment. Due regard will likely be paid to the significance of recruiting the workers on as huge a geographical foundation as doable. The United Nations locations no restrictions on the eligibility of women and men to take part in any capability and underneath circumstances of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking setting. Affordable lodging could also be supplied to candidates with disabilities upon request, to assist their participation within the recruitment course of. By accepting a letter of appointment, workers members are topic to the authority of the Secretary-Common, who might assign them to any of the actions or places of work of the United Nations in accordance with workers regulation 1.2 (c). Additional, workers members within the Skilled and better class as much as and together with the D-2 stage and the Discipline Service class are usually required to maneuver periodically to discharge features in several responsibility stations underneath circumstances established in ST/AI/2023/3 on Mobility, as could also be amended or revised. This situation of service applies to all place particular job openings and doesn’t apply to short-term positions. Candidates are urged to rigorously comply with all directions out there within the on-line recruitment platform, inspira, and to consult with the Applicant Information by clicking on “Manuals” within the “Assist” tile of the inspira account-holder homepage. The analysis of candidates will likely be performed on the idea of the knowledge submitted within the software based on the analysis standards of the job opening and the relevant inside legislations of the United Nations together with the Constitution of the United Nations, resolutions of the Common Meeting, the Employees Rules and Guidelines, administrative issuances and tips. Candidates should present full and correct info pertaining to their private profile and {qualifications} based on the directions supplied in inspira to be thought of for the present job opening. No modification, addition, deletion, revision or modification shall be made to purposes which were submitted. Candidates underneath severe consideration for choice will likely be topic to reference checks to confirm the knowledge supplied within the software. Job openings marketed on the Careers Portal will likely be eliminated at 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the deadline date.
No Charge
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