Deputy Security Adviser at United Nations

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Deputy Security Adviser

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Within delegated authority, the Deputy Security Adviser may be responsible for the following duties:

• Serves as a member of the Security Management Team and Security Cell in Nigeria.
• Reviews the evolving security environment and, the UN’s security and operational responses.
• Using analytical techniques and collaborative team research, supports planning and ensure awareness of the current trends to enhance or adjust security programmes.
• Provide expert guidance on inclusive risk management strategies and drives planning using situational awareness, critical thinking, and logic to detect and interpret early signals, emerging trends and analysis of multi-dimensional threats that may impact security.
• Identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Oversees the preparation, review and implementation of security planning, security risk management documents and risk management-based security solutions through innovation and creativity.
• Provides written analysis of security trends and reporting of incidents. Participates in meetings, committees, and task forces, prepares papers on security issues, delivers briefings, provides responses, as needed.
• Advises on the inclusion of security in all stages of United Nations activities and programmes.
• Provides advice and support to line managers responsible for security.
• Enables the delivery of mandates and programmes through direct operational assistance.
• Oversees security-related projects, prioritizing work to meet deadlines and following defined processes, policies, procedures and guidance, fostering alignment with colleagues and across organizations.
• Monitors and contributes to activities that relate to the implementation and evaluation of preparedness and compliance; drives results that help support operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Enhances communication and trust through active collaboration, consultation and exchanges with UN system organizations and other stakeholders, for information sharing, coordination of responses, provision of security briefings, taking into account operational activities and risks.
• Collaborates closely with peers and colleagues, non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions, and Host Government representatives.
• Strengthens awareness and capacity of personnel by supporting the development, updates and delivery of contextually relevant security training and advice.
• Ensures the conduct of security surveys and assessments, creatively leveraging tools and processes, identifying and recommending simple, reasonable, inclusive, effective and efficient security measures, including when there is incomplete, contradictory and/or fluid information.
• Ensures effective crisis management decision-making and operations coordination in line with UNDSS guidelines and maintains internal and external communications during crisis situations.
• Coordinates action for the development of the security related budgets including providing stakeholders with guidance on the preparation, management, and review of these financial frameworks, ensuring adherence to established security risk management measures and organizational standards.
• Ensures conduct of budget, finance and logistical planning for the security office and participation in relevant United Nations administration, finance, and logistics forums. Supports resource mobilization,
• Collaborates in providing leadership to the security team, anticipate human resources needs through workforce planning, assesses performance and support the development security personnel under his/her supervision.
• Ensures implementation of departmental approaches to mainstreaming gender, diversity and inclusion into all aspects of the work as well as ensuring the implementation of people-centred security risk management approaches considering specific threats or vulnerabilities of personnel and adapting practices and measures in support of diversity and inclusion. • Performs other functions as directed.

Requirements
Education:

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business or public administration, political/social science, psychology, criminal justice, law, international relations, security management or a related field is required.
• A relevant first-level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A first-level university degree may be substituted with a diploma from a police or military education institution, college or academy obtained over a minimum of a three-year period.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in international relations, disarmament affairs, conflict resolution, crime or terrorism prevention, security, risk or disaster or emergency management and preparedness in the public or private sector areas responsible for responding to emergency situations that directly impact security is required.
• Experience in planning, design, implementation, or review of risk mitigation measures related to operations impacted by insecurity is desirable.
• One (1) year of experience in field operations is desirable. International experience is desirable.
• Specialized experience in such areas as security programmes, risk assessments, or analysis is desirable.
• Experience in using applied analytics, business intelligence, information management to advance decisions, strategies and execution is desirable.

Application Closing Date
29th December, 2024.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
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