Security & Access Officer - Dnipro, Ukraine

POSITION OBJECTIVES
The overall objectives of this position is to provide operational input and planning to all DCA projects and work to ensure that organizational security policies and procedures are responsive to the context, adequate and known to all staff and visitors to the programme. You will advise on humanitarian access processes and approaches, help develop and facilitate access in existing and new locations for DCA offices and activities. The Security Officer reports directly to the Security Access Manager

Regardless of the content of this job description the employee is expected to participate in any task necessary for the organization delegated by the manager at all times.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide technical support to the SAM/ Country Director (CD) on all policies, procedures, guidelines and planning for staff safety, operational security and programme continuity;

Travel regularly to field locations and assess all project location access routes and areas;

Help develop, evaluate, review and update the security management plans on a regular basis. Reference and ensure compliance with DCA Security Policies, Manuals and Frameworks within the Security Management Plan and all annexes;

Conduct and update security assessments for DCA’s areas of operation, and formulate and share comprehensive security and risk assessment reports;

Work with SAM/CD and the Senior Management Team to develop, consolidate, implement and update operating procedures and contingency plans;

Participate, if required, in the country office incident management team (IMT)

Develop and maintain relationships with local authorities, local leaders and other power brokers within DCA areas of operations. Work to ensure that DCA, its mission and work in the areas of operations is known and accepted by all stakeholders. Report outcomes, updates and recommendations to CD;

Liaise with all relevant local, national and international security actors, and security management counterparts within the humanitarian community including INSO and attend roundtables/meetings;

Monitor the security situation locally and countrywide on a daily basis.

Ensuring staff are made aware of relevant security information and advising as to any necessary changes to operating procedures as required

Ensuring safety and security equipment is procured, allocated as determined by the risk assessment and maintained in working order

Work closely with logistics and financial department on the preparation of well-formulated and realistic security budgets as well as to ensure assets control;

Provide Safety and security briefings to all country visitors and newly employed staff and include them in all safety and security plans.

Formulate and maintain up to date risk analysis matrix for DCA areas of interest;

Conduct DCA premises and visitor hotel site security surveys

Ensure adequate security measures are in place for DCA premises, DCA staff, DCA assets, and DCA operations;

Ensure the preparation of bomb shelters, hibernation kits, first aid kits and grab bags and ensure they in place and used as per security SOPs.

Be the main point of contact for security incident reporting, receiving information and submitting final reports:

Help develop security training programme for DCA international and national staff and provide regular trainings for DCA staff on security preparedness, prevention and response. Trainings should include Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs), Contingency Plans (CPs); Security Management; Incident Reporting; Prevention and Response Mechanisms; Communication methods and protocols, etc.

Department: Ukraine

Deadline: 15 January 2025

Location: Dnipro