Regional Security Advisor -Consultancy -3 Months

Purpose:

The Security Advisor well is integrated into the management team of the Region and is accountable to, and working under the direction and guidance of, the Regional Director.

He/she is responsible for:

1. ensuring that the Minimum-Security Requirements (MSR) in the Region are implemented and enforced,
2. ensuring that effective security processes and procedures are designed and implemented with the aim of further improving the Federation’s overall security management in the Region, including Country Offices and Partners’ National Societies working or operating under the Federation’s security umbrella.
3. maintaining external relations and information sharing with ICRC, UN and NGO’s in the Region

CONSULTANT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Undertake security assessment missions of Federation operations according to the needs and as directed by the MENA Regional Director to ensure compliance with the Federation’s Minimum-Security Requirements (MSR). This includes Contingency planning, Office, Residential and site security coordination, as well as contact and liaison with security service providers.
2. Advise and assist Federation managers and PNSs in the development of appropriate security plans and procedures in accordance with MSR.
3. Provide security-related input into the operational plans in the Region to enhance the security of field operations.
4. Monitor and analyses the security situation in the Region and identify security-related trends and risks that affect the Federation and RC/RC Movement. 
5. Advise senior management in the Federation and Partners’ National Societies on required changes to operations and procedures to address identified trends and risks.
6. Advise and assist federation Managers and Partners’ National Societies in the development of appropriate security plans and procedures in accordance with MSR.
7. Disseminate and promote the various Federation security tools and initiatives in the Region such as the Stay Safe handbooks and the two-security e-learning modules and monitor the Federation staff compliance with completion of the courses.
8. Establish and maintain internal and external security-related contacts and participate in security meetings, both internally and externally, with ICRC, UN, local authorities and NGO’s as required.
9. Advise field managers on coordinating actions required to deal with security sensitive situations and if required the management of critical incidents.
10. Follow up on security incident reporting and assist the Operational Field Managers in the region in incident analysis and country/delegation specific “incident mapping”.
11. Establish and maintain internal and external security-related contacts and participate in security meetings both internally and externally with the ICRC, UN, local authorities and NGOs as required, assist Federation Staff and PNSs office in developing similar external relations with their area of operations as required.
12. Develop and support security focal points identified in the countries
13. Provide country-specific security briefings and debriefings to Federation and Partners National Societies’ delegates and visitors entering or exiting the Region and others as required. Maintain the debriefing files, and on a regular basis provide the Regional Director with feedback from debriefings.
14. Coordinate training sessions for delegates and Federation employed national staff in both basic security awareness and technical security-related areas such as defensive and 4X4 driving, radio communications, fire drills and use of firefighting equipment.
15. Develop and support security focal points identified in the Region
16. Create, maintain and improve any Duty Officer system.
17. Undertake operational field liaison functions as assigned by the Regional Director.

1. LATERAL RELATIONSHIPS:

1. Establish and ensure effective working relations with the delegates and national staff.
2. Establish and maintain effective liaison relations with ICRC, UN, the interagency community and local authorities.
3. Ensure effective working and reporting relations with the Security Unit in Geneva.
4. Ensure effective liaison with National Society leadership at all levels in the Region

1. ACCOUNTABILITY:
2. To strengthen the security management structure and improve the Federation's overall preventive security management by ensuring compliance with MSR.
3. To provide timely and effective support to field managers regarding all security-related matters.
4. To ensure that the Operational Field Managers in the Region are kept informed of all security incidents, security trends, relocation/evacuation procedures and all proposed actions or measures to improve individual, institutional and operational security.

5. To ensure that all modifiable security incidents are routinely advised to the Security Unit in Geneva and other relevant sections of the Secretariat