Safety Advisor

Position              : Safety Advisor

Line Manager    : Deputy Director

Country Office    : Ukraine

Work Location    : Lviv

Organisation Background

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is an international NGO that supports humanitarian aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services, including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety-related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.

INSO provides daily support to more than 1000 NGOs operating in 18 of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for its performance, principles and professionalism.

INSO is registered in the Netherlands with its headquarters based in the centre of The Hague, the international city of peace and justice.

INSO Ukraine Country Office

INSO has been operational in Ukraine since July 2015 and currently brings together 100 humanitarian organisations operating throughout the country. INSO Ukraine focuses on providing security and access-related information in near to real-time and helps raise awareness of the existing risks and mitigation strategies.

We are seeking an experienced individual to join our team as INSO Safety Advisor to be based in Lviv.

Job Summary:

Provides security analysis and advice that is vital to the efforts of the NGO community to deliver aid and assistance to the thousands of people who need it. Build and maintain a diverse network of contacts, articulate complex political and socio-economic analysis from an objective, neutral perspective, and produce and disseminate written products and deliver briefings on a time-sensitive basis. Identify trends and patterns within quantitative datasets of security incidents, linking this information to broader political and socio-economic development. Safety adviser also represent INSO among a diverse and important audience of members and a wide network of contacts, including UN agencies, international donors and organizations, local communities, and their leaders.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other national and international security actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.
• Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and contextual analysis of the local security situation through daily alerts and reports, weekly incident lists, bi-weekly analytical reports, and other thematic reports.
• Facilitate and lead regional NGO community security roundtables.
• Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation planning.
• Manage a small office team, including supervision national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
• Effectively represent, promote and protect INSO's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. 
• Proven writing, editing, and analytical skills and the keenest eye for detail.
• Significant experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
• Personal and professional resilience in a fast moving, high output, quality-driven program.
• Experience in the humanitarian, and/or risk management and/or humanitarian access sectors.
• Independent drive, motivation, and excellence, and ability to operate and sustainably manage staff and teams under strict systems and deadlines.
• Well-developed personal, organisational and team management skills and standards in a diverse multicultural setting.
• Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and principles.
• Graduate level education in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.

Nice to Have:

• Prior experience in an inter-agency role.
• Experience with NGO security and/or project management.
• Existing information networks.

Personal Attributes

• Confidentiality, integrity, and a sense of conflict-of-interest prevention.
• Self-motivation, courtesy, and humility.
• Team spirit and good management of interpersonal relationships.
• Know how to plan and organize your work.
• Be flexible, dynamic, know how to propose initiatives.
• Be able to work under pressure. 
• Effective communicator.
• Capacity to work in multicultural environments. 

Terms & Conditions:

Official employment with a 3-month probationary period with expected start date asap or 22 August 2022, UAH 77,600 Gross salary.

INSO’s Safeguarding Policy:

INSO is fully committed to safe recruitment, selection, and vetting of all potential new staff, trustees, and volunteers and we will ensure rigorous compliance with our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policy throughout the recruitment process. As such, the following safe recruitment practices will be applied:

How to apply:

Interested persons are requested to send the following to  Отправить резюме and ensure to reference “INSO Safety Advisor, Lviv” in the subject line of your email by 18 August 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted on a rolling basis:

The following documents should be in PDF format and in English:

Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, your motivation in (2-page maximum). Up to date CV (5-page maximum). Please do not send any additional information (certificates, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB if possible.