Regional Safety Advisor National Counterpart at INSO Kenya

Job Title: Regional Safety Advisor National Counterpart

Company: INSO Kenya

Job Location: Isiolo, Kenya

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides NGOs with credible information and contextual analysis of the local and regional security situation.
• Liaise closely with NGOs, the UN, the military, and other national and international security agencies to obtain relevant information for NGOs use.
• Contribute to writing comprehensive weekly reports on the provincial and regional security situation, as it relates to NGOs
• Producing daily incident reports, threat warnings and facilitating weekly NGO security meetings in his/her region of responsibility.
• Manage, lead, orient, supervise and discipline all staff under line management in accordance with INSO policy.
• Collect security related information and develop regional information networks.
• Assist in the delivery of INSO Services, as defined under the Scope of Services

Qualifications:

• Background in Security/Risk Management
• Experience in Security Information Management
• Good communication and analytical skills
• Excellent writing skills with ability to research and present complex issues in a clear and concise manner
• A good understanding of NGO approaches to security
• Previous military, police and/or NGO security experience
• A proven ability to develop and maintain working relationships with key security interlocutors
• Minimum 5 years work experience
• Staff management experience
• Computer skills and knowledge of Windows and Office programs

How to Apply:

All interested applicants should apply by sending a comprehensive CV and a covering letter explaining why they are suited for the role and what they can bring to the position to info.ken@ngosafety.org.

Application Deadline: 15th Oct 2013