Security Officer

Duty Station: Ramallah

Starting Date: February 2025

This is a full-time position and working hours are from Sunday to Thursday, 08:00 – 16:00.

PREMIERE-URGENCE INTERNATIONAL (PUI) is an international, apolitical, non-religious, and non-profit French organization intervening in 23 countries worldwide. PUI aims to provide a global response to the fundamental needs to people affected by humanitarian crises, from the emergency to the restoration of their autonomy and dignity. Première-Urgence and Aide Médicale Internationale merged in 2011 to offer a better range of lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to communities affected by extreme adversity.

PUI's humanitarian and development aid strategy in oPt focuses on providing support to populations affected by the coercive environment and subsequent IHL/HR violations in both the West Bank (WB) and the Gaza Strip (GS). PUI's programming incorporates interventions in several sectors, aiming at the prevention of livelihoods' loss and displacement as a consequence of protection threats, lack of services (health, education, WASH), and lack of access to agricultural lands or job opportunities.

Overall Objective

The Security Officer, under the technical supervision of the Security Coordinator, ensures coordinated humanitarian access by:

• Monitoring the security, political, and humanitarian context, assessing security risks and potential constraints on humanitarian access, and producing regular reports and other written assessments
• Supporting the safety and security management of PUI activities, staff and premises across the West Bank, including the preparation and implementation of security-related standard operating procedures
• Supporting with contingency planning and preparedness as well as incident and crisis management
• Liaising and coordinating with key stakeholders (partner organisations, local communities, relevant authorities) to ensure humanitarian access).

Specific objectives and linked activities:

1. SUPPORT CONTEXT ANALYSIS AND HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

• Collect and verify information on the security, political and humanitarian context to support the Field Coordinator and teams
• Establish and maintain an active information network, including PUI staff, other humanitarian actors and relevant authorities, to obtain credible and relevant information
• Conduct in-depth context and risk analysis, including stakeholder analysis and mapping, and analysis of access constraints, in collaboration with the Security Coordinator
• Produce regular reports, written assessments, and verbal briefings concerning security conditions and humanitarian access to support the Field Coordinator and program teams
• Carry out regular field visits, including to new operational areas, to conduct detailed assessments

2. SUPPORT THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT OF PUI ACTIVITIES, STAFF AND PREMISES

• Oversee the implementation of PUI’s safety and security management system (SSMS), collaborating with the Security Coordinator to ensure regularity across the program
• In collaboration with the Field Coordinator, ensure teams at base level are thoroughly trained on security rules and other security-related standard operating procedures (SOPs), with regular briefings and training exercises
• Support with the preparation of new SOPs, adapted to evolving security conditions and PUI activities
• Monitor the safety and security of staff during and after working hours through a comprehensive communication and movement tracking set-up
• Participate in regular briefings and debriefings ahead of and after field visits, ensuring teams are prepared for any challenges and that they report on them
• Produce and provide security-focused inductions to all new staff at base level
• In collaboration with Logistics, support with screenings of individuals, organizations, and contractors PUI plans to work with
• Carry out regular field visits to monitor activity implementation with regards to respect of security and safety procedures
• In collaboration with Logistics, review the safety and security set-up of all premises and vehicles and propose adjustments as required

3. SUPPORT WITH CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

• As a member of the base-level Security Management Team (SMT), continuously monitor security developments and plan for all possible eventualities
• In collaboration with the Field Coordinator and Security Coordinator, contribute to contingency planning, ensuring base-level hibernation, relocation, and evacuation plans are complete and updated
• In collaboration with Logistics, ensure premises and vehicles are properly equipped and in a state of readiness to meet the needs of all contingency plans.
• Ensure staff are thoroughly briefed on contingency plans, with regular training and/or drills
• Immediately alert the Field Coordinator in case of impending danger or an incident affecting the teams and/or beneficiaries, as well as any incident impacting humanitarian access.
• As a member of the SMT, support the Field Coordinator in managing incidents and broader crises impacting PUI, making use of plans prepared in advance and contacts among external stakeholders. 
• Follow up on incidents, ensuring all required actions are taken and providing regular updates to the Field Coordinator and Security Coordinator.
• Supporting the drafting of incident reports within 24 hours and ensuring incident closure after 72 hours, in collaboration with the Security Coordinator

4. CONTRIBUTE TO REPRESENTATION, LIAISON AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION

• Attend and actively participate in relevant meetings with INGOs and UN agencies, local partners and other stakeholders, taking notes and providing qualitative minutes/reports when requested by the Field Coordinator
• Participate in the overall representation of the organization towards local actors and provide qualitative minutes/reports, when requested by the Field Coordinator
• Support the Field Coordinator in communicating and networking with all relevant stakeholders, by organizing regular bilateral meetings to provide updates on PUI’s activities and to facilitate humanitarian access
• Contribute to coordination of PUI activities and movements with local authorities and other relevant stakeholders, including via notification and deconfliction mechanisms
• Report to Field Coordinator on any changes to external coordination/notification mechanisms as well as the impact on humanitarian access

Main Priorities of the department-for first three months of employment

• Ensure PUI’s context and risk analysis at base level is complete and up to date
• Ensure all essential security SOPs are complete and that teams are briefed and closely adhere to them, in line with PUI’s SSMS
• Ensure PUI’s contingency plans at base level are up to date and that the base (staff, premises, and vehicles) are prepared to meet their needs

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Required Knowledge and Skills

EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 

Required: 

• University degree in humanitarian affairs/political sciences or a related field

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (Humanitarian, International, Technical)

Required: 

• 1-3 years of professional experience in humanitarian safety and security management and/or a humanitarian access function
• Experience in logistics management is an asset but not compulsory

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Required:

• Excellent writing and analysis skills are mandatory
• Strong networking skills are mandatory
• Acquaintance with INGO' rules, procedures, regulations and humanitarian principles

LANGUAGES

Required:

• Fluent in Arabic and English (speaking/reading/writing)

SOFTWARE  ( Pack Office, Other (to be specified) )

Required: 

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook), Google Earth and Google Maps, experience with QGIS (desired)

OTHER REQUIREMENT

Required:

• Valid driving license

• Pre-existing contacts among NGOs, UN agencies, authorities, and other relevant stakeholders

Required Personal Characteristics (fitting into the team, suitability for the job and assignment)

• Honest and trustworthy
• Reliable, rigorous and well-organized
• Motivated and dedicated to his/her job
• A keen attention to detail
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Tact and diplomacy
• Able and willing to learn to extend his/her scope of work
• Able to manage priorities, take initiatives and work without constant supervision

PUI provides a work environment that reflects the values of integrity, diversity and gender equality. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented cultural or social groups, particularly people with disabilities and people from communities highly affected by occupation-related violence (including settler violence).

All PUI workers adhere to the values and principles outlined in the PUI Code of Conduct and policies, including the Protection from Exploitation and Abuse Policy and the Child Protection Policy.”

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, you could apply using the two mandatory steps:

1. Please fill in the form in the link below

SECURITY OFFICER – APPLICATION FORM

1. In addition, please submit a cover letter and a detailed resume before Sunday February 9, 2025, by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Please indicate the Position Title "Security Officer-Ramallah" in the E-mail subject line.

Incomplete applications or Unfilled Forms will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.