Overview
The Security Specialist will coordinate all security-related requirements for ADB's staff, facilities, and operations in Afghanistan, providing advice, guidance, and training, and responding to emergency situations.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze the political and security situation in Afghanistan and neighboring countries.
- Develop, institute, and manage appropriate safety and security policies, programs, and procedures at AFRM.
- Collaborate with the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) personnel.
- Oversee security arrangements for visiting missions.
- Review and help develop plans and other security arrangements related to ADB operations in Afghanistan.
- Provide advice and responses to emergency security threat situations.
- Manage actions to provide continuing review and contingency planning.
- Manage deployment and operational procedures for the AFRM guard forces.
- Enhance the AFRM's physical security, surveillance, and deterrence measures.
- Implement and maintain security as a safeguard throughout the ADB project cycle.
- Maintain a database of all ADB-funded projects in Afghanistan.
- Design a standardized format for reporting project security information and develop a tool for ADB-funded security geo-mapping.
- Provide leadership and support to reporting staff by supervising their performance.
Required Experience
- At least 6 years of relevant experience managing security programs and liaison with military or police authorities in a government organization, international institution, corporation, or other relevant organization.
- International experience working in several countries with a focus on Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Islands Developing States is advantageous.
- Demonstrated experience and exposure to the international security arena dealing with safety and security issues.
- Experience with international security structures and practices with an understanding of the UN and other international organization security structures is desirable.
- Understanding physical, technical, and information security best practices.
- Demonstrated high-level understanding and implementation of security risk management principles.
- Experience with political systems/government administration.
- Experience collaborating with staff, management, staff of other local and international organizations, and senior government officials.
- Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and capability to create harmony within a multicultural organizational work environment, even in high-pressure conditions.
- Emotional insight to comprehend and manage the impact and sensitivity of security and safety issues.
Qualifications
A University degree in security management, international relations, political science, international law or related fields; preferably at post-graduate level or its equivalent.
