Overview
The Security Manager serves as the senior operational security focal point for UNICEF Gaza operations, providing operational leadership and ensuring effective implementation of security risk management, humanitarian access coordination, emergency preparedness, and operational security compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Serves as the senior operational security focal point for UNICEF Gaza operations.
- Provides operational leadership and supervision of Gaza-based security personnel.
- Ensures effective implementation of UNICEF security risk management, humanitarian access coordination, emergency preparedness and operational security compliance.
- Supports senior management through operational analysis, crisis coordination, humanitarian liaison and field-level operational decision support.
- Works in close collaboration with the Country Office Security Manager in Jerusalem on technical issues.
- Advises the Senior Emergency Coordinator (SEC)/Chief Field Office (CFO) on their security duties and responsibilities.
- Contributes to the UNICEF mandate through strong security risk analysis, advice, and relevant mitigation.
Required Experience
At least 8 years of relevant work experience in Security, security management, risk management, emergency response, humanitarian access, crisis coordination, incident management, movement coordination, civil military coordination, physical security, capacity building. and any other related fields.
Qualifications
Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Safety, security studies, international relations, conflict studies, intelligence studies, humanitarian affairs, political science and any other related fields.
