Senior Safety and Security Officer (National Post) – Syrian Arab Republic 7 views

Who we are?

IDA is an international independent non-governmental organization providing medical and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflicts, natural disasters and epidemics regardless of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
IDA was founded in 2012 by Syrian doctors from Aleppo in response to the healthcare and humanitarian crisis in Syria.

IDA Syria is the main healthcare provider in the Northern Aleppo/Syria area, working closely with 500,000 IDPs and 700,000 host communities through 20 healthcare facilities and other health and nutrition projects

During last year, IDA has provided 1.2 million services in Heath, Nutrition, WaSH and Camp Management

Specific Responsibilities:

Location: Syria – Aleppo HQ Office

Team participation

• Contributes to good communication among all team members and between departments and programs, ensuring others are adequately informed of reporting and IT activities to elicit good collaboration
• Respects the procedures of other departments and agree to contribute and support others for successful collaboration

Security and Safety:

• Attend meetings on humanitarian access, security, and safety.
• Draft and update Security policies and procedures.
• Design evacuation plans for facilities.
• Prepare bi-monthly and monthly reports summarizing security events in the organization’s work areas.
• Prepare incident reports and inform donors in the event of any incident which has an impact on the facility’s activities or staff.
• Update security plans for all facilities including risk analysis and standard procedures.
• Follow up on the file on the neutralization of humanitarian facilities with the United Nations.
• Prepare information security plans and supervise the implementation.
• Train the staff on the evacuation, security, and safety plans including standard procedures.

Carries out other duties:

• Adheres to IDA’s rules and regulations
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information, including financial and human resource data
• Performs any other duties requested by the Line Manager or General Director according to professional capacity

Qualifications:

Context/Specific skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Proficient computer skills (MS Office, Microsoft Windows) and software
• Minimum experience of 4 years in NGOs
• Stable and robust character, and team player
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English, fluent in Arabic.
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to teamwork and humanitarian principles.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and willing to learn from others.
• Ability to multitask and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines.
• Ability to cope with high workload and stress.
• Identify priority activities
• Strong leadership qualities and willingness to exercise initiative.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage several tasks at a time.
• Must be highly skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Experience in managing staff and ability to operate in an insecure and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work independently and responsibly.
• Experience working with international standards. Flexible, quick learner.
• Knowledge of the context in Syria
• Good standing and reputation in the community
• Experience of working with local partners;
• Experience of conducting assessments and monitoring activities;

Independent Doctors Association does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, and committed to acting professionally and ethically.
Independent Doctors Association is zero tolerable with any SEA case, IDA is creating the best environment to make sure that all staff have understood SEA and how to report in case there is any suspected case