Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Managerial and technical leadership
2. Security Risk Management and Planning
3. Security Services
4. Programmatic Security Information and Analysis
5. Security Networking and Partnerships
6. Security Compliance Monitoring
7. Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building
8. Managerial and technical leadership

• Establish the annual work plan, determining priorities and performance measurements in a complex and volatile environment.
• Monitor workplan implementation, to ensure that Security output results are achieved to schedule and performance standards country-wide including in all field locations where UNICEF is present.
• Report critical issues to the Deputy Representative Operations and Representative for timely action.
• Establish the annual workplan outputs, activities and developmental priorities of the Security section staff. Provide timely guidance to enable the Security section staff to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently.
• Manage all of Sudan security team Security team building and motivation. Signal potential conflicts and take preventive action, in coordination with Human Resources staff.

2. Security Risk Management and Planning

• Advises the Representative in the execution of her/his duties with regards to the security of UNICEF personnel and eligible family members, premises, and in accordance with UN and UNICEF Security Management Systems.
• Assist CO Representative and Heads of Offices, as appropriate, to review Security Risk Management processes (SRMs) and undertake specific or ad-hoc Security Risk Management processes as required; work closely with UNDSS P/CSAs and other agency security professionals to ensure security documents are gender and disability inclusive.
• Assists the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) as appropriate and participates as a member of the Security Cell established by UNDSS. Attends as an observer, all SMT/ASMT meetings.
• Through the Security Cell, provides advice and recommendations on all Security Documentation, including SRMs and Security Plans, and manages the implementation of SRM-Measures, Residential Security Measures (RSM), provisions of the relevant Security Plans and other relevant policies, guidelines, and assessments within UNICEF.
• Prepares, maintains, and updates UNICEF security documentation including security contingency plans and provides the Representative, the RSA and the Office of the Security Coordination (OSC) with mandatory reports in accordance with UNICEF security reporting guidelines. This includes the monitoring/reporting on security compliance and the submission of all Security Incident Reports (SIRs).
• Assists the Representative and Chief of Operations on determining the financial and human resources required for ensuring the security of personnel, premises, and programme activities.

3. Security Services

• Monitors the security situation and provides independent and comprehensive analysis with the goal of identifying trends and predicting the specific conditions that would impact on the security of UNICEF personnel and eligible family members, premises, assets and programmes to inform decision making.
• Supervises, evaluates, and reviews security activities in support of UNICEF operations and participates, coordinates and/or undertakes security risk management processes for all locations where UNICEF personnel and eligible family members are present.
• Ensures that UNICEF personnel are kept informed of matters affecting their security and the actions to take in the event of an emergency including those identified in the area Security Plans as it relates to UNICEF.
• Oversees the establishment of an effective and functioning communications system for security management within UNICEF that is fully integrated into the UN Emergency Communications System.
• Coordinates with UNDSS to ensure all UNICEF personnel undertake all mandatory security training/briefings and participate in all security related contingency exercises.
• Develop and conduct security training for UNICEF personnel as required.
• Ensures security surveys of international personnel residences are completed in accordance with the Residential Security Measures (RSM).
• Provide technical oversight for UNICEF contracted security providers such as guards service.
• Supervise and mentor UNICEF Security professionals in the country
• Oversee the recruitment of additional UNICEF Security personnel, as required

4.Programmatic Security Information and Analysis

• Provides analysis to understand security dynamics. Ensure the analysis addresses environmental, socio-economic and political factors that make geographical areas difficult to access and have an impact on the delivery of UNICEF programmes.
• Works closely with the UNICEF personnel in country to ensure security considerations are mainstreamed into programmes, and integrate all relevant analysis and security measures into the planning and implementation of UNICEF activities.
• Support UNICEF management in the development and implementation of access strategies, preparedness plans, and programme contingency plans as required.
• Assess the feasibility of and facilitate the reinstatement of UNICEF presence (with other UN agencies as appropriate) in conflict, hotspot and non-hotspot states in Sudan.
• Coordinate the development of Mission Security Clearance Requests (MSCRs) for UNICEF and interagency missions including UNICEF personnel.

5.Security Networking and Partnership Building

• Establishes contact and maintains networks with UNSMS, I/NGO, diplomatic, and international community security advisors and relevant local authorities as appropriate.
• Collaborate and coordinate with UNDSS and the Security Cell to enable UNICEF activities.
• Ensures that security collaboration with NGOs working as UNICEF implementing partners is undertaken, in coordination with UNDSS, and consistent with the SLT framework.

6.Security Compliance Monitoring

• Monitor that the Country Offices complies with and periodically exercise security procedures/protocols and guidelines including: Security Risk Management Measures (SRM-M) and UNICEF’s Global Security Compliance platform.
• Review proposals for country and area Security Risk Management measures (SRM-M), Residential Security Measures (RSMs), Local cost shared security budget (LCCSB), and other relevant security documents and provide advice when warranted.

7.Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity Building

• Introduces technological innovations and approaches to security procedures and systems.
• Institutionalizes and shares best practices and knowledge learned.
• Organizes, plans and/or implements capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders on security related preparedness and operations.
• Provide briefings and presentations to UNICEF senior managers with security responsibilities on current and new UN security policies, guidelines and tools;
• Ensure training provided is gender and disability inclusive

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Requirements: 

To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have …

• Education:An advanced university degree Security Risk Management, International Relations, Conflict Analysis, Intelligence Analysis, Diplomatic Studies, Conflict and Security, Counter Terrorism or another relevant technical field.
• Experience:A minimum of ten years of professional experience in security risk management and/or security analysis is required.Demonstrated international security management experience and understanding of the United Nations Security Management System is required.

  Experience operating in a humanitarian setting is required.

  Experience operating in a conflict/post conflict context would be considered an asset.

• Language Requirements:Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.