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The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Global Safety and Security,(GSS) Senior Security Advisor in London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide.

Role Purpose:

This is an exciting opportunity for a Safety and Security Senior Advisor to join the Global Safety and Security team within Save The Children International. Reporting into the Director of Global Safety and Security, and providing support to SC UK and other members, especially with respect to crisis management protocols and global operational planning, and risk management.

The successful candidate will develop a security function for SCUK within SCI that is responsive to current security resourcing and arrangements, which will make better use of limited resources and that will recognise that a lot of our risk is mitigated in practice by ensuring a strong movement-wide approach.   

As the Safety and Security Senior Advisor you will apply the principles of being proportionate, leverage existing resources where possible; reduce costs; support the continued development of a strong global system. Utilise the SCI ISO accreditation in relation to safety and security; travel risk management (ISO 31030).

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

In order to be successful, you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Significant international safety and security experience, ideally within a humanitarian context

• Crisis management experience

• Risk management experience, including risk assessment of sites and interaction with other risk management activities within organizations.

• Ability to establish collaborative and productive relationships with people at all levels of Save the Children International

• Be flexible, proactive and people focused.

• Excellent writing, editing and analytical skills, and ability to formulate well-targeted policy recommendations.

• Experienced in providing insight to senior stakeholders using story-telling narratives, supported by the use of graphs/chart/maps when necessary.

• Written and spoken fluency in English, proficiency in a second or third language preferred.

• Ability to work in a matrix management environment. 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including good public presentation skills, and a very strong capacity for effective teamwork. 
• Experience in using internal systems (finance, award management, etc.) to extract relevant data to use on wider GSS analysis.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and often demanding environment.
• Commitment to Save the Children values.
• A good level of use of MS office suite.

We can offer circa £ 64,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

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The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A full copy of the role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Find out more about this role by downloading the job description JOB DESCRIPTION

 17 AUG 2023

 1 SEP 2023 – 02:59 EAT

 WORLDWIDE

 RISK MANAGEMENT

 PERMANENT

 FULL-TIME

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