Job Summary

Samaritan’s Purse is looking for energetic and motivated Security Program Manager. A security Program Manager will have to demonstrate excellent surveillance and emergency response skills.  Security Program Manager will need a strong commitment to security rules and knowledge of all hazards and threats to safety.

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and maintain relationships with diverse personnel who may impact security of SP personnel. These include, but are not limited to, local village leaders, police, military, other NGOs, UN and government leaders.
• Analyze open source and confidential information to continually update the national and local threat levels.
• The ability to partner with and establish working relationships with all law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction.
• Maintain up to date information on political, economic and social status on a national level and report to the regional security manager and in country leadership on a regular basis.
• Develop, manage and train a team of national security officers as well as sub-base national staff.
• Maintain disaster response plan, evacuation plan and other contingency plans as required.
• Work closely with country leadership in advising on travel restrictions and program hibernations.
• Ensure efficient use of funding and accurate financial reporting, preparing and evaluating budget with finance manager.
• Experience working with the incident command system and to support all emergency management events.
• Experience with risk identification and establishing prevention policies, procedures and operational plans for department managers to execute.
• Experience planning, conducting and documenting security training and exercises for officers, staff, and leadership.

Education / Experience Needed

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study
• Five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience in a Security Management leadership role.
• Minimum of one year of management experience, preferably in a disaster location.

 Skills Required 

• Fluency in English language
• Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, build and maintain positive working relationships.
• Ability to understand complex security situation and advise program design accordingly.
• Possess ability to analyse information to develop a complete picture of security situations.
• Ability to communicate and interact well with people of different educational, linguistic, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.