Background on ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.

 ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill the Safety & Security Assistant Position in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. 

Position Profile:

Under the supervision of the Mekelle Logistic and Security Officer, this position will be responsible for following all Safety and Security procedures in Tigray region and ensuring the compliance with ACTED Security procedures. The staff will also maintain the liaison between ACTED and REACH project/field teams and the relevant supporting team in Capital office (logistics, administration, finance, security). Support information flow between ACTED and REACH teams in Tigray and the supporting teams in capital office.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

 Security and Safety:

• Share any security information received with the Logistic and Security Officer/Area Coordinator/Country Security Officer
• Provide regular information and updates on access conditions to the various areas of ACTED and REACH operations
• Ensure that the safety and security standards of ACTED and REACH staff (international and local) and premises are appropriate and correspond to ACTED sphere of influence and context of operations
• Ensure high-level security of all ACTED and REACH assets, property and resources
• Support movements planning and checks
• Support developing the ACTED Security TITANIC for Tigray Region

Protection Mainstreaming

• Promoting of and adhering to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy and guidelines (for site residents, ACTED staff, partner agencies, casual labours, etc.). 

 Other: Any other duties, assigned by the Line managers, required to support the running of ACTED and REACH activities.

Department: Security

Hierarchy: AC/Logistic and Security Officer/Security Department

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Start Date: August 2021

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher Diploma preferably in International Relations/ Security or related field and two years’ experience in working with International NGOs in the similar level
• Motivated and create in approaches to work
• Excellent communication skills, personable and articulate
• Fluent in written and spoken Tigrinya and English
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective and working relationships
• Strong team player of high integrity, pleasant personality, ability to work under least supervision and meet strict deadlines
• Computer literate and with excellent IT Knowledge
• Demonstrated experience in overall responsibility and accountability for the logistical and administration management of an organization
• Good public Relations with strong negotiation and reporting skills

How to Apply

Application Procedure:

Qualified national persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to ethiopia.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 15^th August 2021 with the subject line “Safety & Security Assistant – Mekelle, Ethiopia”.

Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.

Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments.

 ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programs from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.