Job Description

Job Title: Security Advisor (Middle-level)

Location: Nairobi, with travel to field locations on missions.

Main Responsibilities:

• Work with the human resources department to provide safety consultation and services to the entire workforce.
• Safeguard employees, expatriates, and the physical work area from physical and technological threats.
• Perform controls aimed at achieving security objectives and provide specialized support to the employer when preparing annual and four-year plans.
• Manage security risks and ensure that laws and company regulations are applied at all times.
• Guarantee specialized support to the employer when defining the security plan for managing security risks for the assets.
• Collect and analyze information in order to support the company’s decision-making process.
• Ensure maintenance of relations with local public authorities for the purposes related to managing company security.
• Provide support to the employer when analyzing the risk of infiltration by organized crime.
• Implement actions that will prevent any security risk to employees, third parties, the environment, and public safety.
• Responsible for Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and ensuring that the company’s security measures do not pose any safety risks to employees or the environment.
• Liaise with contractors, suppliers, consultants, government security agencies, Partners project group, and technical staff.

Qualifications:

• Secondary Level Technical Education (degree preferred)
• Relevant military and security training
• Security and paramilitary training, cyber security training
• Fluent knowledge of English.

Experience and Competencies:

• Preferred previous experience in security operations
• Knowledge of Country Security Operations and procedures
• Planning and control, problem-solving, results orientation, positive attitude, energy, resilience, teamwork, flexibility/lateral thinking, initiative.