Country Security Manager

**About ACTED:**
Acted is committed to immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential.
Acted endeavours to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential. The commitment of ACTED and that if our teams is guided by 4 core values:

(1) Responsibility: we ensure the efficient and responsible delivery of humanitarian aid with the means and the
resources that have been entrusted to us.

(2) Impact: we are committed to having the most sustainable impact for the communities and the people with whom we engage.

(3) Enterprising spirit: we are enterprising and engage in our work with a spirit that creates value and overcomes challenges.

(4) Inspiration: we strive to inspire all those around us through our vision, values, approaches, choices, practice, actions, and advocacy.
**Greening strategy:**
Acted’s greening strategy aims to tackle environmental degradation and climate change while meeting the needs of the most vulnerable who are often those most affected by the deepening environmental crisis. Each Acted employee will adhere to these principles through key green programming responsibilities: Contribute towards the adherence and development of the greening strategy plan. Explore innovative green programming opportunities and/or solutions within your realm of responsibilities and roles. Encouraging and promoting environmental safeguarding processes and environmental programming
standards in accordance with SOPs and technical guideline notes
**Acted PSEAH Policy:**
The Country Security Manager has the responsibility to adhere to the PSEAH Policy (Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment). And has the obligation to complete all mandatory trainings related to the Code of Conduct and the PSEA policy and report any safeguarding concern such as breaches of organisational policies or codes of conduct according to Acted’s procedures. The Country Security Manager carries out work duties in a way that does not harm children, vulnerable adults or other staff or volunteers.
**Location:** Damascus – Syria
**Start Date:** ASAP
**Duration Of the Contract**: 1 Year.

**JOB PURPOSE:**

The Country Security Manager is responsible for overseeing daily security management of all Acted premises and project sites, ensuring a permanent monitoring and assessment of the security situation in country, as well as reviewing and implementing Acted security management guidelines and protocols.

**OBJECTIVES:**

Ensure the safety, security and integrity of ACTED staff, assets, premises and programs in country in particular by constantly monitoring and anticipating security risk, by designing and enforcing context specific risk mitigation rules and procedures, by ensuring MOSS compliance in all ACTED premises, by preparing and updating contingency and evacuation plans and by providing all ACTED staff with appropriate security training.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

**1- Department management:**

.1.1. Oversee the recruitment and selection of qualified national security field staff, recommend promotions, disciplinary action and termination of staff in consultation with the Country Director.

1.2. Supervise and mentor national security officers, focal points, guards and drivers.

1.3. Make frequent site visits to ACTED premises to carry out performance assessments and provide constant support to the security team

1.4. Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff

**2- Context & Risk analysis:**

2.1. Develop and regularly update the country security profile (with regards to the socio-economic, political and/or military situation in country, the country criminality profile, the nature of ongoing conflicts or crises climatic & seismic hazards and health risks, ).

2.2. Follow-up on major country events and developments

2.3. Analyse and locate key local stakeholders

2.4. Develop security trend analysis

2.5. Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilized properly: create an security incident database and perform incident mapping and analysis

2.6. Fill in and regularly update the Risk Analysis Matrix (threat, likelihood, impact, level of vulnerability, level of risk). 2.7. Carry out security assessments of new ACTED areas of intervention or areas under Phase C.

**3- Develop and update Country Security Plans, SOPs and Contingency Plans:**

3.1. Draft and regularly update the Country Security Plan (CSP) for validation by the Country Director and endorsement by HQ

3.2. Recommend changes in the Country Security Plan to Country Director and HQ Security department.

3.3. Draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) adapted to the local context.

3.4. Draft and regularly upd