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• Acting under FSA direction and guidance,
  liaises and coordinates, as directed, with the host government security
  organizations and/or personnel, including national and local provincial
  authorities, military, and police officers, as well as non-governmental
  organizations and other non-State actors in the area of operation to
  support UNHCR mandate;
• Helps to assess the security situation at
  the country, region and area-specific levels that may be required for a
  proper analysis of the situation by the FSA;
• Under FSA guidance and instruction,
  communicates information on security to the Representative and UNHCR
  managers at different tiers;
• Maintains regular contacts with Security
  Focal Points of UN agencies to enable UNHCR mandate;
• May be requested to provide technical
  assistance at SMT, Security Cell and other relevant meetings;
• Maintains liaison with commercial
  companies used for UNHCR at offices and residences, in order to ensure the
  effective and efficient use of the guard force and other technical
  resources.
• Assists with data acquisition and
  manipulation for graphic report presentations:
• Maintain security related electronic
  databases and produce hard copy files on a regular basis when requested.
• Demonstrate technical capacity to collate
  and translate data into presentations to influence decision-making to
  include extensive use of excel, power point and other similar platforms.
• Able to provide a systematic way of
  archiving reports into easily-retrieval internal filing systems.
• Coordinates with the different Field
  Safety Associates (FS Associates) for information requirements.

• Helps in the preparation and review of the
  UN Security Plan and risk assessments;
• Supports actions during the implementation
  of the Security Plan, as required.
• Establishes, develops and maintains warden
  system and keeps update of information related to UNHCR offices and
  residences;
• Acts as the FSAs liaison with the UN
  security focal points in coordination with the different FS Associates to
  support UN-wide and UNHCR-specific security requirements and needs.
• Assists the FSA in monitoring compliance
  with Minimum Operational Security Standards (MOSS) established for the
  duty station.
• Assists with the compilation of data
  required for the MOSS assessment tools;
• Conducts security evaluations and provides
  advice on security measures for the residences (Minimum Operating
  Residential Security Standards – MORSS) of UN staff, as well as on latest
  trends and threats to staff safety and security.
• Assists in reporting security incidents
  affecting UNHCR staff, offices and assets, and assists in the preparation
  of security reports, such as the Security Incident Report, the Security
  Assessments and the Quarterly Incident Report as directed as FSA.
• Provides support in organizing and
  conducting training courses on security awareness and preparedness, and
  providing security orientation to newly assigned staff members.
• Conducts security briefings, as required.

• Maintains routine and confidential
  correspondence files/documents;
• Maintains a database on contact details in
  relation to host country security authorities;
• Links and coordinates with the Field
  Safety Associate for Kampala/Midwest on compound security management
  including but not limited to access control, ID pass, guard force
  management, among others for UNHCR offices in Kampala; Performs any other
  security related tasks assigned by FSA.

• The key results have an impact on the accurate
  and timely implementation of the overall UNHCR security initiatives at the
  country level to translate UNHCR corporate duty of care to its personnel.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UNHCR Security Operations Associate job vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s
  degree in Political Science, Law, Military Science, Security Management,
  Intelligence Studies or Social Science, preferably with post-graduate
  degree or qualification
• At least three to five years in military,
  police, intelligence, national security, and security management in UN,
  diplomatic and non-governmental organizations.
• Language: English (required); other UN
  languages (Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian, Spanish) desirable; other
  local Ugandan languages advantageous.

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