Apply for the Vacancy for Security Adviser at the UN in Kazakhstan. The deadline for the application is 3rd September 2020.

Duties

• Advises to and supports the Designated Official of the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) with regard to all security-related matters, security policies and procedures.
• Also, establishes and chairs a security coordination cell, ensures its good functioning and practices, fosters interagency security coordination.
• Prepares, reviews, security management documents for the designated area of responsibility, including all aspects related to elaboration, development, implementation, and updating of the documents.
• Identifies and monitors trends of security incidents affecting UNSMS personnel and organizations.
• Likewise, initiates, conducts and monitors the Security Risk Management (SRM) process and other relevant requirements of UNSMS security policies and guidelines, to enable the continued delivery of UN programs particularly in crisis situations while ensuring the safety, security, and well-being of personnel, and security of UN premises and assets.
• Moreover, the candidate monitors activities related to the implementation of the approved security measures.

Qualifications

Education

Advanced university degree in security management, business administration, political/social science. Likewise, psychology, criminal justice, law, international relations or a related field. The University may accept first-level university degree in combination with two years of qualifying experience in lieu of the advanced university degree. A first-level university degree may be substituted with a diploma from a police or military education institution, college or academy obtained over a minimum of a three-year period.

Work Experience

A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in security, risk or disaster or emergency management in the public or private service areas, such as national security, military or police, or in a corporate environment.

Also, a minimum of 2 years of international experience security management systems.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this post, fluency in English. Knowledge of another UN official language is desirable.

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