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Mercy Corps in the Middle East, Palestine
Mercy Corps is a non-profit, non-governmental international humanitarian and development organization,registered in the United States and United Kingdom with offices in more than 40 countries around the world, including the West Bank and Gaza, where the organization has been active in implementing relief and development programs for over a decade. Mercy Corps Palestine’ has staff based in EastJerusalem, Ramallah and Gaza City offices that implement programs throughout the Palestinian territories.Mercy Corps has been operating in Palestine since 1986, and across the Middle East for a number of years.
The Position
The Humanitarian Access and Safety Manager (HASM) will work with all MC Palestine offices to ensure that organizational security policies and procedures are responsive to the context, adequate and known to staff and advise on operational security processes and procedures in close coordination with security and program teams.
This position must maintain an acute awareness of the context and all threats as they relate to Mercy Corps operations. The HASM is expected to understand all Mercy Corps Palestine program activities across all operational areas.
The HASM will work with Program leads to ensure that the country program adheres to and exceeds compliance with the Global Safety and Security Minimum Standards.
The HASM will work closely with the Operations teams on related and contextually nuanced aspects of safety & security requirements.
The HASM is based in the Country Office in Jerusalem and is responsible for quality control and of security management for all offices and programs. This position will require extensive travel to insecure locations and for extended periods to provide support.
This person is expected to have a strong understanding of program management, logistical capacities and humanitarian values. S/he is expected to apply these and other leadership qualities with the Mercy Corps team.
S/he will conduct operational contextual styled analysis, advise the Country Director on all aspects of safety and security risks, operational security measures, and the safety and security aspects of incident management. The HASM will document, train, and implement security management planning, while also designing, facilitating, and providing training programs, briefings (written and presented) to program staff, technical advice and support for improved assessments and program planning.
Essential Responsibilities
STRATEGY, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
REGIONAL SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS