Re-Advertisement: Security Manager, P-4, Fixed Term Position, ECAMENA RO, Amman, Jordan, #00136998

UN Children's Fund - UNICEF

Staff Closes 09 Jul 2026 1 days left

Overview

The Security Manager (P-4) serves as the Deputy to the Regional Adviser Security for the ECAMENA Regional Office, providing security leadership, analysis, and technical expertise to the Regional Office and Country Offices. The role plays a leading technical role in advancing strategic security risk management, evidence-informed analysis, region-wide security mainstreaming, and inter-agency coordination.


Key Responsibilities
  • Provide high-quality security leadership, analysis, and technical expertise.
  • Play a leading technical role in advancing strategic security risk management, evidence-informed analysis, region-wide security mainstreaming, and inter-agency coordination.
  • Provide authoritative technical advice on person-centered security risk management approaches, security procedures, contingency planning, preparedness, access-related strategies, compliance, and operational security requirements.
  • Serve as a key technical expert to Country Offices in strengthening security analysis and risk mitigation measures.
  • Contribute to reducing risks to personnel, eligible family members, premises, assets, programmes, and operations.
  • Support regional emergency response through surge deployments, country missions, capacity building, training, and thematic analysis.
  • Ensure security considerations are integrated into preparedness, programme continuity, and decision-making.
  • Act as Officer-in-Charge on delegated technical matters in the absence of the Regional Adviser Security.
  • Regional Security Risk Management, Quality Assurance, and Planning.
  • Regional Security Analysis, Technical Services and Functional Continuity.
  • Programmatic Security Analysis, Access, and Decision Support.
  • Technical Security Coordination, External Liaison, and Partnership Building.
  • Regional Security Compliance, Technical Oversight, and Risk Escalation.
  • Security Innovation, Regional Learning, and Capacity Building.
Required Experience

Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in security risk management, security analysis, security preparedness or related areas in an international context is required. Demonstrated international security management experience in emergency and/or conflict contexts, and sound understanding of the United Nations Security Management System, are required. Experience operating in humanitarian and emergency settings is required.

Qualifications

An advanced university degree (Master's Degree or equivalent) in one of the following fields is required: security risk management, international relations, conflict analysis, intelligence analysis, diplomatic studies, conflict and security, counter-terrorism, political science, or another related field. Equivalent formal security training, such as police or military senior command training, may be accepted where relevant. A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in a relevant area combined with 2 additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. This is applicable to internal (FT, Continuing and Permanent) staff only.

Other Details
Languages Required
Proficiency (Written & Oral) in English is required.
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
Contract Duration
Fixed Term Position
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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