National Security Officer (National Only)

UNDP Papua New Guinea concentrates its efforts on constructing the nation’s capability to advertise inclusive, pro-poor development, efficient governance and sustainable and resilient improvement.  Leveraging its technical, coordination and administrative strengths, UNDP Country Office continues to offer built-in coverage recommendation, evidence-based options, high quality assurance and administration providers supporting the nationwide and sub-national implementation of a rising portfolio of actions. 

Country Office success in its supply of UNDP programmes is enabled when an ample safety framework is in place. The Host Government has major accountability for the safety and safety of personnel employed by United Nations Security Management System organizations, their eligible members of the family, and property. The Country Office safety staff, in collaboration with UNDP Security Office and regional safety employees, reinforces and dietary supplements the capability of the Host Government the place wanted to allow ongoing supply of UNDP programmes, significantly in insecure and unstable environments. Specifically, the safety staff ensures the mixing and mainstreaming of safety danger administration into Country Office operations, together with incorporation of safety issues into the design, implementation, monitoring and analysis of all nation workplace initiatives and programmes.

Under the strategic steerage and supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative (DRR), the National Security Officer (NSO) gives assist in safety administration and coverage steerage to allow efficient UNDP programme supply all through the nation throughout the framework of all UN and UNDP safety insurance policies and procedures whereas defending and minimizing danger to UNDP personnel and operations in all coated areas. The NSO gives recommendation on mainstreaming of safety and safety prices into the programming course of on the Country Office stage in addition to for particular person initiatives; and maintains a safety community of native and nationwide safety personnel.

The NSO has a technical reporting line to the UNDP Sub-regional Security Specialist. 

The NSO works in shut coordination with UN Department of Security and Safety (UNDSS), safety companions in different UN companies, nationwide and native safety counterparts, counterparts in Diplomatic missions, NGOs, municipal/civic/non secular and conventional leaders to trade data and implement safety applications.”

UNDP adopts a portfolio method to accommodate altering enterprise wants and leverage linkages throughout interventions to attain its strategic objectives. Therefore, UNDP personnel are anticipated to work throughout items, capabilities, groups, and initiatives in multidisciplinary groups in an effort to improve and allow horizontal collaboration.

• In session with the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) in the Country Office (or Field Security Specialists, if relevant), assist and conduct safety danger administration for the UN Security Management Systems (SMS) and UNDP Programmes. Advise on the mainstreaming of safety and safety prices into all ranges of programme design, implementation and supply by way of the substantive monitoring of ongoing and future initiatives, programmes and prices; and supply proactive assist and options the place required. 
• Actively contribute to the UN SMS-wide safety danger administration course of in designated/safety space. Review and analyze potential safety elements and tendencies to determine attainable impacts on UNDP planning, programme design and supply in addition to the attainable affect of programme design on stability and safety. Identify and handle safety assist wants.
• Conduct safety danger evaluation of key parts of operations within the districts and areas the place UNDP initiatives are carried out; and determine and implement acceptable danger mitigation measures inside assigned areas. 
• Contribute to implementation of person-centered safety danger administration approaches in alignment with safety assessments, measures and procedures which might be guided by an analysis of particular threats or vulnerabilities.   
• Contribute and supply substantive inputs to UNDSS in getting ready the safety danger administration course of and different nation safety paperwork of nation/areas the place UNDP employees, dependents and gear are current. 
• Participate as a member of the safety cell established by DSS in nation

• Provide inputs and help UNDSS in establishing, sustaining and updating nation particular safety and contingency plans in accordance with the UN Security Policy Manual (SPM) in addition to offering safety associated contributions to updating emergency enterprise continuity plans for the nation workplace in live performance with the UN Country Team enterprise continuity plan and with steerage from the Regional Security Advisor/Sub-Regional Security Specialist. 
• Ensure that each one UNDP personnel are included within the Security Plan of the respective nation places of work being ready by the UNDSS, which is able to embody working in collaboration with HR and different related items to take care of and incorporate in these Security Plans an up to date record of all UNDP personnel.
• Formulate and check UNDP particular safety and contingency plans within the nation workplace and the Country Office Business Continuity Plans.
• Provide safety orientation and coaching to UNDP personnel on safety pointers and procedures and safety consciousness (communication procedures, journey precautions, emergency procedures and present restrictions in motion, akin to curfews, restricted and harmful areas). 
• Coordinate with UNDSS in implementation of fireplace security, first support, and radio communications coaching for the suitable employees members.
• Monitor safety compliance of UNDP personnel, operations and gear. Provide recommendation on choice and procurement of acceptable safety gear.

Monitor that UNDP premises and worldwide employees residences are safety compliant.

• Support the implementation of bodily safety and safety danger administration measures for UNDP premises. and when requested, take part in guaranteeing safety administration oversight of frequent premises.
• Conduct periodic acceptable safety assessments of UNDP premises and gear and advise on shortfalls in safety preparedness with beneficial mitigation measures. 
• Represent UNDP safety pursuits in any frequent premises that UNDP occupies within the nation guaranteeing that employees security and safety are major issues.

Provide well timed and correct safety recommendation and briefings to UNDP Management and Personnel; and keep contact with safety companions internally and externally to make sure a continuing movement of knowledge on essential safety issues affecting UNDP programmes, the Country Office and its personnel.

• Produce safety stories as required by the Country Office and the Security Office in a well timed and environment friendly method.
• For all safety associated incidents involving UNDP employees and eligible dependents, contribute to coordination with the Department of Safety and Security (DSS) on 24-hour response, and instantly report such incidents to the UNDP Security Office (or Field Security Specialist if current within the obligation station) and UNDSS within the nation.
• Implement inside communication programs, together with integration of UNDP communications into the suitable UN Security Emergency Communications System. 
• Liaise and coordinate with companion organizations and counterparts to make sure the security and safety of UNDP employees as the very best precedence in planning and finishing up missions.
• Participate in inter-agency safety coordination efforts.  Maintain a safety community and take part as member of the safety cell within the nation and take part in inter-agency safety coordination efforts. 
• Contribute to information networks {and professional} communities.

The incumbent performs different duties inside their useful profile as deemed needed for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:  None

• Achieve Results: LEVEL 1: Plans and screens personal work, pays consideration to particulars, delivers high quality work by deadline.
• Think Innovatively: LEVEL 1: Open to artistic concepts/recognized dangers, is pragmatic downside solver, makes enhancements.
• Learn Continuously:  LEVEL 1: Open minded and curious, shares information, learns from errors, asks for suggestions.
• Adapt with Agility:  LEVEL 1: Adapts to alter, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is versatile.
• Act with Determination:  LEVEL 1: Shows drive and motivation, capable of ship calmly in face of adversity, assured.
• Engage and Partner : LEVEL 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding in direction of others, kinds optimistic relationships.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion:  LEVEL 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 
 Business Management

• Portfolio Management: Ability to pick out, priorities and management the group’s programmes and initiatives, in step with its strategic targets and capability; capability to steadiness the implementation of change initiatives and the upkeep of business-as-usual, whereas optimizing return on funding. Knowledge and understanding of key rules of undertaking, programme, and portfolio administration.

Business Direction & Strategy

• System Thinking: Ability to make use of goal downside evaluation and judgement to grasp how interrelated components coexist inside an total course of or system, and to think about how altering one ingredient can affect on different elements of the system.

Security Services 

• Security recommendation, planning and coordination: Ability to offer with authoritative recommendation and steerage on safety administration, plan and coordinate safety actions.
• Security data administration:  Analytical capabilities to course of various safety data and develop suggestions.
• Safety and Security danger administration: Ability to evaluate threats and dangers, determine and oversee implementation of mitigation measures, together with capability to design and check security and safety plans.
• Physical/premises safety design, implementation and administration: Ability to conduct correct premises assessments on UN services to make sure acceptable mitigation measures are in place. Ability to design, assist the implementation and check bodily safety programs for UNDP premises.
• Security disaster administration & response: Knowledge of disaster administration and response preparations in addition to the flexibility to organize for, reply to, assist/handle safety disaster occasions