Safety Officer

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• Provide technical support of all DRC safety equipment/communication equipment.
• Responsible for providing accurate, timely, and proactive advice on context updates, contextual analysis of the region, implement humanitarian access strategies in the area South.
• Provide technical support to the safety team in the office, ability to maintain and support all normal working process and safety documentaion for DRC South Area Office.
• Be flexible to travel at short notice to difficult and risky areas/proven ability to work effectively with minimal supervision,
• Responsible for providing accurate, timely, and proactive advice on context updates and access in the area South.
• Close coordination with Fleet officer, program staff and drivers to ensure proper and timely field trips for teams. Pre-departure briefings for staff. Develop and implement humanitarian access strategies in South Area, develop ongoing relations with appropriate local authorities and other partner INGOs/ local NGOs.
• Provide technical support to the safety team, ability to maintain and support all normal working process for DRC South Area Office. 
• Maintain and comply with all DRC safety standards. Be able to take lead and follow up on actions to be taken to ensure compliance with DRC safety and security standards.

• Master degree in relevant subject preferred but not required

• Minimum 2 years of experience as safety/security staff for NGO in a high-risk/conflict zone
• Proven experience in context/security analysis and advising humanitarian personnel
• Proven experience in incident/crisis management
• Proven ability to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Excellent relationship-building, interpersonal skills and ability to represent DRC
• Fluency in English

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