Regional Advisor for Humanitarian Access and Risk

Medecins du Monde - France HQ / Doctors of the World

Under the supervision of the head of security and safety unit (based at the HQ), your main responsibilities are the following:

Contextual Security Monitoring

• Provide regular analysis of the political and security context at country and regional levels
• Monitor the political and security environment in relevant countries on a daily basis, in complementarity with field-based HARAs
• Identify changes and trends in the political and security environment and assess their potential impact on MdM program activities
• Produce timely alerts when relevant, including related recommendations
• Regularly update security event databases and all key information used in the monitoring and mapping tool (ArcGIS)

Coordination / Network of Actors

• Establish and maintain an active information network at the regional level
• Support missions, when needed, in developing networks at the national level
• Capitalize on and update MdM s contact lists
• Represent MdM in coordination meetings and NGO security forums in the region, when applicable
• Maintain regular communication with other MdM chapters present in the region

Daily security management / Access and security assessments

• Provide technical support and advice to missions on security and access
• Ensure that existing measures are adapted, properly communicated, and well understood by all staff members
• Support programs in conducting access and security assessments for new areas
• Validate the security section of Terms of Reference or mission requests before submission to HQ
• Ensure that access to SYRIL is updated for each new user arrival or departure

Incident / Crisis management

• Support incident and crisis management upon request
• Ensure communication protocols and confidentiality procedures are respected
• When necessary, coordinate with the general coordinator and the desk on post-incident (RETEX) analysis and provide recommendations
• Ensure all incident reports are correctly submitted to SYRIL with all required documents attached

Reporting / Archiving

• Write reports following each field visit
• Facilitate working and analysis sessions with the general coordinator and the desk based on evaluations/exploitation reports produced by teams with HARA support
• Prepare and submit regional reports in accordance with MdM guidelines
• Ensure that security files archived in SharePoint are updated, respecting each country s file nomenclature and applying correct access controls

Briefing/Debriefing

• Ensure all staff and partners are aware of the MdM security policy
• Ensure all new personnel (international and national) receive appropriate safety instructions upon arrival in-country
• Train all key security managers on SYRIL
• Ensure key security managers receive a security debriefing upon departure
• Support missions by providing simple briefings/debriefings for base teams traveling to different areas on a weekly basis