Traineeship in Security

**Requisition ID**: 19445

**Region**: Europe (HQ)

**Contract type**: Traineeship
What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and at the same time promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Context

The operational environment of the ICRC is constantly evolving, challenging ICRC’s ability to maintain close proximity with populations affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. Effective security and crisis management is therefore an imperative for the ICRC, in order to fulfil its humanitarian mandate. This entails identifying and proactively mitigating against risks that threaten our global workforce, assets and reputation, as well as responding rapidly and expertly when critical incidents occur or when an operational emergency strikes which exceeds the ICRC’s pre-existing capacity to respond in the field. The Security & Crisis Management Support Unit (SCMS) has a watchdog function and bears chief responsibility for security policy and providing operational support through mentorship, training and field missions, as well as facilitating and instigating emergency procedures, such as the mobilisation of staff and resources to meet the required needs in field delegations.

SCMS sits within the Operations Department and is led by a Head and Deputy Head, composed of a team of over 20 colleagues, six of which are based in the field providing technical mentorship directly to delegations, particularly those in volatile contexts.

Purpose of the position

The Security & Crisis Management Research & Development Associate will contribute primarily to two aspects of the team’s work: First, with data analytics and research; and second to the transition to a new security management information platform.

The data analytics and research activities include working in a team on the compilation, preparation, validation and visualisation in dashboard (Tableau) form of ICRC’s weekly, quarterly and annual security & safety incident and minimum security requirements data. Through a consultative process the Associate will prepare and ensure verification of dashboard contents and design, liaising with counterparts in Headquarters, Belgrade, in the Information Technology Dept., in the Business Intelligence Teams and with external security data organisations as necessary. The Associate also provides ad hoc research and reports of incident data as required by SCMS colleagues, and gives to future strategic development of the SCMS’s security data platform.

Secondly, the Associate will support the human and technical change management processes involved in the transition to a new security management information platform. This includes giving to the planning, coordination and accompaniment of changes at various levels as colleagues around the world appropriate the tool. Of particular importance will be to accompany the data migration process, as part of a technical team.

Reports to (role)

Security and Crisis Management Adviser for Research

General Duties

Understands and adheres to the seven Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;
Understands and adheres to the ICRC Code of Conduct;
Understands the roles of the components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement;
Respects and observes staff regulations and security rules at all times;
Represents the ICRC in a professional manner at all times;
Develops and maintains a pleasant and conducive working environment with colleagues and line managers;
Performs all duties with the highest level of confidentiality in the interest of the employees and the ICRC;
May be asked to perform tasks not covered in this job description and to provide support to other departments when vital.
Accountabilities & Functional responsibilities

The compilation, preparation, validation and visualisation in dashboard format of ICRC’s quarterly security & safety incident data and the implementation rate of the institutional Minimum Security Requirements is composed of the following activities for which the Associate be a motivator:
Coordinate the extraction of data from the relevant internal data sources and review it for quality and transparency;
Help prepare master data for validation, which involves (for the annual report the splitting of data into individual datasets for each Regions’ De