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About the Role

The Senior Security Associate based in Gaza plays a key role in supporting the safety and security of UNICEF personnel, assets and operations, while contributing to effective security planning, field coordination and programme implementation in a dynamic humanitarian context.

Responsibilities

• Security Planning
• Safety and Security Services
• Security Networking
• Support in Knowledge Management and Capacity Building

Requirements

• Secondary Education in any related fields.
• At least 7 years of relevant work experience in Security, Security Environment, Security Operations, Police Services, Military Services, Risk Management, Emergency Response, Physical Security, Incident Management, Security Coordination, Humanitarian Security.. and any other related fields.
• Strong experience in Security Planning, Security Operations, Security Networking, Risk Assessment, Emergency Response, and Capacity Building is required.
• Fluency in English and Arabic are required.

Skills

• Security Planning
• Security Operations
• Security Networking
• Risk Assessment
• Emergency Response
• Capacity Building
• Knowledge of UN Security Experience
• Security Risk Management
• Physical Security
• Emergency Preparedness
• Incident Response
• Civil-Military Coordination

Location

• Gaza

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• At least 7 years of relevant work experience

Education Level

• Secondary Education

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Breastfeeding breaks
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities

About the Company

• UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
• UNICEF is committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed.
• Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
• UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world.
• We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
• The UNICEF State of Palestine security team operates in a highly complex and volatile environment across East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, supporting security risk management, operational security, humanitarian access, emergency preparedness, incident response, physical security and civil-military coordination.
• Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan.
• UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts.
• Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

Equal Opportunity

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children.
• The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.
• UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18).
• UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities.
• UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.
• For this position, eligible and suitable females' candidates are encouraged to apply.