Job ID
12901
Job Title
Staff Safety Assistant
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
H&S/Work Protection
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Baccalaureate
Responsibilities
• Answer and address incoming phone calls in a timely and professional manner, provide appropriate authorized information to callers, take and deliver messages accurately and completely.
• Report and liaise with the Staff Safety Officer concerning all safety matters and report any security gaps and breaches.
• Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain safety of premises.
• Control admission of authorized personnel and movement of Oxfam property in and out of the premises.
• Ensure that attendance and visitors logs are maintained.
• Ensure that all office machines, air conditioners, lights, etc are turned off after working hours.
• Patrol and maintain security of the office premises including the grounds of the building and report any irregularity on daily basis.
• Ensure that the hibernation kit is regularly maintained.
• Ensure main building and out-building alarms are functional at close of day.
• Ensure that issued security equipments (such as fire extinguishers, blankets) are functional at all times, report any damage or defect to the Staff Safety Officer.
• Liaise with the INSO and UNDSS on all matters related to safety and security in the event of the absence of the Staff Safety Officer.
• Attend to any major incident as needed and ensure sufficient and proper reports are completed and shared with the Staff Safety Officer.
• Conduct basic safety training related to the building as well as adhere to safety and security rules and regulations.
• Deliver safety and security briefing and awareness session to newly hired personnel and visitors.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Report and liaise with the Staff Safety Officer concerning all safety matters and report any security gaps and breaches.
• Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees, visitors, and other persons to guard against theft and maintain safety of premises.
• Control admission of authorized personnel and movement of Oxfam property in and out of the premises.
• Ensure that attendance and visitors logs are maintained.
• Ensure that all office machines, air conditioners, lights, etc are turned off after working hours.
• Patrol and maintain security of the office premises including the grounds of the building and report any irregularity on daily basis.
• Ensure that the hibernation kit is regularly maintained.
• Ensure main building and out-building alarms are functional at close of day.
• Ensure that issued security equipments (such as fire extinguishers, blankets) are functional at all times, report any damage or defect to the Staff Safety Officer.
• Liaise with the INSO and UNDSS on all matters related to safety and security in the event of the absence of the Staff Safety Officer.
• Attend to any major incident as needed and ensure sufficient and proper reports are completed and shared with the Staff Safety Officer.
• Conduct basic safety training related to the building as well as adhere to safety and security rules and regulations.
• Deliver safety and security briefing and awareness session to newly hired personnel and visitors.
• Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications
Qualification and Experience:
• Minimum completed secondary education.
• Reasonable relevant work experience.
Essential
• Ability to speak English and Arabic, with good report writing skills.
• Ability to act quickly, knowledgeable and decisive in emergencies; remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to maintain administrative systems and processes.
• Ability to organise work effectively and support others, and work in a team.
• Ability to work shifts during day and night, and handover to the next shift before leaving.
• Excellent communication; listen and react to questions from others appropriately.
• Knowledge of Telephone techniques.
• Fully capable of performing all aspects of job.
• Take initiative and proposes new ways to e.g. improve work processes.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.
• Sensitive to cultural differences and able to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts
• Understand of the importance of gender in humanitarian work.
• Willing to learn Oxfam procedures and to be flexible in tasks undertaken.
• Strong work ethics and high level of trust.
• Minimum completed secondary education.
• Reasonable relevant work experience.
Essential
• Ability to speak English and Arabic, with good report writing skills.
• Ability to act quickly, knowledgeable and decisive in emergencies; remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to maintain administrative systems and processes.
• Ability to organise work effectively and support others, and work in a team.
• Ability to work shifts during day and night, and handover to the next shift before leaving.
• Excellent communication; listen and react to questions from others appropriately.
• Knowledge of Telephone techniques.
• Fully capable of performing all aspects of job.
• Take initiative and proposes new ways to e.g. improve work processes.
• Proactive approach to problem solving.
• Sensitive to cultural differences and able to work in a wide variety of cultural contexts
• Understand of the importance of gender in humanitarian work.
• Willing to learn Oxfam procedures and to be flexible in tasks undertaken.
• Strong work ethics and high level of trust.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Please note that this is an urgent vacancy, CVs will therefore be screened as and when received, qualified candidates will be immediately invited for an interview and first qualified candidate will be hired accordingly
Salary and Benefits
As per Oxfam Syria Salary scale
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam’s WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 government, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam’s WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 government, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jul 10, 2017
Expiry Date
Aug 09, 2017
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CV Language
English