Security and Safety Services – Sergeant
The posts are located in
the Department of Security and Safety Service (DSS) at the Nairobi duty
station. The United Nations Security and Safety Service (SSS) is responsible
for providing security to delegates, staff, visiting dignitaries, and other
visitors. Under the direct supervision of the Security Lieutenant, the
incumbents will perform the following functions:
Responsibilities
Provide leadership to the Team by:
- Planning assignments for the team members during particular
scheduled shifts.
- Giving daily work instructions to the members of the team.
- Ensuring team members are provided with uniforms,
communication equipment, and other kits for duty.
- Monitoring posts to ensure that they are effectively manned
and that duties are properly executed.
- Conducts daily briefings and assigns officers to various
functions or posts.
- Supervises staff and carries out inspections to ensure that
officers on duty are discharging their functions appropriately.
- Examines routine reports prepared by subordinates and
certifies their accuracy.
- Assigns cases to investigators, recommending action to be
taken; directs sensitive and/or complex investigations.
Enforce safety and
security in the UN Complex by
- Ensuring that security and safety rules and procedures are
strictly adhered to.
- Supervise control room duties and ensure that the electronic
surveillance equipment is properly monitored and discuss reports of
initial investigation with the Investigator.
- Co-ordinate activities of the team through the Lieutenant and
Inspector to the Assistant and Deputy Chiefs of the Security and Safety
section by making daily reports on events, periodical reports on all
investigated cases, make recommendations on improvement of work.
- Ensure that security equipment and vehicles are in good
working order, supervise operations in the event of accidents
independently and prepare reports after incidents; Conduct preventive
searches in cooperation with the specialized services; Keep plans and
instructions up to date and conduct searches for suspicious items.
- Assists with the collection and analysis of data as well as
preparation of data presentations and reports for information sharing,
responding to queries, knowledge management, planning, and decision making.
- Assists with visualizations and updating information material
such as web pages or brochures.
- Performs all other related duties as required.
Qualifications
Education
- Completion of a high school diploma or equivalent is
required.
- Supplementary post-secondary school training in security or
military with a sound and thorough knowledge of security-related matters
is required.
- Passing of United Nations Security Officer Test (SOT) is
required before the administration of a written assessment and/or
interview.
Work Experience
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible
experience in security, risk disaster, or emergency management in the
public or private service areas, such as national security, military or
police, or in a corporate environment is required. The minimum years of
relevant experience is reduced by two years for candidates who possess a
first-level University degree.
- A minimum of two (2) years of international experience in
security management systems is required.
- One (1) year or more of experience in data analytics or
related areas is desirable.
Languages
- English and French are the working languages of the United
Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is
required. Working knowledge of Kiswahili is desirable. Knowledge of any
other UN official languages is desirable.
NOTE: “Fluency equals a
rating of “fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand), and ”
Knowledge of” equals a rating of ” confident” in two of the four areas
How To Apply
Deadline: Jan
5, 2024