Senior Security Risk Management Advisor

About the Position

Senior Security Risk Management Advisor (Reference No. CO-GIZ 2025/063)

We are seeking a Senior Security Risk Management Advisor to join our team in Islamabad, Pakistan. The role is responsible for overseeing risk management and security operations.

About GIZ

As a federal enterprise, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. At GIZ, we offer an atmosphere characterized by diversity, respect, and genuine equal opportunities. We are committed to gender equality promotion and our benefits are receptive in terms of work-life balance and family friendliness.

Key Responsibilities

Management

• Closely interact with Corporate Security Unit (CSU) for any clarifications, incident reporting, and implementing fresh guidelines.
• Implement medical guidelines at GIZ Pakistan issued by Medical Department at HQ.
• Provide material input to the HRMO’s RMO budgeting, planning, and forecasting.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and regular maintenance of the RMO IDA page.
• Act as the point of contact for Regional SRM Hub Asia Pacific.
• Responsible for leading and the overall management of the Risk Management Office.
• Manage and coordinate tasks within the RMO Analysis Unit and regional risk management team.
• Provide support to the RMO Analysis Unit in the development and refinement of Foresight Security Analysis (FSA) Early Warning Indicators (EWI).
• Support in the design, coordination, and implementation of crisis management plans.
• Implement SOPs pertaining to travel, registration of staff, and emergency communications.
• Oversee all aspects of travel management, including travel requests, clearances, and allocation of armored vehicles.
• Ensure staff data is collected, securely filed, and that staff lists are accurate at all times.
• Keep the Personal Data Sheet (PDS) files stored and ensure confidential handling.
• Collect and present security-related information as required.
• Oversee maintenance of the incident database.
• Oversee and coordinate immediate incident response.
• Establish and maintain crisis management plans and key member of action teams in crisis management of GIZ and KfW Pakistan.
• Report specific incidents with analysis and recommendations.
• Deputize the regional risks management advisors when required.
• Undertake official travel to different areas for assessment as required.
• Conduct briefings of new staff and visitors.
• Ensure quality and documentation of OR activities.
• Oversee the regular head count for international staff.
• Supervise, and support induction of new operational equipment and tools.
• Responsible for staffing, assessing, developing, and assigning roles/responsibilities within the RMO.

Coordination & Communication

• Engage with senior management of GIZ and KfW in Pakistan in the absence of the HRMO or upon request.
• Maintain frequent communication with GIZ projects and KfW.
• Maintain field mission reports.
• Maintain accommodation record of international staff and MAPs.
• Ensure gradual mapping of GIZ office locations and AoO across Pakistan.
• Maintain statistics of official movements and area of operations visits.
• Coordinate and review initial incident reports.
• Responsible for maintaining contact list of relevant LEA/CCMC/armed forces.
• Review and contribute to the routine security reporting.
• Ensure standardized security briefing and maintain database of briefings conducted.
• Oversee and maintain an approved database for accommodation and events within Pakistan.
• Ensure implementation and regular update of relevant SOPs within the scope of RMO.
• Keep the regional security management advisors up to date on countrywide security and safety events.
• Formulate SOP’s relevant to the RMO aspect, as needed.
• Review and update RMO SOPs, as and when required.

Advisory, Assessment, Liaison, and Reporting

• Performance assurance of work of regional security risk management advisors.
• Introduce and disseminate new and ensure required updates to policies, rules, procedures, and guidelines relating to Risk Management for all GIZ/KfW offices.
• Conduct assessment and analyze the security situation countrywide.
• Lead the review of RMO policies, such as SOPs, crisis management protocols, and internal procedures, and revise on yearly basis based on feedback from the country management and/or changes in the security environment.
• Information management: collect, collate, present security-related information from national agency counterparts.
• Manage and adjust RMO internal communication procedures.
• Liaise with official and informal national civilian authorities concerning security issues.
• Liaise with international and national security entities.
• Maintain regular contact with relevant national LEA, UNDSS, armed forces, and other ministries.
• Conduct security risk assessments for current and new projects/programmes on request or when required.
• Oversee and coordinate hotels, guest houses, and site assessment.
• Advise all staff on security issues.
• Act as a point of contact for all administrative matters within RMO.
• Represent and participate in all relevant internal meetings and exchange.
• Oversee performance of security guard company in coordination with the security risk management advisor for Islamabad.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in a relevant subject or comparable qualification.
• 10-15 years of comparable and relevant professional experience with several years of experience with management and leadership responsibility.

Application

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Kindly note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applications submitted via email and after the deadline are not accepted.

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