Safety and Security Officer

2026-09-17 Kabul Full Time 37

Job Location:	Kabul
Nationality:	National
Category:	Security
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	Based on OPHCD Salary Scale
Vacancy Number:	OPHC-HR-113
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kabul

Organization:	Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD)
Years of Experience:	3–5 years
Contract Duration:	4 months ( Extandable)
Gender:	Male
Education:	Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Human Rights, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Close date:	2026-09-17

About Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD):

Organization for Promotion of Health & Community Development (OPHCD) is a nongovernmental, non-political and independent organization. OPHCD has been established in 2017 and registered with the NGOs Department of the Ministry of Economy of the with license # 4160. In addition, the organization has membership of Afghanistan National Health cluster, Afghanistan National Nutrition Cluster and ACBAR. OPHCD, as a non-governmental organization striving for well-being of the people through promotion of health, education, WASH, protection and human right, economic stability and sustainable development of the communities with focus on the women and children, drugs users, IDPs and other marginalized group of the society with an equitable manner.

The HER-AF2 (Health Emergency Response – Afghanistan Phase 2) project is funded by UNICEF and implemented to ensure continuity and quality of essential health and nutrition services, with strong emphasis on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Feedback and Complaints Response Mechanism (FCRM), High-Impact Value Added (HIVA), and zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEA-H).

Job Descriptions:

Key Responsibilities:

All responsibilities below are specific to HER-AF2 UNICEF-funded programming and must be implemented in alignment with UNICEF Afghanistan policies, IP agreements, and approved SOPs.

1. Security Risk Management

Conduct risk assessments, Maintain the security risk register, monitor threats and vulnerabilities, recommend mitigation measures, Review residual risks

2. Security Planning

Develop/update security plans, support project and provincial security plans, develop contingency arrangements, ensure security considerations are incorporated into program planning.

3. Staff Safety

Security induction, staff briefings, security awareness, field safety advice, emergency communication.

4. Movement Security

Movement planning, route/security assessment, vehicle and driver safety, check-in/check-out monitoring, field movement documentation.

5. Incident Management

Receive reports, conduct initial assessment, escalate serious incidents, maintain incident database, coordinate post-incident reviews, frack corrective actions.

7. Training

Security induction, emergency response, fire safety, road safety, incident reporting, personal security awareness.

8. Reporting

Monthly security update, Incident reports, Risk assessment reports, Security inspection reports, Training reports, Security trend analysis, Corrective-action status, Annual security review

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Law, Human Rights, or related field (Master’s preferred)
Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in Safety and Security safeguarding, or protection roles and community social and mobilization work
Demonstrated experience managing security incidents
Strong understanding of UNICEF, UN, or INGO safeguarding frameworks
Knowledge of humanitarian principles and conflict-sensitive programming

Submission Guidelines:

Submission Guideline:

· Interested candidates submit applications, including your resume and a cover letter, to ophcd.hro@gmail.com

· Please Mention the announced position vacancy number province you have applied in the email subject please like (apply for OPHCD-HR-), Via Email: ophcd.hro@gmail.com

· OPHCD has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA).

· By applying to this position, you agree to all OPHCD policies regarding Data Protection and Sharing and also PSEAH.

· Note: only short-listed candidates will be contacted.