Position Title: Security Officer
2025-06-30        Helmand, Kandahar       Full Time        9
Job Location: Helmand, Kandahar
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: CHA, salary scale
Vacancy Number: HRM-471
No. Of Jobs: 2
City: Lashkargah, Kandahar
Organization: (CHA), Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (موسسه همکاری)
Years of Experience: 2 years
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor
Close date: 2025-06-30


About (CHA), Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (موسسه همکاری):

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA) is a non-governmental, non-profitable, and non-political Afghan NGO, working since 1987 mainly in agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure sectors in more vulnerable areas of the country. CHA is working through the implementation of Emergency, rehabilitation, and development projects for emergency aid for war, famine, and natural disaster-affected families in the field, to assist with the rehabilitation of rural and urban life, and to work with communities for sustainable development in Afghanistan.

Core Commitments and Expectations from Candidates:

CHA is dedicated to creating an environment where all staff members are committed to our core values and principles. We believe that our employees play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and excellence of our organization. Therefore, we have outlined the following core commitments and expectations that all candidates must adhere to:

  1. Adherence to CHA's Policies and Procedures: All candidates must adhere to CHA's policies and procedures, these guidelines are designed to ensure a safe, fair, and efficient working environment. Compliance with these policies is fundamental to maintaining the standards and quality of our operation
  2. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA): CHA has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, sexual harassment and abuse. All candidates, employees, associates, and partners must comply with the PSEA policy.
  3. Ethical Conduct and Integrity: Candidates are expected to maintain high standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all their professional dealings. This includes avoiding conflicts of interest, maintaining confidentiality, and adhering to anti-fraud and anti-corruption guidelines​​.
  4. Commitment to Non-Discrimination and Diversity: CHA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. Candidates must respect and promote diversity and non-discrimination based on race, gender, age, or any other protected characteristic​​.
  5. Child Protection: Candidates must adhere to the Child Protection Policy, ensuring the safety and well-being of children in all CHA activities.
  6. Environmental and Social Safeguards: Candidate must follow CHA's Environmental and Social Safeguard Policy to minimize environmental impact and ensure sustainable practices in all projects and operations​​.
  7. Confidentiality and Data Protection: Candidates are required to maintain the confidentiality of all CHA data and information.

All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. To ensure compliance, candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks. These checks will include the verification of academic credentials and employment history. Selected candidates may also be required to provide additional information to facilitate these checks.

By joining CHA, candidates commit to these core values and contribute to our mission of providing humanitarian assistance with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. We look forward to welcoming dedicated individuals who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

Job Descriptions:

1. Establish and maintain contact with various actors (local authorities, NGOs, UN agencies, security forces, etc...).

2. Work with program teams at field level to build network and acceptance in local communities where CHA operates.

3. Develop ongoing relationships with community leaders and other power brokers within the CHA operational areas.

4. Work to ensure that CHA, its mission, and work within the CHA operational areas are known and accepted.

5. Work to encourage stakeholders to work with the CHA in ensuring that staff and programs are safe, secured and allowed to continue humanitarian activities.

6. Organize and produce risk analyses in a participatory and regular manner as needed.

7. Participate in the development of Security Management Plans (SMP) including appropriate procedures and contingency plans.

8. Ensure that all documents are up to date and operational.

9. Evaluate and maintain contingency plans adapted to the local context, in operation area, for critical incident management, evacuation, hibernation and travel.

10. Closely monitor developing situations, Identify, and report all the security information, updates, and events, especially those could have an impact on CHA operations.

11. Work closely with all staff to ensure that safety and security incidents are reported in accordance with CHA standards.

12. Provide and share daily security report (DSR), required to comply with standard format and preparation of DSR, and provide weekly security updates. 13. Monitor open sources to collect, compile and report information including incidents and trends pertinent to humanitarian access in area of responsibility.

14. Work closely with CHA field management teams to ensure all incidents are followed up with an official written report.

15. Assist to monitor the operating environment, identify new threats, assess CHA vulnerabilities, and recommend possible responses.

16. Contribute to local-level conflict sensitivity analysis and macro- level analysis of trends

17. Provide an on-arrival security briefing to all the visitors and new staff

18. Identified staff training needs.

19. Provide ongoing training for drivers and guards, as well as for other staff as necessary.

20. Ensure the monitoring and replacement of safety equipment in CHA buildings (fire extinguishers, etc.).

21. Ensure the renewal of emergency stocks in CHA offices and guest houses, assess the physical working environment of offices and guesthouses are not vulnerable.

22. Ensure that each CHA office and guest house has an evacuation plan in case of fire

23. Conduct regular security & safety assessments of offices, warehouse to identify any vulnerabilities and give appropriate recommendations.

24. Ensure having security guards in all CHA facilities with supervision and planning.

25. Properly manage compound safety and security. 26. Compile and submit daily security reporting that track incidents and trends within the CHA area of operation.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of two years’ experience working in humanitarian safety and security (at any level with technical responsibilities). • Must have knowledge of incident reporting protocols and experience in report writing.

Submission Guidelines:

Interested and qualified candidates should send us their information using the link below.

https://manage.cha-net.org/jobs/685bdfa5d322ce045166801a

for more information please contact to this number: 0729128571

Submission Email:

Please use the above link in the Submission Guideline section

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