Security Specialist

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa World Bank Group Full time

**Job #**:

- req20693**Organization**:

- World Bank**Sector**:

- General Services**Grade**:

- GF**Term Duration**:

- 3 years 0 months**Recruitment Type**:

- Local Recruitment**Location**:

- Johannesburg,South Africa**Required Language(s)**:

- English**Preferred Language(s)**:

- French**Closing Date**:

- 1/27/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC**Description**

Reporting to the Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Administrative Officer, the Global Corporate Solutions (GCS) Department brings together the functions of Corporate Security, Corporate Real Estate, and Corporate Services, such as travel, conferences, and multimedia.

Corporate Security (GCSSC) is a division within the World Bank's Global Corporate Solutions Department. It is responsible for the strategic security program that empowers the WBG to carry out its business worldwide.

GCSSC staff serve at both WBG Headquarters in D.C. and Bank Group offices in more than 40 countries. The division's mission is to support global operations by employing risk mitigation strategies and promoting the principle of shared responsibility for security and safety.

**General**

The World Bank Group in South Africa consists of national and international staff and visiting mission staff based in the office in Pretoria and Johannesburg. The position of Security Specialist (Security Engineering) will be located in the Country Office in Johannesburg. The position will be part of the Corporate Security’s Physical Security and Fire Life Safety Engineering team and report to, and receive support and direction from the Manager, Corporate Security (GCSS2), through the Senior Security Specialist (SSS) Physical Security and Fire Life Safety based in Washington, DC. The position will provide strategic and executive direction for optimizing the World Bank Group’s Physical Security program and will assist in the design, project management, and maintenance of the overall system at the WBG HQ and non-HQ Offices where required.

The Security Specialist (Security Engineering) will regularly interact with other external and internal partners, such as Corporate Real Estate & Facilities, Corporate Procurement, Resource Management, Health Services Department, Non-HQ office Management, and property insurance underwriters. The incumbent will serve in a full-time capacity and be on-call for emergencies.

**Roles and Responsibilities**:

- Serve as the principal advisor for the WBG on Physical Security matters at the Headquarters and non-HQ Office level with the following location-specific and general duties.
- Under the general supervision of the Manager, Corporate Security (GCSS2), the incumbent will:
**Selection Criteria**
- A master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience in Mechanical, Electrical or Structural Engineering or Engineering Technology. A Bachelor’s degree in combination with 7 years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree. A career level diploma (at least 3 consecutive years of training) from a recognized institution, college program, or academy may on an exceptional basis substitute for a bachelor's degree.
- Proven proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing English. French is desired.
- Able to comfortably operate within a multicultural environment and build effective working relations with staff and contractors across the WBG.
- Experience in working in field environments preferred.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), and ability to write concise summaries and communicate key technical information to nonexpert audiences.
- A versatile engineer with a consistent track record to work with teams across an organization or corporation in support of multiple aspects of people-related activities, including support of development planning, team engagement, and inclusive activities. Ability to develop success measures, metrics, and monitoring, in collaboration with partners across the organization
- Willingness to travel to high-risk locations
- At least 5 years’ experience in Physical Security or Security Project Management for international corporations and/or international or diplomatic organizations.
- Experience in the design, project management and maintenance of physical security and security systems.
- Strong analytical skills to successfully perform complex design reviews.
- Proven experience in physical security resource management, including but not limited to procurement and budgeting.

**Desired**:

- Familiar with security risk assessment, risk mitigation programs and procedures for operations in varied threat environments
- Experience in the specification of forced entry ballistic resistant assemblies, crash resistant barriers, access control facilities and visitor screening areas.
- Experience in working in austere field environments.

**Competencies**
- Deliver Results for Clients - Acts as a trusted, strategic advisor, partnering with clients to deliver results.
- Collaborate



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