Job Purpose: Under the guidance of the Head of Security, the Security Analyst, Access, HMI ( Humanitarian Military Interaction, will play vital role in supporting  decision-making and ensuring  operational success by providing technical support services in the  access, analysis and contextualization of security incidents using specialized processes, tools, and platforms aligned with WFP security standards. 

The current state of humanitarian response in the Middle East and North Africa is characterized by increasingly complex and protracted conflict-driven crises involving a multiplicity of humanitarian actors and state/military entities. The incumbent will be required to establish a more standard approach to, and more structured dialogue with military sector entities in areas of operation to improve information-sharing, coordinate predictable and systematic access of WFP personnel and cargo and ensure appropriate logistics planning and response.  

Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

• Support the head of security with the enhancement and modernization of its analytical capability, including leveraging the use of AI
• Contribute to comprehensive research, analysis, and reporting on security-related data and civil-military relations, including trends, incidents, and emerging threats, while collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners to validate data and ensure accuracy and relevance in the analysis.
• Contribute to the development of topic assessments for individual and/or multiple significant incidents that have potential impact on WFP program delivery, mandate implementation, staff movements, safety and security.
• Monitor the media, UN resources and other reliable official sources to develop security reports and analysis based on trends and pattern analysis that gives the CO management a guidance on operational aspects, staff movements and other security decision making.
• Provide technical advice and support to CO as needed, focusing on addressing civil-military challenges in the country and region, and identifying potential or actual coordination issues between military and security forces and the humanitarian community
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including local authorities, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations, to address and mitigate access challenges, support basic civil-military  and HMI capacity building, and support  civil-military coordination principles and best practices to improve field operations.
• Participate in working groups, meetings, humanitarian access forums, and consultations with UN agencies and partners; organize meetings on UN–civil-military coordination matters as required, and represent the organization in access coordination forums and negotiations, including interagency access working groups and WFP access meetings
• Provide normative and technical support on civil-military coordination (CMC) to CO, as required, in order to support field operations. This also includes providing any necessary input and/or support in the drafting of context-specific strategies and civil-military guidance.
• Provide regular analysis that gives guidance to management to decide on contextual matters such as WFP access and accessibility, alike aspects that has reputational context against WFP related to safety and security.
• Support to manage WFP Lebanon’s Humanitarian Notification System (HNS) for static and temporary notifications, ensure deconfliction of locations and assets, and support to assess and make recommendations on on the future development of humanitarian notification systems.
• Establish rapport/engage with Country Office (CO) level counterparts, as well as UN agencies and other humanitarian actors in the country to ensure oversight and the appropriate level of preparedness and exchange of information on civil military coordination.
• Contribute to the development and update of access mapping tools and strategies to support operational planning.
• Maintain WFP platforms related to staff movements, operational distribution that provide timely visibility to management on the footprint.
• Contribute to, if appropriate and contingent on the needs of COs and the region, a regional civ-mil strategy, in consultation with RB key functions and regional leadership
• Perform other duties if/as applicable

Skills

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Advanced University degree in Security Management, International Relations, Development, Political Science, Social or Military Science, Conflict Analysis, Criminology, law, Executive Business Management, or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses

Experience: At least one (1) or more years of postgraduate professional experience (after completion of Advanced University degree) or, three (3) years or more after completion of First University degree in humanitarian sector, analysis, emergency management/implementation, risk management, HMI, or related field.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic. Knowledge of French language is desirable.

Required Skills and Knowledge for entry into the role:

• Negotiation and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of humanitarian principles, humanitarian law
• Familiarity with local context and key stakeholders.
• Knowledge of security and political dynamics of Lebanon
• Experience in handling analysis platforms