Role Summary

The Security Assistant helps to maintain a safe and secure environment for staff, visitors, and communities across program sites—ensuring smooth and responsible operations in refugee settlements, reintegration centers, and office settings.
 

Reporting to the Admin Coordinator, this role supports day-to-day security measures: monitoring physical sites, enforcing access controls, reporting threats or incidents, and assisting with staff movement safety. The Assistant also helps prepare for donor visits, community events, or emergency deployments—contributing to both prevention and response.
 

Whether ensuring safe entry at the main Office in Gulu, Potters House in Guru Guru, guiding visiting guests through a settlement, or keeping incident logs during unrest, the Security Assistant is entrusted with protecting not only physical safety but also the dignity and confidence
of the organization’s presence in community spaces.

​

Core Tasks and Responsibilities

​

• Support the monitoring and securing of program offices, stores, reintegration centers, and refugee camp activity poi

• Check and register visitors, service providers, and delivery agents—ensuring smooth and respectful access procedures

• Assist with vehicle and staff movement tracking to ensure security during field visits or donor engagements

• Report and document any security-related incidents, risks, or observed vulnerabilities

• Coordinate with local police, community leaders, or site management teams on emerging threats or unrest

• Participate in safety drills, basic first aid support, or emergency preparedness activities

• Ensure that security equipment (gates, locks, torches, radios, fire extinguishers) is regularly checked and maintained

• ​Work closely with the Admin Coordinator to update security briefings, visitor orientation materials, or staff movement logs

• Support security protocol enforcement during public events, church-based activities, or trauma response workshops

​

Key Skills and Competencies

​

• Situational Awareness & Vigilance – Ability to assess risk, read the environment, and stay alert without provoking anxiety

• Calm Under Pressure – Responds to tense or unexpected situations with clear thinking and steady action

• Discretion & Confidentiality – Handles sensitive information and incidents with respect and care

• Cultural Sensitivity – Understands local power dynamics, community protocols, and safe ways to resolve conflict

• Basic First Aid & Crisis Protocols – Knowledge of evacuation steps, minor injury response, and coordination with authorities

• Clear Communication – Can relay information quickly and clearly to Admin, staff, or partners

• Integrity & Ethics – Trustworthy, non-intimidating, and upholds the organization’s values in action

​​