Senior Security Risk Management Advisor (m/f)

GIZ Country Office in Mozambique is recruiting one Senior Security Risk Management Advisor (m/f) based in Maputo.

Closing data for applications: 22.07.2026

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is a global service provider in the field of international cooperation and capacity building for sustainable development. Owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, GIZ has over 50 years of experience in providing technical assistance, capacity development and project management services for a wide variety of specialized development areas, including education, health, governance, public finance management, agriculture, social development, gender equality and related fields   The country office is supporting the projects with contracting, procurement, HR services and finance and is also responsible for the compliance of administrative processes within the rules and regulations of GIZ.

Core Tasks In your role you are responsible for operational security risk management in Mozambique. • Lead and manage the national SRMAs team ensuring coordination, performance, and professional development.

• Advise the country director and other actors on the relevant security requirements and on measures related to incident and crisis management.

• Work in consultation with security management at GIZ Head Office and the relevant national, regional and international actors. • Design, implement and maintain and continuously improve the professional security risk management system (SRMS) for GIZ Mozambique.

• Oversee the production of security risk, conflict and stakeholder analyses including continuous analyses of the security situation for the project locations and ensuring dissemination. • Support crisis and incident management at country level, including coordination with the Corporate Security Unit, conducting debriefings, and preparing lessons-learned reports. • Coordinate the communication of security risk assessments, security briefings and plans for all actors concerned and implement GIZ’s security standards in agreement with the regional Risk Management Office (RMO) team leaders.

• Ensure the quality and availability of security briefings, onboardings, and intakes for international and national staff as well as visitors, tailored to category-specific needs. • Responsible for maintaining and expanding networks with various external actors. You use your contacts both to act as a point of liaison for all matters regarding security and to strengthen alliances and cooperation arrangements on behalf of the company. • Responsible for security capacity development and knowledge management, such as training measures. • Perform the tasks assigned to you by your line manager, where required. • Manage the staff in your section in accordance with GIZ's understanding of leadership. and will cultivate appreciative leadership.