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Career The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) makes UN programmes possible for a better, more peaceful world. Our mission is simple: Enable United Nations system operations through trusted security leadership and solutions. This takes a workforce with a multitude of responsibilities: from identifying emerging security threats to advising colleagues on how to deliver life-saving programmes in dangerous locations; from supporting NGOs to training UN staff on critical security measures. Access all UNDSS job openings, click here. |
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SSS is Recruiting The Security and Safety Service in UNDSS is currently seeking to recruit professionally trained individuals.
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Esther Kuisch Laroche
Director of the Division of Specialized Operational Support (DSOS), New York After gaining a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies in the Netherlands, I knew I wanted a career with a strong international focus. Working in the private sector proved that wasn’t the path for me, so I joined the United Nations in 2002. I’ve worked in a number of different UN agencies, funds and programmes around the world, focusing on human rights, development and humanitarian aid, and became UNESCO representative and head of sub-regional offices. Read more... |
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Tania Chalhoub
Field Security Coordination Officer, Syria People may be surprised to learn that I graduated with a diploma as a Dental Technician, though I never worked in that field. Instead, I became a Security at the Canadian Embassy in Lebanon, before joining the United Nations in 2002. After spending five years with the UN in Lebanon, I joined the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and was deployed to Liberia, Chad and then Haiti directly after the earthquake, where assisted set up a new office. I then realized that UNDSS gave me more scope for promotion and responsibility, so I joined in 2011 and was sent back to Chad. Read more... |
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Jessie Skola
Security Officer, Vienna After serving as a police officer in Vienna for ten years, I was seconded to Kosovo where I later applied to join UNDSS. On joining the Department in Vienna as a security officer, the opportunity immediately exposed me to new avenues such as dealing with diplomats and diverse cultures which was a dream come true for me. However, from a personal perspective, I was living separate lives. Read more... |
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Liliana Betancur
Security Coordination Officer, Juba After studying Law and International Business, I became a lawyer, also gaining some experience in human resources in a public entity. As a result, I had no security involvement when I joined UNDSS – I discovered by chance that they were recruiting in my home city of Medellín, Colombia. Read more... |
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Martin Laffey
Operational Resilience Unit, New York Having spent time as an army officer in Israel and Palestine during the first Gulf War, and later in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the first Taliban takeover, I knew I wanted to do something different that involved a professional life with international scope. Read more... |
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Hubertus Koebke
Security Coordination Officer, Pakistan I was an army officer before joining the United Nations. I left Germany in 1997 to work with a non-governmental organization known as Caritas Internationalis in Macedonia, Kosovo, Columbia, and Albania. After five years of humanitarian work out in the field, I successfully applied for a position with UNHCR and subsequently to the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator and later transitioning to UNDSS where I serve to date. Read more... |
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Jaki Azmi
Deputy Chief Security Officer, Nairobi After several years at a cadet college in Bangladesh, I became a commissioned army officer, rising to the rank of Major. My undergraduate was in Engineering, and I have a master’s in security management. Working as a military peacekeeper in Liberia in 2007 gave me my first exposure to Africa – and to the United Nations. Read more... |
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Jeroen Vandervelde
Field Security Associate, Belgium After gaining my master’s degree in social work, I left my native Belgium to volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where I was involved in educating and socializing street children. This gave me a real fascination with humanitarian and development work, so after a few years as a social worker back in Belgium, I decided to join the military. That might appear an odd decision, but my background as a social worker gave me an excellent grounding to operate as an Intelligence Officer. Read more... |
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Somorita Ibrahim
Security Operations Assistant, Bangladesh My undergraduate and master’s degrees were in Electronics and Telecommunications, so I didn’t have the typical background to join UNDSS. My first role here was in the radio room, where my IT and technical knowledge proved essential in coordinating communications across Bangladesh. I’m now using my IT knowledge in a different way: I’m responsible for producing identity cards for UN personnel and their dependents across the country. Read more... |
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Tanya Mohan
Security Information Analyst, New York I got into this field right after my graduation due to my interest in the field of International Relations. I joined a think-tank of the Indian Defence Ministry in New Delhi before I undertook my Master’s degree. I then moved into the private sector, where I spent four years in risk intelligence and traveled and worked extensively around the world. Read more... |
