Security Officer (Port Sudan) – WFP

Job Description

Organization	The World Food Programme
Job Title	Security Officer (P4)
Location	Port Sudan
Job ID	JR125726
Closing Date	13 September 2026

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.

WHY JOIN WFP? 

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This position is part of the WFP Sudan Country Office and will lead the implementation of Security Risk Management across the five Darfur states, contributing to the safety and security of WFP personnel, assets, facilities, activities and operations under fragile and highly insecure conditions.

Sudan’s volatile emergency context, marked by conflict, economic disruption and climate challenges, requires an agile and strategic response under a Corporate Focus emergency level. The operating environment requires resilience, adaptability and innovation to navigate complex operations, enable humanitarian delivery and adjust operational modalities swiftly in a rapidly evolving context.

While the official duty station is El Geneina, the post will be temporarily based in Khartoum or Port Sudan. The duty station and operational location will be confirmed as the context in Sudan evolves. Candidates must be prepared to deploy and operate in challenging field conditions and adapt to potential changes in location and operational modalities.

THE ROLE

To support the provision of technical advice, guidance and management of WFP’s security operations to enable the effective delivery of programmes that meet food assistance needs and maintain the security and safety of WFP personnel, activities and facilities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

• Keep up to date with and advise upon regional and local security developments and issues and the potential impact upon WFP activity to inform security and operational activities.
• Provide technical advice, guidance and support e.g. operational security requirements, security assessments and plans to country offices to strengthen the capacity within security management and crisis readiness and preparedness, contributing to the development of country strategy, policies and planning.
• Provide leadership of a security team, ensuring the effective management of all security activity and resources to support country office programmes and operations.
• Ensure the development and maintenance of an effective security management communications system to enable rapid and co-ordinated security activities.
• Identify and build productive relationships with government agencies and national partners to align activities and optimise the best protection for staff, activities and facilities.
• Represent WFP at national and inter-agency meetings e.g. security coordination cells to contribute to technical discussions and exchange of knowledge and experience and advocate for the WFP position.
• Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners to align security activities with wider programmes.
• Support the maintenance a regional security network among WFP security personnel.
• Identify potential security training and development opportunities and needs and facilitate training sessions as required to build the security capabilities of WFP and external partners.
• Oversee and prepare accurate and timely reporting e.g. mandatory ODF reports that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
• Take responsibility for an equitable and inclusive workplace which incorporates all dimensions of the WFP diversity and inclusion framework.
• Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance and monitor the management of risks.
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
• Other as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

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Source

SudanCareer

Posted on

8/22/2026

Application deadline

9/13/2026

Job type

Full-time

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