Security Supervisor

Posting Date Nov 13, 2018
Job Number 1800364I
Job Category Loss Prevention & Security
Location Four Points by Sheraton Setif, The Al Aali project, Setif, Algeria, Algeria VIEW ON MAP
Brand Four Points
Schedule Full-time
Relocation? No
Position Type Non-Management/Hourly

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Where timeless classics are woven with modern details. Where business meets pleasure. Where even when youre global, you can experience the local. Designed for the independent traveler seeking balance, theres Four Points.

Patrol all areas of the property; secure rooms; assist guests with room access. Conduct emergency response drills, daily physical hazard/safety inspections, investigations, interviews, and key control audit. Monitor Closed Circuit Televisions and alarm systems. Authorize, monitor, and document access to secured areas. Assist guests/employees during emergency situations. Respond to accidents, contact EMS or administer first aid/CPR as required. Gather information and complete reports. Maintain confidentiality of reports/documents, release information to authorized individuals. Defuse disturbances in accordance with company policies and procedures. Resolve safety hazard situations. Handle all interruptions and complaints. Escort unwelcome persons from the property. Ensure compliance with alcoholic beverage control laws. Call for assistance using proper code responses. Provide proper paperwork to employees. Assist management in training, motivating and coaching employees; serve as a role model and first point of contact of the Guarantee of Fair Treatment/Open Door Policy process.

Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report any maintenance problems, safety hazards, accidents, or injuries; complete safety training and certifications. Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional. Maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets. Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect. Support team to reach common goals. Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards. Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance. Assist with moving, lifting, carrying, and placing of objects weighing in excess of 75 pounds. Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time or for an entire work shift. Move at a speed that is required to respond to work situations (e. g., run, walk, jog). Read and visually verify information in a variety of formats (e. g., small print). Visually inspect tools, equipment, or machines (e. g., to identify defects). Enter and locate work-related information using computers and/or point of sale systems. Grasp, turn, and manipulate objects of varying size and weight, requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping. Move through narrow, confined, or elevated spaces. Move over sloping, uneven, or slippery surfaces and steps. Move up and down stairs and/or service ramps. Welcome and acknowledge all guests according to company standards. Speak with others using clear and professional language, and answer telephones using appropriate etiquette. Listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees. Speak with others using clear and professional language. Maintain awareness of undesirable persons on property premises. Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Marriott International does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.

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Blackwater Founder Erik Prince’s New Company Is Operating In Iraq

Rosalind AdamsBuzz

Hong Kong

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong–based security and logistics company founded by Erik Prince is working in the south of Iraq, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.

Prince, a former Navy SEAL and the brother of US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, is best known for founding Blackwater, a private mercenary company that was banned from Iraq after contractors opened fire on and killed unarmed civilians in Baghdad.

Backed by Chinese money, Prince started the Hong Kong–listed Frontier Services Group (FSG) as a logistics company in 2014. Since then it’s expanded from operating Africa-based projects to offering logistics and security services for China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, a global infrastructure strategy adopted by the Chinese government. FSG has additional offices in mainland China; Southeast Asia; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A subsidiary of the company based in Dubai — Frontier Logistics Consultancy DMCC — registered as a foreign company with Iraq’s Ministry of Trade, a document from February 2018 shows. The office is based in Basra, an oil-rich region in the south of the country, a source said.

FSG did not respond to requests for comment about the nature of its business in Iraq.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a Democrat from Illinois and a longtime critic of Prince and Blackwater, said the document was “troubling.”

“This should sound alarm bells for the Iraqi government, who expelled Blackwater from Iraq for deadly behavior,” she said.

FSG has not publicly stated it has operations in Iraq. The company’s latest annual report referred to new offices it had opened in the Middle East last year, but did not specify which countries.

In March, Prince told Al Jazeera that FSG did trucking and transportation in southern Africa, along with grocery delivery and medevac operations. He also added that it would be “supporting, hopefully, oil operations in countries like Iraq or Pakistan or the hydro dams.”

Before FSG, Prince ran Blackwater, which reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in US military contracts after the Sept. 11 attacks. In a particularly grim moment of the Iraq War in 2007, Blackwater contractors killed 14 unarmed citizens in a public square.

Iraq booted the company from the country. Blackwater changed its name. And Prince sold the company. Convictions and lawsuits followed.

A US soldier stands guard at the site of a car-bomb attack in Baghdad on Sept. 17, 2007.

Years later, Prince founded FSG. The state-owned Chinese company CITIC is its biggest investor. In December CITIC’s chairman, Chang Zhenming, was appointed FSG’s board chairman. Prince stepped down from the position and became the deputy chairman.

Peter Singer, the author of a book about the private military industry, laughed when asked about FSG operating in Iraq. He said that while it was controversial because of Prince’s record with Blackwater, the other question raised by the move is in whose interest the company is operating by supporting Chinese projects.

“It’s hard to argue that Prince is on the right side of US national security,” he said.

Prince’s record has remained a point of tension for the company. When FSG announced it was shifting from solely logistics to security projects a couple of years ago, two board members resigned, BuzzFeed News previously reported.

William Fallon, a retired US Navy admiral and one of the board members who resigned, said he had “nothing to do with those guys anymore” and had no comment on the Iraq business arm.

In 2017 Prince told the Financial Times newspaper that FSG was not a Chinese version of Blackwater. “None of our people have been or will be armed. But security management is certainly part of the logistics process.” However, today the company’s website notes that it can provide “armed and unarmed guarding” as part of its security services.

A Chinese-language hiring notice for the company from 2017 for 50 overseas positions requested that applicants have at least five years of military experience or more than three years of experience in law enforcement.

A Blackwater helicopter flies close to black smoke billowing from a fire in an area in central Baghdad on March 3, 2005.

Candidates would be trained at the International Security Defense College in Beijing, a private anti-terrorism training school that FSG has a 25% stake in, the notice said. One of the teachers and founders of the school, John Shi Yi, is head of FSG’s southwest division, which includes operations in Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.

In February, FSG came under fire for announcing it was planning a training center for Xinjiang — China’s far-west region where heavy surveillance and detentions of the Muslim population of Uighurs have drawn condemnation around the world. It later removed the posting from its website. Prince said he had no knowledge of the deal.

Foreign private security companies in Iraq are required to obtain a license in order to operate.

Iraq’s Ministry of Interior, which regulates private security companies, did not respond to inquiries about whether the company had applied for or obtained an operational licence.

Other private security companies working in Iraq told BuzzFeed News they were unaware of the group’s activities. “This is the first I’ve heard of it, but it’s certainly something I’ll be looking into,” said Grant Brigden, president of Virginia-based Reed Inc.

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Minimizing aid worker risk in dangerous environments

By Rebecca Root

A truck drives by a damaged vehicle at the site where aid workers were abducted in Mauritania in 2009. Photo by: REUTERS / Rafael Marchante

BARCELONA — “Get on your knees, put your hands above your head, and don’t move.” These are words no one ever hopes to hear directed at them. However, the nature of development and aid work means that staff are frequently operating in unfamiliar and high-risk environments that could see that safety jeopardized.

“We want our staff to live and to outlive the crisis that they’re in.”

— Nasra Ismail, deputy director, Somalia NGO Consortium

While no amount of aid worker training could have prevented the recent tragedy where 45 aid workers died on a flight to Nairobi, Kenya, there are skills individuals can acquire that can help them avoid other potentially dangerous situations such as carjackings, muggings, roadside bombs, kidnappings, or assaults.

In 2018, 510 aid workers were reported killed, kidnapped, or arrested. So far this year, an aid worker was abducted and killed in Syria, others were threatened in Yemen, and South Sudan continues to be the deadliest place for aid workers.

Courses, such as hostile environment awareness training and basic security training, can help mitigate some of the risks taken by aid workers working in dangerous locations. Organizations such as Plan International and Oxfam are among those that send staff to a two- to five-day course as part of their onboarding.

“We have a security induction process and an online basic security management awareness training course, which are mandatory for anyone traveling anywhere,” said Rod Slip, global security adviser with Oxfam, who explained that the level of training for individuals correlates to the level of perceived risk in the country where they will be working.

Hostile environment courses vary, but usually cover the basic security measures to consider when operating overseas — such as preparation and planning, accommodation and airports, risk evaluation and mitigation. They also address first aid, sexual assault, hostage kidnap survival, bomb, mines, and survival on a more practical level. Realistic scenarios challenge participants to transform the theory into a practical response and are designed to increase confidence in a tense situation.

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“You have a whole bunch of things coming at you in the simulation exercises and if those things actually happen to you, oh boy you’re really unlucky,” said Slip, adding that simulations force action with no time to think or process — and a chance to learn from a situation where there are no real consequences. “It’s good, it’s a wake-up, it’s a very strong cup of coffee if you like.”

“What we want people to get out of the training is to understand that there are a whole variety of possible scenarios and that making a decision and acting on that decision is probably going to be better than making no decision at all,” he said.

Journalists, those working in oil, pharmaceuticals, and construction are others who also take the courses. But some question the value of the training — offered in Ireland, the United States, and Canada — taking place at locations so different from where the participants will actually be working.

It’s important to receive training in the local country context, said Nasra Ismail, deputy director at the Somalia NGO Consortium and former Somalia country director at Oxfam International. “Get more security training at the right level happening on the ground, not in the Netherlands, not in the U.K., not in the U.S., because it is the context that’s going to tell you how to survive it.”

An organization’s security policies and procedures should also be context-specific, explained Reginold Patterson, regional head of security at theNorwegian Refugee Council.

“The security procedures in one country might not fit another country, or what is used in one province might not work in another. Therefore all these policies and procedures should be drawn out of a risk analysis that is done in the field,” Patterson said in an email.

But training also needs to reach in-country staff, said Ismail, noting that often local staff don’t receive the same health and security benefits as international staff.

“It’s not by design, but it is where we are today. It’s not about money, it’s about values and you can’t put money on a life, especially in a place like Somalia where everybody is exposed to the same security problems, but the locals almost always pay the price,” Ismail said. “If you have different values for different people then you can’t quite say that you have a humanitarian principle.”

In addition to being the right thing to do ethically, Slip said it was important on a practical level to ensure staff traveling and working together in the field should have received the same or similar training, since many techniques involve them working in sync to have a good outcome.

Patterson said that hostile environment awareness training and other security courses not only mitigate risk for the individuals who have completed the courses but that there can be benefits for other staff as well. For example, if a potentially hostile situation is handled unsuccessfully, it may result in physical, financial, or even reputational damage, which could have implications for the organization’s operations and the services delivered to beneficiaries.

“Besides our staff, these policies and procedures also positively affect the safety and health of beneficiaries and partners, and help to keep our programs operating well,” Patterson said.

In addition to training, the security officers at aid organizations suggest having contingency plans, having a designated person paying attention to security on each trip, and researching accommodation before visiting a potentially hostile environment.

“We want our staff to live and to outlive the crisis that they’re in,” Ismail said.

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These were the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2018

Christopher Woody

brazil gangsta — A Brazilian drug gang member nicknamed Giant, 17, poses with a gun atop a hill overlooking a slum in Salvador, Bahia State, April 11, 2013.

In 2018, 42 of the world’s 50 most violent cities were in Latin America. Four were in the US, with another in Puerto Rico.
The region is the world’s most violent, excluding war zones, with bloodshed driven by organized crime and exacerbated by chronic instability, poverty, and corruption.

In 2018, Latin America retained the ignominious distinction of being home to most of the cities on Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security’s annual ranking of the world’s most violent cities, released on Tuesday.

Of the 50 cities on the list, 42 are in Latin America. Fifteen were in Mexico, 14 in Brazil, and six in Venezuela. Two Colombian cities were on the list, as were two Honduran cities, and El Salvador, Guatemala, and Jamaica all had one.

Four US cities were listed: St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, and New Orleans. San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, is also on the list. (Puerto Rico is a US territory but not a state.)

Read last year’s list: These were the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2017

The list is limited to cities with more than 300,000 people and doesn’t include cities in war zones, such as Syria or Ukraine. The council said that when assessing cities, it sought to include “localities that form a unique urban system, clearly distinguishable from others, independent of the geographic-administrative divisions inside the countries.”

Violence in Latin America is in large part driven by drug traffickingand organized crime. Insecurity is also exacerbated by political instability, poverty, and poor economic conditions. Corruption,abuses by officials, and impunity also facilitate crime.

Mexico has seen profound increases in deadly violence in recent years, driven in large part by the fragmentation of criminal groups. This year Mexico displaced Brazil as the country with the most cities on the list, despite Brazil having some 80 million more residents. One of Mexico’s most popular tourist cities, Los Cabos, topped the list last year but is not on it this year, which the council attributes to one criminal group winning control of the area.

See the 2016 rankings: The 50 most violent cities in the world in 2016

Incomplete data also challenges the council’s tabulations, particularly in Venezuela, where the government has in the past not released homicide data, and where other estimates, such as those by newspapers, are incomplete or inconsistent.

Venezuela’s “growing inability to count its dead” underscores the very serious crises it faces, the council states.

Here’s the top 50:

50. New Orleans, Louisiana, had 36.87 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, New Orleans had a population of 393,292 people and 145 homicides.

29. Chihuahua, Mexico, had 37.50 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Chihuahua had a population of 938,713 people and 352 homicides.

48. Teresina, Brazil, had 37.61 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Teresina had a population of 861,442 people and 324 homicides.

47. Durban, South Africa, had 38.51 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Durban had a population of 4,055,969 population and 1,562 homicides.

46. Detroit had 38.78 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Detroit had a population of 673,104 people and 261 homicides.

45. Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa, had 39.16 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Nelson Mandela Bay had a population of 1,220,616 people and 478 homicides.

44. João Pessoa, Brazil, had 41.36 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, João Pessoa had a population of 1,112,304 people and 460 homicides.

42. Reynosa, Mexico, had 41,48 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Reynosa had a population of 711,130 people and 295 homicides.

41. Valencia, Venezuela, had 42.36 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Valencia had a population of 1,600,662 people and 678 homicides.

40. San Juan, Puerto Rico, had 42.40 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, San Juan had a population of 337,288 people and 143 homicides.

39. Distrito Central, Honduras, had 43.30 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Distrito Central had a population of 1,242,397 people and 538 homicides.

38. Recife, Brazil, had 43.72 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Recife had a population of 3,975,411 people and 1,738 homicides.

43. Guatemala City, Guatemala, had 43.73 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Guatemala City had a population of 3,226,974 people and 1,411 homicides.

37. Manaus, Brazil, had 44 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Manaus had a population of 2,145,444 people and 944 homicides.

36. Tepic, Mexico, had 44.89 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, the metropolitan area of Tepic had a population of 512,387 people and 230 homicides.

35. Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, had 46.28 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Campos dos Goytacazes had a population of 503,424 people and 233 homicides.

34. Ensenada, Mexico, had 46.60 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Ensenada had a population of 542,896 people and 253 homicides.

33. San Pedro Sula, Honduras, had 46.67 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, San Pedro Sula had a population of 777,877 people and 363 homicides.

32. Celaya, Mexico, had 46.99 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Celaya had a population of 510,787 people and 240 homicides.

31. Cali, Colombia, had 47.03 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Cali had a population of 2,570,905 people and 1,209 homicides.

30. Macapa, Brazil, had 47.20 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Macapa had a population of 493,634 people and 233 homicides.

29. Salvador, Brazil, had 47.23 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Salvador had a population of 3,914,996 people and 1,849 homicides.

28. Maturin, Venezuela, had 47.24 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Maturin had a population of 544,069 people and 257 homicides.

27. Palmira, Colombia, had 47.97 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Palmira had a population of 310,608 people and 149 homicides.

26. Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, had 48.35 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, the metropolitan area of Coatzacoalcos had a population of 335,077 people and 162 homicides.

25. Aracaju, Brazil, had 48.77 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Aracaju had a population of 949,342 people and 463 homicides.

24. San Salvador, El Salvador, had 50.32 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, San Salvador had a population of 1,800,336 people and 906 homicides.

23. Baltimore, Maryland, had 50.52 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Baltimore had a population of 611,648 people and 309 homicides.

22. Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, had 50.75 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Vitoria da Conquista had a population of 338,885 people and 172 homicides.

21. Maceio, Brazil, had 51.46 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Maceio had a population of 1,012,382 people and 521 homicides.

20. Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, had 52.09 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Ciudad Obregon had a population of 343,613 people and 179 homicides.

19. Kingston, Jamaica, had 54.12 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Kingston had a population of 1,180,771 people and 639 homicides.

18. Uruapan, Mexico, had 54.52 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Uruapan had a population of 346,640 people and 189 homicides.

17. Barquisimeto, Venezuela, had 56.67 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Barquisimeto had a population of 1,205,142 people and 683 homicides.

16. Culiacan, Mexico, had 60.52 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Culiacan had a population of 966,609 people and 585 homicides.

15. St. Louis, Missouri, had 60.59 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, St. Louis had a population of 308,626 people and 187 homicides.

14. Feira de Santana, Brazil, had 63.29 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Feira de Santana had a population of 609,913 people and 386 homicides.

13. Cancun, Mexico, had 64.46 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Cancun had a population of 848,465 people and 547 homicides.

12. Belem, Brazil, had 65.31 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Belem had a population of 2,491,052 people and 1,627 homicides.

11. Cape Town, South Africa, had 66.36 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Cape Town had a population of 4,322,031 people and 2,868 homicides.

10. Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, had 69.09 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Ciudad Bolivar had a population of 382,095 people and 264 homicides.

9. Fortaleza, Brazil, had 69.15 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Fortaleza had a population of 3,939,460 people and 2,724 homicides.

8. Natal, Brazil, had 74.67 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Natal had a population of 1,587,055 people and 1,185 homicides.

7. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, had 78.30 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Ciudad Guayana had a population of 823,722 people and 645 homicides.

6. Irapuato, Mexico, had 81.44 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Irapuato had a population of 580,808 people and 473 homicides.

5. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, had 85.56 homicides per 100,000.

In 2018, Ciudad Juarez had a population of 1,462,133 people and 1,251 homicides.

4. Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, had 86.01 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Ciudad Victoria had a population of 365,089 people and 314 homicides.

3. Caracas, Venezuela, had 99.98 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Caracas had a population of 2,980,492 people and 2,980 homicides. The Venezuelan capital has been among the world’s most violent cities for years.

2. Acapulco, Mexico, had 110.5 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Acapulco had a population of 857,883 people and 948 homicides.

1. Tijuana, Mexico, had 138.26 homicides per 100,000 residents.

In 2018, Tijuana had a population of 1,909,424 people and 2,640 homicides.

Security Manager Mexico

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Reference number: 10030

Company

As a manufacturer of onshore wind turbines in the multi-megawatt class, we have been successful for over 30 years in an industry with a big future. Since the merger with Acciona Windpower in 2016, we are one of the world’s largest companies within the industry. Our global presence, with subsidiaries in more than 25 markets and production sites in Germany, Spain, Brazil, the US and India, ensures our success, giving our 4,800+ employees the possibility of international and intercultural experience and opportunity. Our goal is growth and profitability whilst providing clean energy. We aim to continue with full commitment, enthusiasm and new perspectives, and we hope to take you with us!

Job description

Conduct security threat and risk assessments for local activities including offices, factories, windpark projects, visits of international traveller, deployments of expatriates with families
Design, implement and monitor security plans for local activities
Manage and supervise local security service provider
Monitor the security developments in Mexico and its potential implications for local business activities
Support the integration of corporate security policies in the local business processes
Establish and maintain a security and crisis management program for Mexico
Conduct security awareness communication and trainings
Develop a local network of security professionals of other companies and government agencies
Provide immediate support to the local organisation in handling of security incidents
Conduct investigation on security incidents as per corporate guidance

Job requirements

At least 10 years of experience as professional security manager with minimum 5 years commercial experience in Mexico
Experience in working in international, multicultural and cross functional organisational environments
Experience in managing service providers
Strong communication skills, both cerbal and written
Spanish (fluent, written and spoken), English (fluent, written and spoken)
Strong interpersonal and influencing skills to interact with persons at all levels and different cultural backgrounds
Willingness to travel and work in remote and high risk areas in Mexico
Willingness to work in non-regular office hours and on weekends (in exceptional cases)

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All employment decisions are made without regard to religion, age, sex, color, national origin, handicap, or other protected class and in full compliance with all federal and state laws.

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