Position: Security Intern

Department: Security

Direct hierarchy: Security and Access Coordinator (SAC)

Contract duration: 3 Months (with possible extension)

Location: Mogadishu-Somalia

Starting date: 15 February 2026

Background on ACTED

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced and committed team player to fill Security Intern Position in Mogadishu-Somalia.

Position Profile

This position, reporting to the Security and Access Coordinator -Somalia, will ensure that the security standards of ACTED staff are high and ensure high-level security of all ACTED assets, property and resources within ACTED sphere of influence and context of operations. He/she will acquire operational comprehensive understanding of ACTED program in Somalia and provide support and advice in terms of security.

What can the Intern expect from this internship?

The roles and responsibilities in this intern position will primarily be around learning the security operations processes and assisting the Country security team to improve our monitoring and information management capabilities while managing all aspects related to data management and filing of the various safety and security related documents. You will get real hands-on experience on issues related to support teams operating in volatile environment supporting Security and field teams revising and upgrading our security protocols. The first phase (3 months) will focus on upgrading and updating all related protocols to be shared to the teams, a likely second phase (3 months) will focus on the gradual development of the protocols in place. Each period with a strong need of restructuring the way information is received, stored, maintained, and updated as well as ways the information is shared.

Job Scope:

Under the guidance of the SAC, s/he will;

• Assist in enhancing our existing monitoring and alerting capabilities.
• Supporting teams dealing with safety and security responsibilities to integrate new processes
• Assist in improving existing internal security SOPs and systems.
• Support for updating existing protocols.

• Fill reports in case of security incident and follow up as appropriate.
• Fill the incident data base for Somalia and centralize the national incident data bases, and GPS coordinates (kmz).
• Ensure proper filing/file maintenance of security related documents; daily, weekly, bi weekly reports, alerts, and dissemination of the same through the various internal media.
• Keep contacts, mailing lists, WhatsApp and teams groups up to date.
• Compile weekly reports, relevant parts of internal monthly reports and other specific report where/when appropriate
• Compile Safety and Security Needs and available budget; prepare documents to be presented to Finance and Logistics to respond to needs in time and within budget.
• Support to other task on ad hoc base

Qualifications / Skills Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Social Sciences, Management, Security Studies, or a related field.
• Previous experience in security is not mandatory; however, relevant technical or analytical exposure will be considered an asset.
• Demonstrated interest or experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Report writing and analytical drafting
• Incident reporting and documentation
• Incident mapping and information visualization
• Information collection, verification, and analysis
• Development or review of security-related protocols and guidelines
• Document and records management
• Strong interest and motivation to build a career in the security sector.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and clarity in written and analytical work.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams) and familiarity with mapping and analysis tools such as Google Maps, Google Earth, and QGIS.
• Fluency in Somali and English (written and spoken) is required.

Application Procedure:

·         Qualified national persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to [email protected] and received on or before 5.00PM on 12 February 2026 with the subject line “Security INTERN-MOGADISHO’’

·         Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.

·         Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

·         ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments.

·         ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outline the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

·         ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer