Training Officer (national position)

Closing Date: 23 August 2025
Location: Aden, Yemen
Required: Fluency in English and Arabic

Organisation Background

Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports humanitarian aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services, including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety-related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.

INSO provides daily support to more than 1200 NGOs operating in 17 of the world’s most insecure countries. INSO is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands - the international city of peace and justice. 

INSO Yemen, in partnership with donors and NGO partners, is now fully operational and actively supporting the humanitarian community in the government-controlled areas of Yemen. By mid-2025, most core services had been launched, providing targeted support to NGO operations. As part of its service package, INSO’s training programme will be rolled out late 2025 to further strengthen the capacity of its partners.

Job Summary

As the Training Officer, you will have the exciting opportunity to be part of launching training for INSO Yemen. You will play a key role in organizing, delivering, and evaluating training courses that support national and international NGOs in organizational safety and crisis management, personal risk mitigation, and humanitarian access. You will contribute to compliance with INSO training standards and best practices. Regular in-country travel is required.

Major Responsibilities

• Facilitate and co-facilitate courses on safety and security management, personal safety, humanitarian principles and practices, access, and negotiations.
• Contribute to the planning and organisation of the training sessions.
• Communicate with INSO partners about training and listen to their needs. 
• Contribute to the review, contextualisation and improvement of training materials as necessary. 
• Contribute to the reporting, monitoring and evaluation of training activities.

Mandatory Requirements

• Excellent command of Arabic and English (written and spoken).
• Excellent command of the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
• Minimum 1 year of relevant work experience in the humanitarian, adult-learning, or civilian safety and security sector.
• Well-developed networking and organisational skills.
• Understanding of NGO safety and security management, personal safety, humanitarian principles, practices, access, and negotiations.

Desirable

• Experience and/or certification in project management.
• Experience delivering courses focusing on NGO safety and security management, personal safety, humanitarian access, and negotiations.
• Experience in public speaking.
• Experience delivering first aid courses and/or first aid certifications.
• Experience implementing technical solutions in training settings.

Key Personal Competencies

• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to identify issues, analyse, and participate in their resolution.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently unsupervised.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and values. 

Terms & Conditions

This position is based in Aden and is only open to individuals with the right to live and work in Yemen. The anticipated start date is 14 September 2025.

6-months renewable contract (Upon funding availaiblity) with 2.5 days of paid leave per month and USD 1,800  as gross month salary. 

INSO’s Safeguarding Policy

INSO is fully committed to safe recruitment, selection and vetting of all potential new staff, trustees and volunteers and we will ensure rigorous compliance with our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policy throughout the recruitment process.