Job Title: Regional Safety and Security Director – Lake Chad Basin
Requisition ID: req12007
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Sector: Safety & Security
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Background
- The Regional Safety and Security Director (RSSD) directs the development, implementation and monitoring of an effective strategy to identify, analyze and mitigate safety and security risks, enable humanitarian access, maintain continuity of operations and programs, manage incidents and provide for the safety and security of all IRC employees and assets.
- The RSSD acts as an advisor to the Regional Vice President (RVP), including comprehensive gender inclusive security risk analysis and recommendations related to strategic, operational, programmatic, partnership, and cross-cutting risks. The RSSD leads the implementation of humanitarian access and collaborates with the Humanitarian access team in the development of associated organizational strategies and responses.
- The RSSD ensures adequate protocols and mechanisms are in place to address country programs’ unique risks and challenges. S/he provides direction and technical support in developing and maintaining country programs’ security management in line with IRC Safety and Security policy, framework, processes, and protocols. The RSSD participate in the development of Safety and Security (S&S) procedures and practices which integrate with gender, Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) and Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERs).
Qualifications
Education:
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- University degree, preferably in a humanitarian or security related field
Work Experience:
- Minimum 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and executing security management operations.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture;
- Thorough familiarity with principles and current approaches to permissive/acceptance models of security management;
- Demonstrated understanding and successes in gender security management and gender equality;
- Skilled in influencing and obtaining cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control; able to work as member of multinational team and manage a variety of external and internal relationships to achieve results;
- Substantial and demonstrated prior experience as a trainer, with an effective adult learner training style and the ability to develop, implement, facilitate and impart learning to a wide range of audiences;
- Demonstrated ability to transfer knowledge through mentoring and other non-formal methods;
- Ability to quickly gain a comprehensive understanding of various local, regional, country and international factors that contribute to changes in security environments and risk levels;
- Ability to prepare and present, on short notice, clear analyses of contextual dynamics, events, security incidents, and their ramifications for IRC operations;
- Self-motivated and able to work effectively without close supervision;
- Prior experiences working in the region and demonstrated knowledge of regional and country dynamics are strongly preferred.
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Job Category | Security / Intelligence |