IRC Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya

IRC Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya

Position Summary

The Regional Safety and Security Director (RSSD) guides the development, implementation and monitoring of an effective strategy to identify, analyze and mitigate safety and security risks, enable humanitarian access, maintain continuity of programs, responds to incidents and provide for the protection of all IRC employees and assets.

The RSSD advises the Regional Vice President (RVP). They provide comprehensive gender inclusive security risk analysis and recommendations related to strategic, operational, programmatic, partnership, and cross-cutting risks. The RSSD is the subject matter expert on humanitarian access and community engagement strategies for the region.

The RSSD ensures adequate protocols and mechanisms are in place to address country programs’ unique risks and challenges. They provide direction and technical support in developing and maintaining country programs’ security management in line with IRC Safety and Security policy, framework, processes and protocols.

Responsibilities

Security Risk Management

Lead departmental security risk identification and mitigation measures that align with organizational and regional risk-management standards and requirements;

Assist regional leaders in developing and maintaining IRC Humanitarian security risk management ensuring security risks are identified, mitigated and handled;

Provide input, including comprehensive security risk analyses and recommendations, to the RVP and the Regional colleagues;

Actively contribute to the creation and roll-out of duty of care and safeguarding global and regional initiatives;

Counsel the RVP, Deputy Regional Director and Country Directors of any areas of concern and non-adherence to IRC policy and procedures;

Guide the development 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), support associated roll out and adherence;

Ensure that IRC partners receive security management support benefiting from internal systems and standard processes relevant to their operations and operating contexts;

Prepare the Regional Daily Security Report;

Humanitarian Access Management

Support the RHASSC on the establishment of secure humanitarian access across country programs

Assist the RHASSC in the continued development of humanitarian access teams and activities across the region

Contribute to the evolution and implementation of guidelines for humanitarian access and engagement with non-state actors articulating standard IRC policy and guidance

Maintain a high level of programmatic and operational preparedness vis-a-vis predicted contextual fluctuations

Support the development of operational and programmatic contingency plans that responds to different emergency scenarios that look at sudden changes in context

Enhance IRC image and acceptance within the community and amongst collaborators by providing guidance on inclusive visibility strategies

Work with appropriate IRC units to ensure timely and appropriate follow-up to violations of IRC’s Code of Conduct, in addition to operational breaches to humanitarian principles

Security Management Planning and Compliance

Remotely and through a minimum of one visit per country program per year (if budget allows it), supervise and support adherence to Policy, principles, standards, and requirements. Provide a follow-up report with clear findings and actionable recommendations after each visit. Track progress and report concerns to country, regional and global Security leadership when required.

Ensure Country Security lead are preparing and sharing accurate S&S reporting, ensure data consistency and report into global dashboards

Prepare each quarter and at the end of the year, a regional snapshot of S&S management

Review and follow up all the S&S strategies for each country, support the HASC in their implementation and challenges. Organize a quarterly meeting with the HASC to ensure a proper follow up of their S&S Strategy and invite the relevant interlocutors (which might include Country Directors, Deputy Directors for Operations and Programs, HR and others)

Review, follow up and support the countries in the implementation of their Security Minimum Standards tool and plan quarterly meetings with the HASC to discuss their challenges.

Support country program with S&S

country score card objective settings and progress follow-up, attends the quarterly meeting organized by DDOs.

Staff Performance Management and Development

Actively participate in the recruitment of key positions with S&S risk management responsibilities (Country Directors, dedicated country security leads and others)

Co-Manage with country Directors direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and leading documented regular performance reviews

Provide constructive feedback, professional development and capacity-building plans for all supervised staff

Promote staff care and well-being. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff

The RSSD is the direct supervisor of the RHASSC and as such respects their obligations according to HR regulations.

Learning & Development

Support the RHASSC in the capacity building plan follow up and facilitate the delivery of IRC S&S L&D framework towards IRC staff and where appropriate, IRC partners.

Champion staff capacity building plans through the RHASSC who keeps records on staff training and report data to regional and global security level as required.

Ensure capacity development and learning initiatives account for gender-specific risks and requirements.

Assist country program offices in arranging security training and workshops appropriate to their security environments.

Delivers the Critical Incident Management training for country SMT once a year.

Organize and lead Regional S&S weeks with all country HASC and relevant guests (according to budget available)

Incident management

Support Country program with timely and qualitative incident notification, reporting, analysis and lessons learned

Scan communications from country programs related to security incidents and planning, and provide timely feedback

As a permanent member of the Regional Incident management Team, actively support the RVP during management and resolution of Tier 2 and Tier 3
Incidents

Lead After Action Review and supervise implementation of corrective measures as par existing incident protocols

Manage the IRC online (SHIELD) incident database for the region and produce an analysis of the trends on a quarterly basis.

Qualifications & Requirements

Minimum 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and implementing security management operations.

Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational practices.

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 collaboration of individuals not under supervisory control; able to work as member of multinational team and lead a variety of external and internal relationships to achieve results.

Consistent track record 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 impact 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.

Fluency in English is required.

Readiness and ability to travel approximately 40% of the time.

Prior experience working in the region and demonstrated knowledge of regional and country dynamics are strongly preferred. We especially welcome candidates from the East Africa region.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IRC Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya

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