Regional Safety and Security Director

• Contribute as a senior member of the Regional Management Team to regional strategy, priority setting and decision-making with a risk-informed perspective
• Serve as principal safety and security advisor to the Regional Vice President and jointly lead crisis management when required
• Partner with Country Directors to align safety, security and humanitarian access with country Strategy Action Plans
• Lead identification, analysis and mitigation of safety and security risks across the region in line with global standards
• Monitor compliance with Security Minimum Standards and provide technical guidance where gaps exist
• Champion duty of care, safeguarding and GEDI-informed security risk analysis across operations and partnerships
• Extend IRC security capacity to partners with tailored risk management support
• Enable principled humanitarian access and strengthen access teams and capabilities across the region
• Develop context-specific access guidelines for engagement with state and non-state actors in line with IHL
• Advise country programs on contingency planning for shifts in political, security or conflict dynamics
• Co-manage and mentor country security leads and directly supervise the Regional Humanitarian Access and Safety Coordinator
• Design and supervise regional capacity building plans and facilitate critical incident management trainings
• Serve on the Regional Incident Management Team for Tier 2 and Tier 3 incidents and oversee SHIELD incident database trend analysis

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 10 years' experience in international humanitarian assistance with proven ability to lead security management operations
• Prior experience in East Africa with strong knowledge of regional and country dynamics is essential
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional grounding in humanitarian or security management
• Fluency in English; proficiency in Arabic, Amharic, Somali or Swahili is an asset
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time

Skills & Competencies:

• Demonstrated grounding in humanitarian principles, codes of conduct and NGO culture
• Skilled at influencing without authority and building relationships across multinational teams
• Ability to transfer knowledge through mentoring and coaching
• Strong capacity to analyse and present complex security dynamics clearly and at short notice
• Proven success in gender-sensitive security management