Title: Roving Security & Access Manager

Location: Roving

Travel: 80%

Job Family and Level: Professional Family P7

Pre hire checks

This role is classified as requiring standard pre-employment checks / enhanced due-diligence

1. Scope Responsibility

Country or Multi-Country

Department: Security

Reporting to: Global security

Direct reports: NA

Budget responsibility: NA

Relationship management: Key internal stakeholders: Senior Management Team (SMT), Country Directors (CDs), and other regional departments; External stakeholders: UN agencies, international NGOs, national authorities, security coordination bodies, and local partners.

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Context

Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

Relief International is an alliance of four organizations with one shared mission, comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, which operate under a one-team concept under a single senior leadership team.

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Job Profile

The RSM will be responsible for overseeing and guiding the implementation of security and access strategies across country programs. This leadership role will ensure the establishment of robust security frameworks, team training, effective safety management, and compliance with security policies in line with global standards. The RSM will also play a key role in improving the security culture in the countries, while ensuring risk management strategies are aligned with operational needs. Assignment in countries will depend on the needs and the RSM can potentially be deployment in all the RI countries. This role requires field visits to country offices, particularly in high-risk areas, to assess security conditions, provide guidance, and implement capacity-building initiatives. This role requires a high flexibility to be able to travel within a short notice.

Autonomy and Complexity:

You will take the lead in addressing complex security challenges in the country along with the national security manager of each country, ensure that coordination on security management and engagement with external stakeholders is in place (e.g., UN, local law enforcement, and security forums). Your role requires significant autonomy, providing strategic security guidance to Country senior leadership and ensuring security protocols are adhered to in dynamic and complex environments.

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Key Responsibilities

Safety and Security Management

• Coordinate the design, establishment, and maintenance of security support systems for RI’s country programs.
• Ensure RI’s security presence within the INGO community through coordination with INSO, OSAC, NGO security forums, and UNDSS/NGO SLT.
• Conduct regular field visits and ad-hoc security assessments across program sites to evaluate security conditions, staff training needs, and compliance with security policies.
• Develop comprehensive security risk assessments and ensure the timely updating of security plans in collaboration with local counterparts and senior country staff.

Departmental Supervision & Capacity Building

• Supervise and mentor security staff at the country level, providing technical support and training to enhance their capacity in security management and incident response.
• Lead the development and delivery of security training programs for staff at all levels, ensuring inclusivity, participation, and adherence to the RI Code of Conduct.
• Promote a culture of security awareness through regular safety drills, including HRE plans and Warden Systems.

Security Policies and Procedures

• Collaborate with the Global Support Office to align country-specific security protocols with organizational standards.
• Liaise with local, national, and regional authorities to ensure the application of security protocols in line with country-specific laws and regulations.

Humanitarian Access and Risk Management

• Support the establishment and maintenance of principled and secure humanitarian access in coordination with regional teams, country leadership, and external stakeholders.
• Monitor geopolitical trends, identifying and forecasting emerging security risks and sharing findings with country teams for proactive planning and response.
• Assist country offices with the implementation of RI’s acceptance-first security policy, ensuring effective community engagement and safe program implementation.

Coordination and Representation

• Strengthen relationships with local and regional security personnel, national law enforcement agencies, and other humanitarian actors.
• Advise Country Directors on security issues, providing timely and accurate reports and recommendations.

Monitoring, Reporting, and Analysis

• Ensure regular security reports are submitted for each assigned country , mapping security incidents, and providing strategic analysis of trends and threats.
• Develop tailored evacuation plans and incident reports in collaboration with country teams.
• Monitor progress towards security risk management improvements, providing technical support for documentation and SRAs.

Training and Capacity Building

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Develop, review appropriate training, capacity-strengthening and development opportunities for Relief International and Partner Organizations in the countries of deployment and/or on training specific deployments

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Conduct and deliver ongoing professional development to staff to enhance their understanding and application of Relief International security and access protocols

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Person Specification Skills, knowledge and expertise required for the role. Essential criteria

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Bachelor’s degree with commensurate work experience. Prior relevant working experience will be considered without a third level degree

• Minimum of 5 years progressive international security, access, and risk management experience in complex relief settings including conflict and post-conflict affect locations
• Experience in managing security and safety for international NGOs in conflict-affected regions.

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Prior and proven experience leading teams in high risk locations including providing medical cover for team members

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Prior experience in critical incident management and providing IMT training to senior management teams

• Strong knowledge of SRM processes, , and GISF and INGO security frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop security strategies, and mentor local staff in high-risk environments.

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Proficient in tracking and satellite communication systems.

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Minimum of FREC 3, MIRA or equivalent qualification which is current and in date.

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Qualified and currently certified to deliver HEAT/HEIST and emergency first aid/trauma care.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret security data, identify trends, and develop actionable strategies.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal); regional languages are an advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly and at short notice towork in high-risk, challenging conditions where living conditions may be basic

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in multiple countries in the Middle East and/or Africa and Asia regions in emergency settings
• Experience in humanitarian access negotiation and security coordination in multi-stakeholder environments.

RI Values

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:

· Integrity

· Adaptability

· Collaboration

· Inclusivity

· Sustainability