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By joining the American Red Cross  you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best.  Are you ready to be part of  the world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description:

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The American Red Cross is currently seeking an International Security and Operations Lead. This position may be based anywhere within the United States, with a preference for candidates located in the Central or Eastern time zones.

Reporting to the Sr. Director, Quality, Data, & Operations, the International Security and Operations Lead support the American Red Cross’ global safety and security framework by monitoring threats, planning for, and coordinating incident response, and ensuring compliance with security standards.  Under minimal guidance, this position maintains strong networks with internal and external partners, supports international travel risk management, assesses security environments and planning for international deployments and operations, and leads the review and maintenance of security policy, procedures, and documentation. Through proactive analysis, training, and operational support, the International Security & Operations Lead enhances the organization’s readiness and resilience in dynamic global environments.  The position provides support, development, and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD

• Leverage global security networks, Red Cross partners and security providers to monitor and identify global security incidents and trends with the potential to impact the department’s operations. Produce relevant security assessments and reports for management review.
• Maintain relationships with domestic American Red Cross enterprise partners in Security, Risk, and Travel, Red Cross movement partners, NGO security networks, and sector specific working groups to ensure coordination and alignment with industry standards
• Develop and administer processes to continuously improve safety and security for international staff and operations
• Track the organization’s international travel and brief travelers/surge deployments in accordance with the department’s travel risk management protocols
• Conduct reviews of country level security documentation and security risk management frameworks for adherence to Minimum Security Standards, American Red Cross policies and partnership agreements
• Maintain the department’s incident reporting systems and facilitate incident response, including those for critical incidents
• Promote security awareness and management practices within the department through technical training, orientations, table-top exercises, and other informational resources
• Lead Duty of Care for International Services; partner with the enterprise and Movement on Duty of Care standards and implementation
• Administer and advise on service contacts with security related vendors including travel management and travel insurance
• Analyze operating practices. Recommend revisions to improve established procedures and bring into alignment with movement, organization, and department minimum standards
• Support international security as needed for Red Cross workforce outside of International Services, including for Service to the Armed Forces
• Engage and lead volunteer recruitment and management to support projects and tasks for the security unit and operations.
• Collaborate with Country and Division offices to enhance context specific security solutions and scale security focal points’ global capability

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