Roving Security and Access Manager

• Title: Roving Security & Access Manager
• Location: Roving 
• Travel: 80%
• Job Family and Level: Professional Family P7
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• This role is classified as requiring standard pre-employment checks / enhanced due-diligence 

 

Scope

Responsiblity : 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.

 

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.

  
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.

 

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 capacit