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About the Role

The Africa & Asia Security Lead provides strategic security leadership across Relief International’s country programmes in Africa and Asia, strengthening Security Risk Management (SRM), access strategies and Duty of Care standards. This role works closely with Country Directors, senior management teams and security focal points to ensure robust security frameworks, effective incident management and continuous capacity development.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and oversight of security risk management, access and safety frameworks across Relief International’s Africa and Asia portfolio.
Lead responses to critical security incidents and provide expert guidance to country teams, senior management and global leadership during emergencies.
Conduct security assessments, field visits and audits to strengthen compliance, preparedness, risk mitigation and operational resilience across country programmes.
Deliver training, coaching and capacity-building initiatives for security focal points, senior managers and country teams, including critical incident management and security risk management training.
Represent Relief International in regional security coordination forums, donor engagements and inter-agency networks, while contributing to the development of global security policy and strategy.
Frequent international travel, including at short notice, is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in security, risk management, international relations or a related field.
Substantial proven experience leading security, access and risk management functions within humanitarian or NGO operations in conflict-affected and complex environments.
Strong experience supporting multi-country or regional portfolios, including security risk management, critical incident management and security strategy development.
Demonstrated expertise in security training, mentoring and capacity building, including supporting security focal points and senior management teams across multiple locations.
Strong knowledge of Security Risk Management (SRM) processes, security frameworks, ISO standards and humanitarian security best practice.
Excellent analytical, leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to operate independently and make sound decisions in challenging environments.
Professional fluency in English and French is essential.
Knowledge of Arabic, security risk management certifications, HEAT/HEIST qualifications, emergency first aid certifications and humanitarian access negotiation experience are desirable.
This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks and enhanced due diligence.
Must have the right to work in your country of residence within a Relief International country programme.

Skills

Security Risk Management (SRM)
Access strategies
Duty of Care
Incident management
Security capacity building
Security assessments
Field visits
Audits
Compliance
Preparedness
Risk mitigation
Operational resilience
Training
Coaching
Mentoring
Security coordination
Donor engagement
Inter-agency networks
Global security policy development
Global security strategy development
Analytical skills
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Stakeholder engagement skills
Independent operation
Decision-making in challenging environments
English fluency
French fluency
Arabic knowledge (desirable)
Security risk management certifications (desirable)
HEAT/HEIST qualifications (desirable)
Emergency first aid certifications (desirable)
Humanitarian access negotiation experience (desirable)

Location

Remote
Existing Relief International country of operations

Work Type

Remote
International travel up to 50%

Experience Level

Advanced pre-employment checks
Enhanced due diligence

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Salary/Compensations

Dependent on the local job market of the staff member; salary range will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

Benefits

Competitive benefit packages

About the Company

Relief International 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.
We work in 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.

Equal Opportunity

Relief International is committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace.
We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds and those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.
We are proud to be globally recruiting, hiring people from around the world.
As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work.
We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.