Regional Humanitarian Access & Security Coordinator

The Regional Humanitarian Access & Security Coordinator supports the Regional Safety and Security Director to strengthen security risk management across the MENAU region. The role involves providing strategic advice, operational support, and capacity-building to enhance the safety and security of IRC’s programs, staff, and assets, while promoting a culture of informed risk management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and validate compliance with IRC’s minimum standards for physical security across all program sites, offices, guest houses, warehouses and other contracted premises through site visits and reviewing assessments.
• Support Country Programs to update Standard Operating Procedures and Contingency Plans ensuring consistency and contextual relevance.
• Identify cross-country gaps and develop standardized tools, templates and guidance for regional implementation.
• Drive improvements in IRC security systems, tools and methodologies in coordination with Country, Regional and Global stakeholders.
• Identify emerging threats and critical vulnerabilities across the region and recommend mitigation measures.
• Strengthen data-driven security risk management across the region.
• Support the responsible adoption of AI and innovative approaches to enhance security risk management and contextual analysis.
• Represent the Regional Safety and Security Director in internal and external engagements as requested.
• Deploy periodically to Country Programs for surge support, gap coverage and high-profile visits.
• Act as a strategic thought partner to the Regional Safety and Security Director on regional risk trends, prioritization and resource allocation.
• Produce a regional daily situation report integrating inputs from Country Programs, analysis vendors, open-source monitoring and AI.
• Lead the development of an annual regional security report including risk analysis, incident trends, successes, challenges and forward-looking priorities.
• Monitor the overall quality of incident reports filed on IRC’s online reporting system and provide guidance to Country Programs on improving timeliness and accuracy.
• Ensure appropriate access rights to IRC’s online reporting system and update user lists regularly.
• Serve as regional focal point for system functionality and access management issues for IRC’s online reporting system and follow-up with Headquarters.
• Conduct annual analysis of reported security incidents to identify key trends and actionable insights.
• Ensure quarterly submission of required information by Country Programs to assess compliance with IRC’s Security Minimum Standards and analyze results.
• Support Country Programs to develop annual security learning and development plans aligned with operational risks.
• Identify capacity gaps and design targeted training solutions tailored to country and regional needs.
• Deliver regional and country-level trainings, including Training of Trainers, after achieving IRC’s certification requirements.
• Deploy to Country Programs to support trainings and ensure quality of delivery.
• Liaise with Global Learning and Development team to ensure trainings in MENAU region comply with IRC standards.
• Design and facilitate Critical Incident Management Team simulations and exercises as requested.
• Provide after-action reviews and learning reports to promote continuous improvement.
• Monitor training delivery across the region and report progress quarterly.
• Coach and mentor key staff to build sustainable in-country security capacity.

Requirements

• Minimum experience of six years in safety and security risk management in humanitarian or high-risk environments.
• Demonstrated experience working across multiple countries. Experience in MENAU region preferred.
• Proven ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Experience in training design and delivery in multiple contexts.
• Ability to process large amounts of information and deliver impactful briefings and actionable insights.
• Strong analytical skills with experience in security data analysis and reporting systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build strong partnerships across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence key stakeholders without formal authority.
• Ability to deliver timely, high-quality results in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to manage a varied workload with, at times, competing priorities and consistently meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience in identifying and implementing creative solutions, including the use of technology and AI.
• Willingness and ability to deploy to field locations within the MENAU region on short notice.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Arabic preferred.

Skills

• Safety and security risk management
• Human Rights Security Operations
• Multi-country security coordination
• Strategic Policy Planning
• Operational Security Risk Management
• Training Design
• Security Data Analysis
• Security reporting systems
• Briefing Skills
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Influencing Without Authority
• High-pressure decision making
• Workload Management
• Creative Problem Solving
• Technology and AI application
• Field deployment readiness

Languages

English, Arabic