International Rescue Committee Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya
International Rescue Committee Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya;The Regional Safety & Security Director (RSSD) is a senior leadership position within IRC’s East Africa Region, providing strategic leadership on safety, security, humanitarian access, and duty of care across country programmes in Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia.
The role serves as the principal safety and security advisor to the Regional Vice President (RVP), ensuring IRC can safely deliver humanitarian assistance in complex and high-risk environments while reaching the most affected and underserved populations.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Regional Management
Serve as a member of the Regional Management Team, contributing to regional strategy, decision-making, and priority setting.
Advise the Regional Vice President on humanitarian access, operational continuity, risk management, and duty of care.
Partner with Country Directors to align safety, security, and access strategies with country priorities and operational plans.
Security Risk Management
Lead identification, analysis, and mitigation of safety and security risks across the region.
Support Country Directors and field teams in developing context-specific security management strategies and preparedness plans.
Ensure compliance with IRC Security Minimum Standards (SMS).
Promote duty of care, safeguarding, GEDI, and PEERS principles across regional operations.
Strengthen safety and security policies, procedures, and risk management systems.
Support implementing partners through tailored security risk management guidance and capacity strengthening.
Maintain strong relationships with peer agencies, security networks, and relevant stakeholders.
Humanitarian Access Management
Strengthen and safeguard humanitarian access across all East Africa country programmes.
Support development of access strategies and engagement approaches with state and non-state actors.
Build the capacity of humanitarian access teams and structures across the region.
Support contingency planning and preparedness for changing security and political environments.
Ensure humanitarian action aligns with IRC policies and international humanitarian principles.
Performance Management & Development
Support recruitment and selection of key safety and security positions.
Supervise, mentor, and develop regional and country-level security personnel.
Monitor staff wellbeing and support appropriate care interventions.
Directly supervise and support the Regional Humanitarian Access & Safety Coordinator.
Learning & Development
Design and oversee regional safety and security capacity-building programmes.
Ensure gender-sensitive and inclusive approaches are incorporated into training initiatives.
Lead incident management simulations, preparedness exercises, and
security training activities.
Incident Management
Support timely and accurate security incident reporting, analysis, and follow-up.
Participate in the Regional Incident Management Team and support management of significant incidents.
Lead After-Action Reviews and monitor implementation of corrective actions.
Oversee security incident tracking and trend analysis through the SHIELD database.
Key Working Relationships
Reports to the Regional Vice President, East Africa, and Senior Director, Global Safety & Security.
Member of the Regional Management Team and IRC Global Safety & Security Team.
Works closely with Country Directors, Regional Safety & Security Directors, Humanitarian Access teams, and Emergency Response colleagues.
Supervises the Regional Humanitarian Access & Security Coordinator and supports country Security Leads through the Management in Partnership model.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum ten (10) years of experience in international humanitarian assistance and security management.
Strong experience operating in East Africa with a deep understanding of regional dynamics.
Proven expertise in security risk management, humanitarian access, emergency preparedness, and duty of care.
Strong understanding of humanitarian principles, NGO operations, safeguarding, and gender-sensitive security management.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, partners, and stakeholders in complex environments.
Experience mentoring, coaching, and building the capacity of teams.
Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to assess complex security situations and provide clear operational recommendations.
Languages
Fluent in English.
Knowledge of a regional language such as Arabic, Amharic, Somali, or Swahili is an advantage.
Additional Requirements
Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of the time.
Ability to work effectively in complex, volatile, and rapidly changing humanitarian contexts.
Strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, safeguarding, and humanitarian values.
How to apply
For more information and job application details, see; International Rescue Committee Regional Safety & Security Director Jobs in Kenya
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