Strategic Risk Management

• Leads the design, implementation, and review of the country-wide security risk management strategy, aligned with organizational policies and evolving threat landscapes.

• Maintains an up-to-date context and threat analysis, including forecasts on trends affecting staff safety, humanitarian access, and duty of care.

• Acts as a senior advisor to the Country Director and SMT on security risk tolerance, scenario planning, and crisis preparedness.

Operational Oversight

• Provides daily oversight and coordination of safety and security operations across all bases, sub-offices, and program sites.

• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of risk mitigation measures, SOPs, and contingency plans, adjusting them in response to changing contexts.

• Leads investigations of security incidents, produces after-action reviews, and embeds learning into systems and practice.

Staff Capacity Building & Training

• Leads the design and delivery of context-specific security training for staff and partners, including personal safety, movement protocols, and incident response.

• Builds a strong safety culture by mentoring field focal points and reinforcing compliance with core safety policies and ethical risk behaviors.

• Supports onboarding of new staff with safety inductions and area briefings.

Humanitarian Access & Stakeholder Engagement

• Guides operational teams on secure and principled humanitarian access negotiations, movement planning, and risk-adjusted programming.

• Builds and maintains critical relationships with security actors, including UNDSS, INSO, INGO consortia, local authorities, and community leaders.

• Leads engagement in security coordination mechanisms and contributes to inter-agency early warning systems.

Crisis Management & Incident Response

• Serves as Security Lead during incidents, overseeing incident management protocols and business continuity measures in high-risk or deteriorating environments.

• Develops and tests crisis response plans, mass evacuation procedures, and relocation strategies.

• Acts as a key contributor to the country business continuity and emergency response framework.

Compliance and Governance

• Ensures alignment with donor security compliance requirements and internal audit recommendations.

• Leads periodic risk assessments and security audits, producing actionable reports and tracking follow-up.

• Supports anti-fraud and misconduct investigations where safety concerns are implicated.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Proven ability to assess and manage safety risks in conflict-affected or politically unstable environments.

• Deep knowledge of NGO risk management frameworks, humanitarian principles, and duty of care responsibilities.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence, advise, and support senior leadership and field teams.

• Skilled in negotiation, scenario planning, contingency development, and crisis leadership.

• Experience in facilitating security trainings, simulations, and briefings to multicultural audiences.

• Working knowledge of security risk management in urban gang-controlled environments and post-disaster contexts is a strong asset.

• Proficiency in written and spoken French and/or Haitian Creole preferred; English fluency required.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Navigates complex, high-stakes operational environments with conflicting priorities and tight timelines.

• Plays a key role in ensuring safe delivery of programming, managing threats to staff and assets, and minimizing reputational or legal risks.

• Provides sound judgment during fast-evolving emergencies, balancing humanitarian needs with staff protection.

• Recommends and operationalizes security risk thresholds in coordination with programming and senior management.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Reports directly to the Project Director and/or Country Representative and serves as the principal security advisor to senior leadership.

• May serve as line manager for Safety and Security Officers based in Port-au-Prince and key field locations.

• Provides technical oversight and guidance to Heads of Field Offices and Area Managers on safety and access risk management.

• Functions independently within established frameworks and exercises high-level judgment on strategic and operational security matters across the country.

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree in security studies, international affairs, crisis management, or a related field required; Master’s preferred.

Experience: 

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in security risk management, with at least 5 in a senior role in high-risk humanitarian settings.

• Strong track record in leading safety and security operations in fragile contexts, ideally in the Caribbean or Central America.

• Experience engaging with USAID, UN, ECHO, and other donors on compliance, risk thresholds, and access constraints.

• Certified in HEAT, hostage survival, or security risk management preferred.