Emergency Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Advisor

• Plan and deliver inclusive in-person and remote scenario development workshops as part of wider ASAP support to frontline program teams
• Support frontline program teams to develop and track indicators for tracking crisis developments in support countries where requested
• Support country leadership to develop and implement specific access and acceptance strategies, including how IRC builds relationships, engages and negotiates with authorities, key power brokers and security actors
• Build and maintain an active network of humanitarian access and security staff internally and across organisations
• Support country leadership and access, safety and security teams to identify, analyze and mitigate safety and security (S&S) risks, and support implementation of S&S standards and approaches
• Support country/response teams in incident management where relevant
• Support country programs to develop and implement emergency preparedness plans and support adaptation of humanitarian access, safety and security systems, practices and resources
• Co-develop a humanitarian access framework that is accessible and used by partners to define access ambitions
• Guide, train, coach and mentor IRC country leaders and frontline staff on humanitarian access approaches, safety and security; design, deliver and track capacity strengthening activities
• Ensure an ongoing exchange of learning and good practice in ASAP methods and approaches with partners, and deliver capacity sharing activities
• Collaborate closely with consortium partners to learn, coordinate and ensure shared delivery of analysis, security and engagement strategies

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated success in humanitarian access and/or security management roles
• (Per IRC advert requirements - see the full posting on the IRC careers portal for the complete qualifications)

Skills & Competencies:

• Humanitarian access strategy and negotiation skills
• Safety and security risk analysis and mitigation
• Emergency preparedness planning
• Training, coaching and capacity strengthening
• Partnership and consortium collaboration
• Strong representation and networking across organisations