ERT Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Coordinator

• Lead identification, analysis, and mitigation of humanitarian access, safety and security risks across emergency responses, ensuring alignment with IRC’s Security Minimum Standards and duty of care.
• Develop and implement access, security and acceptance strategies to enable emergency programs to serve conflict-affected populations.
• Build and maintain relationships with authorities, power brokers, security actors, and community stakeholders to ensure safe and uninterrupted operations.
• Establish incident reporting and trend analysis systems, and provide technical input to assessments and proposals.

This role ensures that IRC can safely and effectively deliver life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable populations in conflict-affected and crisis zones, protecting staff and enabling principled humanitarian action.

• Approximately 6 years of non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs with demonstrated successes in planning, organizing and managing humanitarian access, safety and security in complex and volatile environments.
• Understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct and NGO field operations contexts.
• Proven ability to analyze security and political situations and provide clear briefings.
• Advanced level knowledge of communications technology (VHF, HF radio, satellite communications, etc.).
• English and French essential; preference for Arabic or Spanish.

Competitive compensation and benefits package. IRC offers flexible hours (when possible), maternity leave, transportation support, and gender-sensitive security protocols. Specific salary not mentioned.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.