Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Manager, ESA Safety and Security to join our global team.
Team and Job Purpose
Provision of effective safety and security management, governance, policy, procedures and systems that minimises safety, and security risks to staff, programmes, assets and our reputation. Ensuring staff, volunteers and consultants have the right information, are capable, and current to respond and manage critical incidents, and crises, enabling the quality and impact of our programmes for children.
To provide effective safety and security management, policy, procedures and systems that minimises safety and security risks to staff, programmes, assets and our reputation in the ESA Country Offices (14+). The Safety and Security Manager- ESA ensures that staff, volunteers, and consultants have the right information and are capable to respond, and manage critical incidents and crises, enabling the quality, and impact of our programmes for children. Working closely with country offices and the senior safety, and security leadership, the manager will provide thorough risk assessments, incident analysis and necessary training, including locally-led HEAT courses, to uphold, and advance our organisational safety standards. The Safety and Security Manager supports the Global Technical Lead for Risk Management with a focus on cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement.
Job Title: Manager, ESA Safety and Security (895678868)
Reports To: Senior Lead, ESA Safety, Security and Global Risk Safety Lead
Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
Contract Length: Permanent
Grade: M2
Location: Any approved Save the Children International office location. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: Hiring Locations
Time Zone (that the role holder must be available to work in): Europe, WCA, ESA, MENAEE Time Zones (UTC/GMT + / - 3 hours)
Right to Work: The successful candidate must possess the unrestricted right to work in their current or preferred location for the duration of employment
Language Requirements: English
International Travel Requirements: Yes, up to 30%
Budget Responsibility: None
People Management Responsibility: None
Principal Accountabilities
• Support the Senior Lead in the development, implementation, and monitoring of effective safety, and security management governance, policies, procedures and systems ensuring mitigation of safety, and security risks to staff, programmes, assets and reputation in all countries in ESA.
• Facilitates locally led Global Safety & Security (GSS) trainings, including HEAT and Health, and Safety training, in alignment with Global Safety and Security standards, ensuring inclusivity, and accessibility for all staff.
• Support the formulation and upkeep of health, and safety plans and risk assessments for all training programmes, and facilities within ESA.
• Promoting a secure and compliant training environment in line with SCI's commitment to safety, and inclusivity.
• Support the Senior lead on all matters of Global Safety and Security Risk Management, support the provision of cross-functional risk management advice, and ensuring a safe and inclusive working environment for all staff, and stakeholders.
• Monitor and report safety and security incidents supporting COs ensuring Datix, Member and Regulatory Body (i.e. Charity Commission serious incident reports) compliance.
• Support CO investigations, identify and implement actions and lessons learned.
• Builds and supports the country offices, and global in a culture of Road Safety, including but not limited to, Road Safety awareness, campaigning, reporting and investigation. Help drive serious preventable RTIs towards zero.
Experience and Skills
Essential Experience:
• Considerable experience in Safety and Security and Risk Management: Including substantial experience in conflict areas or volatile environments, particularly within the ESA region, ability and willingness travel to high risk countries such as Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
• Significant experience in leading and implementing security management systems, and policies in high-risk environments.
• Demonstrable experience in promoting and integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion within safety and security frameworks.
• Expertise in developing, implementing and monitoring safety, and security policies, procedures and systems for reducing risks to staff, programmes, assets, and reputation.
• Advanced skills in conducting safety and security risk assessments, and creating effective mitigation strategies.
• Strong ability to communicate security protocols and procedures effectively to diverse groups, including management and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to support effective teams, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment.
• Proven ability to manage responses to security incidents, including immediate response and follow-up investigations and after action review, learning
• Sensitivity to cultural contexts and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in all safety and security practices.
Desirable
• Accreditation as a Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) instructor or relevant safety and security or health and safety training certifications.
• Proficiency in designing and delivering effective safety and security training, including HEAT and health and safety courses.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Security Management, International Relations, Humanitarian Affairs, or related discipline), or significant experience in Security Risk Management.
• A good competency of oral and written English, good competency of a oral and written language from the region
• Professional Certification: Certifications such as Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Security Manager (CSM), similar qualifications in safety and security management or significant equivalent experience. Or significant experience in Security Risk Management
Desirable:
• Qualification in Health and Safety such as NEBOSH or Sustainability and the Environment
Working at Save the Children International
Save the Children is the world's leading organisation for children, employing ~25,000 staff. We save children's lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Through our work in 116 countries, we put the most deprived and marginalised children first.
We know that great people make a great organisation, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
The work here is challenging but is also immensely rewarding. At Save the Children, you will be in good company, working with talented, like-minded individuals who are determined to ensure that all children survive, learn, and are protected. Your contribution will help ensure children's voices are heard at the highest levels, and that we achieve our global strategy, Ambition for Children 2030, and reach every last child.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
DEI is core to our vision, values and global strategy. Save the Children is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation, and one which will support us in our vision to ensure every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.
We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, caring or parental responsibilities, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.
Reasonable adjustments will be made should any candidate invited to interview require this.
Application Information
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application. A full copy of the role profile can be found here via the job listing. It is recommended that you save a copy of the role profile as it will no longer be available after the advert closes.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the job advert may be closed earlier than advertised subject to the volume of suitable applicants. Please submit your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
Our recruitment process:
- Application review by our recruiting team based on your CV and cover letter
- Two-stage competency-based interviews with the hiring team
- Some recruitment may include an additional assessment or case study stage, or a third stage interview
- If successful, you will receive a conditional offer of employment, followed by your contract subject to passing background checks
We need to keep children and adults safe so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our commitment to the protection of children and adults from abuse. All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our Code of Conduct and all policies and procedures relating to Anti-harassment, Health and Safety, Safeguarding, and DEI and Equal Opportunities.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.