Baghdad
Apr 19, 2021
Manage safety, security, and humanitarian access strategies in Iraq, establish relationships with officials and stakeholders, and ensure the safety and acceptance of operations.
Follow up on actions to be taken to ensure compliance with safety and security standards Ensure safety and security protocols, reporting mechanisms, and capacity building initiatives account for gender-specific risks, staff profiles and background, and are sensitive to local contexts. Humanitarian Access Management Develop and implement humanitarian access strategies and approaches tailored to local contexts in field sites in Iraq. Ensure humanitarian access approaches are responsive to local context and include overarching community engagement components. Develop ongoing relationships with local authorities and other power brokers within Iraq. Work to ensure that IRC, its mission and work in all areas of operation is known and accepted. Work to encourage stakeholders to collaborate with IRC in ensuring that staff and programs are safe and given permission to continue humanitarian activities in Iraq Provide technical input and advice on assessments to consider IRC programming in new geographic locations. liaise with relevant security actors e.g., NGO Security Focal Points, NGO security coordinators, NCCI, INSO, NES NGO Forum, local community stakeholders, Governors, Civil Councils. Networking and Liaison Maintain a network of IRC security focal points across Iraq as well as external professional contacts and counterparts. Provide timely feedback on questions and technical assistance requests from country program team members, MENA regional staff and HQ. Monitor and provide support and reporting on NGO field security initiatives, as required. Identify, create and maintain a network with NGO/UN and other humanitarian access and security specialists appropriate to this region. Facilitate regional NGO security coordination through networking, collaboration and coordination with humanitarian actors. Training and Capacity Building Update and implement staff capacity development plans in line with the regional Humanitarian Access & Security Learning and Development Strategy. Work closely with the Regional Security L&D Coordinator to identify learning and development needs across the country program. Provide regular trainings for IRC staff on humanitarian principles and safety and security preparedness. Training(s) may include Standard Operational Procedures; Humanitarian Negotiations; Contextual Understanding; Safety and Security Risk Management; Incident Management & Reporting; etc. Liaise with partners to assess capacity building needs and provide advice and support where feasible and necessary. Work with relevant internal focal points to develop and review information and on-boarding package for new hires and visitors. Contribute to the design & elaboration of the safety and security raining’s offer for IRC local partners Context Understanding and Reporting Compile and submit regular reports that track incidents and trends in humanitarian access and local security contexts within IRC’s areas of operation. Submit daily contextual updates as needed to relevant field and program management staff. Work closely with IRC field management teams to ensure all incidents and accidents are followed up with an official written report, which is then shared with relevant stakeholders and filed appropriately. Ensure that final incident reports are provided when IRC is closing the case. Monitor the operating environment in the region, identify new threats, assess IRC vulnerabilities and recommend possible responses Coordinate regularly with the RSSD on safety and security, and fulfill reporting requirements to the region Provide credible information and contextual understanding of localized and country-wide security situations and incidents along with appropriate advice to IRC field and program management staff. Program Development
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