ERT Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Coordinator

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, and economic wellbeing to people devastated by conflict and disaster.

The Emergency Humanitarian Access, Safety & Security Coordinator (ERT HASSC) is a core member of IRC’s Emergency Response Team (ERT). Reporting to the Director of Emergency Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security (DEHASS), the role involves deploying 65% of each fiscal year to support EmU-led or country-led emergency responses. The ERT HASSC designs, develops, and manages on‑site responses, ensuring rapid and effective humanitarian access, safety, and security for affected populations, and assists in the transfer of responsibilities to long‑term staff.

• Lead the identification, analysis, and mitigation of humanitarian access, safety, and security risks across emergency responses in collaboration with Field Response leadership and in alignment with IRC’s Security Minimum Standards (SMS) and duty of care.
• Develop and implement specific access, security, and acceptance strategies in coordination with the Emergency Country Director/ERT Leader, ASAP, and Regional Safety and Security Director to enable safe program delivery for the worst‑affected and least‑served populations.
• Build and maintain relationships, engage and negotiate with authorities, security actors, and community stakeholders, including state and non‑state actors, to ensure IRC’s mission is understood and accepted.
• Establish and maintain emergency‑appropriate access and security incident reporting and trend analysis systems to inform program design, movement control, and contingency planning.
• Construct and maintain context‑appropriate communications infrastructure (e.g., VHF/HF/satellite) and support the enhancement of EmU’s systems across emergency responses.
• Serve as a member of the Field Critical Incident Management Team, supporting the management and resolution of major incidents when activated.
• Provide technical input to assessments and proposal development for new programs and geographic expansion, ensuring access, safety, and security costs are integrated into proposals, budgets, and annual planning.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Country and Regional HASS staff on the implementation of IRC’s policies and procedures during emergency responses, ensuring sustainable handover to local staff.
• Collaborate with IRC units to ensure prompt and appropriate follow‑up to violations of IRC’s Code of Conduct and breaches of humanitarian principles.
• Identify, establish, and manage context‑appropriate approaches to secure IRC facilities, including third‑party security companies or directly hired IRC security watchmen.
• Input into the SHIELD incident database for reporting and management, facilitate After‑Action Reviews with documented corrective actions, and produce trend analyses to inform decision‑making.
• Report to the DEHASS on all technical and contextual humanitarian access, safety, and security issues.
• When not deployed, support the development and delivery of ASAP’s shared service offering for emergency responses, including scenario workshops, strategy development, and training.
• Design, deliver, and supervise emergency HASS capacity‑strengthening plans, ensuring effective delivery of global Security & Safety trainings with gender‑sensitive approaches.
• Lead and facilitate Critical Incident/Crisis Management training for Emergency Response Supervisory Management Teams in collaboration with Global Safety & Security resources.
• Maintain records of training, identify gaps, and report data to regional and global security levels as required, suggesting refresher training where necessary.
• Support the development, updates, and revisions of HASS technical resources, including training materials and content in the Emergency roadmap.
• Support the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of global access and security incidents and trends, working with Global Crisis Analysis and other stakeholders to inform decision‑making.
• Lead the delivery of partner capacity‑sharing plans in emergency contexts, ensuring application of IRC’s Security…