Humanitarian Access and Safety Coordinator Palestine Jerusalem

Humanitarian Access and Safety Coordinator – Palestine, Jerusalem

Humanitarian Access and Safety (HAS) Coordinator position brings operational expertise to NRC’s humanitarian response in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

The purpose of NRC’s Humanitarian Access and Safety (HAS) function is to enable a principled humanitarian response in a safe manner for the communities and partners we work with and our staff. Despite NRC’s success in delivering assistance to those in need, security and access constraints remain significant challenges. Obstacles such as conflict and violence, environmental and physical challenges, bureaucratic hurdles, and interference in humanitarian operations hinder the delivery of services and protection to displacement affected people.

• Implement the NRC Global HAS Management System at the area level, prepare reports as required and execute area-focused elements of the HAS Operational Plan.
• Contribute to a culture of enabling a safe and principled humanitarian response and support the implementation of Safe and Inclusive Programming Minimum Standards.
• Line management responsibility for direct reporting staff. This includes:
  • Performance management process: setting clear goals aligned to strategic priorities, and to follow up and support staff’s achievement.
  • Support Area Manager and HAS Manager with workforce planning, recruitment, staff induction and development and support for Duty of Care for HAS staff in area.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the West Bank and East Jerusalem area’s security and humanitarian context, including analysis and forecasting, to regularly brief area management on key security developments, NRC exposure, access challenges, and emerging threats to inform decision‑making.
• Lead on drafting initial context analysis for onset shock/crisis and collaborate with programme teams to identify opportunities for emergency response activations. Contribute to donor facing documentation linked to onset shock/crisis.
• Support the HAS Manager in the development of West Bank and East Jerusalem HAS documents, including contingency plans, access strategies, and context-relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), in line with organisational standards.
• Lead the development of area-level HAS documents, including contingency plans, access strategies, and context-relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), in line with organisational standards.
• Support the HAS Manager in conducting Security Risk Assessments (SRAs) and access assessments, including Rapid SRAs for new operational locations, and collaborate with management to implement relevant mitigation measures and support safe programming.
• Work with the Area Management Group to maintain compliance with NRC’s HAS Management System at the area level.
• Facilitate ongoing culture of learning relevant to Humanitarian Access and Safety and arrange for trainings including Hostile Environment Individual Security Training (HEIST), Field First Aid, drills and simulations for NRC staff and partners, in line with NRC policies.
• In consultation with the Area Manager and HAS Manager, communicate, and coordinate with relevant external actors and coordination structures and build relationships with various stakeholders to inform operations and security management as well as increase humanitarian access and protect humanitarian space at the area level.
• Ensure adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures, and a specific responsibility for HAS policies and procedures.

• Collaborate with the Area Manager, HAS Manager, People and Organisation staff, to ensure Duty of Care standards are upheld, reflecting the diversity of the NRC workforce and visitors to the area.
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