Health Safety and Security Manager Bangladesh – Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh

What we are looking for

NRC is looking for a Health, Safety, and Security Manager to join the Bangladesh mission. The role holder will ensure compliance with the Health, Safety, and Security minimum standards and in reducing the overall risk on operations across the country. This will include developing and updating strategies, plans, and standard operating procedures, as well as providing mitigation measures for safe and secure programme access. The Health, Safety, and Security Manager will also be responsible for coordinating and conducting mandatory and other tailored training courses for the country office and area office.

If you are an influential, analytical, and visionary leader; with strong communications, networking, and collaborative skills; and resilience and adaptability; as well as the dexterity to meet new challenges and navigate through insecure environments, then this is the role for you!

What you will do

• Health, Safety, and Security management system implementation.
• Security risk analyses oversight.
• Strategic advice provision.
• Support provision during critical incidents and/or crises.
• Health, Safety, and Security strategy, budget, documents, procedures, etc. development, maintenance, and implementation.
• Support, manage, train, and develop staff.
• Report preparation.
• External stakeholder communication.

What you will bring

• Security management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• NGO operations and the dynamics of a displacement-response context knowledge.
• Civilian and military interlocutors exposure.
• Conflict resolution and negotiation track record.
• Analytical expertise.
• Training and presentation demonstrable skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with English fluency, both written and verbal.

What makes this position attractive?

• The opportunity to work in the steadily growing NRC mission of Bangladesh that has scaled up since inception in 2018 to respond to the Rohingya influx, and that has an increasingly growing portfolio and funding. NRC interventions are used to increase the acceptance of humanitarian assistance amongst Rohingya and Bangladeshi populations.
• In addition to the existing Rohingya refugee response, NRC’s integrated activities are addressing the impacts of displacement from climate change in Cox’s Bazar, in the North-East and South-West parts of Bangladesh. As of 2022, NRC is working to respond to severe floods in Sylhet. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries while also hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. This is considered a protracted emergency in which displacement and recurrent climate disasters combine.
• Meaningful work that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities. The current context is set against a backdrop of continued conflict in Rakhine State, steady attenuation of humanitarian access, and political pressure to repatriate refugees. This is characterised by multiple localised emergencies adversely affecting communities and populations with low levels of resilience, high vulnerability, and acute poverty.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What we offer

• Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh duty station.
• 12-month contract duration.
• 10% travel, approximately.
• Grade 9 in NRC’s Salary Scale, with accompanying terms and conditions. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

The full Job Description can be found on our website.