Main responsibilities:

• Leadership and Team Management: you lead your team by example, embodying HI values and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. You clarify strategic objectives and translate them into operational objectives for the team, organize operations, stimulate performance and facilitate problem-solving. You support teams in the development of their skills and ensure that a culture of safety is fostered within the program, as well as the ongoing professional development of teams.
• You support and coach team members, ensuring their professional development, commitment and compliance with HI’s policies and code of conduct.
• Standards and Expertise: you contribute to the development, updating and implementation of HI’s security management system, and ensure the implementation of HI’s security policies, adapting them where necessary to the local context. You contribute to the drafting and implementation of the program’s operational strategy.
• Operational implementation: you monitor local, national and regional contexts in collaboration with colleagues in the region, strengthening HI’s acceptance and presence by consolidating relations with key contacts and local stakeholders.
• As the guarantor of operational safety management, you will carry out safety assessments and make recommendations to ensure safe operations. You advise on security risks, resources, security frameworks and contribute to the drafting of project proposals.
• You oversee incident and crisis management, ensuring a rapid and effective response, and carry out regular field visits.
• You support the country manager(s) in developing strategies to improve humanitarian access, and lead negotiations with authorities and key players to open up new geographical areas.
• Emergency Preparedness: you steer emergency preparedness actions and, in the event of a crisis, adapt the team’s priorities in order to respond rapidly and effectively to humanitarian needs.
• Representation and coordination: you represent HI at bilateral meetings with local and humanitarian actors, as required. You develop and expand HI’s network of contacts with security specialists, international NGOs, UN agencies and local government entities.

Qualifications and skills:

• Fluency in English.
• Capacity to work remotely and support a local/ national partner
• Willingness to travel inside Sudan if access is granted

YOUR PROFILE:

• For this position, we are looking for proven experience in security management, humanitarian access and team management, as well as sound knowledge of security management systems, humanitarian policies and crisis management.
• Your excellent communication and negotiation skills, your ability to influence and develop relationships at all levels will be necessary assets to succeed in the role.
• You have good stress management skills and are able to respond to changing needs.
• You demonstrate initiative, creativity and sensitivity.