Regional Security Director at African Entrepreneur Collective (AEC)

About the Opportunity

As Inkomoko’s team expands, and our colleagues continue to travel to more complicated and rapidly changing external environments, we seek a leader to build a team to ensure that we have the policies, protocols, and support available to keep colleagues safe, and effective.
The Regional Security Director reports to the COO and will work closely with the Country-specific leaders. This job description is not a comprehensive list of responsibilities, as these may change as the need requires.  The Director can, however, reasonably expect duties of: 

Responsibilities

Security Management & Policy (25% time)

• Develop a Safety and Security culture that seeks to empower staff at all levels to identify, mitigate and manage the risks they face each and every day.
• Lead a team of security professionals across company locations
• Maintain organizational risk profile and adapt as needed to new expansion geographies
• Update security policies and emergency response plans aligned to the company risk profile
• Serve as the lead risk advisor to senior management, country directors, and board
• Communicate regular security advisories and plans to all staff
• Stay up to date with all advisories and situation reports, from informants and partners 
• Represent Inkomoko to donors, and high-level stakeholders on risk management issues.
• Create a time-bound and environmentally driven annual calendar for refreshed training, assessments, updating documentation, changing security stances, etc.

Risk Assessment and Prevention (25% time):

• Develop risk mitigation policies, and practices, aligned with local guidelines and realities
• Lead external partnerships with regional security authorities
• Review staff threat assessment, security briefs, and any elevated field-level issues
• Set protocols related to child protection, refugee protection, gender protection

Employee Safety & Welfare (25%):

• Ensure that all appropriate security safeguards are present in the organization
• Plan and implement safety, risk, and compliance training programs
• Facilitate efficient administration of employee wellness programs and vendor contracts
• Maintain a constant two-way flow of information with security focal points in each office

Harm Reduction (25% time):

• Coordinate crisis/emergency response
• Direct internal investigations into security matters
• Review all incidents to develop learnings/trends from any incidents or near misses.
• Establish a framework for resources available after emergency response

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years in a relevant field with at least 5 years in charge of security operations
• Industry expertise and excellent knowledge of health, safety & security management
• Geographic experience in managing risks across diverse hardship locations in Africa.
• Expertise in concepts of duty of care for the organization’s responsibility 
• A proactive communicator who can correctly interpret messages and escalate as needed 
• Excellent judgment to make thoughtful, tough, and sometimes quick decisions 
• Preferred experience in mental health, vulnerable populations, and gender lens 
• Bachelor or Master's in security management or related field
• Digitally savvy, using MS Suite, Slack, email, International SOS platforms, etc
• Ability to travel locally, regionally, and internationally 
• Proven people manager