About the Context
The purpose of the 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.
The Central Sahel Multi-Country Office (MCO) covers NRC operations in Niger and Burkina Faso, operating through established Area Offices in both countries. The HAS Manager is a shared resource across the MCO, based in Niamey, providing unified leadership on access, safety, security risk management and crisis management support while ensuring locally responsive coordination in each country.
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What we are looking for
The Humanitarian Access and Safety (HAS) Manager is the lead technical resource on safety and security, crisis management, and access (with the support of the Access Advisor/Coordinator/Co-lead in the most severely access-restricted contexts) in Niger and Burkina Faso. This role is crucial for managing safety and security risks, building capacity, implementing Duty of Care (in direct coordination with People and Organisation), developing humanitarian access strategies, and facilitating principled humanitarian programming. The HAS Manager Central Sahel reports directly to the Country Director Central Sahel and is technically overseen by the Regional Head of HAS CWA. This position is a core member of both the Country Management Group and Crisis Management Team.
What you will do
- Serve as a core member of the Multi-Country Management Group (MCMG) and support Crisis Management Teams for Niger and Burkina Faso (preparedness, response, learning).
- Lead quality control and coherence of HAS deliverables across both countries, including SRAs, contingency plans, medical emergency plans, hibernation/relocation/evacuation plans, incident reporting, and post-incident learning.
- Support and strengthen principled access strategies and engagement plans in both countries; provide hands-on support to access negotiations when required, prioritising contexts and locations with the highest restriction and operational need.
- Ensure consistent incident management practice across the MCO, including review of incident reports, analysis of trends, and adaptation of mitigation measures to reduce likelihood and impact of recurrence.
- Provide technical input to programme criticality decisions and operational modalities in hard-to-reach areas, in collaboration with Programme, Area Managers and other functions.
- Support partner duty-of-care and partner risk management frameworks as relevant to operational modalities and partnership approaches in Niger and Burkina Faso.
- Conduct periodic field visits to Area Offices and field locations to strengthen compliance, capacity, local negotiation practice, and coordination with Area leadership.
- Participate actively in the Country Management Group and play a key role in the development and implementation of the Country Strategy.
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What you will bring
1.Professional Competencies
- Minimum three years of experience working in a senior role with managerial responsibility in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Strong understanding of the Humanitarian Principles and their application in programmatic and advocacy responses, NGO safety and risk management, humanitarian access, and civil-military coordination.
- Previous experience working in complex contexts and participating in access negotiations with an NGO and/or UN agencies.
- Qualifications in humanitarian access negotiations is an added value.
- Prior experience as a trainer.
- Working proficiency in English and French, both written and verbal.
- Valid driver’s license.
Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Previous experience within the Sahel region and/or area of operations is highly preferable.
- Working proficiency in relevant language(s) /French and English, both written and verbal.
- Experience in risk management with implementing partners*.*
- Experience in remote management*.*
2.Behavioural competencies
- Handling insecure environment
- Planning and delivering results
- Working with People
- Analysing
- Communicating with impact and respect
- Coping with change
Leadership Profile Competencies
- Build meaningful relations
- Empower people
- Deliver results
- Act with integrity
What we offer
- Duty station: Niamey, Niger
- Contract Duration: Fixed Termfor 12 months renewable based on funding and performance
- Contract Type:Mobile
- Salary&Benefits: Grade 9 on NRC Salary Scale
- NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, 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.
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