Emergency Security and Access Officer
Mandalay
- Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
- Location: Mandalay
- Grade:
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Occupational Groups:
- Development Cooperation and Sustainable Development Goals
- Medical Practitioners
- Humanitarian Aid and Coordination
- Security and Safety
- Emergency Aid and Response
- Closing Date: Closed
Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a private, non-political, non-profit, and non-religious organization. For over 90 years, we have been providing humanitarian assistance to communities affected by conflict and natural disasters in more than 40 countries. Since 2008, the IRC has been active in Myanmar, delivering humanitarian assistance in areas such as health, protection, water, and sanitation, specifically targeting families impacted by conflict and natural disasters.
Job Overview/Summary:
The devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28th March 2025 caused widespread destruction—reducing homes, hospitals, schools, and vital infrastructure to rubble—in areas including Mandalay and Sagaing Regions. IRC Myanmar has a strategic response plan with sufficient funding to render relief activities in the affected areas.
The overall objective of this position is to work with the Senior Emergency Response Coordinator to ensurethat organizational safety and security policies and procedures are responsive tothe context, adequate and known to staff, and to advise on humanitarian accessprocesses and approaches in close coordination with program teams. Under thesupervisionof the Senior Emergency Response Coordinator, the SAOwillanalyze security trends,advise,update, and implement IRC’s Security Management Plan, Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs), Contingency Plans (CPs) and risk assessments. The positionholder willprovidehumanitariansecurityandaccessadvice toalllevelsofIRCstaffinthedesignatedoffice.
MainResponsibilities
SafetyandSecurity Management:
- Provide support to the Senior Emergency Response Coordinator on developing/ reviewing allsecurity related policies, procedures, guidelines and planning for staffsafety, operational security and program continuity in.
- Assist Senior Emergency Response Coordinator to evaluate, review and update securitymanagement plan and all annexes such as hibernation, relocation andevacuationplansandensurethatpracticalpreparationsare in place and known to all staff involved.
- Support security recommendation for staff travel, materials delivery and distribution of aid items.
- Support conducting securityriskassessmentsofassigned areas at least once a year (if risk level is orange and below), or twice (if risk level is red and above).
- Provide weekly securitysituational report for the weekly S&S meeting.
- Undertakingcontinualassessmentsof security equipment are in place in the office and staff houses according to Security Equipment and Training Minimum Standard.
- Provide/ organize training to ensure staff are aware of how to use security equipment, especially fire extinguishers and first aid kit.
- Participate in security budget allocation and provide the proposedbudget for your assigned office to Senior Emergency Response Coordinator.
CoordinationandSecurityManagementSupport:
- Cooperate with partnership team to fulfill therequirements of partners support in terms of Safety and Security.
- Assist in reviewing or developing security risk assessments,Contingency Plans and SOPs.
- Assistonsecurityriskassessmentofnewoperationalareasandsecurityconsideration highlights and recommendation for new IRC programs innew geographic areas.
- Join security coordination meetings if required, and report highlightedpoints to supervisor.
- Support in organizing safety and security meetings with all staff at least once a month and generate meeting minutes.
IncidentManagementand Reporting:
- EnsureallincidentsandaccidentsrelatedtoIRCarefollowedupwithanofficial written report, which is then shared with relevant stakeholdersinternally.Ensurethatanyincidentcasesmustfollowwith immediate incident report and post-incident report according toincident reporting SOP.
- Monitorsecurityincidentsandupdate the incident tracker on a daily basis.
- Submit daily security updates via Teams not later than 2 pm.
- Compileandsubmitincident tracker and Staff movement tracker monthly not later than 10th of the month.
SecurityTrainingand Orientation:
- To ensure Field READI training is received at least 80% of staff in the office each year.
- Provide sharing of SOPs and CPs secessions every month to ensure staff are aware and follow the guidelines.
- ConductS&Strainingforpartnerorganizationsifthereisademandfromthe partners.
- ReviewandupdateIRCSecuritybriefing and orientation for new hires and visitors.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Sr. Emergency Response Coordinator
Internal: Operations and programs staff
External: Security working groups
Minimum Qualifications:
Job Requirements:
- Any bachelor’s degree.
- Degree in international relations, Law, Political Science, emergency management or related field. And Relevant training or certification in safety, security, crisis management, or risk assessment is an asset (e.g., HEAT, first aid, fire safety).
- Minimum 2–3 years of relevant work experience in a humanitarian organization, INGO/NGO, or corporate sector with responsibilities in Operations/logistics, Administration, Community liaison, Facility management, or Emergency response.
- Preferably experience with humanitarian organizations, especially those working in field operations or emergency settings.
- Microsoft Skill (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT) and other industry- driven software (Microsoft Team, Outlook and Zoom) are a MUST. Having the skill of generating online reporting tools (POWER BI, GOOGLE SHEET, etc.) and mapping tools will be an added advantage.
- Outstanding observation skills and attention to detail.
- Fluency in Burmese and English.
- Ability to provide security incident report.
- Understanding of the operational and security context in Mandalay and central Myanmar.
- Having skill of data sourcing and data verification from different sources to identify the incidents happening in the field.
- Experience as a trainer; ability to develop, implement, facilitate, and impart learning to a wide range of audiences.
- Having experience of engaging with multiple stakeholders.
- Having Knowledge of state laws and regulations.
- Able to travel IRC field operations sides.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Ability to be flexible around working days including holidays.
- Must be client friendly.
- If a suitable applicant is found, an interview will be conducted before the position deadline.
Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.
The IRC Core Values and Commitments.
- The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
- IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff are suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
- Level of interaction with children: Frequent direct contact with children.
- IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
- IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.