Health, Safety, and Security Manager 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 be the technical lead on safety and security risks and crisis management, and ensure compliance with the health, safety, and security minimum standards and in reducing the overall risk on operations across the country. He/she will also be responsible for coordinating and conducting training courses.

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 risk management culture promotion.
• Health, Safety, and Security management system implementation.
• Health, Safety, and Security risk management oversight and support.
• 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 networking, communication, and cooperation. 
• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here. 

What you will bring

• Security management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Humanitarian access exposure.
• NGO operations and the dynamics of a displacement-response context knowledge.
• Civilian and military interlocutors exposure.
• Training and presentation demonstrable skills.
• Complex and volatile context exposure.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.

What makes this position attractive?

• 2025 marks eight years since violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, when over 742,000 Rohingya men, women, and children fled across the border into neighbouring Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Today more than 1 million Rohingya refugees currently live in 33 camps across Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, heavily depending on humanitarian aid. Local integration challenges arise from socio-economic pressures, resource constraints, and social tensions. Addressing these issues needs comprehensive international support, sustained humanitarian aid, and collaboration between the Bangladeshi government, regional, and global stakeholders.
• This is an 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 based on the humanitarian principles and are used to increase the acceptance of humanitarian assistance amongst target Rohingya and Bangladeshi populations, as well as to facilitate and enable access.
• NRC provides lifesaving, multisectoral assistance and works towards self-reliance and durable solutions of both Rohingya refugees and host communities affected by the refugee influx, operating in 25 Rohingya camps and 8 unions in the Teknaf and Ukhiya Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar. NRC also hosts the Rohingya Response NGO Platform, which brings together more than 150 NGOs coordinating the Rohingya crisis humanitarian response. NRC Bangladesh reached over 140,000 project participants in 2024.
• In addition to the existing Rohingya refugee response, NRC’s integrated activities are addressing the impacts of displacement from climate change. As of 2022, NRC is working to respond to severe floods. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries while also hosting one million Rohingya refugees. This is now considered a protracted emergency in which displacement and recurrent climate disasters combine.
• This is also set against a backdrop of continued conflict in Rakhine State, steady attenuation of humanitarian access, and political pressure to repatriate refugees. The humanitarian context is characterised by multiple localised emergencies adversely affecting communities and populations with low levels of resilience, high vulnerability, and acute poverty.
• 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.
• Learn more about NRC’s operation in Bangladesh here.

What we offer

• Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh duty station.
• 24-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.
• Find out more about the benefits of working for NRC.

Important information about the application process

• Internal candidates:- To apply log in with your official NRC email address or click on Opportunity Marketplace.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and you meet most, but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
• For any queries, please email us at aela.recruitment@nrc.nowith “HSS Manager Bangladesh” as the subject line. This email address is for queries only. Applications will not be accepted via email.
• Please note that NRC does not request any fees in connection with its recruitment processes.

Why NRC?

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. Our 15,000 staff work in crises across 40 countries, providing life-saving and long-term assistance to millions of people every year.

Watch this short video to see NRC in action.

NRC works in Cox’s Bazar in response to the Rohingya crisis, and in areas such as Sylhet in the north-east addressing the impacts of climate change. Alongside partners, our integrated operations include shelter and water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH), responding to weather-related emergencies, ensuring education continuity through in-person and digital learning, and scaling up information counselling for refugees and host Bangladeshis, reaching over 150,000 people per year. Our approach to humanitarian action focuses on principled aid delivery and promotes the agency and dignity of impacted populations.

We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee. Are you one of those people? If you are, NRC offers you the opportunity to:

• Do demanding and professional work, often in challenging contexts.
• Join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
• Be part of a welcoming and supportive community committed to human dignity.

Learn more about NRC here.