Country Security Manager
Job ID: SYR_032
Job Title: Country Security Manager Syria
To Work for: confidential
Country: Syria
City: Damascus (with frequent travels within Syria).
Field of Work: Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type: Fixed-term contract.
Military service: Not Specified
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor
About the Role:
The Country Security Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing the safety, security, access, and operational risk management function of the country programme in coordination with country leadership, programme teams, HQ stakeholders, and relevant implementation structures. The role ensures that all supported operations are implemented within a robust, context-appropriate, and operationally enabling security framework that protects staff, assets, operations, and organisational reputation while supporting safe and effective programme delivery. The position provides strategic leadership, technical guidance, and operational oversight on security risk management, access analysis, incident response, contingency planning, staff duty of care, and security compliance. The Security Manager supports informed operational decision-making through continuous context analysis, risk mitigation planning, and practical security support.
Security Risk Management & Context Analysis
• Lead ongoing security risk analysis for all supported operations in Syria.
• Monitor political, security, conflict, and operational developments relevant to programme implementation.
• Produce regular security updates, risk assessments, advisories, and recommendations for leadership and operational teams.
• Maintain risk analysis frameworks and security management tools.
• Conduct and regularly update security risk assessments for operational locations, movements, and implementation approaches.
Access & Operational Security Support
• Support safe programme implementation through access analysis and operational security planning.
• Advise programme and leadership teams on security implications of operational decisions.
• Support route planning, movement risk assessments, travel clearance processes, and field movement oversight.
• Develop practical mitigation measures to enable safe access while maintaining operational continuity.
• Liaise with relevant internal and external stakeholders on security-related operational matters, where appropriate.
Security Systems, Compliance & Incident Management
• Develop, maintain, and implement security policies, SOPs, contingency plans, communication trees, and incident management protocols.
• Ensure security procedures align with organisationalstandards, safeguarding principles, duty of care requirements, and operational realities.
• Monitor implementation of security compliance measures across all supported activities.
• Lead incident reporting, documentation, analysis, follow-up, and escalation processes.
• Coordinate responses to security incidents affecting staff, assets, operations, or implementation continuity.
• Ensure organised, secure, and compliant management of security-related documentation and reporting.
Crisis Preparedness, Duty of Care & Staff Safety
• Lead preparedness planning for emergency response, evacuation, relocation, and business continuity scenarios.
• Ensure implementation of staff safety, duty of care, and workplace security measures across all supported operations.
• Deliver security inductions, travel briefings, safety awareness sessions, and relevant security training for staff and operational teams.
• Ensure staff understand movement protocols, emergency procedures, incident reporting mechanisms, and organisational safety expectations.
• Promote a strong security-aware organisational culture and safe working practices.
Coordination & Overarching tasks
• Contribute to internal lessons-learned processes related to security incidents, access constraints, and operational risk management.
• Support organisational learning by identifying trends, operational risks, access challenges, and security developments emerging from implementation.
• Coordinate security-related communication between Syria programme teams, country leadership, HQ, and relevant stakeholders.
• Represent organization’s interests in relevant security coordination, access discussions, and operational risk management forums where required.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external security standards, organisational procedures, safeguarding principles, and duty of care requirements.
• Provide strategic recommendations to programmemanagement based on context analysis and operational security developments.
• Support preparedness for donor visits, audits, compliance reviews, and high-risk operational engagements.
• Support broader organisational priorities, as agreed and in line with operational needs.
• Other ad hoc assignments that may arise.
Education:
•Degree in Security Management, International Relations, Risk Management, Political Science, Humanitarian Affairs, or related field.
Experience:
• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience in humanitarian safety, security, access, or operational risk management, including supervisory responsibilities where applicable.
• Strong experience in conflict-affected and complex operational environments.
• Experience advising operational leadership on risk management decisions.
• Demonstrated experience conducting security risk assessments, incident management, and contingency planning.
Skills & Competencies:
•Strong understanding of duty of care, humanitarian access, and NGO security management
principles.
•Strong analytical, communication, and decision-making skills.
•Fluency in English and Arabic.
•Willingness to travel within Syria
نصيحة لحمايتك
ننصح بقراءة طريقة التقديم بعناية و التقيد بتعليمات التقدم للوظائف و المناقصات.