Humanitarian Access Safety & Security (HASS) Advisor

Join the International Rescue Committee as a Humanitarian Access Safety & Security Advisor in Haiti, focusing on improving safety and security for humanitarian operations.

• In collaboration with the HASS Manager, serve as an advisor to the Country Director, SMT, and HASS Manager on humanitarian access, safety, and security matters.
• Support leadership decision-making through evidence-based analysis and risk-informed recommendations, and provide guidance during periods of heightened risk, crisis, operational expansion, or major contextual shifts.
• Advise on the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of country-level access and security strategies.
• Ensure humanitarian principles, acceptance approaches, duty of care, GEDI considerations, and protection principles are incorporated into HASS strategies and practice.
• Support the SMT and key stakeholders, including partners as relevant, in the development and implementation of a humanitarian access strategy that enables based on defined access goals developed based on IRC Haiti’s new Strategy Action Plan.
• Support the development and implementation of actor mapping, engagement and acceptance strategies, including conducting engagement and negotiation, and advise leadership on engagement approaches with communities, authorities, civil society actors, and other relevant actors.
• Support analysis of the HASS Department and strengthen its ability to inform decision making and program design, including analysis of security risks, opportunities and constraints affecting humanitarian access to inform ongoing monitoring and review of the access strategy, and overarching access goals.
• Support the development of updated mapping of IRC operational presence, routes and corridors, and future areas of operations, to inform access and security strategies and management.
• Support the development of systems that facilitate timely information sharing between field teams, partners, country leadership, and global HASS resources.
• Support the Country Program in navigating humanitarian access dilemmas and determining appropriate red lines and engagement parameters.
• Ensure engagement approaches align with IRC policies and guidance governing interactions with armed actors and other influential stakeholders.
• Support the HASS Manager and Country Director in their participation and positioning in the OCHA-led Access Working Group (including Cellule de Liaison and any new forum with GSF).
• Advise on the establishment and maintenance of security risk management systems consistent with IRC standards and learned good practices, and in coherence with the access strategy, supporting field leadership and HASS Manager to maintain them.
• Provide technical review and quality assurance of security plans, SOPs, contingency plans, movement procedures, incident reporting, and communications systems; integrating learning and review processes and findings into procedures.
• Provide technical support to the establishment and strengthening of IRC’s approach, support and capacity sharing with partners on access and security management; focus attention based on their needs and IRC’s added value (eg engagement parameters and red lines).
• Provide technical advice and support to leadership during critical incidents and crisis events, as requested.
• Jointly identify priority gaps and needs with the Country Director and HASS manager for capacity support.
• Strengthen SMT and HASS Manager understanding of strategic approaches to access, actor engagement approaches, risk acceptance, and operational decision-making.
• Provide structured mentoring and coaching to the HASS Manager across all technical areas of HASS management.
• Build the HASS Manager's confidence and capability in analysis, strategy development, engagement planning, incident management, and partner support.
• Complete a final advisory report and prioritized action plan for continued implementation.
• Support preparedness planning for security deterioration, humanitarian emergencies, and operational interruptions.
• Advise on contingency planning, relocation planning, business continuity measures, and emergency response readiness.
• Strengthen alignment between preparedness systems and country program objectives.
• Support scenario planning exercises and preparedness workshops for leadership and staff.
• Ensure lessons learned and good practices are documented and integrated into future planning.