The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. The Asia Region supports effective, efficient, and high-quality programming by strengthening capacity around client outcomes, program quality, strategic positioning, and business development. It addresses overlapping humanitarian and development challenges conflict, governance, and environmental issues through integrated, impactful approaches. The region prioritizes cross-learning, innovation, and harmonized technical strategies, especially in high-need areas. It ensures continuity of care and coordinated service delivery for clients on the move and the host population, while advancing strategic donor engagement through cohesive fundraising and regional collaboration. The region responds swiftly to country program needs, filling critical gaps and navigating access constraints, emergencies, and security shifts. It amplifies client and frontline voices to inform global advocacy and fosters strong team cohesion to enhance program delivery. Asia focuses on cost-efficient and adaptive approaches to the evolving humanitarian and donor landscape, with a clear focus on resourcing country programs. The Asia region operates country programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Myanmar, with a presence in Malaysia. Position Summary The Regional Safety and Security Director (RSSD) for Asia provides strategic leadership for safety, security, and humanitarian access across the region. They set and drive the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to anticipate, analyze, and mitigate risks, safeguard staff and assets, enable principled humanitarian access, and ensure continuity of operations and programs in complex and high-risk environments. Serving as the principal advisor to the Regional Vice President (RVP) and a member of both the regional management team and IRCs global safety and security (S&S) team, the RSSD brings expertise in geo-political awareness and analyses, security risk management, humanitarian access, and community engagement. They integrate gender-inclusive security risk analysis into strategic, operational, programmatic, and partnership decisions, ensuring that security considerations are embedded in all aspects of IRCs work. Reporting jointly to the RVP and the Senior Director for Safety and Security (SDSS), the RSSD operates with significant autonomy and influence. They ensure that each country program has robust, context-appropriate protocols, systems, and capacities in place to address unique threats and challenges, while remaining agile to adapt to shifting environments. The RSSD maintains in-depth knowledge of geo-political and security dynamics across all Asia countries, monitors early warning indicators, and deploys regularly, including at short notice, to support teams on the ground. They play a central role in mentoring and building the capabilities of IRC staff and leaders to operate safely and effectively, thereby strengthening IRCs ability to reach and serve the most affected and underserved populations. Responsibilities Security Risk Management

• Lead and supervise the identification, analysis, and mitigation of S&S risks across the region, ensuring alignment with IRCs global standards.
• Guide and support Country Directors and field leaders to adapt and implement context-specific security risk management strategies ensuring proactive risk identification, mitigation, and emergency preparedness.
• Review, monitor, and encourage compliance with the Security Minimum Standards (SMS) in all country programs providing follow-up and technical guidance where gaps are identified.
• Drive and champion the development, adaptation, and roll-out of global and regional initiatives on duty of care and safeguarding, embedding these into operational culture and practice.
• Shape and strengthen safety and security policies, procedures, and practices that fully integrate Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) principles as well as Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS) commitments.
• Extend IRCs security capacity to partners, ensuring they receive tailored risk management support, access to systems, and benefit from IRCs standards relevant to their operational contexts.
• Build and maintain an active network of IRC security focal points across country programs and cultivate strong external relationships with professional contacts, peer agencies, and security counterparts to enhance collective risk management. Humanitarian Access Management
• Provide the leadership with necessary geo-political trends and analyses to better understand the potential implications and better preparedness.
• Enable and safeguard principled, secure, and sustained humanitarian access across country programs, ensuring communities can be reached and served in line with IRCs country Strategy Action Plans (SAP).
• Strengthen and expand humanitarian access teams and capabilities across the region, building skills, systems, and approaches that enhance operational reach and acceptance.
• Develop, adapt, and implement context-specific guidelines for humanitarian access and engagement with state and non-state actors, ensuring alignment with IRC policy, international humanitarian law, and standards.
• Advise and guide country programs in the design of operational and programmatic contingency plans ensuring preparedness for sudden shifts in political, security, or conflict dynamics.
• Collaborate with relevant IRC units to ensure prompt and appropriate follow-up to violations of IRCs Code of Conduct and breaches of humanitarian principles, reinforcing accountability and ethical operations. Performance Management and Development
• Lead and actively contribute to the recruitment and selection of key positions with S&S responsibilities, ensuring high-caliber talent and diverse representation.
• Co-manage and mentor direct-report staff (under the Management in Partnership (MiP) model with Country Directors), setting clear expectations, defining performance objectives, providing regular, timely feedback, and conducting documented performance reviews that drive accountability and growth.
• Promote and safeguard staff well-being, monitoring staff care across the region and supporting appropriate interventions to address the needs of both national and international staff.
• Directly supervise and develop the Regional Humanitarian Access and Safety Coordinators, ensuring progressive and forward-looking S&S plans that align with regional priorities and organizational strategy. Learning & Development
• Design, support, and supervise the implementation of regional capacity-building plans, ensuring effective delivery of IRCs global S&S training programs across Asia country programs.
• Embed gender-sensitive approaches into all capacity development and learning initiatives, addressing gender-specific risks and ensuring inclusivity in staff preparedness.
• Lead and facilitate critical incident management trainings and simulations, in close coordination with the global S&S unit to strengthen preparedness and response capacities across the region. Incident management
• Support country programs to ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality incident notification, reporting, analysis, and dissemination of lessons learned.
• Serve as a member of the Regional Incident Management Team actively…