Senior Manager, Safety and Security at GiveDirectly (GD)

GiveDirectly (GD) aims to reshape international giving - and millions of lives - by allowing donors to provide capital grants directly to the world’s poorest. The Brookings Institution estimates that $70B of cash transfers would be required to eliminate the poverty gap; the aid sector currently spends $135B each year, much of which is allocated to evidence-free interventions. GiveDirectly wants to change that, establishing a benchmark, and in the process accelerate the end of extreme poverty. GiveDirectly has raised over $400M in revenue (>$150M in 2020 alone), while being recognized as one of the most innovative non-profit companies by Fast Company. The growing movement toward cash transfers and GD’s role in that movement have also been featured in This American Life, Foreign Affairs, The Economist, and Business Insider.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager, Safety and Security

Location: Remote (This role is fully remote but must overlap with the East Africa timezone by at least 6 hours.)
Reports to: VP, People
Level: Senior Manager

About this Role

• Our team, with an incredible dedication to being Recipients First, encounters a variety of challenges as they work to reach Recipients each day. We operate in 12 different countries in both development and humanitarian contexts, each with unique risks and complexities.
• In this role, you will ensure we’re upholding our Team Next value by crafting the nuanced policies, processes, and protocols that will keep our team safe. You’ll own training on and auditing of compliance with those safety and security measures.  
• You’ll sit within the Global People team, and work with stakeholders from across the organization, including local safety and security officers, program operations leadership, and global leadership to assess the risks to our staff safety and security, propose the appropriate mitigation measures, policies and procedures and implement those measures.
• You’ll also be “on call” to lead incident and crisis response as needed.

What you’ll Do

• Work with senior leadership to identify and define our risk appetite, and develop a safety and security risk management framework to aid in quick assessment and mitigation in new contexts
• Develop and continuously improve policies and processes intended to keep our team safe, including crisis management plans, incident review processes, evacuation plans
• Regularly visit GD country offices to review and improve country security protocols, quality assure implementation, and provide technical oversight of local safety and security advisors 
• Provide capacity building to in-country security managers and Country Directors- serve as thought partner and advisor
• Ensure all team members are properly trained for the potential risks they may encounter and feed into the global HR team ideas and suggestions that could help us improve in this
• Ensure we have the proper equipment and logistics required - including communications devices, personal protective gear, etc. 
• Regularly audit adherence to safety and security policies, and develop accountability structures and escalation protocols for non-compliance
• Lead crisis/incident management teams with Country Directors, and  support local security advisors to lead, and manage our reporting and response protocols.

What you’ll Bring

• Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
• Exceptional critical thinking, operations, and project management skills
• Strong emotional intelligence and communication skills  - ability to influence and motivate and work across multiple cultures and levels 
• Skilled at building, coaching and mentoring teams and individuals 
• Experience living and working in high-risk areas (i.e. conflict zones), with experience in multiple geographies/contexts, ideally within MENA and/or sub-saharan africa.
• Willingness to travel - we expect this role to be traveling at least 30% of the time, and especially to spend time in our more conflict-prone regions and country offices.
• Strong Preference: Experience working with INGOs in conflict zones, understands the nuance of managing security in high-risk areas alongside humanitarian operations, and understands the importance and complexities of working with communities.
• Language Requirement: Professional fluency in French and English

Compensation

• At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (base compensation + bonus)  falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. 
• The Kenya base salary for this role is $75,000 USD.
• This role is fully remote, so if you are not based in Kenya, we will share an estimated salary benchmark for the country you are based in during the hiring process.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.