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The Regional Safety and Security Director (RSSD) for Asia advises the development, implements, and supervises an effective strategy to identify, analyze, and mitigate safety and security risks; enables humanitarian access, leads incident response and maintains continuity of operations and programs. The Director is an advisor to the Regional Vice President (RVP) and provides input, including comprehensive gender-inclusive security risk analyses and recommendations related to strategic, operational, programmatic, partnership, and cross-cutting risks. The Director serves as the subject matter authority on humanitarian access and community engagement strategies in the region. The RSSD ensures adequate protocols and mechanisms are in place to address country programs’ specific risks and challenges. 

Reporting to the RVP and the Senior Director of Safety and Security, the RSSD is a permanent member of the regional senior management team and the global safety and security team. Key relationships include the RVP; Senior Director for Safety & Security, Chief Safety and Security Officer, Deputy Regional Director; Regional People & Culture Director, Country Directors; Deputy Directors; Country Security Leads, and counterparts in other regions.

Under the broad guidance of the RVP, the RSSD has a meaningful level of autonomy to implement responsibilities. Collaborate with country teams in Asia to update security policies and procedures to match the context and staff needs. Develop and update security plans for changing security environments. 

The RSSD will maintain contextual knowledge of all countries in the region, including awareness of early warning indicators affecting safety and security, and will travel regularly to all countries in the region, including on very short notice when vital. The RSSD will mentor and build IRC staff counterpart capacities and actively promote durable programming and the reduction of IRC's operational vulnerabilities.

The RSSD bears overall responsibility for the S&S management in Asia and is supported by the Regional Humanitarian Access Security and Safety Coordinator. 

Responsibilities
Security Risk Management

• Lead departmental security risk identification and mitigation measures that align with organizational and regional risk-management standards and requirements.
• Assist field leaders in developing and maintaining humanitarian security risk management across the region ensuring security risks are identified, mitigated, and managed.
• Review all safety and security strategies for each country and ensure compliance with IRC’s security minimum standards (SMS).
• Advance the design and roll-out of duty of care and safeguarding global and regional initiatives
• Advise the development of Safety and Security procedures and practices that integrate Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) and Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS) principles.
• Ensure that IRC partners receive security management support benefiting from internal systems and standard processes relevant to their operations and operating contexts.
• Maintaining a network of IRC security focal points in the country programs as well as external professional contacts and counterparts.

Humanitarian Access Management

• Support the establishment of principled and secure humanitarian access to enable durable programming across country programs.
• Assist in the continued development of humanitarian access teams and activities throughout the region.
• Guide the development and implementation of guidelines for humanitarian access and engagement with non-state actors implementing standard IRC policy and mentorship.
• Mentor the development of operational and programmatic contingency plans that respond to different emergency scenarios that look at sudden changes in context.
• Work with appropriate IRC units to ensure timely and appropriate follow-up to violations of IRC’s Code of Conduct, in addition to operational breaches of humanitarian principles.

Performance Management and Development

• Actively participate in the recruitment of key positions with S&S risk management responsibilities.
• Co-manage and mentor direct-report staff, presenting clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing timely performance feedback, and leading timely performance reviews.
• Promote staff care and well-being. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff.
• Support the Regional Humanitarian Access Security and Safety Coordinator in developing S&S plans for their work.

Learning & Development

• Support the design and subsequent implementation of a capacity-building plan to facilitate the delivery of IRC’s global training program in Asia country programs.
• Ensure capacity development and learning initiatives account for gender-specific risks and requirements.
• Deliver training on critical incident management and lead simulations in coordination with the global security incident team.

Incident management

• Support the country programs with timely and qualitative incident notification, reporting, analysis, and lessons learned.
• As part of the Regional Incident Management Team, actively support the RVP during the management and resolution of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Incidents 
• Facilitate After Action Reviews and coordinate the implementation of corrective measures as per existing incident protocols.
• Supervise the SHIELD incident database and produce an analysis of the trends every quarter. 

Qualifications & Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with shown capabilities in planning, organizing, and driving security management operations.
• Prior experience working in the region and demonstrated knowledge of regional and country dynamics are strongly preferred.
• Proven understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational culture.
• Proven understanding and success in gender security management and gender equality.
• Capable of influencing and gaining collaboration from individuals not directly supervised. Proficient in working within a multinational team and leading various relationships to achieve desired results.
• Consistent track record in transferring knowledge through mentoring and other non-formal methods.
• Ability to prepare and present, on short notice, clear analyses of contextual dynamics, events, security incidents, and their ramifications for IRC operations.
• Self-motivated and able to work reliably without close supervision.
• Proficiency in English is required. 
• Readiness and ability to travel approximately 40% of the time.

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JOB OVERVIEW
The Head of Finance, CRRD at IRC offers an exceptional opportunity to craft the financial landscape of a world-class organization dedicated to crisis response, recovery, and development (CRRD). This role is pivotal in driving our ambitious mission forward.

The Head of Finance, CRRD will enhance our financial direction for CRRD, dual reporting to the Chief Financial Officer and the Senior Vice President of CRRD. This role requires both strategic oversight and meticulous financial management to improve our impact and global scale.

Key responsibilities
Financial Performance & Risk Management

• Lead departmental financial performance monitoring routines to ensure resources are used efficiently and that any under-performance is swiftly identified and corrected.
• Provide CFO, SVP, and SMT with comprehensive analyses of financial performance, both aggregate and specific to individual units.
• Identify and mitigate material risks to financial performance, management, and compliance within CRRD.
• Maintain visibility on major audits, investigations, and other control and compliance reviews, ensuring timely and quality implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure finance integration in Enterprise Risk Management at all levels.
• Develop and achieve relevant CRRD and Finance annual objectives.

Financial Management & Oversight

• Ensure adherence to robust financial management practices and accounting standards across all CRRD units and country programs.
• Maintain strong financial controls to comply strictly with our financial standards and donor requirements.
• Ensure grant and contract budgets reflect program needs, optimize direct cost coverage, and meet donor expectations.
• Guarantee that donor grant and contract budgets are spent appropriately and that financial reports are accurate and timely.
• Deliver excellent mentorship on financial and accounting practices along with relevant policies and regulations.
• Manage funding for match needs or strategic subsidies to improve programmatic impact.
• Coordinate the allocation and management of flexible ‘field funding’ to minimize subsidies and improve strategic investments.
• Ensure business processes within CRRD are efficient, compliant, and fit-for-purpose.

Financial Systems, Policies & Processes

• Act as CRRD Business Owner for INTEGRA (IRC’s ERP), driving its adoption and championing improvements.
• Represent CRRD in developing and deploying new or upgraded finance-related technology systems.
• Partner with CRRD and Finance leadership to improve financial policies, systems, and processes.
• Ensure standardized data practices and maintain high data quality across the organization.
• Contribute to the improvement of financial dashboards and internal reporting.

Cross-functional Partnership

• Liaise between CRRD program teams and Global Finance to ensure systems and processes meet CRRD's needs.
• Maintain strategic financial alignment between CRRD and External Relations on finance and fundraising matters.
• Foster positive relationships with the Awards Management Unit regarding strategic financial matters.
• Collaborate with Information Technology on the development of financial technology within CRRD.
• Work closely with IRC’s Ethics & Compliance Unit and Internal Audit Unit on financial matters and corrective actions.
• Ensure CRRD and Finance leadership are informed and can influence relevant initiatives in partner departments.

Leadership & People Management

• Provide strong leadership to the CRRD Finance function, promoting IRC’s values through personal example and engagement.
• Coordinate a team of 10+ finance professionals and indirectly coordinate finance teams across the department.
• Champion professional development within the CRRD Finance team through structured initiatives and ongoing feedback.
• Actively contribute as a member of the CRRD Senior Management Team, the Global Finance Leadership Team, and IRC’s Senior Leadership Group, representing the CRRD Finance function globally.

Job requirements
Qualifications & experience

• 10+ years senior-level experience in financial budgeting, planning, control, forecasting, and reporting.
• Relevant academic or professional qualifications.
• International experience in a complex, matrixed global environment, preferably in a humanitarian, or related, organization.
• Solid understanding of non-profit financial regulations and donor compliance requirements.
• Experience in collaborative management on a global scale.
• Ability to participate in global meetings off-hours and travel internationally.