GiveDirectly (GD) provides cash grants directly to people living in extreme poverty. GD has raised over $800M since launching in 2011, delivered cash to more than 1.2 million recipients, and launched offices in 11 countries. We’re continuing expansion across the Global South.

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.

Reports to: VP, People

Level: Senior Manager

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.