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Responsible for leading and strengthening Wahana Visi Indonesia's integrated Safety, Security, Duty of Care, Crisis Management, Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity programs across all operational areas 
 
The position serves as WVI’s national technical lead and primary advisor on safety and security matters, with particular attention to high-risk operational areas, working in close technical coordination with the SAP Regional Security Director and in alignment with World Vision International security standards and frameworks.

The position acts as the organization's technical authority on security risk management and provides timely security analysis, threat monitoring, early warning, travel risk management, and crisis advisory support to leadership. The role ensures that staff, volunteers, visitors, partners operate safely, supported by secure organizational assets, while complying with World Vision International Security Standards, Safeguarding Policies, local regulations and humanitarian best practices.

Strategy Development & Planning 

• Develop and regularly update WVI's core security requirement standard and Annual Operating Plans aligned with organizational priorities and risk landscape.  

• Lead organization-wide safety and security risk assessments and ensure risk mitigation measures are incorporated into operational plans.  

• Develop country-level contingency plans, emergency preparedness plans, business continuity plans, and crisis management protocols.  

• Provide strategic advice to senior management on emerging risks, security trends, and duty-of-care obligations.  

• Establish safety and security standards, guidelines, and procedures applicable to National Office and Field Operations 

• Advise EXLT and National Leadership Team on emerging risks and security implications. 

Resource Acquisition & Management 

• Develop and manage annual safety and security budgets.  

• Identify and recommend investments in security infrastructure, equipment, systems, and technologies.  

• Oversee procurement and deployment of security-related resources, equipment, and service providers.  

• Ensure efficient utilization and maintenance of security assets and emergency response resources.  

• Support grant proposals and project designs to ensure adequate safety and security resources are budgeted. 

Capacity Building 

• Develop and implement organization-wide safety and security learning programs.  

• Ensure updated & contextualized onboarding security material and refresher training for employees, volunteers, consultants, and visitors.  

• Facilitate security awareness campaigns and promote a culture of safety and preparedness.  

• Conduct emergency simulations, drills, scenario-based exercises, and crisis management training.  

• Coach managers and field leaders on security decision-making and duty-of-care responsibilities. 

Accountability & Quality Assurance: 

• Establish and maintain safety and security monitoring, reporting, and compliance systems.  

• Conduct periodic audits, reviews, and assessments to evaluate implementation of security standards.  

• Lead incident management processes, including reporting, investigation, analysis, corrective action planning, and lessons learned for security related incident and support other incident follow up with security implication 

• Monitor organizational compliance with World Vision global security requirement standard, safeguarding requirements, and local regulations.  

• Prepare and issue a Weekly Security Report to National Office management, with copy to the SAP Regional Security Director, covering significant incidents, emerging threats and trends, operational implications, key mitigation measures/actions, and issues requiring management attention. 

• Analyze trends and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.  

• Ensure all safety and security initiatives are measured against established performance indicators. 

Networking & Coordination: 

• Ensure engagement with police, military and other security actors is conducted in accordance with humanitarian principles, organisational acceptance considerations and WVI guidance, with sensitive or operational civil-military engagement subject to appropriate National Office leadership approval. 

• Represent WVI in external security coordination forums and working groups.  

• Coordinate with internal departments through Security Focal Points in each office to ensure integrated safety and security management.  

• Facilitate information sharing on emerging risks, security incidents, and best practices.  

Management & Leadership  

• Provide technical leadership and expert guidance on safety and security matters across WVI.  

• Lead the development of a strong culture of accountability, preparedness, and risk awareness.  

• Supervise and manage security personnel, consultants, contractors, or service providers when applicable.  

• Support senior leadership during emergencies, crises, and critical incidents.  

• Champion organizational duty-of-care commitments and employee wellbeing from a safety and security perspective.  

• Foster innovation and continuous improvement in safety and security management practices. 

Travel risk management & duty of care 

• Establish and oversee travel risk assessment and travel approval processes. 

• Review high-risk travel requests. 

• Monitor staff movements in high-risk locations. 

• Maintain staff tracking and accountability systems during emergencies. 

• Coordinate medical evacuation and security evacuation arrangements when required. 

• Ensure Duty of Care standards are consistently applied across operations. 

Requirement

• Bachelor Degree in Security Management; Emergency & Disaster Management; Occupational Health & Safety (K3); Public Administrations; Social Sciences; Military Science; Criminology or related discipline 
• Relevant security risk management and personal security training; WVI security training certification or equivalent is an advantage, with required WVI training to be completed following appointment. 

• At least 5 years work experience in safety and security management. 

• Minimum 3 years working within NGO, INGO, humanitarian, development or faith-based organizations. 

• Demonstrated experience in security risk assessment, crisis management and incident response. 

• Strong experience engaging with government, law enforcement, military and community stakeholders. 

• Experience of working with the government at a senior level will be considered as an advantage. 

• Had experience with the socio-cultural context and security of the East Indonesia (especially Papua) 

• English (Fluent) and Bahasa (Native) 

• Living at the Papua cluster area and requires a willingness to spend at least 40% of his/her time in the field visiting projects, able to deploy to emergency location when required 

• Physically healthy 

• Strong analytical and intelligence assessment skills. 

• Proven crisis management capability. 

• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and negotiation skills. 

• Knowledge of humanitarian access and acceptance approaches. 

• Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and Duty of Care frameworks. 

• Strong report writing and presentation skill 

• Strong commitment to WVI’s mission, purpose and values  

Safeguarding Policy

WVI implements a Safeguarding Policy as a form of our commitment to protect children and adult beneficiaries. WVI has zero tolerance towards incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with WVI work and WVI also participates in the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS)

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