Humanitarian Access & Safety Manager Ukraine

Norwegian Refugee Council - NRC

Staff Closes 09 Apr 2026 3 days left

Overview

The Humanitarian Access and Safety Manager is responsible for enabling a principled humanitarian response in a safe manner for communities, partners, and staff. This role is the lead technical resource on safety and security, crisis management, and access within the country.


Key Responsibilities
  • Global HAS Management System and HAS Operational Plan implementation and execution.
  • Safe and principled humanitarian response, adhering to the Humanitarian Principles, culture fostering.
  • Line management of staff (including performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, induction, development, and support for Duty of Care).
  • Humanitarian context understanding (including analysis and forecasting) to brief on key security developments, NRC exposure, access challenges, and emerging threats.
  • HAS documents, procedures, guidance, and tools, strategy, and budgets development and maintenance.
  • Security Risk Assessments and access assessments oversight.
  • HAS Management System, HAS Policy and risk management procedures, Minimum Operating Standards, Humanitarian Access framework, and crisis management procedure compliance.
  • Training and capacity development of NRC staff and partners.
Required Experience
  • Senior management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
  • Humanitarian Principles understanding and their application in programmatic and advocacy responses, NGO safety and risk management, humanitarian access, and civil-military coordination.
  • Complex and volatile context exposure.
  • Ukraine context exposure and knowledge, pertaining to displacement and humanitarian needs.
Other Details
Languages Required
• English fluency, both written and verbal.
Languages Preferred
• Access negotiations qualifications and/or track record with NGO and/or UN agencies are an added advantage.
Contract Duration
12-month contract (with the possibility of extension, based on funding, requirements, and performance).
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
• Grade 9 in NRC’s Salary Scale, with accompanying terms and conditions.
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