Director of Global Security

Role Overview

The Director of Global Security sets the direction for protecting Jhpiego’s staff, offices, travel, and assets across its international operations. This senior role turns security analysis into practical policies, country-level continuity and resilience plans, staff training, and coordinated responses when incidents occur, helping teams sustain essential work in challenging environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee global security policies, standards, and procedures; assess how well they are applied and refine them as risks and operational needs change.
• Monitor threats and security exposures, establish measures of programme effectiveness, and advise on physical protection, asset security, investigations, executive protection, and risk reduction.
• Lead the response to security incidents and crises, and oversee emergency, crisis-response, and disaster-recovery plans.
• Strengthen duty-of-care and travel security arrangements, coordinate travel systems with Healix, and provide risk guidance, traveler monitoring, local information, and support during high-risk events.
• Design and deliver safety and security training, and mentor Security and Safety Focal Points in their work with country teams.
• Oversee security investigations and reporting, ensuring appropriate handling under applicable legal requirements and organizational policies.
• Build working relationships with NGO security peers, local authorities, law enforcement, specialist agencies, and security service providers; manage relevant vendor relationships and contracts.
• Provide security planning for conferences when requested, including venue assessments, attendee briefings, and emergency-duty coverage; collaborate with other functions on shared risk and continuity priorities.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in risk management or a related discipline, with at least 15 years of security management experience.
• Substantial field security experience in Africa, Asia, or the Middle East, including work implementing security measures in conflict-affected areas.
• Demonstrated crisis-management experience and senior-level work on U.S. Government-funded projects.
• Experience delivering safety and security training in an international NGO context, and an established network of global security service contacts.
• Strong capability in gathering, assessing, sharing, and reporting security information, including producing comprehensive security reports.
• Experience engaging government authorities and law enforcement in developing-country settings.
• Proven leadership and people-management skills, including setting objectives, supporting staff development, addressing performance, and recruiting for team needs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, cultural awareness, sound judgement, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Proficiency with SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; strong organization and prioritization skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
• A master’s degree in risk management is preferred. At least eight years of experience in international development or the INGO sector is also preferred.

What We Offer / Why Join

This role offers the opportunity to shape security practices across a global organization and support teams working in complex operating environments. Candidates based in Nigeria or Kenya are strongly encouraged to apply.