Regional Advisor Security and Safety

Contractual conditions Start Date: 01 November 2026 Contract duration: 12 months renewable fixed-term contract Type of contract: Senegalese local law, are eligible applications from anyone with a right of residence and work in Senegal

Location

Workplace Dakar, Senegal End of publication date: 24 September 2026 Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Tdh reserves the right to fill the position before the deadline for applications.

Job overview

Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), founded in 1960, is the largest Swiss organization defending children's rights. Tdh is dedicated to making meaningful and lasting changes in the lives of children and youth, especially those most at risk. Tdh is active in about thirty countries, in humanitarian and development contexts.

Other information

In sub-Saharan Africa, Tdh works directly in 8 countries (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal) and through partnerships in 6 other countries (Benin, Cameroon, Madagascar, Niger, Togo and Uganda). As part of the decentralization of its organizational model, Tdh has opened a regional office in Dakar in Senegal for which a position of Regional Security and Safety Advisor is created. Mission

• Monitors, analyzes and reports on performance indicators related to risk management (security & safety) at the level of the Africa region.

• Maintains contextual knowledge of all countries in the region and regularly visits all countries in the region, including within very short time frames if necessary.

• Promotes and ensures the application of global frameworks, standards, processes and tools related to risk management (security & safety) in the Africa region.

• Ensures the implementation of risk prevention actions (security & safety) and provides methodological support in the management of critical incidents.

• Supports the different countries of intervention in the development and maintenance of crisis management capacity.

• Supports country offices in everything related to risk management (security & safety). Participation in governance bodies

• Regional office managers' meeting.

• Regional managers' meeting.

Responsibilities

Leadership

• An authentic leader, he/she inspires his/her team through leadership, encourages collaboration and team cohesion, makes strategic decisions with knowledge and is dedicated to excellence and continuous innovation.

• Represents, encourages and promotes the organizational and socio-cultural values of the organization.

• Participates in mandatory governance bodies. Management

Education / Qualifications

> Where appropriate, ensure the recruitment of counterparts in the field, in functional liaison with relevant regional and headquarters departments; contribute to their integration and provide them with ongoing support and training. Safety and security

• Supports managers in the region’s countries of intervention to implement the risk management system, ensuring that security risks are identified, mitigated and managed.

• For each country, review and analyze safety plans, SOPs, contingency plans and make recommendations for improved risk management.

• Support delegations in the implementation of security incident management (notification, management, capitalization...).

• Strengthens the capacities of teams to respond to risk management issues (security & safety) at the regional level, trains delegation teams and supports partner training.

• Encourages and coordinates inter-country exchanges.

• Regularly exchange with its homolgues from other regions and headquarters to improve and harmonize risk management in the region.

• Timely reporting of relevant information at headquarters level to contribute to overall risk management (safety and security).

• Ensures at the regional level the existence of the organization’s crisis management plan and regularly trains the persons concerned.

• Informs headquarters in a timely manner of any crisis at the regional level on the basis of frameworks and protocols. Management of the regional office

• Manages risks (security & safety) at the regional office level Dakar. Skills This function requires the possession of fundamental personal, social and leadership skills, technical and methodological skills, as well as managerial and strategic skills. In particular the following: Excellence in Leadership

• Exemplar.

• Behavior aligned with values.

• Developed spirit of collaboration and teamwork. Management skills

• Safety and security management skills, supported by a good understanding of human resources management and project management principles.

• Ability to support and advise on organizational and operational transformation. Interpersonal skills

• Good ability to build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Reliability and autonomy, with an ability to organize, make decisions and manage conflicts at a basic level.

• Integrity, commitment and kindness. Specific knowledge

• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with an ability to see the big picture, be discerning and make decisions.

• Good working knowledge of humanitarian access and security, and commitment to humanitarian principles.

• Knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of training related to security (risk analysis, humanitarian access, crisis management...).

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills, writing skills and a strong sense of communication. Requirements

Candidate profile

• Degree: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in safety management, international development or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Experience

• Significant experience of at least five years in managing operational safety and security within an international humanitarian organization with increasing responsibilities.

• Prior experience in Africa and a proven knowledge of regional and national dynamics are strongly desired.

• Desired experience in crisis management and ability to train regional teams in this area. Translation

• Mandatory written and oral languages: French and English.

• Languages appreciated: Arabic, national languages of our countries of intervention. Computer know-how

• Mastering the Microsoft Office package Objectives The objectives for the coming period must be completed on the evaluation interview form with the line manager and in conjunction with the functional manager. General Code of Conduct and Polite

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