Access & Safety Officer
CARE Palestine - مؤسسة كير الدولية
الوصف الوظيفي
CARE Palestine (West Bank/Gaza) is looking for a committed professional to the values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality, and Excellence to fill the following vacancy
Access & Safety Officer
The Access & Safety Officer (ASO) – Gaza will be responsible for day‑to‑day external access and stakeholder engagements in Gaza, while supporting with operational safety in order to enable CARE program activities and support duty of care for staff.
This role will focus on developing and maintaining key relationships with community leaders and figures - facilitate stakeholder engagement and humanitarian access for CARE staff, partners and thus enable CARE operations.
The post works directly with the Safety and Security Coordinator (SSC) and in collaboration with the Hub Manager to secure movement submissions and approvals, identify access constraints and restrictions, support CARE community acceptance, and provide contextual guidance and advice on practicalities and contextual dynamics.
Responsibilities:
Job Responsibility 1: External Stakeholder Engagement & Community Acceptance. (25%)
CARE Palestine (West Bank/Gaza) is looking for a committed professional to the values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality, and Excellence to fill the following vacancy
Access & Safety Officer
The Access & Safety Officer (ASO) – Gaza will be responsible for day‑to‑day external access and stakeholder engagements in Gaza, while supporting with operational safety in order to enable CARE program activities and support duty of care for staff.
This role will focus on developing and maintaining key relationships with community leaders and figures - facilitate stakeholder engagement and humanitarian access for CARE staff, partners and thus enable CARE operations.
The post works directly with the Safety and Security Coordinator (SSC) and in collaboration with the Hub Manager to secure movement submissions and approvals, identify access constraints and restrictions, support CARE community acceptance, and provide contextual guidance and advice on practicalities and contextual dynamics.
Responsibilities:
Job Responsibility 1: External Stakeholder Engagement & Community Acceptance. (25%)
- Maintain stakeholder mapping quarterly or following any significant shifts in context.
- Support management and teams by developing community engagement and community acceptance strategies and provide advice, accordingly.
- In collaboration with Program Managers support develop and maintain professional relationships with key community leaders to help facilitate and assist CARE acceptance.
- Regular engagement with peer organizations and UN agencies to maintain CARE visibility, enable swift information-sharing and coordinated access and movements strategies.
- Proactively identify any potential reputational risks through stakeholder engagement.
- Maintain professional and respectful external engagement, while remaining culturally sensitive and in line with CARE's humanitarian values and principles. E.g. representation of CARE at inter‑agency and peer organization meetings and working groups.
- Coordinate with SSC to develop detailed stakeholder mapping across Gaza, including NGO/INGO, emergency services, medical facilities, peer organization safe havens and community leaders.
Job Responsibility 2: Access & Journey Management Support. (25%)
- Ensure all movement requests are submitted and approved, internally and submit all movement requests formally onto the official Humanitarian Notification System (HNS).
- Monitor all CARE journey management and tracking systems daily in coordination with the operations room.
- Provide advice and guidance on preferred routes to use and risk mitigations to enable access.
- Provide all staff and visitors with updates regarding access restrictions in collaboration with the fleet assistant.
- Provide updates to management and program teams regarding expansion, preferred sites, locations and develop community strategies for planned activities.
- Work closely with CARE logistics and teams to facilitate smooth and compliant operations for staff, visitors, equipment, and supplies.
- Advise management on go/no-go decision-making for field activities, relating to the current security context, and access restrictions, during weekly meetings and ad hoc advisories.
Job Responsibility 3: Access Analysis & Context Briefing (30%)
- Conduct trend analysis on emerging access constraints or restrictions and conduct assessments on any impact to CARE’s ongoing or planned activities.
- Provide input to weekly access and security briefings, including any stakeholder developments, and provide recommendations accordingly.
- Identify any changes in context dynamics related to access, and ensure SSC and Hub Manager timely informed.
- Assist the SSC in the production of all CARE security reporting, including context analysis by providing access-specific updates and perspectives to support operational decision-making.
- Ensure all staff and visitors clearly understand CARE's zero‑tolerance approach towards security breaches, non-compliance of security process and further actions taken.
- Supporting regular security orientations, training, and capacity-building sessions for new CARE staff, visitors, consultants, and partners.
Job Responsibility 4: Access-Related Incident Documentation & Resolution. (15%)
- Act as primary focal point for any access related incidents, or occurrences, including HNS submissions, program disruptions and community engagement.
- Propose solutions relating to external parties, including any tensions and de-escalation recommendations that are in line with humanitarian principles and CARE’s operational needs, in collaboration with the SSC and Humanitarian Access and Safety Advisor.
- Keep access related documents and maps up to date, including locations, dates, and external parties involved, including resolution outcomes, keeping SSC informed.
- Share access considerations during after-action reviews, help identify root causes, and provide recommendations to assist with lessons learnt, and prevention for future operations.
- Maintain database and records of all external stakeholders and meetings, with contact details, access negotiations and agreements in line with CARE information management standards.
Job Responsibility #5: Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor. (5%)
Qualifications & Preferred Skills
Education/Training
Required
- University degree in associated field, or sufficient experience and training. Desired
Experience & Technical Skills
Required
Qualifications & Preferred Skills
Education/Training
Required
- University degree in associated field, or sufficient experience and training. Desired
Experience & Technical Skills
Required
- Minimum 2 years of experience in humanitarian liaison, access, civ-mil coordination or related roles in Gaza.
- Knowledge of and ability to work in Microsoft Office (outlook, excel, word).
- Fluency in English and Arabic (written and spoken).
- Willing to travel to multiple field locations across Gaza, including high risk areas with short notice.
- Initiative taking & Pro-activeness
- Interpersonal skills, listening, effective communicator
- Organized, problem solver and priority driven, with sound time management
Desired
- Experience conducting training for adults
- Experience with the UN Humanitarian Notification System (HNS) and/or similar journey management systems.
- Experience in inter-agency coordination and INGO partnership building.
آخر موعد للتقديم 07 - Feb - 2026
المكان: قطاع غزة
الدرجة العلمية: البكالوريوس
الخبرة: سنتان
Applying Process
Interested applicants are encouraged to send their CV by e- mail to WBG.carejobs@care.org , to the attention of the HR Department no later than COB Saturday, 07/02/2025, indicating the job title in the subject line and cover letter.
Applications received after this date or that do not meet the qualifications above will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Applications from female candidates are strongly encouraged.
CARE International promotes the principle of Equal Opportunity for all.
***Due to the urgency to fill this role, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Kindly note that the position might be filled before the vacancy announcement is closed.