Coordinador de Seguridad

Americas

Colombia

Bogotá

National contract

27 Nov 2025

12 Dec 2025

174836

El Consejo Danés para Refugiados (DRC por sus siglas en inglés) es una de las principales ONG humanitarias del mundo, que trabaja en más de 40 países para proporcionar asistencia adecuada con un enfoque basado en derechos para los refugiados, solicitantes de asilo, los desplazados internos, repatriados y migrantes. DRC ha estado presente en Colombia desde 2011, pero 2018 amplía sus operaciones en respuesta a la crisis venezolana. Actualmente DRC Colombia implementa una respuesta humanitaria centrada protección para refugiados y migrantes venezolanos y colombianos retornados en ciudades de Colombia como Riohacha, Barranquilla y Bogotá, actualmente también incorpora actividades en Nariño y en Norte de Santander.

DESCRIPCIÓN GENERAL DEL CARGO:

Under the direct line management of the Country Director, and member of the Senior Management team, the Safety and Access Coordinator is overall responsible for all aspects of the DRC Safety Risk Management (SRM) system and humanitarian access related matters, including implementation, update and contextualization, for all DRC programmes within geographical area of responsibility.

This role has a country focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the country. As such, the role contributes to the development of country strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks.

The role provides support and/or technical guidance (including safety and access assessment) to country operations while overseeing country activities to enable staff to conduct their work in a confident, safe, sustainable, principle-based and effective manner. The coordinator enables, ensures, contextualizes and report compliance to DRC MOSS security management system, while achieving effective access and continuity of operations through close cooperation with programmes. Thus, the coordinator provides regular support and technical advice on humanitarian access taking into account global guidelines and tools and regularly updating country access strategy and red lines.

Hence, the coordinator is co-leading the Safety and Security Forum where, along with DRC S&A officer, ensure regular coordination support

Main responsibilities of the role:

Safety:

• Act as the national focal point for safety
• Oversee, update and ensure applicability of the Safety Risk Management (SRM) process
• Develop and support implementation of area and country safety management policies, protocols and procedures
• Facilitate Safety Risk Assessments (SRAs) and support the implementation of mitigation measures
• Analyze, manage and report relevant information within geographical area of responsibility
• Maintain relevant safety documentation, data and records for the areas of concern
• Develop the capacity of, and coordinate, relevant Crisis Management Teams (CMTs)
• Co-leading of Safety and Security national forum
• Technically advise on the procurement of safety-related equipment, facilities and other resources.
• Ensure active participation and contribution to the Senior Management Team (SMT)
• Regularly update Regional Safety Coordinator on relevant safety matters
• Ensure adequate support to DRC local partners in terms of safety and security
• Mentor and provide technical supervision to local safety staff and to DRC local partners

Access:

• Act as the national focal point for access
• Oversee, update and ensure applicability of the Access Strategy and Red Lines
• Provide technical support and analysis to support the development of specific access strategies at local level
• Develop and oversee access related risk analysis
• Regularly update Global Access Unit on relevant access matters
• Ensure adequate support to DRC local partners in terms of humanitarian access
• Facilitate access exchange with access practitioners within DRC Access Community.

Training, supervision and support

• Support and deliver safety and access-related training on a regular base and update training tracker at regional level
• Mentor and provide technical supervision to local safety staff and to DRC local partners
• Facilitate surge support to C/IMTs as required.

As Coordinator the post-holder is responsible for the following:

• Responsible for coordinating strategy and operations within a specific discipline in the country
• Usually has technical line responsibilities within a given discipline, for both strategy and operations
• Ensure transversality of safety and access among the different areas of the organization (support services, programme and operations)
• Provides expert advice and support to set strategy and assure operational quality and compliance
• Realize qualitative report including contextual analysis
• Keep track of safety and access incidents ensuring prompt responses and providing ad hoc recommendations
• Support drafting of reports both internally and for external stakeholders (donors, partners, NGOs community etc)

Roles reporting to this position

No direct reports (technical position) but supervises safety and access teams and work closely with Safety & Access Officer, area managers, base managers, director of operations and DRC programme teams.

Experience and technical competencies: (include years of experience)

• Minimum 5 years of working experience as a safety and access manager/adviser with an NGO
• A master degree in international relations, political science or similar
• Proven ability of coordination abilities in complex, volatile and insecure environments
• Experience working in multicultural work settings
• Proven ability to develop and implement effective and contextualized protocols and systems
• Experience with information gathering, analysis and report writing
• Ability to conduct and produce high quality safety risk assessments (SRAs)
• Experience in managing access in volatile and complex areas
• Experience with critical incident management
• Experience with delivering safety & access-related training
• Experience working in hostile or hazardous environments
• Full professional proficiency in Spanish and English

Desirable

• Previous experience in co-leading a coordination space
• Remote management experience
• Calm and diplomatic in nature;
• Ability to manage competing priorities and to meet deadlines;
• Effective team-player;
• For this role, the best candidate will also demonstrate ability to think beyond evidence, to deliver results and solve problems. He/She will show wit and ambition as well as a longsighted mindset.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, excellent communication skills, calm and a good sense of humor
• Knowledge of Colombian context a plus

Education: (include certificates, licenses etc.)

Master's degree in political science, peace & conflict studies, history, disaster management or a military education

Languages: (indicate fluency level)

• Spanish fluid
• English Fluid

Todas las funciones de DRC requieren que el titular domine las competencias básicas de DRC:

• Lograr la excelencia: centrarse en alcanzar resultados y garantizar procesos eficientes.
• Colaboración: involucrar a las partes relevantes y alentar la retroalimentación.
• Tomar la iniciativa: tomar posesión e iniciativa mientras se busca la innovación.
• Comunicar: escuchar y hablar con eficacia y honestidad.
• Demostración de integridad: actuar de acuerdo con la visión y los valores de DRC.

Ofrecemos:

• La oportunidad de pertenecer a una de las mejores ONG's a nivel mundial.
• Acceso a más de 1,000 capacitaciones y certificados en línea gratuita.
• Medicina prepagada, cubrimiento del 100% de la póliza para el empleado y precio especial para
• beneficiarios.
• Contrato nacional obra o labor con todas las prestaciones de ley.
• Salario iniciando en $ según experiencia y competencias del candidato.
• Fecha de inicio: Enero 2026.
• Salario y condiciones de acuerdo con los términos de empleo en Colombia.

Proceso de solicitud

Todos los solicitantes deben subir únicamente una carta de presentación (1 página) y una hoja de vida

actualizada (que no supere las 3 páginas) no se reciben más soportes por este medio.

Las solicitudes enviadas por correo electrónico no serán consideradas

Fecha de cierre de solicitudes: 12 de diciembre de 2025 a las 11:59 am Hora Local.

Si usted aplica, se da por entendido, que tiene disponibilidad inmediata para trabajar en estas locaciones: Bogotá y poder viajar a otras ciudades.

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Nota 1: El postulante que aplique a esta convocatoria autoriza a DRC a validar la información personal suministrada en la hoja de vida. Su identificación será comprobada en las bases de datos públicas y privadas con el uso exclusivo de convalidar la información, de acuerdo con nuestras políticas antifraude, lavado de activos y financiación del terrorismo.

Nota 2: El/la postulante que de forma libre y voluntaria deseen hacer parte del proceso de selección para ocupar la posición de la presente convocatoria, deberán observar un estricto apego a las normas que apliquen para la materia (idoneidad en los títulos presentados, ejecución de pruebas de forma personal e individual y veracidad en la información) adhiriéndose a los manuales y Políticas anti fraude de DRC, so pena de declarar descalificado el postulante que incurra en cualquier irregularidad a juicio de la organización, aún por la mera sospecha, e incluso en posibles conductas de tipo penal conforme la legislación colombiana.