Regional Safety and Security Manager (South Asia & Rest of the World)

Overview

Salary:         UK £42,152 to £49,591, UAE AED 203,596 to AED 239,525

                     Ireland EUR 44,336 to EUR 52,160

Location:     UK / UAE or Ireland with remote and extensive travel

Contract:     Two-year fixed term contract (renewable subject to funding)Salary:          Local Terms and Conditions apply

Hours:         35 hours weekly

About the role Regional Safety & Security Manager (ROW)

Sightsavers are actively recruiting a Regional Safety and Security Manager to join their global security team. Reporting to the Head of Global Security and Crisis Management, this role supports both the South Asia region and programmes/activities in programmatic countries without a Sightsavers office. Overseeing all matters of physical security risk management and resilience. The role will also lead on security training programming and delivery as the team brings this in house.

You will work within a professional and busy team along side two other RSSMs and a Global Security Officer. Our collective aim being to enable the broad range of our work while maintaining high degrees of resilience, managing risks and keeping staff and partners as safe as possible. To all candidates with a background in physical safety and security, operating at a regional (or country) level this is a great next step for you.

Responsibilities

The RSSM will work in collaboration with country directors and offices, programme managers, security focal points (SFPs to manage security risks in in South Asia and designated countries.

The post-holder will lead as the team reviews training needs and develops new internal training to be delivered across the organisation.

Manage and report all security incidents, conduct and review risk assessments, monitor intelligence sources and all regional security developments. Produce detailed analysis on specific threats to the senior management team and contribute to monthly security reporting.

Skills and Experience

• Substantial security management experience at a country or regional level within south Asia, specifically Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
• Extensive experience in designing, sourcing or delivering personal security (including HEAT), driver and resilience training for an international organisation.
• Degree educated in a relevant field (such as security, intelligence, conflict studies, international relations, risk management) and/or professional security qualification (INSA. ASIS CPP). Or a proven track record within security management in a similar level role.
• Fluent English both written and spoken.
• Crisis and incident management knowledge and work experience.
• Proven working experience delivering robust risk assessments, contingency planning and maintaining security documentation.
• Ability to engage confidently with a variety of stakeholders, including Sightsavers staff across the region, partners and other INGOs and government partners.
• Available to travel extensively within the region to directly support country offices for the length of the tenure, for up to 50% of your time.
• Current and ongoing right to work in one of the countries advertised.

Desirable

• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams to support access management in high-risk environments.
• Experience of working with a disability or health focused INGO
• Training qualification in adult learning (such as PTLLS/CTLLS or equivalent or REDR TofT course)
• Health and Safety qualified/certified.
• Ability to deliver driver training (such as defensive driving)
• Proficiency in Swahili, Portuguese or an Arabic language

The Regional Safety and Security Manager opportunity is a highly varied and involved role. Please see the job description for full details.

The deadline to apply is 1 February 2026 23.30pm GMT UK.

Next Steps

The recruitment process will consist of an online task and two interviews. The first stage will be a written task lasting up to one hour. Candidates successful at this stage will be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview lasting up to one hour.

We intend to conduct interviews from the 16 February 2026 onwards. Candidates shortlisted as finalists will be invited to a final interview from 23 February 2026 onwards. We reserve the right to close this ad early.

To apply please simply use the link provided.

As an equal opportunity Employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community to apply.

Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.