Humanitarians work in some of the world’s most dangerous places, and keeping staff safe — while sustaining access and operations — is a core leadership responsibility. This advanced program equips practitioners to lead security risk management and to meet the organisation’s duty of care to its people.
Designed for an international audience, the course integrates security risk management frameworks, acceptance and protection strategies, duty of care obligations, and staff wellbeing and psychosocial support. Participants will gain the strategic capabilities to manage security and protect their teams.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Understand humanitarian security risk management
- Conduct context and threat analysis
- Conduct security risk assessment
- Apply acceptance, protection, and deterrence
- Develop security plans and SOPs
- Manage access and security together
- Manage critical incidents
- Plan for medevac and relocation
- Understand duty of care obligations
- Manage duty of care in practice
- Support staff wellbeing and resilience
- Provide psychosocial support
- Manage security of national staff equitably
- Build a security culture
- Coordinate security across actors
- Apply emerging trends in security and duty of care
Course Outline
- Module 1: Humanitarian Security Risk Management
- Module 2: Context & Threat Analysis
- Module 3: Security Risk Assessment
- Module 4: Acceptance, Protection & Deterrence
- Module 5: Security Plans & SOPs
- Module 6: Managing Access & Security Together
- Module 7: Critical Incident Management
- Module 8: Medevac & Relocation Planning
- Module 9: Duty of Care Obligations
- Module 10: Managing Duty of Care in Practice
- Module 11: Staff Wellbeing & Resilience
- Module 12: Psychosocial Support
- Module 13: Security of National Staff
- Module 14: Building a Security Culture
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: Security & Duty of Care
Who Should Attend
This advanced course is designed for an international audience of security focal points and managers, country directors, HR and operations leads, and senior humanitarians. Relevant experience is assumed.
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