Travel Safety Security Specialist

Position Title: Travel, Safety and Security Specialist

Organization: Vital Voices Global Partnership

Position Location: Washington, DC

Organization Description:

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a leading international non-profit organization. We invest in women leaders who are tackling the world s greatest challenges from gender-based violence to the climate crisis, economic inequities, and more. We are venture catalysts, identifying leaders with a daring vision for change and partnering with them to make that vision a reality. What sets Vital Voices apart is that we make long-term, wholistic investments in leaders with bold ideas for change — providing them connections, capacity, a network of their peers, financial support, and visibility for their work. We have provided early support for leaders who went on to become Nobel Peace Laureates, US Youth Poet Laureates, Prime Ministers, award winning innovators and breakthrough social entrepreneurs. Over the past 24 years, we have directly invested in more than 20,000 change-makers across 184 countries, who in turn have improved the lives of millions of people in their communities and countries.

Today, Vital Voices has a staff of nearly 80 headquartered in Washington, DC. In the coming years we have a bold vision to dramatically scale our impact. In early 2022, we opened the first ever Global Headquarters for Women s Leadership, a 30,000+ sq. ft. historic building just blocks from the White House on 16th Street. It is a hub of activity, events, and collaborations — bringing together women leaders and their allies to tackle the world s greatest challenges.

Summary:

Vital Voices is seeking a talented security professional to perform the day-to-day threat monitoring, global trend analysis and safety travel logistics for Vital Voices and our network. As a global NGO based in the United States Vital Voices employees have frequent trips to medium and high-risk international destinations to do our work. The Travel, Safety and Security Specialist will play a key role in managing staff and network travel security. They will play a key role in mitigating any risk to the Vital Voices executives, staff and network members while keeping our busy travel schedule on track in partnership with the program teams. The Travel, Safety, and Security Specialist works directly with key members of the senior leadership team.

Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Staff and Network Travel: In partnerships with a cross functional team including Operations, People Operations, and program teams, this role will manage the internal travel approval process, lead protection, logistics, and insurance coordination for all staff and network member travel
• Risk Assessments: Conduct security assessments for staff and network members traveling for Vital Voices programming, events, awards, etc. Research, analyze and develop real-time intelligence reports and security briefs for Vital Voices key stakeholders.
• Crisis Monitoring: Monitor emergency situations as they develop internationally and partner with Vital Voices program teams when travel is requested.
• Logistics: Serve as daily point of contact and liaise with VV staff during travel abroad. Respond to on the ground safety and security concerns. Respond and resolve Vital Voices staff inquiries/issues.
• Vendor Management: Identify and liaise with external security firm. Manage and partner with external travel agency.
• After Action Reporting: Lead after action reporting for key projects across the organization as a part of our continuous improvement process. Assess security protocols and overall execution for Vital Voices signature events to provide a rapid post-project assessment.
• DE&I Commitment: Embrace and model the Vital Voices guiding principles, values, investment, and leadership models with the goal of supporting Vital Voices organization culture and success.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in international relations or a related field, plus 5 years of relevant work experience required, OR Graduate degree in international relations or a related field, plus 4 years of relevant work experience preferred. Military experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Expertise in conflict impacted areas required
• Outstanding record of academic and/or professional achievement
• Demonstrated aptitude for analytics, both quantitative and qualitative
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Experience working on global women s issues, refugee issues, and human rights is a plus.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, swiftly shift priorities, and work in a dynamic environment with tight deadlines, sometimes under difficult or challenging circumstances.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a dynamic team.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and self-awareness.
• Strong computer skills including MS Office applications (esp. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), social networking tools, and database software (i.e., Salesforce).
• Security clearance, preferred
• Experience living, working, or studying in conflict impacted areas, preferred.

This position is a full-time, exempt position based in Washington, DC. All staff are expected to be in the office twice a week. We are not considering remote candidates at this time. Vital Voices does not provide work visa sponsorship or relocation assistance for this position. If and when it is safe to travel, domestic and international travel up to 20% may be required for the position.

The starting salary range for this position is $73,000-$94,000 based on experience and ability to have broad impact early. The compensation package includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, and generous PTO including wellness flex days, generous parental leave, sabbatical time, and volunteer leave as well as short- and long-term disability, life insurance, HSA, EAP, and a professional development stipend.

Vital Voices provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Vital Voices complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Vital Voices expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Vital Voices employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Staff may experience secondary trauma due to exposure to descriptive and/or graphic gender-based violence or other conflict related content in their work.

Vital Voices does not provide work visa sponsorship or relocation assistance for this position.