This is a 1 year fixed term (renewable) contrat role based in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta or Manila.
The deadline for the application is August 10th, 2025
About the Role
Greenpeace Southeast Asia takes bold, non-violent action to challenge power and create a more just, peaceful, and green future. Operating in complex and often high-risk environments, Greenpeace must ensure that our people, projects, and operations are safe, resilient, and empowered to push boundaries.
The Regional Security Manager, will lead the development and implementation of a strong security culture and systems across all Greenpeace Southeast Asia (GPSEA) offices and projects. He/she will provide expert advice, tools, and support to enable safe and smart risk-taking in our campaigning and engagement work ensuring that security is not a barrier to impact, but an enabler of it. This role oversees the organization’s security strategy, policies, and protocols, while also managing critical incident systems and supporting frontline staff, volunteers, and activists. This will work closely with departments across the organization to integrate security into operations, HR, actions, and campaigns, and build regional capacity for resilience and preparedness. The Regional Security Manager will ensure that Greenpeace can operate effectively and ethically in Southeast Asia’s fast-changing political and environmental landscape.
This is a full-time fixed-term position based in either Manila, Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. Candidates who have the legal right to work and live in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia are encouraged to apply.
The job holder will have the following key responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Create an enabling Security Culture that continues to push boundaries, through regular staff updates, familiarization, training and integration.
- Design and oversee a fit-for-purpose GPSEA Security System with approval processes.
- Provide strategic advice on enhancing acceptance and resilience as a civil society actor, including the liaison with other NGOs
- Policy and protocol development as related to safety, security, risk management and Duty of Care (employer responsibilities), including Standard Operating Procedures.
- Arranging delivery of periodic and as-required security training.
- Support and advice on the resolution of critical incident situations locally and regionally (on call).
- Facilitate and strengthen our legal support system to ease smart risk taking, in line with GP Best Practices.
- Other duties as directed by the line manager.
- Close consultation with campaigns, actions and logistics, communications, fundraising and management staff on Smart Risk taking in projects.
- Closely collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure Security integration into organizational processes and the GPSEA project model, from HR to Programmes.
- Oversee and facilitate the regional security practitioners and build capacity to meet the need of the organization.
- Closely collaborate with HR and Public Engagement and Actions to ensure GP Duty of Care Best Practices are in place for staff, contractors, volunteers and activists.
- Manage the regional Security team adequately and ensure appropriate team capacity deployment projects.
- Assist in the sign off and approval on campaign & communications materials, tactics and strategies that may influence security risk levels.
- Liaise with Human Resources and Legal to ensure Greenpeace compliance with national legislation’s in Security, Health and Safety matters.
- Liaison with GPI and other NROs on security management to ensure consistent best-practice across our global organization.
- Manage security external contractors, including office security, specific project security and trainers.
- Production, review and updating of all offices and projects standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Oversee and ensure the implementation of Security systems through monitoring, project integration and trainings.
- Oversee, maintain and improve our Critical Incident Management Systems including a 24/7 hotline.
- Coordinate Security and Safety induction process for new joiners across GPSEA with HR.
- Responsibly manage the security budget and maintain secure filing system.
- Advice and support project risk assessments, security and duty of care plans.
- Oversight of incident reporting processes across the organization.
- Maintain and further improve the travel security & monitoring system.
- Advise on and ensure Site Security at our Greenpeace locations, in coordination with Administration
- Provide up-to-date political, societal context analysis for our operating countries.
- Overall budgetary responsibility and management of the finances for the Regional Security Unit.
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in field of Management or with security management background preferred.
- Proven professional training in security management or a related field or comparable work experience/certification.
- At least 3 years working in a non-profit, campaigning organization.
- At least 3 years of supervisory/management experience.
- At least 5 years of experience delivering security and emergency plans and risk analysis including: physical security management; crisis; occupational health and safety; field security; and travel.
Organizational Competencies
- Integrity, professionalism
- Strategic thinking, goal-oriented
- High standards of quality outputs
- Teamwork in a multicultural environment
- Courage and innovativeness in challenging enemies of the environment, status quo
- Values people, interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution and management
- Information management and transfer, sharing of knowledge
- Planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation
Functional Skills
- Knowledge and/or experience in understanding of security and cultural issues in GPSEA operating countries.
- Knowledge and/or experience in training, mentoring and developing staff on security issues.
- Knowledge and/or experience in crisis management.
- Knowledge and/or experience in developing and managing security and safety risk assessment.
- Demonstrable understanding of security and risk management appropriate to the values and practices of Greenpeace.
- Knowledge and/or experience in conducting security threat/risk/impact assessments and reporting.
- Knowledge and/or experience in conducting security incident investigation and reporting.
- Knowledge and/or experience in training personnel in general security protocols.
- Strong skills in written and spoken English (required).
- Knowledge and/or experience in planning, facilitating and conducting meetings or workshops.
- Knowledge and/or experience in project management and administration.
- Knowledge and/or experience in strategic alignment and setting the direction of unit’s project organizational objectives.
- Knowledge and/or experience in budgeting and forecasting.
Organizational Competencies
- Professionalism: Knowledge and/or experience in managing conduct and emotions in a way that represents the values and realizes the objectives of the organization.
- Strategic Thinking & Global Mindset: Knowledge and/or experience in addressing organizational objectives by developing calculated approaches that integrate an openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures.
- Teamwork & Communication: Knowledge and/or experience in working with others and presenting information, ideas, and positions in a clear manner that can easily be understood across diverse and multi-cultural audiences.
- Innovation & Change: Knowledge and/or experience in reflecting creative and imaginative thinking, an openness to new ideas, and an ability to take calculated risks in order to meet organizational objectives.
- Leadership: Knowledge and/or experience in guiding and directing the efforts of others in pursuit of clear objectives, including delegating responsibilities and providing consistent support.
Specific Work Environment
- Good command in English is required.
- Sensitive to the socio-economic cultural environment of Southeast Asia. This position requires the employee to have a flexible approach and the ability to adapt and work in different and challenging work and cultural environments, which may include flexible arrangements in working in challenging fields and work environments.