For the course contents, please see below.

In brief, you will learn how to keep your field programmes running whilst looking after your organisation’s staff and protecting its assets. By doing this well you will enhance your organisation’s (and your own) reputation amongst peer agencies and donors.

As a CD or DCD you have overall responsibility for the safe and secure delivery of your organisation’s programmes, the welfare of your staff and the protection of assets in your country of deployment. It is vital that you receive good-practice security management training on how to carry out these responsibilities effectively.

As senior management in the field, you have both a legal and ethical responsibility for the duty of care of your staff. They must be able to safely and securely deliver programmes, and you must put in place measures to shield them from certain risks. To do this, you need a good understanding of what duty of care means, what your responsibilities are, and what approaches and tools you can use to meet your duty of care responsibilities.

The training covers essential security practices that you, as a senior field-level manager with responsibility for security, should follow. It focuses on the key knowledge, attitudes, and skills you need to manage security more effectively across your country programme.

The course looks at the hard ‘technical’ skills you need to manage security at a senior level, and the soft ‘people’ skills you need to build networks and communicate effectively about security both within and outside your organisation. We will look at management structures that help improve your understanding of the security situation, and how you respond to it. 

Learning is based on the relevant international standards for risk management.