ABOUT INKOMOKO
Inkomoko supports entrepreneurs to grow their businesses in order to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.
In 2025, Inkomoko was listed by the Financial Times as the 8th fastest-growing company in Africa, supporting entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa to grow thriving businesses and build inclusive, resilient economies.
Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change. We are the largest investor to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa.
Inkomoko has 750+ staff in 40 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives.
INKOMOKO VALUES
All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:
- Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, and be a global leader.
- Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible.
- Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback
- Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, and inclusive.
- We Eat Goat: we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.
Inkomoko is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Refugees, women, and persons who reflect the diverse communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY & RESPONSIBILITIES
As Inkomoko’s team expands, and our colleagues continue to travel to more complicated and rapidly changing external environments, we seek a new team-member to ensure that we have the policies, protocols, and support available to keep our team safe, healthy, and effective.
The Security Focal Point reports to the Regional Ops Director and will work closely with the Managing Directors to maintain local knowledge and strategies. This job description is not a comprehensive list of responsibilities, as these may change at any time as the need requires in an emergency situation.
The Focal Point can, however, reasonably expect duties to include:
- Security Team Contact: engage with the Inkomoko Regional Operations Director, Country Managing Director, and other operational personnel to ensure security issues are addressed fully for the safety of our staff, visitors, partners, and clients.
- Risk assessment: Stay apprised of risks to staff and assets, and proactively share threat assessment and security briefs to prevent incidents. Maintains dialog with local security authorities to understand potential risks and security trends.
- Security culture and protocols: Serve as the point of contact for understanding company security protocols and to reinforce safety measures for all staff and visitors to Inkomoko in their country. Reinforce training messages and protocols to colleagues for compliance. Security briefings to visitors.
- Incident Response: Facilitate communication in any active incident to ensure as positive resolution as possible; support investigations and reporting of incidents involving Inkomoko staff or assets; create and maintain a case log of any incidents, near misses, and follow up; work with local authorities to report any incidents, including UNHCR, police, etc; ensure resources are available for emergency response (first aid, fire response, etc)
- Advise management: on areas of improvement in regard to vehicle management, security and safety issues, and harm prevention. Review field staff travel requests prior to approval by their respective supervisors and MD.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Inkomoko seeks a proactive, resourceful, self-motivated security and safety expert, who cares deeply about people. A successful candidate will demonstrate:
- 10+ years in security, crisis management, or law enforcement required in Chad
- Industry expertise and excellent knowledge of health, safety & security management
- Geographic experience in managing risks across diverse hardship locations
- Expertise in concepts of duty of care for the organization’s responsibility
- Expert understanding of the regional security environment
- Experience in conducting risk assessments related to safety and security
- Analytical, be able to visualize threats and issues from data
- Results oriented and able to deliver under pressure;
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills;
- Excellent written and verbal communication in French and English.
- Knowledge of local Arabic and other local languages is a plus.
COMPETENCIES
- Instills Trust - Follows through on commitments, builds credibility by being direct and truthful, and shows genuine care for staff members.
- Acts with Courage - Steps up to address difficult issues and speaks openly with bravery; takes the initiative to pursue new opportunities; takes full ownership of own work
- Makes Informed Decisions - Seeks relevant data and input when needed, takes appropriate action within their area of responsibility, and knows when to escalate issues or seek guidance.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
This role is inside a high-growth, mission-driven social enterprise. By joining, you’ll access:
- Competitive salary, and potential Performance-based bonus
- Incredible company culture, with opportunities for learning and growth
- Diverse colleagues across the region, and policies that demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion
- Ability to make a significant social impact to your community
- Health insurance for self and family
- Staff savings and provident fund, negotiated bank rates for long-term employees
- Generous annual leave, parental leave, and sabbatical options.
TO APPLY
If you’re excited about this role, please submit your application through the jobs portal. Tell us about what you’ll bring to this growing company.
DEADLINE: 30 August 2025. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible!
Inkomoko is committed to justice, diversity, equity and inclusion. As we seek to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and background screening checks. Inkomoko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, fraud, or abuse. By applying, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
