Security Coordinator, DRC

About the company: 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

 

About The Role:

This role will support the Director of Security in safeguarding Company resources and investigation of breaches of security. The role is responsible for initiating and managing appropriate security systems to minimize risks relating to security of Company staff and assets.The Security Coordinator is responsible for planning, implementing, and managing all security operations at KoBold Metals’ exploration or development site in the DRC. This role ensures the safety of personnel, protection of assets, and continuity of operations in a complex and high-risk environment through proactive risk management, strong community engagement, and effective coordination with internal stakeholders and external partners.

Responsibilities:

Security Leadership & Operations

• Lead site security strategy aligned with KoBold corporate security standards and international best practices.
• Establish and manage layered security systems including strict access control, perimeter security, patrols, and surveillance.
• Supervise contract guard force, ensuring performance standards, training, discipline, and accountability and monitor and evaluate performance of outsourced security service providers in line with any contracts and/or Service Level Agreements.
• Planning and coordinating security operations for specific events.
• Develop site security policies, post orders, emergency response plans, and standard operating procedures.
• Reviewing reports on incidents and breaches for accuracy, quality and outstanding actions.
• Conduct security briefings, patrol inspections, and vulnerability assessments.
• Managing the security control room ensuring the effective functioning and deployment of electronic surveillance and CCTV systems.

 

Risk Management & Intelligence

• Identify, assess, and mitigate threats including crime, civil unrest, community conflict, armed group activity, and internal risk.
• Monitor local security environment and provide timely intelligence reporting.
• Maintain incident reporting systems and conduct investigations into security incidents.
• Implement journey management, convoy procedures, and secure movement protocols in accordance with corporate standards.
• Analyzing data submit proposals for improvements (e.g. implementation of new technology)
• Monitoring security trends, intelligence and indicators in the area of our operations and identification of optimization proposals.

Emergency Response & Crisis Management

• Ensure command and control of emergencies including medical evacuation, evacuation, hostage risk, or violent incidents.
• Coordinate drills and tabletop exercises for crisis preparedness.
• Liaise with corporate crisis management teams during critical incidents.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with local communities, traditional authorities, and local leadership structures.
• Coordinate security liaison with local law enforcement, military, and private security providers.
• Support community engagement teams to prevent conflict and enhance social license to operate.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with:
• Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR)
• DRC legal and regulatory requirements
• Company corporate policies
• Promote human-rights-based security practices and responsible use-of-force standards.
• Upholding KoBold’s ethics to the highest standards and assisting to ensure that all employees are following suit.

 

Logistics & Infrastructure Security

• Oversee security for camps, fuel storage, warehouses, drill sites, and transport routes.
• Support secure supply chain operations including high-value equipment and critical materials.
• Participate in site layout planning to integrate security by design.
• Monitoring and advising on security tools, techniques and methodologies to support business initiatives.
•  Implementing and sustaining effective security technologies and approaches and managing security improvement projects on an ongoing basis.

Training & Capacity Building

• Deliver security awareness training for staff and contractors.
• Communicating the Company’s security best practices to peers, management and contractors to build a site-wide security culture.
• Ensure proper training of emergency response teams, drivers, and camp staff on security procedures.

Reporting & Administration

• Prepare daily situation reports, weekly security updates, and periodic risk assessments.
• Accurate, detailed and timely submission of weekly and monthly crime status reports to management.
• Manage security budgets, guard contracts, and procurement of security equipment.
• Maintain documentation for audits and compliance reviews.
• Reporting all breaches of corporate security policy to supervision swiftly and consistently.
• Coordinating and communicating effectively to the relevant authorities on all matters related to security breaches.
•  Ensuring that all records and registers at security inquiries are updated and secured.

Qualifications

Our ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

• Minimum 8 years professional security experience in high-risk environments, preferably.
• Prior experience in mining, exploration, energy, or infrastructure projects in Africa.
• Proven leadership experience managing guard forces and contractors.
• Strong understanding of:
• Threat and risk assessments and security vulnerability assessments
• Crisis management and emergency response
• Journey management systems
• Community conflict dynamics
• Experience working in the DRC or similar fragile operating environments.
• LLB or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Security Management, Law, Criminal Justice, or a related field,
• Relevant security training,
• Possession of valid manual drivers license,
• Computer literaacy,
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French, English and Swahili,
• Competent in incident investigation,
• Experience using relevant technology and equipment (e.g. CCTV, access control),
• Experience in reporting and emergency response planning,
• Excellent knowledge of security protocols and procedures,
• Solid understanding of statistical data analysis,.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,.
• Outstanding organizational and leadership skills,.
• Highest integrity and ethical standards,
• Clearance of background check(s)

Preferred:

• Military, law enforcement, or corporate security leadership background.
• Formal training in:
• Protective Security Management
• Incident Command Systems (ICS)
• Voluntary Principles in Security and Human Rights implementation
• Experience supporting exploration-phase operations.

What to Expect

Joining KoBold means getting the opportunity for hands-on exposure to our exploration projects around the world. All employees are expected to travel to project sites, with a minimum of one week per year. Field-facing and technical roles spend significantly more time in the field.

 

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: 

This position is a full-time contract, the candidate must be a resident of Manono or be willing to relocate to Manono.

At this time, we are only accepting applications from Congolese nationals.