Audit of Peace Corps/Volunteer Safety and Security Program

We recommend that the Director provide the Office of Safety and Security with the mandate, authority, and resources to review post responses to the safety and security sections of the Administrative Management Control Survey and use them to provide guidance on areas of weakness and provide assistance, as appropriate, when posts report non-compliance.

We recommend that the associate director of global operations work with the associate director for safety and security and post personnel to review the safety and security coordinator position and determine the needed safety and security coordinator roles and responsibilities.

We recommend that the associate director of global operations, in coordination with the general counsel, update the safety and security coordinator position’s statement of work and define minimum skills and education, as well as the position descriptions for all personnel at post with safety and security responsibilities, based on the review of safety and security coordinator roles and responsibilities.

We recommend that the associate director for safety and security work with the associate director of global operationsand post personnel to determine an appropriate pay grades for safety and security coordinators based on the updated review of the safety and security coordinator role and responsibilities.

We recommend that the associate director for safety and security work with the associate director of global operationsand post personnel to assess the need for additional safety and security personnel at posts and develop a standard evaluation process for determining the required number of staff.