Security Assistant at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for - and respond to - crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries, driving changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. Plan International is registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Security Assistant

Location: Pulka / Gwoza, Borno

Role Purpose

• The Security Assistant will be responsible for the assessments, security related guidance and enforce implementation of security policies, guidelines and procedures for the Humanitarian Response Program with the support of the Safety and Security Manager.

Dimension of Role

• This will involve, but is not limited to: promoting a culture of security; security incident reporting; security guard oversight and management; monitoring and analysing the security situation in the states of humanitarian response, supporting the development and implementation of Security related Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) in Borno field offices.
• The scope of responsibility is for both Plan International and all authorised visitors.

Key Roles / Responsibilities
Programme development & Quality Management:

• Regular attendance at relevant security meetings and forums for the North East. 
• Report on security incidents/threats to Security Manager/Security officer as the case may be on a regular basis (including analysis of trends) and focal persons at the deep field level
• Attending security meeting at deep field levels at Gwoza and Pulka
• Effective networking with the military in the deep field
• Managing and maintaining effective use of security communication equipment in deep field locations in Pulka and Gwoza
• Performing location assessment in Pulka and Gwoza
• Managing and facilitating staff/partners’ movements from Maiduguri to Pulka/Gwoza
• Supporting visitors with post arrival briefing in both locations
• Working closely with field coordinator and community mobilization officer to drive acceptance of Plan International programme activities in Pulka and Gwoza
• Tactically resolving youth and community conflict that could trigger into security incident
• Providing pre-alert to Security manager/Officer in Maiduguri on prospective security issues
• Ensure general staff safety and security in those location – Pulka and Gwoza
• Deploy occasional step down training
• Gathering sensitive information and intelligence in the location for security Manager’s/officer’s use
• Ensure compliance of all SoPs such as movement SoP, curfew SoP, staff relation-community SoP, grievance SoP
• Providing weekly situation report for the security Manager in Maiduguri
• Providing monthly incident report to Maiduguri
• Managing security information and communication effectively
• Drive hibernation and relocation when the context changes
• Continuously suggest safety and security infrastructure required for the location according to the emerging threat
• Manage and supervise guard force in the locations
• Ensure access management into Plan offices and premises in these locations
• Obtain daily travel report affecting Plan International staff in their location of duty
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the Security Manager/Officer

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge

• Strong knowledge and experience in occupational security and health & safety operations
• Ability to prioritise and manage complex and varied workloads, often to tight deadlines, in a dynamic, fragile and multi-cultural setting
• Ability to guide staff with limited security capacity
• Ability to predict and respond to security threats/incidents
• Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and trouble-shooting skills including negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
• Energetic and motivated individual, with a proven track record of undertaking similar assignments
• Strategic and critical skills - but also focused on operational results and ‘getting things done’
• Commitment to continuous learning; willingness to keep abreast of new developments in security
• Able to work independently but also collaborate closely within teams
• Ability to establish and sustain strong working relationships with Plan colleagues and in the broader Nigeria community/context
• Culturally and socially sensitive.

Application Closing Date
3rd February, 2021.