Safety & Security Assistant at Albarka Health Spring Foundation

Albarka Health Spring Foundation (AHSF) is a non-governmental organization dully registered with Nigerian government through Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT NO: 91613). Existing since October 2016, AHSF focuses on improving the quality of life of vulnerable population across communities in Northeast Nigeria. AHSF operates both in emergency and developmental context and have its program principally rooted in identifying gaps that affects population or increases vulnerability of population and bridging those gaps through resource base planning and implementation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Safety & Security Assistant

Location: Sokoto
Department: Security Department
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Duration: 5 months with possibility of extension

Program Objective

• The Humanitarian Cash Transfer in Rabah and Goronyo LGAs, Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria Project is tailored to potentially enable eligible households improve the nutritional status of children affected by Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the LGAs.
• Strengthening financial security of vulnerable households through cash transfers and associated monitoring mechanisms have the potential to improve dietary diversity, increase recovery from SAM, and improve access to integrated health and nutrition services, hygiene, and income generation.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The main role of the safety and security assistant is to act as the security focal person for the program team.

Generic Responsibilities:

• S/he will support relevant security training and safety protocols that promotes safety of staff and program property.
• Support the program staff and activities, ensuring all policies, procedures and protocols are adhered to.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Conduct daily security and safety briefings and issues communications and tracking equipment to field teams.
• Ensure that all field staff are fully cognizant of prevailing security threats.
• Monitor the security preparedness of mission staff and enforce compliance.
• Accompany program staff on field missions on a need basis in order to better develop an awareness of the challenges faced by program staff in the field.
• Suggest improvements to existing security systems.
• Support the development and implementation of, assessing and strengthening, risk assessments, safety and security management plans, and SOPs for staff safety and security.
• Prepare weekly reports for the office and update data on available incident data tools.
• Submitting when required email to immediate advisories to Sokoto Office when significant security incidents occur.
• Submit formal post-incident reports.
• Carry out security assessments of new facilities in line with Minimum Operating Infrastructure Standards;
• Ensure a proper level of preparation before movement in/to the field.

Context and Risk Analysis:

• Develop and regularly update the security profile of operational areas of intervention within Rabah and Goronyo LGAs.
• Follow-up on major events and developments whilst reporting areas of concern for all operating areas of intervention.
• Analyze and locate key local stakeholders.
• Develop security trend analysis.
• Maintain an internal incident tracking system and security incident database.
• Regularly conduct Security Risk Assessments at LGAs and area specific level.
• Conduct security assessments on new areas of intervention and new office/guest house.

Crisis management:

• Play an important role in the Crisis Management Team at field level.
• Ensure safety policies and procedures are implemented and in line with best practices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Minimum Operating Security Standard (MOSS).

Reporting:

• Provide timely updates of all situational and security developments.
• Ensure weekly security situation reports are completed and sent to the Project Coordinator, Program Manager and Project Manager.

Training and briefing:

• Conduct security briefing for each new staff arriving in the concerned area of operation.
• Determine training needs for the program staff and communicate needs in a timely manner.
• Carry out investigations and capture lessons learned to be incorporated into future staff training.
• Developing and maintaining a security network:
• Actively participate in weekly and monthly coordination meetings.
• Create an information network in the state and country, identifying key informants.
• Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, local authorities, other actors.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Entire AHSF staff.
• External: Security institutions and other stakeholders.

Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essentials:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Security Management or a related field.
• Other Security Management specific qualifications/certifications.
• 2-3 years of experience in the Humanitarian Sector in a Security Management/Coordinators role.
• Experience handling security issues in the North-West Nigeria;
• Experience in reporting and carrying out security assessments

Desirable:

• Experience in working with national development of NGO agencies.

Skill Abilities:

• Fluency in spoken written English and Hausa language.
• Highly numerate.
• Multi-tasking skills.
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills.
• Excellent (proven) interpersonal and both oral and written communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.
• Experience of designing and coordinating training/meetings.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.

Personal Qualities:

• Creative and takes initiative.
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
• Good motivator of others.
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• Team player.
• Self-motivated person able to work with minimal supervision.
• Effectively promote AHSF’s mission values, and objectives.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the historical and socio-political context of Sokoto and Nigeria.
• Flexibility and ability to work long hours and to be deployed on short notice.

Application Closing Date
27th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• AHSF is an Equal Opportunity Employer AHSF considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply
• The AHSF and AHSF workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in AHSF - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Transparency, Accountability, Partnership, Integrity, Team work (TAPIT). In accordance with these values, the AHSF operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Inclusivity Statement:

• Albarka Health Spring Foundationis an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics.
• As part of their adherence to the values of AHSFV, all AHSF Intern and Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other state.