Corporate Health, Safety and Security Lead at Christian Aid

Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Corporate Health, Safety and Security Lead

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: International
Salary Band: B high
Reports to: Director of International Programmes
Competency Level: 4

Role purpose

• Under the direction of the International Director, the Corporate Health, Safety and Security Lead role is central to the achievement of Christian Aid’s health, safety and security objectives, working to enable operations and create a safer working environment for all staff, partners and volunteers. 
• To manage, strategically develop and continually improve Christian Aid’s corporate health, safety, security and crisis management systems.
•  In doing so, focus on developing capacities in all Christian Aid’s locations for anticipating, preventing, countering, and as necessary responding to health, safety and security threats globally. 
• In addition, the post plays the key and leading role in reviewing, managing, coordinating and embedding the Corporate Security Policy and procedures; as well as coordinating the health and safety standards for Christian Aid staff, consultants and supporters deployed globally. The Corporate Health,
• Safety & Security Manager will manage Christian Aid health, safety and security risks and duty of care to enable Christian Aid to work in some of the most insecure areas of the world safe in the knowledge that all has been done to protect Christian Aid staff and Christian Aid against identifiable or emergent health, safety and security issues.

Key Outcomes:

• Christian Aid is well represented within the health, safety and security environments and relationships are developed and managed with UN, Inter-agency networks UK Government, local governments and other external health, safety and security networks in UK, and in all our locations.
• Christian Aid’s corporate responsibility for staff duty of care while travelling and working overseas is effectively managed including the development, implementation and management of the security policy, the health and safety policy and other related policies or procedures. ·
• Christian Aid's staff security and emergency first aid training courses tailored to the local context; are cost-effective and implemented effectively.
• Christian Aid office health, safety and security protocols are in place and implemented, emergency contingency plans in place, and lessons from incidents recorded and lessons acted upon.
• Crisis management procedures are in place at the UK office and all country offices and crisis management team members across the organisation are familiar with their specific roles and responsibilities.

About the Role

• Under the direction of the International Director, the Corporate Health, Safety and Security Lead role is central to the achievement of Christian Aid’s health, safety and security objectives, working to enable operations and create a safer working environment for all staff, partners and volunteers.
• To manage, strategically develop and continually improve Christian Aid’s corporate health, safety, security and crisis management systems.
• In doing so, focus on developing capacities in all Christian Aid’s locations for anticipating, preventing, countering, and as necessary responding to health, safety and security threats globally.
• In addition, the post plays the key and leading role in reviewing, managing, coordinating and embedding the Corporate Security Policy and procedures; as well as coordinating the health and safety standards for Christian Aid staff, consultants and supporters deployed globally.
• The Corporate Health, Safety & Security Manager will manage Christian Aid health, safety and security risks and duty of care to enable Christian Aid to work in some of the most insecure areas of the world safe in the knowledge that all has been done to protect Christian Aid staff and Christian Aid against identifiable or emergent health, safety and security issues.

About You

• The post holder would be responsible for the management and development of Christian Aid health, safety and security policies and taking any necessary action to ensure staff safety.
• The role is responsible for signing off travel to all high-risk countries. Makes decisions relating to the approved budget.
• Makes decisions that may have long-term impacts on the security aspect of a One CA programme.
• Being able to effectively manage from a distance as well as be able to influence the decisions of colleagues at a range of seniority levels.
• The post holder will be the Corporate Focal Point for all security-related issues, making recommendations to the Directorate on Christian Aid’s global security policy and responses to individual security emergencies world-wide and leading Christian Aid’s responses to the changing global security environment.
• The role will coordinate health and safety issues globally for Christian Aid and be accountable to the Health and Safety Strategic Committee.
• The role will lead or support the formulation of Christian Aid advocacy positions on issues that relate to the global security environment, international development sector, workplace safety, emergencies and humanitarian issues and promote the knowledge and usage of the ICRC Code of Conduct and International Humanitarian Law in keeping with the concept of neutrality in aid with a view to enhancing staff security in the field.
• The post holder will have the final decision on security related issues including travel on Christian Aid business by staff, volunteers and supporters.

Essential

• Educated to Degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• International security or relevant intelligence, military, police, paramilitary training.
• Significant senior security experience, preferably with UN or INGO.
• Broad network across security, humanitarian and development related sub-sectors
• Significant international experience in several different countries of which a significant proportion should be in a management capacity
• Experience in emergency security action, situation handling, investigation and robust risk assessment
• Experience managing health emergencies
• Experience of UK Health and Safety legislation
• Experience of developing, presenting and facilitating training workshops.
• A good understanding of emergency and development

Competency Questions
As part of your application, you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

• Tell us about a time when you had to apply a range of negotiating and influencing skills to secure an agreement with a diverse group of people or stakeholders where there was little common ground.
• Please give us an example of a time when you took a long-term strategic perspective while recognizing that short-term decisions might compromise future options.
• Tell us about a time when you evaluated both the benefits and risks to your team, department or organisation of implementing a new idea or way of working and paid particular attention to ways of reducing risk

Applied Skills / Knowledge and Expertise:
Essential:

• International security or relevant intelligence, military, police, paramilitary training.
• Educated to Degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• Significant senior security experience, preferably with UN or INGO.
• Broad network across security, humanitarian and development related sub-sectors
• Significant international experience in several different countries of which a significant
• proportion should be in a management capacity
• Experience in emergency security action, situation handling, investigation and robust risk Assessment.
• Experience managing health emergencies
• Experience of UK Health and Safety legislation
• Experience of developing, presenting and facilitating training workshops.
• A good understanding of emergency and development issues
• Experience of carrying out rapid security assessments following a humanitarian emergency
• Experience in influencing, researching and drafting security-related policy
• Sound communication skills, both oral and written, ensuring information can be made
• accessible to a global staff base

Desirable

• Working with national partner NGO's in programme locations and experience of the preparation of
• assessment reports, project proposals including budgets and general report writing
• Experience with working with interagency security forums
• Health and safety qualification such as NEBOSH or IOSH

Benefits

• Salary is dependent on country location.

Application Closing Date
5th May, 2023.