Safety and Security Officer at Concern on Climate Change for the Community Initiative (FOURCi)

Concern on Climate Change for the Community Initiative (FOURCi) is a non-profit organization group of Academics, Environmentalists, Agricultural Experts, Health experts, Building Experts and community volunteers coming together with their different expertise with one voice and concern towards safeguarding the future of our climate. It is founded in October 2020 and registered with the Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the 3rd of June, 2021 and other relevant bodies in February, 2021. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG‟s) numbers one (1), two (2) six (6), seven (7), nine (9), eleven (11), twelve (12), fourteen (14), fifteen (15) and of course thirteen (13) will be our guide. We will be prioritizing raising awareness and resilience of communities and people in developing countries that are already affected by climate change, and whose capacities to adapt and resources to respond are limited. FOURCi has focus on carrying out intense scientific research community resilience considers policy and practice on adaptation and loss and damage, including land rights, promotion of climate-resilient agriculture and food systems, promoting and creating awareness on sustainable structures/building and the halting and reversal of land degradation and biodiversity loss.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Safety and Security Officer

Location: Gwoza / Bama, Borno
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

• Ensure that all safety and security management systems are in line with existing FOURCi’s security policy, protocol, and approach.
• Implement and ensure effective monitoring of a personnel and vehicle tracking system in each office.
• Support in planning and implementing risk mitigation strategies (acceptance, deterrence, protection) to improve safety and security.
• Ensure that appropriate safety and security systems are in place to provide timely and accurate security information to all staff members and visitors.
• Provide crisis/Incident management support (evacuation and hibernation) as required.
• Be readily available at all times to the Head of Program Implementation and field staff to advise on security developments.
• Conduct regular site visits to field sites to assess safety/security arrangements.
• Report, analyze, and communicate the current socio-political context and the security situation, and the wider context (country, region, global trends as applicable).
• Ensure compliance with the incident reporting system, prepare weekly reports for the Field offices and update data on available incident data tools, and ensure that the incident register is updated regularly.
• Conduct ongoing threat assessments and compile daily/weekly situation reports/monthly security analyses and ensure that the information is shared in a timely manner.
• She/he will develop a wide web of relevant contacts of stakeholders to engage with positively to address access challenges, collate and disseminate relevant security information
• Attend security & emergency-related briefings and meetings and share security-related information with third-party security and risk management service providers.

Qualifications (Know How)
Educational Training and Skills:

• A First-level University Degree (Bachelor’s) in Information Systems/Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Management, Computer Science or a related field is required.
• Minimum two (2) years of similar work experience in Information Management preferably.
• Good command of English both verbal and written.
• Good personal and organizational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Ability to coordinate and work with diverse groups of people based in multiple locations.

• Willingness and ability to adapt to changing work requirements and priorities that may require overtime or extended hours.

Competencies:

• Strong level of autonomy to provide independent follow-through on processing issues and concerns
• Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills Integrity.
• Strong team player
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, operational, and coordinating abilities
• Good interpersonal, oral, and written communication and presentation skills
• Strong customer service focus and ability to work well with people from various backgrounds and cultures at all levels in the organization.
• Additional Information
• Security
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that the team members and community operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
• Accountability to Affected People

Application Closing Date
Ongoing (Rolling Basis)