Safety and Security Officer at Nkafamiya Rescue Mission (NRM)

Nkafamiya Rescue Mission (NRM) is an independent child rights organization committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalized children and their communities to be free from poverty. By actively connecting committed people with powerful ideas, we work together to make positive, deep-rooted and lasting changes in children and young people’s lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Safety and Security Officer

Location: Adamawa
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Analyse the parameters of the working environment by assessing the nature of the threats and vulnerabilities in relation to the emergency situation.
• Collect the necessary data and information to develop a comprehensive risk assessment.
• Monitor political, social, economic and military situation and identify trends relevant to security situation

Key Responsibilities
Safety and Security Officer will be responsible for Security activities at the community level.

• Contribute to developing a safety and security culture within the mission by addressing and helping staff to address safety and security-related issues.
• Ensure that security planning becomes an integral part of day-to-day operations and is integrated into the development of future programs
• Assist with the strategic and operational analysis and assessments, and with the refinement of the program strategies
• Ensure that the Field Level Security Plans and associated documents are kept up to date and reviewed regularly
• Perform security risk assessments or evaluation missions to the field and regularly review safety and security procedures.
• Organize and circulate relevant safety and security information to the staff and provide an opportunity for employees to voice Safety and/or Security-related concerns.
• Supervise and enforce compliance safety and security standards and procedures.
• Liaise with government, Army, Police, SSS (State Security Services), Local Heads and other key external stakeholders to ensure that NRM staff can maintain regular and safe access to program areas
• Represent NRM and coordinate amongst all actors (state, military, UN, NGO, etc) on all matters pertaining to safety and security.
• Train staff on the incident reporting form and procedures and ensure timely and accurate reporting of safety and security incidents.
• Ensure all staff understand and fulfil individual and collective responsibilities for safety and security
• Ensure that the contracted guard force maintains a high standard of guarding for NRM office and residence, and when required take corrective action in coordination with the Guard force management

Qualification / Experience / Technical Skills 

• Minimum of First Degree in a field related to Humanitarian Work or Risk Management
• At least 3 years of demonstrative experience in INGO/NGO field (operations) with at least 2 years of field safety management experience included
• Competent and literate in English, verbal and written, with a sound knowledge of technical expressions
• Competent and literate in local language of the assigned location(s), verbal and written, with a sound knowledge of technical expressions
• Sound judgment and the ability to work effectively with others at all levels
• Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis and strategic planning skills
• IT literate, MS – Word, Excel and PowerPoint  
• Qualifications and / or experience in professional security related fields.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.