Safety and Security Officer at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Safety and Security Officer

Job ID: 13726
Grade: 4
Locations: Yobe
Employment Type: Part Time
Job Category: Security
Reports to: Safety & Security Coordinator 
Staff reporting to this post: TBD
Budget Responsibilities: None
Role Dimensions: Members of the Country Office (CO) Senior Management Team (SMT), Project Management teams, Budget Holders, Donors, Members and SCI RO/Centre  

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Role Purpose

• To reduce the risks posed to the program, personnel, and assets of Save the Children in Yobe and facilitate, Nigeria.
• This will include ongoing threat assessment and advising on risk management; the maintenance of appropriate guidelines; and ensuring that field working practices are robust and that all staff are aware of, trained in, and adhere to these policies and procedures.
• Integral to the posting is the ability to work successfully with field teams to cultivate capacity and motivation, thereby ensuring field-based responsibility for security analysis and management.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Works with the Humanitarian Team Lead/Safety and Security Coordinator to coordinate:
• The development of an organisational culture that reflects our dual mandate values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our members and donors
• Ensure all Northeast Area Offices comply with all Save the Children Management Operating Standards and Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensure that all required support is provided promptly, at scale and in line with the rules and principles during emergencies.
• Provide support as required to the Area Incident Management Team in case of security-related crisis

Assessment and Analysis:

• Coordinate with the Security Coordinator for the preparation & delivery of high-quality reports, analysis and security by gathering information from a variety of sources.
• The Security Office will submit monthly written report on Vehicles 1st Aid boxes, Hibernation items Firefighting equipment, Vehicles tools and briefing tracker to the Security Coordinator and National security Manager
• Prepare the monthly Guards transport allowance and company’s payment
• Access control and management through supervision of security guards deployed at SCI facilities  
• The Security officer will provide weekly security briefing and safety briefing to new/arriving staff to Damaturu
• Ensure that incident reports are properly compiled in a timely manner by staff and shared with the Security Coordinator and National Safety & Security Manager
• Monitor events, review incidents and coordinate analysis, follow up actions and recommendations
• Provide security updates which include situational analysis, actions taken and actions recommended to SC Area management team

Policies and procedures:

• Ensure that all Yobe/NE staff understand the country-wide security plan and agree to abide by its policies and procedures
• Monitor the security environment and adjust security policies and procedures accordingly in consultation with safety and security coordinator
• Ensure quality and relevance of area security plans
• Undertake reviews of policies and procedures; identify opportunities to enhance security in consultation with safety and security coordinator

Programme Implementation:

• Advise on safe movement for staff e.g. proper vehicle fleet management policies, adequate safety and communication equipment in vehicles and training drivers in established procedures and requisite skills
• Assist with proposal development to ensure adequate consideration of safety and security need and inclusion of security costs
• Undertake security assessments of and field missions to programme areas and potential programme areas, report on findings and design necessary improvements
• Provide safety and security support and advise to Area Operations and field managers in consultation with safety and security coordinator 

Communication and Training:

• Liaise on a regular basis with UN, government   and local administration and where possible with community leaders in the process of gathering and verifying security information
• Support the gathering and flow of information with other relevant actors; classify security information according to its reliability and accuracy
• Coordinate and manage the proper use of SCI communication equipment/systems and alert the security coordinator to any hardware failures
• Regularly update the briefing slides base on the context of Yobe
• Support Safety and Security trainings to SCI Yobe/NE staff and partners. Trainings will include medical, communications, guard force and driving but will also include other higher-level security trainings.
• Provide timely security briefings for visitors to Yobe/NE and on occasions escort visitors on field missions
• The successful candidate will have a high degree of common sense and a genuine interest in people.
• Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others
• Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision
• Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
• Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
• Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups
• Ability to analyse information
• The ability to work harmoniously in a multi-national / multi-cultural environment.
• The ability to work independently, multi-task and anticipate problems
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable:

• Preferably with security background Military, SSS and Police 
• Ability to speak local language especially Kanuri, and Burra or any of the local language in Yobe
• The candidate should be preferably from the Northeast with a good contextual knowledge of environment and good reporting/analytical skills.
• At least minimum of 5 years working with INGOs in the northeast context

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and takes responsibility for their own personal development
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their colleagues, SC Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Experience and Skill

• BSc/HND in relevant course - social policy, social science, international development, economics or related relevant discipline
• 3 years post NYSC relevant experience
• Demonstrated success in community resilience programs and technically sound in cash transfers, capacity building and other cash transfer components.
• Excellent communication skills, calm, with a good sense of working in inter-cultural environment.
• Excellent Microsoft Office applications skills (Excel, Word, Power point, Emails, Skype, Web researchers).
• Self-motivated and results orientated. 
• Highly diplomatic and emotionally intelligent with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates a strong commitment and passion for the realisation of women’s and girls’ rights and gender equality.
• Knowledge of women’s rights and gender equality and willingness to strengthen her/his own capacity in this area; and
• Able to effectively advocate for change and influence others.
• Knowledge of and adherence to Save the children Code of Conduct, understands other international development guidelines.

Additional job responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Health and Safety:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025; 12:59 AM.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online