Safety and Security Officer at Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Safety and Security Officer

Location: Abuja, FCT
Job type: Full Time
Career level: Mid-Level
Department: Safety and Security
Reporting to: Safety, Security, & Access Coordinator
Proposed start date: December 2022

Key responsibilities

• Assess and monitor security situations (i.e. threats, weather conditions) through coordination with other actors and secondary information, and determine appropriate security threat level at all times;
• Submit a security update (situation analysis, actions taken, actions recommended) on a regular basis;
• Ensuring protocols and procedures are in place in the event of a security incident. This must include clear actions for both guesthouse and office-based staff, during office and out-of-office hours, and include identification of evacuation routes, and roles and responsibilities of staff;
• Support in the rolling out and enhanced understanding of these plans amongst all staff including all-staff briefings and individual briefings;
• Monitoring staff movement including limiting or restricting movement on location and time, accounting for staff movements and providing updated overviews of daily movements activities;
• Maintaining an overview of all visitors to the office, including contact information;
• Checking on suitability of buildings including the office and field-site locations, including health and safety requirements of the office, such as fire extinguishers, first aid kits for both office / guesthouse, vehicles, and emergency exits. Ensure recommendations are implemented;
• Manage day to day security including tracking of movements of staff and visitors and provide updated consolidate information to the senior management;
• He /She is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of security measures. This can include updating security tools, developing and circulating security reports, tracking movements and checking security equipment such as CCTV etc;
• Support in the collection of information and documentation for incident reports, which are to be submitted to the CD/SSCO within 24 hours of the incident;
• Prepare for and execute as needed, various contingency plans as articulated in the approved safety & security management plan in the context of a humanitarian response project to cover among others.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Security Studies or Social Sciences;
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in a humanitarian organization;
• Understanding of humanitarian safety and security practices and their application;
• Capacity to organize & conduct trainings, workshops and briefings;
• Have a wide network of security contacts and information sources;
• Should be able to gather information on emerging events and trends quickly and accurately;
• Knowledge of the political and security situation of FCT Abuja;
• Experience in a humanitarian/NGO context;
• Training of trainers skills;
• Experience in working with multi-national staff;
• Experience in dealing with safety and security threats in a private/non-profit organization;
• Good supervision and reporting skills;
• Good communication skills;
• Ability to use technology hardware and software;
• Professional attitude;
• Ability to adapt and excel in a fast-paced work environment.

Starting Basic Salary
NGN421,594 per month (excluding other benefits).

Application Closing Date
Thursday, 8th December, 2022.

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

Note

• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
• Action Against Hunger provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
• Other benefits include but not limited to 100% health care coverage, free and direct access to Cross Knowledge e-learning platform.
• This is an emergency recruitment and we are looking to fill this role as soon as possible.
• Candidates available to start immediately are highly preferred.
• All candidates MUST ensure they answer all the questions asked for this application. Failure to do so means candidates will not be considered for the process.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply