Safety & Security Manager at Jhpiego, April 2024

The Safety & Security Manager oversees the safety & security aspects of Jhpiego’s projects funded by US government and private foundations. S/he ensures to implement Jhpiego safety & security protocols aimed at minimizing potential risks to staff safety and security. S/he will continuously assess the safety/ security environment and devise risk reduction measures as needed in coordination with Country Director (CD). S/he will routinely assess field offices for their safety/ security requirements and make necessary arrangements in coordination with related, accordingly.

Responsibilities:

Assisting the CD in establishing an effective Safety, Security and Emergency Management Team (SSEMT)/Local Incident Management Team (LIMT);
Communicating the membership and function of the Safety, Security and Emergency Management Team /LIMT to all stakeholders;
Develop, review and ensure effective implementation of the Jhpiego Nigeria Security Management Plans including a security plan in assigned offices, together with key staff.
Prepare timely security updates, based on information from internal and external sources including the US Government, to support policy and procedure reviews as well as to mitigate risks to programming.
Monitor implementation of safety and security protocols and promptly advise the CD of any non-compliance and/or concerns/issues.
Undertake regular site assessments of Jhpiego properties and implementation areas, communications equipment and options; report on findings and implement necessary improvements under the guidance.
Ensure adequate supply and maintenance of necessary safety and security-related equipment at all offices and international staff residences.
Under the supervision of CD, develop and implement a regular process of review and revision of security plans, policies, protocols, procedures & standard operating procedures, etc. in collaboration with RSM Consulting (or Jhpiego’s security contractor).
Maintain regular contact with other agency security focal points, including NGOs, UN, USAID and local authorities related to security issues and concerns especially in program implementation areas.
Under the direction of CD, provide direct support and advice on response related to safety/security incidents to all staff of Jhpiego – Nigeria.
Provide bi- weekly security assessment and share with the senior management team. Update rest of staff members in monthly all staff meeting.
Provide safety and security orientation for all new staff, short term technical assistance, expats staff / visitor/ guests and update training for existing staff.
Maintain an updated Jhpiego staff contact list and security notification tree and test the tree on a regular basis.
Conduct regular site visits to state offices and field sites to assess safety/security arrangements
Implement and ensure effective monitoring of a personnel and vehicle tracking system in each office.
Ensure implementation of incident tracking and reporting protocols, with key stakeholders.
Conduct routine crisis management exercises for all staff and management.
Conduct regular mock drills in all offices (e.g. fire drill, evacuation, etc.)
Maintain confidentiality, impartiality and neutrality being a member of extended senior management team.
Be readily available at all times to the Country Director and field staff to advice on security developments.
Maintaining all records of crisis events and consolidating these at the ‘End point” of the event.
Performs any other task as assigned by CD.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor/ graduate degree in relevant field.
6-7 years field experience in safety and security with a humanitarian or development non-governmental organization.
Extensive experience in setting up and managing safety and security systems and protocols and provide training to staff and partners.
Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
Good context analysis skills.
Effective skills in coordination, organization and prioritization as well as in Microsoft Office applications.
Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively with team members.
Proven ability to work and solve problems independently without direct supervision.
Experience living and/or working in Nigeria, and experience in the central Nigeria preferred.
Fluent in English and conversant in native languages (Igala, Ebira, Okun, Igbo and Yoruba preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

Working experience with an International NGO, UN or other donor of development sector.

NOTE: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

Model the mission and values stated above
Participate in the business development processes
Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process
Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed
Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives

Interested candidates should submit an Application letter and a CV as one single word document to [email protected] not later 26th June 2017. The title/subject of your email and application should be the position you have applied for. For further information about Jhpiego, please visit our website at www.jhpiego.org. Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview. Please note that any successful candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

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Our History

Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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Responsibilities:

Assisting the CD in establishing an effective Safety, Security and Emergency Management Team (SSEMT)/Local Incident Management Team (LIMT);
Communicating the membership and function of the Safety, Security and Emergency Management Team /LIMT to all stakeholders;
Develop, review and ensure effective implementation of the Jhpiego Nigeria Security Management Plans including a security plan in assigned offices, together with key staff.
Prepare timely security updates, based on information from internal and external sources including the US Government, to support policy and procedure reviews as well as to mitigate risks to programming.
Monitor implementation of safety and security protocols and promptly advise the CD of any non-compliance and/or concerns/issues.
Undertake regular site assessments of Jhpiego properties and implementation areas, communications equipment and options; report on findings and implement necessary improvements under the guidance.
Ensure adequate supply and maintenance of necessary safety and security-related equipment at all offices and international staff residences.
Under the supervision of CD, develop and implement a regular process of review and revision of security plans, policies, protocols, procedures & standard operating procedures, etc. in collaboration with RSM Consulting (or Jhpiego’s security contractor).
Maintain regular contact with other agency security focal points, including NGOs, UN, USAID and local authorities related to security issues and concerns especially in program implementation areas.
Under the direction of CD, provide direct support and advice on response related to safety/security incidents to all staff of Jhpiego – Nigeria.
Provide bi- weekly security assessment and share with the senior management team. Update rest of staff members in monthly all staff meeting.
Provide safety and security orientation for all new staff, short term technical assistance, expats staff / visitor/ guests and update training for existing staff.
Maintain an updated Jhpiego staff contact list and security notification tree and test the tree on a regular basis.
Conduct regular site visits to state offices and field sites to assess safety/security arrangements
Implement and ensure effective monitoring of a personnel and vehicle tracking system in each office.
Ensure implementation of incident tracking and reporting protocols, with key stakeholders.
Conduct routine crisis management exercises for all staff and management.
Conduct regular mock drills in all offices (e.g. fire drill, evacuation, etc.)
Maintain confidentiality, impartiality and neutrality being a member of extended senior management team.
Be readily available at all times to the Country Director and field staff to advice on security developments.
Maintaining all records of crisis events and consolidating these at the ‘End point” of the event.
Performs any other task as assigned by CD.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor/ graduate degree in relevant field.
6-7 years field experience in safety and security with a humanitarian or development non-governmental organization.
Extensive experience in setting up and managing safety and security systems and protocols and provide training to staff and partners.
Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
Good context analysis skills.
Effective skills in coordination, organization and prioritization as well as in Microsoft Office applications.
Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively with team members.
Proven ability to work and solve problems independently without direct supervision.
Experience living and/or working in Nigeria, and experience in the central Nigeria preferred.
Fluent in English and conversant in native languages (Igala, Ebira, Okun, Igbo and Yoruba preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

Working experience with an International NGO, UN or other donor of development sector.

NOTE: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

Model the mission and values stated above
Participate in the business development processes
Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process
Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed
Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives

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