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The International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO), is a global charity dedicated exclusively to issues of humanitarian safety and to the operation of NGO Safety Offices (NSO) in volatile or insecure contexts. INSO Nigeria aims to support safety awareness and safety management capabilities amongst NGOs within Nigeria.

Field Office Administrator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Summary

  • The role of the Field Office Administrator will be to oversee and regulate the financial, human resource administrative and logistical functioning of INSO Nigeria in Maiduguri.
  • S/he will report directly to the INSO Safety Advisor- Maiduguri.
  • S/he will supervise two drivers and cleaners. The post is based in Maiduguri and is offered on a one-year contract basis.

Major Responsibilities

  • To maintain and control the cashbooks and ledger
  • Ensure that 100% of expenses are accurately entered on soft cashbooks on a daily basis
  • Ensure that 100% of entries to the cashbooks are supported by valid purchase request invoices and receipts
  • To assist the Safety Advisor in the HR national staff administration
  • Assist the Safety Advisor to file in a consistent and accessible manner all auditable documents (CV, leave records, disciplinary notices, hire notes…)
  • To assist the Safety Advisor in the HR international staff administration
  • Assist the Safety Advisor in all administrative process for visas, residency papers, work permits and others documents requested by the government for field international staff
  • Assist the Safety Advisor with travel and accommodation arrangement from around the north East and North West region.
  • Provide office support services in order to ensure efficiency and effectiveness within the INSO office
  • Maintain service contracts in coherent and accessible manner
  • Assist the Safety Advisor in all others administrative, financial and procurement/logistical requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Admin/HR/Finance educational background and working experience
  • Staff management experience
  • Mandatory INGO experience 2 years
  • Knowledge of administrative, HR and logistical processes
  • Computer literate
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written)
  • Fluent in Hausa (spoken).

Preferred Characteristics:

  • Existing (relevant) local information networks and contacts.
  • Previous exposure to North East Nigeria
  • Knowledge of Kanuri will be an added advantage
  • Organised and structured personality.

Key Personal Competencies:

  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent analytic skills
  • Creativity and proactive attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
  • High level of confidentiality and integrity
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to handle multiple priorities in an autonomous manner
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, multi-cultural and close-knit team to deliver tangible results on a deadline.

Method of Application

Applicants should send the following below to: [email protected] and ensure to reference ‘INSO – Field Office Administrator’ in the subject line of the  email.

  • Curriculum Vitae (up to 3 pages maximum)
  • Cover Letter, specifying how your profile and experience meet the mandatory requirements.

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The International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts.INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.ContextContemporary armed conflict poses unprecedented challenges to humanitarian organisations in delivering aid to vulnerable populations.Whereas in the context of international armed conflicts aid workers are attributed formally recognised protection under international humanitarian law; today the changing nature of conflicts and the proliferation of non-state armed groups often mean that this assurance is no longer guaranteed.Across the globe, aid workers are subject to violent attacks with 2 - 4 deaths per week worldwide.While many NGOs take individual measures to mitigate the risks, coordinated action between agencies - seen by many as the more important requirement -  has lagged behind with no common system at field level prior to 2011.INSO was designed to fill this gap and today provides the humanitarian sector with a globally standardised mechanism for establishing and operating such platforms wherever they are needed.Humanitarian AccessHumanitarian access is the ability of NGOs to reach populations in need as well as the ability of those populations to reach the aid and protection they need. It is a complex and ever changing dynamic involving a host of considerations and challenges.INSO works to support the first side of this equation - NGOs accessing populations in need - by improving situational awareness and enabling humanitarians to make more evidence-based access decisions.Of course, situational awareness alone does not create humanitarian access - and can do the opposite - but where NGOs are seeking to expand access high quality, relevant and up to date safety information has been shown to play a vital role in the process.AccountabilityAny co-operation mechanism is only as good as the participation it enjoys from its members, which is why all INSO platforms are started and monitored by the humanitarian communities they serve through a voluntary Advisory Board.Each Advisory Board represents the NGO community towards INSO in that country and holds concrete powers to set the services and monitor INSO's performance in delivering them.This simple yet highly effective mechanism guarantees transparency, participation and accountability even as the context changes.Internally, INSO ensures the confidential management of information and registration processes and provides a comprehensive internal policy environment that guarantees accountability and protects against risk.ImpactSince 2011, INSO has revolutionized the humanitarian safety coordination sector by introducing a robust and high quality field safety platform model that has been deployed in some of the world’s most high-risk settings.The strong focus on humanitarian principles and exclusive NGO-only membership criteria have caused INSO to become generally accepted as a standard component of modern humanitarian response offering independent frontline reporting and coordination services that save lives, strengthen operational practice and enable humanitarian access.

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The International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO), is a global charity dedicated exclusively to issues of humanitarian safety and to the operation of NGO Safety Offices (NSO) in volatile or insecure contexts. INSO Nigeria aims to support safety awareness and safety management capabilities amongst NGOs within Nigeria.

Field Office Administrator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Summary

  • The role of the Field Office Administrator will be to oversee and regulate the financial, human resource administrative and logistical functioning of INSO Nigeria in Maiduguri.
  • S/he will report directly to the INSO Safety Advisor- Maiduguri.
  • S/he will supervise two drivers and cleaners. The post is based in Maiduguri and is offered on a one-year contract basis.

Major Responsibilities

  • To maintain and control the cashbooks and ledger
  • Ensure that 100% of expenses are accurately entered on soft cashbooks on a daily basis
  • Ensure that 100% of entries to the cashbooks are supported by valid purchase request invoices and receipts
  • To assist the Safety Advisor in the HR national staff administration
  • Assist the Safety Advisor to file in a consistent and accessible manner all auditable documents (CV, leave records, disciplinary notices, hire notes…)
  • To assist the Safety Advisor in the HR international staff administration
  • Assist the Safety Advisor in all administrative process for visas, residency papers, work permits and others documents requested by the government for field international staff
  • Assist the Safety Advisor with travel and accommodation arrangement from around the north East and North West region.
  • Provide office support services in order to ensure efficiency and effectiveness within the INSO office
  • Maintain service contracts in coherent and accessible manner
  • Assist the Safety Advisor in all others administrative, financial and procurement/logistical requirements.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Admin/HR/Finance educational background and working experience
  • Staff management experience
  • Mandatory INGO experience 2 years
  • Knowledge of administrative, HR and logistical processes
  • Computer literate
  • Fluent in English (spoken and written)
  • Fluent in Hausa (spoken).

Preferred Characteristics:

  • Existing (relevant) local information networks and contacts.
  • Previous exposure to North East Nigeria
  • Knowledge of Kanuri will be an added advantage
  • Organised and structured personality.

Key Personal Competencies:

  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent analytic skills
  • Creativity and proactive attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
  • High level of confidentiality and integrity
  • Strong organizational skills, ability to handle multiple priorities in an autonomous manner
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, multi-cultural and close-knit team to deliver tangible results on a deadline.

Method of Application

Applicants should send the following below to: [email protected] and ensure to reference ‘INSO – Field Office Administrator’ in the subject line of the  email.

  • Curriculum Vitae (up to 3 pages maximum)
  • Cover Letter, specifying how your profile and experience meet the mandatory requirements.
2018-06-28

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