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Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries, driving changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. Plan International is registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Deadline for application submission: 30th May, 2022.

Location: Maiduguri

ROLE PURPOSE

The Safety and Security Officer will be responsible for the assessments, security related guidance and enforce implementation of security policies, guidelines and procedures for the Humanitarian Response Program with the support of the Safety and Security Manager.

Dimensions of the Role

This will involve, but not limited to: promoting a culture of security; security incident reporting; security guard oversight and management; monitoring and analysing the security situation in the state of humanitarian response, supporting the development and implementation of Security related Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for Borno locations. The scope of responsibility is for both Plan International and all authorised visitors.

Accountabilities

Programme development & Quality Management

  • Regular attendance at relevant security meetings and forums for the North East.
  • Report on security incidents/threats to Security Manager be on a regular basis (including analysis of trends) and focal persons at the deep field level
  • Effective networking with the military in different deep field locations
  • Managing and maintaining effective use of security communication equipment to support colleagues deployed to deep field locations across Borno state
  • Performing location assessment for Plan International in Borno state
  • Managing and facilitating staff/partners’ movements from Maiduguri to other locations in Borno and to other states in the North East
  • Supporting visitors with post arrival briefing
  • Providing pre-alert to Security Manager on prospective security issues
  • Ensure general staff safety and security in Borno state
  • Deploy step down training under the guidance of the Security Manager
  • Gathering vital information and intelligence for Security Manager’s use
  • Ensure compliance of all SoPs such as office access SoP, movement SoP, curfew SoP, staff relation-community SoP
  • Providing weekly situation report for the Security Manager
  • Providing monthly incident report to the Security Manager
  • Managing security information and communication effectively
  • Drive hibernation and relocation when the context changes
  • Continuously suggest safety and security infrastructure required for different locations according to emerging threat
  • Manage and supervise guard force in the office premises, guest house and warehouse.
  • Ensure access management into Plan offices and premises in these locations
  • Obtain daily travel report affecting Plan International staff in their location of duty
  • Any other duty that may be assigned by the Security Manager

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Qualifications and Experience

  • Strong knowledge and experience in occupational security and health & safety operations
  • Ability to prioritise and manage complex and varied workloads, often to tight deadlines, in a dynamic, fragile and multi-cultural setting
  • Ability to guide staff with limited security capacity
  • Ability to predict and respond to security threats/incidents
  • Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and trouble-shooting skills including negotiation and influencing skills
  • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
  • Energetic and motivated individual, with a proven track record of undertaking similar assignments
  • Strategic and critical skills – but also focused on operational results and ‘getting things done’
  • Commitment to continuous learning; willingness to keep abreast of new developments in security
  • Able to work independently but also collaborate closely within teams
  • Ability to establish and sustain strong working relationships with Plan colleagues and in the broader Nigeria community/context
  • Culturally and socially sensitive

Skills & Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety or any related field
  • At least 3-5 years’ security, health and safety management or similar capacity.
  • Good understanding of national security related issues and their relations to Plan international context
  • Experience in conducting participatory risk assessment and preparing situational analysis including the analysis of factors from both the internal and external environments, identifying crucial risks that must be addressed, setting objectives and developing plans of action
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal) both in several local and English languages to present and garner information quickly and clearly to a variety of audience
  • Computer:  MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook

Plan International Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or disabilities. Plan International Nigeria is fully committed to child protection to prevent children from all forms of abuse. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Plan International is an international organisation or development which works in 51 countries across Africa, the Americas, and Asia to promote the safeguarding of children.It is a nonprofit organisation and is one of the world's largest organisations based on children, it works in 58,000 communities with the help of volunteers to improve how 56 million children live. The charity also has 21 national organisations who have been given the responsibility to oversee the raising of funds and awareness in their individual countries.

The organisation puts an emphasis on communities working together in order to address the needs of children around the world. The NGO focuses on child participation, education, economic security, emergencies, health, protection, sexual health (including HIV), and water and sanitation. It provides training in disaster preparedness, response and recovery, and has worked on relief efforts in countries including Haiti, Colombia and Japan.

Plan International also sponsors the Because I Am a Girl campaign, which has published many stories focusing on the struggle of young women in the developing world.

Plan International was founded during the Spanish Civil War by British journalist John Langdon-Davies and aid worker Eric Muggeridge. When they witnessed the conflict change the lives of children, they founded ‘Foster Parents Plan for Children in Spain’, which would later change its name to Plan International. Set up in 1937, the organisation provided food, shelter and clothing to children whose lives had been destroyed by the war.

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0 USD Maiduguri CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child, but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries, driving changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. Plan International is registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

Deadline for application submission: 30th May, 2022.

Location: Maiduguri

ROLE PURPOSE

The Safety and Security Officer will be responsible for the assessments, security related guidance and enforce implementation of security policies, guidelines and procedures for the Humanitarian Response Program with the support of the Safety and Security Manager.

Dimensions of the Role

This will involve, but not limited to: promoting a culture of security; security incident reporting; security guard oversight and management; monitoring and analysing the security situation in the state of humanitarian response, supporting the development and implementation of Security related Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) for Borno locations. The scope of responsibility is for both Plan International and all authorised visitors.

Accountabilities

Programme development & Quality Management

  • Regular attendance at relevant security meetings and forums for the North East.
  • Report on security incidents/threats to Security Manager be on a regular basis (including analysis of trends) and focal persons at the deep field level
  • Effective networking with the military in different deep field locations
  • Managing and maintaining effective use of security communication equipment to support colleagues deployed to deep field locations across Borno state
  • Performing location assessment for Plan International in Borno state
  • Managing and facilitating staff/partners’ movements from Maiduguri to other locations in Borno and to other states in the North East
  • Supporting visitors with post arrival briefing
  • Providing pre-alert to Security Manager on prospective security issues
  • Ensure general staff safety and security in Borno state
  • Deploy step down training under the guidance of the Security Manager
  • Gathering vital information and intelligence for Security Manager’s use
  • Ensure compliance of all SoPs such as office access SoP, movement SoP, curfew SoP, staff relation-community SoP
  • Providing weekly situation report for the Security Manager
  • Providing monthly incident report to the Security Manager
  • Managing security information and communication effectively
  • Drive hibernation and relocation when the context changes
  • Continuously suggest safety and security infrastructure required for different locations according to emerging threat
  • Manage and supervise guard force in the office premises, guest house and warehouse.
  • Ensure access management into Plan offices and premises in these locations
  • Obtain daily travel report affecting Plan International staff in their location of duty
  • Any other duty that may be assigned by the Security Manager

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Qualifications and Experience

  • Strong knowledge and experience in occupational security and health & safety operations
  • Ability to prioritise and manage complex and varied workloads, often to tight deadlines, in a dynamic, fragile and multi-cultural setting
  • Ability to guide staff with limited security capacity
  • Ability to predict and respond to security threats/incidents
  • Strong diplomatic, interpersonal, and trouble-shooting skills including negotiation and influencing skills
  • Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
  • Energetic and motivated individual, with a proven track record of undertaking similar assignments
  • Strategic and critical skills - but also focused on operational results and ‘getting things done’
  • Commitment to continuous learning; willingness to keep abreast of new developments in security
  • Able to work independently but also collaborate closely within teams
  • Ability to establish and sustain strong working relationships with Plan colleagues and in the broader Nigeria community/context
  • Culturally and socially sensitive

Skills & Knowledge

  • Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety or any related field
  • At least 3-5 years’ security, health and safety management or similar capacity.
  • Good understanding of national security related issues and their relations to Plan international context
  • Experience in conducting participatory risk assessment and preparing situational analysis including the analysis of factors from both the internal and external environments, identifying crucial risks that must be addressed, setting objectives and developing plans of action
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal) both in several local and English languages to present and garner information quickly and clearly to a variety of audience
  • Computer:  MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook

Plan International Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender or disabilities. Plan International Nigeria is fully committed to child protection to prevent children from all forms of abuse. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

2022-05-31

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