Security Liaison Assistant at HIFASS

Field Operations Job Type: 3 months
Report’s To: Program Manager
Work Hours: full-time 40 hours/week

Basic Function

• The Incumbent Provides strategic advice and safety leadership to help handle security risks and maintain continuity of operations.
• The Security Liaison Assistant (SLA) is also responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with all of HIFASS’s Implementing Partner’s (IPs) in Taraba State in regards to security related issues.
• The incumbent assists in the day-to-day management and coordination of Public Protection Forces (PPF) issues for HIFASS projects in various Local Government Areas.

Major Responsibilities

• To develop Safety and Security plan and support property management.
• Assists Safety and Security Officers (SSOs) by participating in technical reviews of UNHCR security plans and making suggestions for improvement when necessary.
• Advises the office to ensure appropriate control and disposal procedures for sensitive and controlled security equipment and documents.
• Advise and support the Representative or Head of Office in managing staff safety and security of HIFASS-UNHCR staff, partners, operations, premises and refugees or persons of concern.
• Tracks UNCHR locations and operations as well as incidents and events that could affect the security situation of staff.
• Receives and consolidates all incident reports as they are provided by IPs and other sources and maintains a database cataloging all critical incidents by date, type and provincial location.
• Undertake periodic security assessments in close co-operation with UNHCR senior staff members and interagency partners, analyzing security factors and levels of risk related to UNHCR activities and programmes.
• Conducts independent information analysis and evaluates all information as it relates to political, economic, social, technical, or military conditions.
• May conduct travel to LGAs and ground assets to core sites across Taraba to assess HIFASS IP safety and security requirements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Required Qualifications/Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• University Degree with a focus on Security Management and/or related disciplines (business administration, political/social science, international relations, military or police academy degree or training will be an added advantage. (at Officer Level).
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience
• Knowledge of Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) principles, UNDSS basic/advance security of the field protocols will be an added advantage,
• Excellent knowledge of safety and security auditing and security apparatus/gadgets.
• Good computer skills;
• Excellent knowledge of English and good working knowledge of any the local language.