Facilities and Security Coordinator at Husk Power Systems

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Responsible for all physical security and risk vulnerability inspections, evaluations, and recommendations for employee/equipment movement across locations.
• Overall responsibility for advising the top management on all applicable security engagements.
• Coordinate facility maintenance activities to ensure safe and clean working environment.
• Coordinate timely responses on facility, security and maintenance updates and requests.

Facilities Management:

• Develop and implement procedure for managing all Husk Nigeria facilities and locations, ensuring efficient and timely action is taken for required remediation as necessary.
• Review facilities’ designs and advise on locations for holding sensitive materials.
• Overall responsibility for facility management and engagement with employees, stakeholders and suppliers/vendors on best practices for ensuring facilities maintenance is priority.

Security Coordination:

• Conduct and report on security assessment on proposed locations prior to entry.
• Act as first point of contact with all security personnel at Husk locations for effective coordination of security within these locations.
• Train and supervise all field personnel on self-preservation basics and security awareness.
• Participating in surveillance and recommending actions to avoid conditions conducive to security threats such as vandalism, terrorism, kidnapping or theft.
• Access threats and security compromises of staff and equipment during field engagements between staff and various stakeholders and conduct proper de-escalation procedures. 
• Lead engagements with all relevant security agencies and community security apparatus.
• Lead recommendations for best practices in efficiently mitigating theft, damage and other security related risks
• Overall responsibility for security coordination and journey management.

Administrative Support:

• Research and analyse security-related information from a variety of local and international media sources, in order to produce a formal weekly security updates.
• Ensuring that procedures and requests related to physical security are efficiently treated, such as: issuing/revoking access cards, regulating visits by consultants, subcontractors, etc. and coordinating alarm system operations.
• Evaluate clearances for management and personnel according to the information and property they may access.
• Ensure that contingency plans for Evacuation, Relocation, Hibernation, and Medical Evacuation is in place, disseminated and adopted amongst relevant employees, including a detailed contextual assessment and regular sitreps.
• Other admin related tasks as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications
Does this Sound Like You?:

• Background in Security Studies, Security Management, Facilities Management, Project Management or Criminal Law.
• Postgraduate Degree and/or related professional qualifications, a plus.
• 3 - 5 years of experience in a similar role, within the power/telecoms/banking sectors.
• Experience engaging with stakeholders in rural and peri-urban locations required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to interact with stakeholders, senior management, and law enforcement.
• Ingenuity and persistence to obtain case information not readily available with an eye for detail.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Good organizational skills needed to manage a high volume of assigned cases.
• Knowledge of the relevant regulations, safety protocols, maintenance planning/scheduling and investigation methods.
• Display good interviewing and interrogation skills along with the capability of drafting reports.
• Honest and ethical with high levels of integrity and confidentiality.
• Fair knowledge of Internet security and Fraud Mitigation.
• Excellent skills with MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint plus information analysis/reporting skills
• Fluency in major Nigerian languages, a plus
• Must be able to live and work out of Lafia and in/around rural off grid locations where Husk has its assets.

General Skills & Attributes:

• Ability to develop and update professional knowledge and skills quickly and efficiently. Ability to apply professional knowledge and skills in the advancement of business objectives.
• Has a collaborative attitude and the ability to drive that through across other business units and work functions.
• Assesses own development needs and develops self to improve job performance and fulfil future potential. Contributes to the team ethos and instilling the values of Company.
• The ability to evaluate and convey complex information to others in an effective manner through concise communication skills and clear presentation skills in both verbal and written contexts.
• Should possess requisite skill sets- active listening, speaking, reading, comprehension, critical thinking, performance monitoring, time management, people management, material resource management, effective time management, judgment and decision making, teaching, coaching, and social awareness.
• Should possess knowledge of applicable regulations, customer and personal service, administration and management.

Physical Demands:

• Have full range of mobility in upper and lower body.
• Could work in outdoor weather conditions at certain times.
• Have adequate visual and hearing acuity to follow instructions; and determine accuracy of the work assigned.
• Ability to work in rural, peri-urban locations as required - a key requirement.
• Ability to drive a vehicle during the normal course of business. Must possess a driver’s license, maintain a clean driving record with the ability to pass a driving background check.

Also:

• You are driven to support the delivery of business growth in a new market.
• You have a robust recruiting network.
• You are an effective planner and have a strong orientation to process
• You enjoy building strong relationships built on trust, and are a strong verbal communicator
• Most importantly, candidate must fit company spirit where people work smart, play hard, have fun and are dedicated to success.