Safety and Security Officer at Save The Children

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3: The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Scope of Role

• Reports to:  Head of Safety and Security
• Staff directly reporting to this post:

Key Areas of Accountability
Works with the Designated Field Manager and the Head of Safety and Security (HoSS) at the CO to coordinate:

• The development of an organisational culture that reflects our dual mandate values, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children and excellent customer service for our Members and donors
• Ensure all Ogoja office and its operational locations complies with all Save the Children Management Operating Standards and Standard Operating Procedures
• Ensure that all required support is provided promptly, at scale and in line with the rules and principles during emergencies.
• Provide support as required to the Field Incident Management Team in case of security-related crisis

Assessment and Analysis:

• Coordinate with the alternate Security Focal Points for the preparation & delivery of high quality reports, analysis and security by gathering information from a variety of sources.
• The Security Officer will submit written weekly Field security report to the Field Manager and HoSS.
• The Security Officer will coordinate field office weekly security briefing.
• Ensure that incident reports are properly compiled in a timely manner by staff and shared with the Field Manager and HoSS.
• Monitor events, review incidents and coordinate analysis, follow up actions and recommendations
• Provide security updates which include situational analysis, actions taken and actions recommended to SC Field management team

Policies and Procedures:

• Ensure that all Ogoja staff understand the country-wide security plan and agree to abide by its policies and procedures.
• Monitor the security environment and adjust security policies and procedures accordingly in consultation with the Field Managers and the HoSS
• Ensure quality and relevance of area security plans.
• Undertake reviews of policies and procedures; identify opportunities to enhance security.

Programme Implementation:

• Advise on safe movement for staff e.g. proper vehicle fleet management policies, adequate safety and communication equipment in vehicles and training drivers in established procedures and requisite skills
• Assist with proposal development to ensure adequate consideration of safety and security need and inclusion of security costs.
• Undertake security assessments of and field missions to programme areas and potential programme areas; report on findings and design necessary improvements.
• Provide safety and security support and advise to Field TAs Programme managers.

Communication and Training:

• Liaise on a regular basis with other INGOs and UN agencies in Ogoja, government and local administration and where possible with community leaders in the process of gathering and verifying security information
• Coordinate the gathering and flow of information with other relevant actors; classify security information according to its reliability and accuracy
• Coordinate and manage the proper use of SCI communication equipment/systems and alert the Field Manager of any hardware failures
• Develop security briefing material and provide orientation to incoming or newly appointed staff
• Coordinate Safety and Security trainings to SCI Ogoja staff and partners. Trainings will include medical, communications, guard force and driving but will also include other higher-level security trainings.
• Provide timely security briefings for visitors to Ogoja and on occasions escort visitors on field missions
• Develop and implement security training for all Ogoja staff, develop and apply evaluation processes to determine whether training competencies are met.
• The successful candidate will have a high degree of common sense and a genuine interest in people.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• A clear understanding of the philosophy and mode of operation of NGOs
• Experience in liaising with civilian, police and military government authorities, as well as with field level , national and international institutions
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in complex and insecure settings
• Well organised with ‘people skills’
• Ability and willingness to travel within Cross-River, Benue and Taraba states in Nigeria is essential.
• Demonstrable network of contacts within Nigeria
• Computer literate - Able to use Microsoft office Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent written and spoken English leading to the ability to produce a high standard of both written and oral work
• Ability to analyse information
• The ability to work harmoniously in a multi-national / multi-cultural environment.
• The ability to work independently, multi-task and anticipate problems
• Ability to speak the local languages is an advantage.
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable:

• Background training and service in any security service.
• Values and Critical Competencies
• An understanding of the Humanitarian Principles
• Discrete
• Loyal
• Active listener
• Honest
• Capable of displaying Leadership
• Self-reliant, reliable
• Clear understanding of Decision, Action, Consequence.

Competencies and Behaviours:
Delivering Results (Skilled):

• Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources
• Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others
• Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision
• Understands the link between their work and the organisation’s objectives

Innovating and Adapting (Skilled):

• Suggests creative improvements and better ways of working
• Seeks out and applies successful ideas from others to overcome challenges
• Shifts tasks, roles and priorities to perform effectively under changing or unclear conditions
• Applies lessons learned to enhance future ways of working
• Applying Technical & Professional Expertise (Skilled)
• Delivers work that reflects a good knowledge and application of technical and professional standards
• Keeps up to date with trends in their work area
• Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conducts

Working Effectively With Others (Skilled):

• Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
• Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
• Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups
• Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximise impact

Communicating With Impact (Skilled):

• Actively listens and seeks to understand before being understood
• Ensures communications are concise and well-structured
• Shares appropriate relevant and timely information with others
• Prepares effectively for meetings.