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  • Posted: Jan 23, 2023
    Deadline: Feb 5, 2023
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    EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and every mother has the best chance at survival. In 20 countries around the world, we train health care professionals and partner with governments and communities to make high-quality family planning and sexual a...
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    Security Consultant

    PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

    • The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the EngenderHealth security system to guide staff and program operations in the development and fragile settings in Nigeria SCOPE OF WORK
    • Under the direct supervision of the Country Representative, the consultant is expected to perform the following tasks:
    • Review EngenderHealth Nigeria security systems to identify strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in operations and programs vis-a-vis EngenderHealth global security systems and expected standards in the current and future scenario situation(s) of Nigeria.
    • Review staff office locations to determine emergency evacuation possibilities including safe-haven points within the office or within the city where the office is located.
    • Develop a draft evacuation plan from all office buildings where staff co-locate as well as responses to potential incidents around the offices such as alternative routes to exit the neighborhood to avoid threats and insecurity situations that may emerge in the surroundings. This will be reviewed by EngenderHealth and finalized by the Consultant.
    • Identify types of risk in the project locations (Sokoto, Bauchi, FCT, Ebonyi, and Kebbi states) and recommend possible actions to take in event of an emergency.
    • Submit recommendations and costed key actions for improvement to the overall security system.
    • Support the Admin team in the assessment of office space, vendors, and other entities relevant to security improvements as applicable.
    • Lead the development of a visitor security briefing information package for visitors to the Country and state locations.
    • Support the development of relevant security processes and documents including a security plan, communication tree architecture, security breach/notice plan, security travel policy, etc.
    • Develop a security roadmap for program continuity and sustainability in humanitarian settings.
    • Lead on the retraining of staff on the Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) and other security training such as Incident Management procedures.
    • Conduct internal risk assessments to include local country travel, office/venue safety, and security controls.

    DELIVERABLES

    • Outcome of review of staff office locations to determine emergency evacuation possibilities including safe-haven points within the office or within the city where the office is located.
    • Draft evacuation plan for review.
    • Final evacuation plan
    • Document the security system of the project including key recommendations and costed actions for improvement.
    • Visitor security briefing package.
    • Security road map for program continuity and sustainability in humanitarian settings.
    • Submission of monthly reports, including activity-based reports for the SWOT analysis exercise, field-based assessment, and staff training.
    • Completion of relevant security plan, policies, and documents as highlighted in the scope of work.
    • Adherence to EngenderHealth and USAID policies during implementation. The relevant USAID rules and regulations as well as EngenderHealth policies will be shared.
    • Establishment and maintenance of excellent working relationships with community, state, and national stakeholders as applicable.

    REQUIREMENTS

    • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as Political/ Social Sciences, International Relations, Conflict or Security Studies
    • Certification and/or Experience delivering HEAT and other security-based training.
    • Minimum of Seven (7) years of proven experience in the development security sector.
    • Experience of more than four (4) years working at a senior management level as the security lead.

    PREFERRED SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND FUNCTIONS

    • Experience providing security advice including plans, policies, and procedures, to international NGOs and/or international donors.
    • Experience developing relevant security plans, policies, and processes.
    • Strong field knowledge and experience in North and Southern Nigeria.
    • Strong management, communication, and interpersonal skills
    • Strong analytical capacity
    • Very good organizational and time-management skills
    • Ability to work under pressure and deal with the surge of activities.
    • Proactive to ensure deadlines are achieved.
    • Demonstrated capability to provide quality written incident reporting and threat assessments.
    • Open-minded, inclusive, and tolerant towards other people, irrespective of position, gender, or other identities.
    • Good to Very Good computer skills with mastery of MS Office applications
    • Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
    • Committed to EngenderHealth’s core organizational values of reflection, inclusion, integrity, respect, and transformation.
    • Fluency in both written and spoken English.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to EngenderHealth on engenderhealth.secure.force.com to apply

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