Job Openings at Save the Children

Job Id: 190000YI
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
 
Role Purpose

• To reduce the risk posed to the programmes, personnel and assets of Save the Children in North East Nigeria.
• Reporting to the safety and security Manager Borno Nigeria, this role will assist in the coordination and management of safety and security primarily in Borno office, SCI field sites.
• The role will provide security support, coordination and advise to all tiers of SCI Borno.

Scope of Role

• To reduce the risks posed to the program, personnel and assets of Save the Children in Borno and facilitate, Nigeria.
• This will include ongoing threat assessment and advising on risk management; the maintenance of appropriate guidelines; and ensuring that field working practices are robust and that all staff are aware of, trained in, and adhere to these policies and procedures. Integral to the posting is the ability to work successfully with field teams to cultivate capacity and motivation, thereby ensuring field-based responsibility for security analysis and management.

Key Areas of Accountability
Works with the Humanitarian Team Lead/National Security Manager 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 North East Area Offices 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 Area Incident Management Team in case of security-related crisis

Assessment and Analysis:

• Coordinate with the Security Manager for the preparation & delivery of high quality reports, analysis and security by gathering information from a variety of sources.
• The Security Office will submit monthly written report on Vehicles 1st Aid boxes, Hibernation items Firefighting equipment, briefing tracker to the Security Manager and National security Manager
• Prepare the monthly Guards transport allowance and company’s payment
• The Security officer will  provide weekly security briefing and safety briefing to new/arriving staff to Maiduguri
• Ensure that incident reports are properly compiled in a timely manner by staff and shared with the Security Manager and National Safety & Security Manager
• 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 Area management team

Policies and procedures:

• Ensure that all Borno/NE 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 Area Operations Manager and National Safety & Security Manager
• 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 Area Operations and field managers

Communication and Training:

• Liaise on a regular basis with UN, government   and local administration and where possible with community leaders in the process of gathering and verifying security information
• Support 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 security manager to any hardware failures
• Regularly update the briefing slides base the on the context of Borno
• Support Safety and Security trainings to SCI Borno/NE 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 Borno/NE and on occasions escort visitors on field missions
• The successful candidate will have a high degree of common sense and a genuine interest in people.

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

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience in liaising with civilian, police and military government authorities, as well as with field level , national and international institutions
• Must be a retired Security officer with any of Nigerian security Organization of not less than 15 years’ experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in complex and insecure environment
• Ability to speak Hausa
• Well organised with ‘people skills’
• Ability and willingness to travel within Borno in particular and North East Nigeria in general is essential.
• Demonstrable network of contacts within the security organizations is very key
• 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
• Commitment to Save the Children values

Desirable:

• Ability to speak local language especially Kanuri, and Burra or any of the local language in Borno
• The candidate should be preferably from the State with a good contextual knowledge of environment and good reporting/analytical skills.

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.

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Job Id: 190000Q0
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Background
The gender equality analysis is an objective analysis of the differences in the conditions, needs, participation rates, access to resources and development, control of assets, decision-making powers, protection issues including SGBV, etc. between girls/women and boys/men in their assigned gender roles and how this has been impacted by the crises.

It is important to understand these differences in order to ensure that SCI Humanitarian response programme tackles gender inequalities and discrimination where needed and benefit equally girls, women, boys and men. SCI Humanitarian response programme believes that gender inequality should not be a barrier to beneficiaries benefiting from its programme initiatives as the services offered are in line with their rights.
 
The Gender Equality Analysis will provide an understanding of how gender inequalities persist in the Communities where SCI Nigeria Humanitarian Programmes are implemented with emphasis on IHA Communities in Konduga & Mafa LGAs chosen as a sample size. It would also analyze how our programmes are implemented and its causes, how it intersects with other inequalities and identities, how it impacts on human rights enjoyment and/or benefits produced by and access to development efforts as well as an understanding of SCI’s commitment and capacity to work on gender equality in programming.

The gender equality analysis will then serve as key input to programme design, giving a clear indication of the most appropriate responses, to be considered in designing relevant programmes that will meet the needs of more people in/of our target groups taking into context the location specific issues.

Description of the Assignment
Objective:

• The objective of the detailed gender analysis is to generate data to better inform and provide IHA, Canada/Nigeria Humanitarian response programme with essential information for planning and increase understanding of project stakeholders on the gender dynamics in the Communities where our Programmes are implemented and advise the stakeholders on how to implement these project activities to the benefit of everyone.
• The gender equality analysis is expected to conform to SCI’s gender equality policy. Using the relevant Programme documents and SC gender equality resources such as the program guidance and toolkit, and the gender equality policy as a guide, the consultant is expected to first, collect information in relation to the project activities, the ownership, decision making processes among targeted communities, vulnerability and protection concerns of target Communities (e.g. issues around SGBV), participation, needs and aspirations, etc.
• The consultant will then use this information in the analysis of factors and trends influencing programme activities.

Specific Objectives:

• Specify the target group(s) of the SCI Humanitarian programme in our gender programming in those locations.
• Analyze the current situation of these target groups including gender gaps and other identity-based gaps, and how the situation has shifted as a result of the crisis
• Define desired changes to their situation
• Identify relevant responses to make such changes.
• Identify ‘best placed’ stakeholders to implement those responses.
• Make specific recommendations on integration of gender equality into the

SCI Humanitarian Response Programmes in those locations, including modification of existing programme responses and/or putting in place new ones.

Scope and Focus of Work:

• The Gender Equality Analysis should provide qualitative information, sex-age disaggregated data and analysis on the gender dynamics in SCI Nigeria Humanitarian Programme in order contribute to the dialogue and facilitate the development of gender-sensitive country strategies as well as programmes and projects throughout SCI Nigeria.

The gender equality analysis should at a minimum meet the following criteria:

• Complete a desk review using key recent information (including existing SC program data as well as public available information) on the situation of women and girls, men and boys covering key barriers to achievinggender equality (including social norms, legislative, institutional capacity, Protection issues including SGBV, time use, division of labor, power relations, access to and control over resources, decision making abilities, etc.) focusing on those areas that are of interest to the activity of SCI Nigeria Humanitarian Programme - which will also provide the baseline for future measurement and provide an interpretation/analysis of findings;
• A mapping of actors in SCI Nigeria Humanitarian Programme locations with mandate and capacity to act for gender equality (Community Leaders, CBOs, NGOs, Religious leaders, etc.);
• A mapping of knowledge/information gaps (e.g. sex-age disaggregated statistical information);
• Collection of primary data from diverse populations in target locations.
• A number of clear tangible suggestions for the inclusion of gender in the areas of SCI Nigeria Humanitarian Programme interventions.

Requested Services and Outputs:

• The final output will be an analytical and operative document based on qualitative and quantitative documentary review and fresh new field research /analysis.

Methodology
The process will be consultative and based on principles of participation, the methods for gathering the required information for the feasibility study may include:

Secondary Data Sources:

• A review of the existing SCI policies such as, the SCI Gender equality policy, the SCI gender equality & program guidance tool kit, the SCI Child Safeguarding policy, SCI Education strategy etc.
• A review of local laws, policies and strategies related to the target groups or the work of SCI Nigeria.
• A review of current and up-to-date secondary sources regarding the target programme locations, especially in terms of specifying the target group and the local stakeholders.

Primary Data Sources:

• Interviews, focus group discussions, key informant interviews and/or questionnaires with national, state and local authorities whose roles are related to dealing with children in situations of vulnerability
• These can serve both to gather data and to discuss existing or potential modes of collaboration
• Interviews, focus groups discussions, key informant interviews, and/or questionnaires with representatives of non-governmental organizations and local associations that provide direct essential services in the area of education and health services or capacity strengthening for the target group and/or are involved in advocacy in child welfare and child protections system
• Again, these can serve both to gather data and to discuss existing or potential collaboration
• Interviews, focus groups, key informant interviews, risk mapping exercises, etc. with Community leaders, religious leaders and a diversity of gender groups (e.g. CAAFAG, Foster parents, Child headed households, Female headed households, Adolescent Boys and Girls, Persons with disabilities etc.) within the selected Communities
• Additional data collection techniques and analysis to be determined by the researcher/consultant (should be elaborated in the consultant proposal).

The methodology will be explained concisely. All the instruments used such as interview guide, focus group discussions guide, list of documents andinstitutions/ persons involved in the analysis, agenda of the meetings (if applicable) will be placed in annex.

Current Situation:

• This concise part will provide an overview on the current country/location situation from a gender equality perspective, illustrated as appropriate with references
• The analysis will be presented in a format that identifies “strengthsand weaknesses”.
• The analysis will consider the various inter-related causal factors, and will highlight trends and forces which could contribute to theoverall change in existing gender-related relations.
• All information must be sought disaggregated by sex as a minimum; other criteria (age groups, vulnerabilities, etc.) need to be included as well,where available. Where sex disaggregated data do not exist or is outdated(e.g. older than 5 years) this should be pointed out and possibly brieflyexplained. How to collect up to date information should be explored.
• The Consultant should provide an overview and analysis with regard to gender equality, the situation of men and women, girls and boys, and context and group specific problems in the following areas:

Specific Issues and Response Strategies
In this part, the Consultant must provide proposals to contribute to:

• How to improve and adapt programmes to take on a gender based approach and adequately measure them
• Design / formulate new actions where relevant and possible.
• Identify results for gender equality that will be achieved through the existing programmes
• Ensure adequate monitoring and data tracking
• Identify resources where needed

Consultant Profile
Qualifications and Skills:

• Postgraduate University Degree or equivalent with relevant work experience in Development Studies, Social Development, Gender Studies or equivalent;
• Strong writing and communication skills;
• A minimum of five years’ experience in social development and gender analysis;
• Specific experience and expertise on gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and women’s participation;
• Extensive experience working on national gender policies in developing countries;
• Experience of working in the Nigeria is essential, other field experience being desirable;
• Organizational development and capacity building experience;
• Knowledge of international/regional agreements and initiatives on gender (UN, CEDAW, Beijing, etc.);
• Demonstrated experience in managing a team of experts;
• Demonstrated experience in programmes related to the following sectors such as Child care, Protection, education, health, women empowerment, health, among others.
• Computer literacy (minimum MS Word, Excel, MIS).
• The expert must be fluent in English, both oral and written (Consultant can engage translators to be used during KIIs & FGDs if the need arises)

Planning:

• The assignment will take place in selected Communities of SCI’s Humanitarian Response Programme in Borno State for a foreseen duration of 28 working days.

Reporting
Content/Submission/Comments Timing:

• Inception Report of maximum 10 pages to be produced after one week from the start of implementation. The report should includethe table of content, initial findings, methodology and process of collecting data, any difficulties encountered or expected in addition tothe work programme. The Consultant should precede to the next phase of his/her work unless the Contracting Authority sendscomments on the inception report.
• Draft final report of maximum 70 pages (main text, excluding annexes) in the format provided above for the inception report. Thedraft report shall be subjected to comments from SCI. The report shall contain a sufficiently detailed description of the different options to support an informed decision on the use of the gender analysis.
• Final report with the same specifications as the draft final report,incorporating any comments received from the parties on the draftreport
• The deadline for sending the final report is 10 days after receipt of comments on the draft final report.

The final report (as well as previous reports) must be of very high quality,including language. The findings, analysis, conclusions and recommendationsshould be thorough and the link between them should be clear. The recommendations should be concrete and realistic and presented in a logicalstructure following on their importance and level of details.