Job Description 

The Safety & Security Coordinator will be an integral member of the Nigeria team and will report to the Government Relations lead. You will ensure effective security operations, risk mitigation and staff care to support our staff and keep operations up and running. You will develop a safety and security strategy, build capacity for staff on security management, monitor security threats and trends, responding where required, providing the country team with information and technical and operational assistance, and monitoring the compliance to security risk management plan by all staffers. You will be the point person for staffers on safety & security issues.

Job Level

JL 6

Location

Abuja, Nigeria with travels across project locations

Expected Manager

Barnabas Usman

Will this position be managing others?

No

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Analysis, Reporting and Coordination 
    • Conduct Situational and Security Risk Assessments to determine risk levels for staff, provide operations updates and recommendations. 
    • Conduct security trend analysis and provide advice for program planning. 
    • Engage with stakeholders in coordination of contingency plans and information.
    • Monitor the security preparedness of country staff and enforce staff compliance with internal security rules and SOPs, ensuring they are communicated to all staff and understood.
    • Ensure regular communication GR lead and country director on key security issues and imperative for business. 
    • Provide HSS advice and support to 1AF Nigeria leadership decision-making, providing valuable information for the Country Crisis Management Team.
    • Develop relationships with local security contacts and independently expand networks of information sources.
  • Strategy Development & Management
    • Develop and ensure compliance with Country Security Plans, policies, Contingency Plans, SOPs, mitigation measures, and Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS).
    • Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilized; create a security incident database and perform incident mapping, assessments and analysis.
    • Update the Risk Analysis Matrix (threat, likelihood, impact, level of vulnerability, level of risk).
    • Be the primary responder to security incidents involving staff during and after office hours, and escalating incident response management to leadership when needed.
  • Staff Training & Capacity building  
    • Ensure all field staff are fully cognizant of prevailing security threats, duly advises on means of reducing their vulnerability to those threats and develops action plans for security upgrades.
    • Conduct capacity building, coaching and drilling with concerned staff to enhance their capacity in implementation of the preparedness and security measures.

Top Skills and Qualifications

  • At least two years of professional experience on similar roles. 
  • A relevant university degree or equivalence 
  • Experience developing security risks mitigation strategies. 
  • Demonstrated experience in conducting security risk assessments and reporting. 
  • Experience engaging with external partners to gather information. 
  • Experience analyzing information and providing recommendations and advisory to organizations’ leadership. 
  • Demonstrated project management abilities, in unstructured environments
  • Collaborative approach and ability to work across many different departments effectively
  • Proficiency in MS Suite, particularly spreadsheets (can maintain complex spreadsheets) for contact and risk management experience
  • Language: English required

Benefits

Health insurance, paid time off 

Sponsor International Candidates

This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria

Women are strongly encouraged to apply

Application Deadline

02 April 2024. Applications after this date will be accepted on a rolling basis. 

For more information reach out to barnabas.usman@oneacrefund.org

 

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism are deeply connected to our organization’s mission and purpose. One Acre Fund aspires to build a culture where all staff feel consistently valued, represented, and connected – so that our team can thrive as professionals, and achieve exceptional impact for the farmers we serve.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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