Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Officer
International Rescue Committee
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Job Description/Requirements
Requisition ID: req52825
Job Title: Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Officer
Sector: Safety & Security
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Katsina, Nigeria
Work Arrangement: In-person
Job Description
BACKGROUND:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, provides relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of natural disaster, oppression and violent conflict in 42 countries. The IRC is committed to bold leadership, innovation and creative partnerships. Active in public health, education, livelihoods, women's empowerment, youth development, and protection and promotion of rights, IRC assists people from harm to home. IRC entered Nigeria in October 2012 in response to a widespread flood disaster. IRC’s Emergency Response Team, with local partner CISCOPE (Civil Society Coalition for Poverty Eradication), implemented a project to support livelihoods and improve WASH in Kogi State from February to May 2013. This was followed by a 3-month nutrition and food security program in the same location from October 2013 to January 2014. The IRC is now in the process of establishing long term presence in Nigeria.Offices were established in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) States, North East Nigeria and are providing critical humanitarian assistance to conflict affected has plans in place to extend response to the North west Nigeria humanitarian crisis with activities planned for Zamfara state.
Project Overview:
The BHA (Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance) project, “ Integrated Emergency Response to the Displaced Population in Zamfara, Sokoto, And Katsina States, Northwest Nigeria’ depending on fund availability will be carried out by a consortium led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in collaboration with the Alliance for International Medical Action (Alima), Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), and Life Helpers Initiative (LHI), aims to leverage each partner's expertise to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to internally displaced people populations through area-based approach. The Consortium partners will provide an integrated multisectoral intervention in Health, Nutrition, WASH, Protection, and Multi-purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) activities in Zamfara, Katsina, and Sokoto states in collaboration with state governments, UN organizations and other key actors in Northwest Nigeria. The project will be implemented by a dedicated support, quality assurance, and coordination team, who will work closely with all partners through a management unit of well-structured consortium governance for the activity.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The HASSO is under the direct supervision of the Field Coordinator (FC) and indirectly the Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager (HASSM). The Humanitarian Access Safety & Security Officer (HASSO) should assist FC and HASSM to maintain, improve and expand principled humanitarian access to and by conflict-affected populations in Katsina state, assisting the implementation of humanitarian access and security management plans in compliance with IRC’s strategy and in line with humanitarian principles, humanitarian needs, Duty of Care and Gender Equality principles.
The post holder will provide expert advice to all IRC entities based in Katsina, the shared services unit, to assist FC and the HASSM to identify changes and trends in the humanitarian access and security environment in the areas of operations and will ensure that adequate and up-to-date policies and procedures are in place and ensure people have the information they need to manage operations, to identify issues, and to recommend and implement measures to reduce them.
Major Responsibilities
Humanitarian Access
Safety and Security Risk Management
Liaison, networking, analysis
Context Analysis and Reporting:
Briefing, Training and Capacity Building :
Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to: Field Coordinator
Indirect/Technical Reporting: Humanitarian Access Safety and Security Manager
Qualifications
Work Experience:
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Desirable:
Work Environment
The position will be based in Katsina, Katsina state, Nigeria. The situation in Katsina state and the northwest Nigeria in general continues to be volatile and the security phase is orange or red depending on location. This is a national position.
Standards for Professional Conduct:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
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