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Overall Responsibilities
Under the general supervision and guidance of the Safety and Security Officer or another designated staff, the Safety and Security Assistant will be responsible for the following key duties:

• The Safety & Security Assistant is responsible to follow up the security context in COOPI areas of intervention and assists in maintaining a safe and secure environment for COOPI employees and visitors, premises, and assets as well as maintaining regular communication with staff during field movement.
• The Security Assistant is responsible for ensuring that appropriate systems and procedures are in place to maximize safety and security and that they are adhered to at all times.
• The Safety and Security Assistant is responsible for supporting the Northeast Nigeria Security team in Yobe State to ensure that safety and security is mainstreamed into all field operations across Northeast Nigeria and that the high-quality information is available for decision making.

Main Responsibilities and Tasks

• Under the direct supervision of the Safety and Security Officer (SSO), the Safety & Security Assistant (SSA) will assist in building up the capacity, awareness and preparedness of staff to deal with security-related risks, threats and incidents through the delivery of high quality, regular trainings or briefings to national and international staff and COOPI visitors within the area of responsibility.
• The SSA will maintain a high level of contextual awareness of his/her operating area and strong coordination with Program and Operations support teams at the Field level. He/she will form a wide web of network to proactively collate and source for relevant security information.
• The SSA will assist Safety and Security Officer in conducting collaborative security risk assessments with all field-based staff in line with the standard COOPI security management structures.
• The SSA will support Safety and security officer and Logistics Coordinator in enforcement and implementation of existing SOPs and other risk mitigation plans guided by the acceptance, protection, and deterrence strategies.
• The SSA will act as a liaison link between COOPI and other external security functionaries within the areas of responsibility, represent COOPI in security forums as directed by supervisor to objectively ensure that the operations and program needs of COOPI are well addressed.

Under the direct supervision of the safety and security officer, he/she will:

• Continuously monitor the environment in the operational areas for which he/she is responsible, as required, and at a minimum of once per quarter, support Safety and Security Unit and Head of Base in updating risk registers and security/safety SOPs.
• Ensure that the Base Office SOPs and associated documents are kept up to date and reviewed regularly, and staff constantly kept aware of their contents.
• Brief, supervise and liaise on daily basis with the contracted guards and drivers to ensure the guard force and fleet is aware of COOPI SOPs and are effectively enforcing the required regulations.
• Accompany program staff on field missions on a need basis in order to better develop an awareness of the challenges faced by COOPI staff in the field
• Liaise with government, Army, Police, DSS, Local Heads and other key external stakeholders to ensure that COOPI staff can maintain regular and safe access to program areas.
• Regularly coordinate with peer organization safety staff/focal points to get the current contextual information.
• Using standard trainings developed by the safety and security unit, SSA, conduct regular refresher training to COOPI staff on personal safety, fire prevention, defensive driving among others.
• Prepare weekly reports for the Base office and update data on available incident data tools.
• Submitting when required, immediate email advisories to Gashua office / Damaturu office when significant security incidents occur.
• Submit formal post-incident reports to the Head of Base, Safety and security officer, Area Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator.
• Work closely with the Head of Base and Safety and security officer, Logistics Coordinator and Area Coordinator, to ensure that the Security Focal Group (SFG) meetings are held, and minutes submitted to Area Coordinator, Logistics Coordinator and Safety and Security officer as required.
• During a critical incident, he/she will support the Head of Base, Safety and security officer, Area Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator in critical incident management giving all the required support as outlined in the COOPI Security SOP.
• The SSA will be available 24/7 to respond to any staff concerns or incidents that might require urgent attention.
• Track and monitor COOPI staff movement within the areas of responsibility and report any movement breaches to Safety and Security officer and Head of Base.
• This ToR shall be inclusive of any other task specifically assigned by the direct supervisor for what concerns the implementation of the program activities

Code of conduct and associated policies:

• Treat beneficiaries with dignity and apply COOPI’s Code of Ethics and Conduct, the UN Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the field, including sensitizing Field Monitors and vendors/agents on such principles.
• Promote the zero-tolerance policy regarding corruption and ensure adherence to COOPI Code of Conduct and Anti-Fraud policy.

Profile of the Candidate (Education, Training, Experience, Competences, Skills)
Minimum Requirements:

Education:

• Degree or Higher National Diploma,

Experience:

• At least 2 years working as a security personnel with an INGO.
• Previous experience in implementing and managing safety and security situations for large groups of staff,
• Experience working in North East Nigeria will be an added advantage.

Technical Skills & Knowledge:

• Sound understanding of Security management, concepts and principles with a broad knowledge of best practices and techniques.
• Ability to rapidly analyse and integrate diverse information.

Competencies:

• Good communication and negotiation skills with the ability to persuade, influence and adapts quickly to different situations;
• Excellent oral, and writing skills.
• Well organized and detail-oriented;
• Can work well in highly stressful situations
• Ability to work independently and in a team with other departments and units

Essential:

• Be professional, motivated, flexible, and culturally sensitive
• Be excellent in communication skills and proficient in report writing.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office programming (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Excellent communication, writing, and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in a team, and establish effective working relationships with people from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and simultaneously manage multiple tasks in an autonomous manner.
• Previous work experience with INGOs and UN Organization is desirable.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of the local language (Hausa and Kanuri).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Previous experience in a similar position
• This ToR shall be inclusive of any other task specifically those assigned by Safety and Security officer, Area Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator.

Application Closing Date
6th February, 2024.

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Overall Responsibilities

• The gender and protection officer will be responsible for supporting implementing the minimum measures for mainstreaming gender and protection as outlined by the Humanitarian Principles, the SPHERE Standards, WFP Policy on Gender and Protection and the Inter Agency Standing Committee Guidelines.
• The Gender and Protection Officer is mainly responsible for mainstreaming gender and protection across the various components and activities of the WFP-funded Project in Yobe State.
• He/She will create and develop protection and Gender integration activities in line with the priorities determined by COOPI.
• He/she will ensure performance tools are available for local staff, in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the programs, while taking into consideration the local cultural context.
• This position is responsible for the implementation, monitoring and follow-up of the Gender mainstreaming and general protection activities of the project, ensuring that gender-related issues are addressed effectively, and contributing to the creation of an inclusive and equitable work environment

Main Responsibilities and Tasks
Under the direct supervision of the MEAL Manager, the Gender and Protection Officer will perform the under listed tasks:

• Work closely with the project team and the beneficiaries to ensure activities are being implemented in a gender and age sensitive manner.
• Prepare, organize and conduct the protection-oriented Focus Group Discussions and Gender Discussion Meetings during project implementation
• Ensure equal participation of women and men in the activities and ensure to have an appropriate complaint and feedback mechanism to collect the communities’ feedback in a gender sensitive manner and ensure that the programme includes these feedbacks throughout the project implementation
• Meet regularly with the program team to fine-tune programming, ensuring activities are implemented using a gendered lens
• Support vulnerable individuals identified during project implementation.
• Ensure Do No Harm approach is applied in all activities conducted with the site and host communities.
• Supports project staff to mainstream gender in beneficiary identification and verification.
• Ensures gender is mainstreamed in various stakeholder meetings and capacity building.
• Prepares and forwards to the MEAL Manager monthly work plans and progress reports for the entire projects based on set indicators for the 5W matrix and any other required reporting to partners and donors;
• Identify program gaps and suggests to the Program Manager and MEAL manager mitigating actions in periodic reports;
• Collects and documents success stories and photographs for reports; Follows and enforces all COOPI codes of conduct and policies (globally and in-country); Protection, gender and AAP are to be integrated into the partner monthly narrative report. Additional reports to be shared include: safety audits, protection monitoring scorecards, protection risk assessments and outcome of consultation with PMCs and the affected population on the impact of food assistance.
• Submit weekly and monthly work plans along with detailed activity reports to the MEAL Manager.

Capacity Strengthening:

• Build the capacity of the project staff on Protection and GBV-related issues, in order to enhance internal knowledge and expertise and provide qualitative delivery of activities with high protection standards and enhance protection sensitive approach within the targeted communities.
• Translate gender and protection mainstreaming into concrete, practical actions (awareness-raising, training and on the job mentoring) of project colleagues.
• Lead the delivery of the protection and gender components of the social behavioural change communication;
• Conduct training and/or awareness raising for project teams on mainstreaming protection and integrating gender;
• Support to implement good practice in data protection and privacy;
• Support awareness-raising of the food security team and the affected population on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.

Protection Analysis:

• Conducting joint protection risk and gender analysis with Donors and Internally as required;
• Accountability to Affected Populations (consultation, information provision and complaints and feedback mechanism management)
• Contribute to the design and implementation of approaches related to information provision, community consultation, feedback and complaints mechanisms;
• Establish and consult Project Management Committees.
• Understanding the conflict context;
• Carefully considering the interactions between planned or ongoing interventions and the
• Analyze the conflict context, identifying the conflict drivers/ dividers and the connectors;
• Acting upon the understanding in programme design and implementation, to minimize
• potential negative impacts by emphasizing the connectors and diminishing the dividers; and
• Responding to changes in conflict dynamics by adjusting programming.

Networking and partnerships:

• Establish and maintain collaborative relations with relevant donors, partners, project stakeholders and other organizations
• Maintain effective relationships with Protection, GBV and CP clusters and related working groups at national level
• Ensure that main protection concerns are brought to relevant stakeholders to advocate for the respect of human rights and minimum protection standards.
• Reduce the risk of a lapse or relapse into violent conflict by directly addressing root causes and consequences of conflict;
• Strengthen national, community and individual capacities to address conflict constructively; and
• Lay and support foundations for sustainable peace and development.

Protection Monitoring:

• Monitoring and communicating to the MEAL and Program Managers changes in the protection environment; Document barriers faced by certain groups in accessing safe and meaningful assistance (child headed households, people with disabilities, separated and unaccompanied minors, women headed households) and provide Program Manager with appropriate adjustments to ensure inclusion of most vulnerable and at-risk categories;
• Mapping and communicating protection (including gender-based violence and child protection) referral pathways to Program Manager and on-site help and feedback desk;
• Ensure safe and confidential referrals of protection cases for the provision of food assistance to COOPI Programmes.

Gender:

• Coordinate and ensure implementation of gender mainstreaming in all EFP-funded COOPI’s program
• Lead and conduct gender analyses, technical studies, and assessments on gender in relation to WFP master card foundation project activities
• Ensure that program activities are carried out with cultural sensitivity while promoting gender equality and inclusion of marginalized groups
• Leads in integrating gender into MEAL processes, setting specific indicators for process monitoring and advising team in obtaining gender specific information.

Profile of the Candidate (Education, Training, Experience, Competences, Skills)

• Have a University Degree in one of the following fields: Psychosocial Peacebuilding, Psychology, Social Work or relevant fields.
• A Master’s degree is preferred.

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience working in a humanitarian organization or with displacement affected populations.
• Have facilitated/ co-facilitated psychosocial support trainings to key stakeholders that include refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), security, local and community leaders with excellent command of trainees in relevant fields.
• Experience in capacity building of staff and or case managers in mental health and psychosocial support.
• Basic understanding of trauma and how to help participants manage the effects of trauma that often arise during workshops due to their personal experience of societal violence.
• Demonstrate leadership skills, active listening skills, initiative and personal discipline, etc.
• Have good computer skills and mastery of MS Office tools.

Qualities:

• Adhere to COOPI values and abide by the code of conduct and other policies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Mastery of English (fluency in spoken and written languages).
• Have a knowledge of a local language preferably Hausa and Fulani.
• Candidates should be from Yobe state

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