Country Security Manager at Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) Full Time

Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is currently seeking for application from qualified applicants to fill the vacant position of Country Security Manager. interested and qualified applicants can apply via the details below

Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is a public health and development consulting firm established by a team with extensive experience in international development and public health programming. We provide technical assistance for health system reforms towards access to cost-effective and quality health care across Nigeria and the continent of Africa. With a network of over 50 global partners and consultants, we develop programmes and provide sustainable solutions for a broad spectrum of health and development challenges.

HSCL is registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (2009), the Tanzanian Registry of Companies (2014), the Office of Administration and registration in Sierra Leone (2015) and the Office of the Registration of Companies in Zambia (2016). HSCL has established offices in Nigeria, Tanzania and Sierra Leone and has also done work in several African countries including Cameroun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mauritius, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zanzibar. In Nigeria, HSCL with it’s headquarters in Abuja, has offices in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Borno, and Lagos states.

Project Background
In collaboration with the Government of Nigeria (GoN), PEPFAR/USAID investments have led to the achievement of significant progress in the fight against the HIV epidemic in Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. However, the 2018 Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) showed that epidemic control targets are yet to be achieved. Further, this progress is threatened by development challenges: limited financial resources, insufficient use of data for decision making, weak coordination mechanism across all levels of government and insecurity. The Accelerating Control of HIV Epidemic (ACE) project provides USAID with the opportunity to support the GoN, civil society groups, and private sector actors in the cluster 3 focus states to close gaps in reaching control targets, address critical challenges in implementing their HIV response and accelerate progress towards sustainable epidemic control.

We are seeking a skilled, reliable, efficient employee to join our growing organization in the capacity below:

Job Title: Country Security Manager

Location: Abuja
Project: Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE)

Roles and Responsibilities
Security Management:

• Develop and update the security guidelines, SOP’s and Contingency Plans for the program
• Supervise and train national counterpart and security officers in the state program.
• Coordinate and monitor security activities to ensure that safety and security policies and procedures are implemented.
• Ensure that all field staff are fully cognizant of prevailing security threats and fully advised on means to reduce staff vulnerability to those threats.
• Design and drill warden systems, emergency radio networks, and provisioning of emergency supplies for field personnel.
• Ensure internal incident tracking system is utilized properly and perform incident mapping and analysis.
• Collects security related information from local and regional resources.
• Monitors the security preparedness of country staff and works with COP to enforce staff compliance with internal security policies and SOPs.
• When directed by the COP, carry out investigations and capture lessons learned to be incorporated into future staff trainings.
• Act as a key member of the Field Incident Team when required during a crisis so that safety policies and procedures are implemented.
• Ensures logistics follows a servicing and maintenance schedule for vehicles
• Audits communications equipment and facilitates communications-related assistance when necessary.
• Recommends changes in country security plans to COP as needed.
• Ensure induction security briefings are conducted to all arriving staff, visitors or volunteers.

Compliance:

• Ensure weekly security reports are completed and sent to headquarters, providing timely updates of all situational and security developments including investigation of security incidents.
• Conducts and submits Security Risk Assessments of programs, as required.
• Conducts and submits full Site Security Surveys of every site visited.
• Conducts and submits Trip Reports of all field deployments.
• The above should be completed using the Security Department approved templates and be submitted to the COP.
• Keep excellent records and logs to ensure continuity of this position.
• Make frequent site visits to facilities to carry out security assessments and ensure appropriate care and training are being conducted Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff.

Training/ Capacity Building:

• Determine training needs for the security staff.
• Train senior national staff to increase their responsibilities to build capacity and ensure sustainability.
• Works with the COP to conduct any staff security training that is warranted.
• Working Relationships
• Maintain excellent working relationships as a member of the country team senior management.
• Build strong professional relationships with UN agencies, local authorities, and other NGO’s.

Representation:

• Attends security coordination meetings and updates COP on current security issues
• Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organizations Code of Conduct, ethics, values and standpoint about internal and external actors.
• Other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive

Qualifications and Skills

• At least five years of field security experience in hostile environments or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to relate to and motivate national staff effectively
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources
• Extremely flexible with the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations
• Excellent decision-making skills
• Advance First Aid training
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
• Ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources

Application Closing Date
29th March, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter (not more than a page) and updated CV in one document to: [email protected]stating the Job Title as the subject of the email.