Security Officer, NO-1 at UNICEF IN SOKOTO
UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme:
Experience 1 year
Location Sokoto
The Security Officer reports to the Security Specialist or CFO. Under the direct supervision of the CFO and general guidance of the Security Manager, the Security Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance to the supervisor to manage a range of activities on security risk management, operational and administrative planning, ensuring the safety and security of personnel and their eligible family members as well as safeguarding of UNICEF premises, assets and resources at the duty station.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Security Risk Management and Planning
- Provide input related to the safety and security of UNICEF personnel and eligible family members, premises, assets and resources in accordance with UN and UNICEF Security Management Systems.
- Assist in the implementation of all technical security requirements contained in the SRMs and Contingency Plans, Residential Security Measures (RSM), and other relevant policies, guidelines, and assessments. Provide technical support for contracted security providers.
- Assist in providing technical support for all UNICEF contracted security providers.
- Provide technical input to UNICEF security documentation including security contingency plans and assist in drafting mandatory reports in accordance with UNICEF security reporting guidelines including Security Incident Reports (SIRs).
Safety and Security Services
- Monitor the security situation and provide information, through the supervisor, on emerging security threats to UNICEF personnel and eligible family members, premises assets and resources. Assist in security activities that support UNICEF operations and enable programme field missions at an acceptable level of risk. Coordinate, manage and participate in the development of mission security plans and operations, including where field mission operations occur at a High level of risk and require measures such as the use of armed escorts.
- Ensure that UNICEF personnel are kept informed of matters affecting their safety and security and the actions to take in the event of an emergency including those identified in the UNICEF/UN Security Plans.
- Support the establishment of an effective and functioning communications system for security management within UNICEF that is fully integrated into the UN Emergency Communications System.
- Coordinate and ensure that all UNICEF personnel undertake mandatory security training/briefings and participate in security related contingency exercises.
- Assist in the implementation of security surveys of international personnel residences in accordance with the Residential Security Measures (RSM).
Security Networking and Partnership Building
- Actively participate and maintain official liaison with UNSMS, I/NGO, diplomatic and international community security advisors and relevant local authorities as appropriate.
- Collaborate and coordinate with UNDSS and the Security Cell to enable UNICEF activities.
Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity building
- Identify, capture, synthesize and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
- Implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders on security related preparedness and operations.
Minimum requirements:
- Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is mandatory: Security Risk Management, International Relations, Conflict Analysis, Intelligence Analysis, Diplomatic Studies, Conflict and Security, Counter Terrorism, or another relevant technical field.
- Work Experience: A minimum of one year of professional experience in global security risk management preferably in the military or police service is required.
- Demonstrated international security management experience and understanding of the United Nations Security Management System is highly desirable.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to UNICEF on jobs.unicef.org to apply
