Security and Safety Manager, GAIN Nigeria - SYS-1187

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Security and Safety Manager to ensure day-to-day safety and security management, and assurance for the Nigeria Country Office including situation monitoring, information sharing, implementing mitigation measures, reporting, and evaluation. This role will be offered on a two(2) year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Security and Safety Manager will be GAIN Nigeria’s in-house expert on security and safety and will be responsible for providing operational guidance as well as identify, analyse, assess and manage security and safety risks faced by staff, other personnel, assets and programmes across its offices and project locations.

They will also be responsible for implementing and overseeing improved practice in safety and security. The postholder will work closely with GAIN’s global Security Manager and may contribute to some global security activities whilst focusing on Nigeria. 

• Provide timely, accurate and consultative situation analysis, actor mapping, and Security Risks Assessment for Country and Field Locations that will guide decision making for new awards/ proposals and emergency preparedness actions, and inform decisions on geographical reach, program interventions, and partners.
• Translate Security Risks Assessments into practical and pragmatic Security Management, Incident Management, Business Continuity, and Contingency plans for all locations.
• Support in conflict sensitive analysis and development of relevant and appropriate mitigation measures to inform operational and programmatic decisions.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for gathering real-time and actionable intelligence on security threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents.
• Provide Security briefings to incoming visitors on arrival and security orientation to newly hired staff as part of the onboarding process.
• Responsible for overall safety and security of GAIN Nigeria staff, reputation, and assets for the country programme.
• In collaboration with the operations department, ensure that GAIN vehicles, drivers and passengers are prepared and informed of road travel risks and all possible mitigation and training elements are in place for safe road travel.

About you

The ideal candidate should have experience in conducting programmatic security risk assessments and overseeing the whole security component of an organisation preferably in a non-profit setting. You should have experience working with field project teams to ensure their security and that of organisational assets at any given time including developing contingency plans for all project locations.

The position holder should have experience in project designing to engage with relevant awards/project teams along with leadership to ensure that adequate security budgets are allocated. You should have capacity building skills to train staff on all security and safety matters.

An education background with a degree, preferably in Risk/ Security/ Crisis Management, Certification in Security / Risk Management is a plus. Background in intelligence focused service in the military, Department of State Services (DSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA), etc. will be an added advantage.

The starting gross salary on offer for this role is from NGN 14,956,632 – NGN 17,101,296 gross per annum, depending on experience.

GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance. We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible and hybrid working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.

GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments, and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.

All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations. 

GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work and be currently based in the advertised country location, to be eligible to apply for this position.

For more detailed information please see the attached job description. To apply, follow the "Apply Now" link.

This advert closes on 23rd June 2024. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued.  We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.