Organisation Background
Founded in 2011, the International NGO Safety Organisation (INSO) is a British charity that supports the safety of aid workers by establishing safety coordination platforms in insecure contexts. INSO provides registered NGOs with a range of free services including real-time incident tracking, analytical reports, safety related data and mapping, crisis management support, staff orientations and training.
INSO services help NGOs with their day-to-day risk management responsibilities and improve their overall situational awareness to support evidence-based humanitarian access decisions.
The Organisation has grown from innovative start-up to become a globally recognised charity and a highly valued component in the humanitarian safety coordination system.
The strong focus on humanitarian principles and exclusive NGO-only membership criteria have meant that INSO is now accepted as a standard component of modern humanitarian response offering independent frontline reporting and coordination services that save lives, strengthen operational practice and enable humanitarian access.
Today the organisation provides daily support to more than 1000 NGOs in eleven of the world’s most insecure countries and has earned a strong reputation for performance, principles & professionalism.
INSO Nigeria Country Office
INSO Cameroon is now in its opening phase, with a new office to be opened in Maroua. Operations in Cameroon will be under the supervision and in a joint program with INSO Nigeria, to propose a cross-border response to the Lake Chad Crisis. INSO Nigeria has been operating since April 2016, with a coordination office in Abuja, and an operational office in Maiduguri.
We are now seeking experts to join our team as a Safety Advisor for North Cameroon, based in Maroua, with frequent travels throughout the region, including Chad, Niger as well as Nigeria.
Job Summary
This is a truly unique and rewarding role, and will effectively help bring vital aid to thousands of people that have been trapped and displaced by violence.
The Safety Advisor for Cameroon will combine a strong humanitarian and safety background with experience of a similar country risk context, a clear understanding of humanitarian safety principles, conflict analysis and with a flexible, outgoing personality he/she will be able to interpret and articulate and publish best information and principled, expert advice to a broad range of humanitarian actors.
He/she will be able to represent INSO to a diverse and important audience of members, and wide network of contacts including UN agencies, international donors and international organisations to local communities and community leaders, extolling humanitarian principles and good safety practices and throughout seeking and advocating access to those at risk and whose suffering will be eased where humanitarian access can be achieved and aid delivered.
Major Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain an active information network, which includes NGOs, the UN, military forces, and other national and international security actors to obtain credible and relevant safety information.
- Provide NGOs with timely and credible security information and contextual analysis of the local security situation through: daily alerts, weekly incident lists, bi-weekly and quarterly analytical reports.
- Facilitate and lead regular NGO community security roundtables in your region of responsibility, presenting trends and facilitating discussions.
- Assist NGOs in developing their own security management capacities by reviewing policy documents, conducting site-security surveys, and assisting in crisis evacuation planning.
- Manage an office team of 11 national staff and oversight of local logistics and administration.
- Effectively represent, promote and protect INSO's mandate of independence, impartiality and neutrality in Cameroon and across Lake Chad Basin
Mandatory Requirements:
- Fluent in both French and English (written and spoken)
- Graduate level education or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 3 years spent in insecure/conflict-affected environments.
- Proven writing and analytical abilities (sample requested).
- Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices & principles and their application
Preferred Characteristics:
- Master degree in Journalism, Communication, Political Sciences, History, or other relevant field
- Employment history that reflects experience in both security and civilian fields
- Minimum of two (2) recent years of experience in Cameroon, and demonstrate advanced knowledge with the historical and current social, political, and security contexts within the region.
- Experience with NGO security and/or project management
- Direct experience and involvement in a crisis management role.
- Detailed understanding of INSO mandate and services.
- Existing (relevant) local information networks and contacts.
- Information management and GIS skills
Terms & Conditions: 12-months renewable contract with expected start date of 15 April 2017, €4550 per month salary, 4 days annual leave per month and 7 days of R&R every two months, global medical coverage, €150,000 AD&D coverage.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested persons are requested to send the following to jobs@ngosafety.org and ensure to reference ‘INSO Safety Advisor – Cameroon’ in the subject line of your email. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted after the closing date.
- Cover Letter specifying how you meet the mandatory requirements, any preferred characteristics, your motivation for applying, and what you hope to bring to INSO (2 page maximum).
- Updated CV (5 page maximum).
- One relevant and substantive writing sample in English, which demonstrates your analytical and reporting abilities (10 page maximum).
- List of at least 3 references, including email contact information.
Please do not send any additional information (such as copies of certificates, copies of diplomas, other writing samples, etc.) and keep the total size of your application under 2MB if possible.
