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 International NGO Safety Organisation
(INSO) is recruiting for the following:
Job Title: INSO Director
Nigeria (Abuja)
Closing date: 30 April 2016
Starting Date: ASAP
Terms and Conditions: 1 year contract (renewable),
€5500 per month salary, housing allowance, global medical coverage,
€150000 AD&D coverage. Based in Abuja (family duty station) with
frequents travels (twice per month) on the field. 4 days of leave per
full month (when calculating the leave days the count starts on the
first working day after you depart and then week-ends and public
holidays are counted in the calculation). R and R (extra 3 days per
quarter, 750 EUR allowance per R and R cycle).
Purpose of position:
This is a high profile, dynamic and multi-faceted post, and a key
node in the humanitarian architecture of Nigeria. INSO Nigeria aims to
support security awareness and security management capabilities amongst
NGOs within Nigeria. INSO helps the community of humanitarian workers in
Nigeria deliver humanitarian aid by providing vital coordination and
information free services that save lives and improve access. INSO
Nigeria is now in its opening phase and is looking for its first
director. A coordination office will be opened in Abuja, and an
operational office in Maiduguri. INSO Nigeria will focus its operations
on North Eastern part of Nigeria.
The successful applicant will be a leader and a listener, an
effective communicator, an eagle-eyed analyst, a team player and a
people person, with appropriate experience and expertise, and a proven
commitment to humanitarian principles and the aid community.
This post requires demonstrable motivation to improve the
humanitarian coordination system in one of the major humanitarian crisis
in the world today. The development of informative, unbiased networks
to maintain a status of a recognised ‘country expert' and provision of
the highest level of strategic analysis, advice and information to NGO
beneficiaries is the essential modus operandi.
The Director of the INSO Nigeria team will uphold INSO’s mandate and
humanitarian principles, while providing outstanding, high-level and
transparent representation and liaison to all parties.
Further responsibilities include:
- Establish and maintain the physical, legal and administrative
presence of INSO in the country including liaison with, and reporting
to, all relevant national authorities
- To maintain a status as a recognised ‘country expert’ in order to be
able to provide the highest level of strategic analysis, advice and
information to beneficiaries.
- To lead all aspects of grant management including annual funding
strategy, proposals, reports, budget management, forecasts and
maintaining contractual compliance in all areas at all times.
- To oversee the recruitment, orientation, management and professional development of all INSO employees.
- To ensure the application all INSO global policy in both
administrative and operational areas including HR, Finance, Logistics,
Security and Service Delivery Standards
- To provide high level representation and liaison for INSO towards
all third parties such as NGOs, Donors, UN, Government, embassies, media
or any other actor
To actively manage the public perception of INSO in order to establish
and maintain recognition of its mandate for independence, impartiality
and neutrality
- To establish the Advisory Board and integrate its recommendations into the programme
- In close cooperation with that Board, to lead the development,
implementation and maintenance of all aspects of the required INSO
services countrywide
- In close cooperation with the Board, to monitor and review service
quality, relevance and value and where necessary to undertake the
amendment, removal or addition of services
- To oversee and coordinate all staff and resources in the delivery of
all mandated services including 24/7 flash reporting, analysis,
meetings, orientations etc.
Mandatory requirements:
- Exemplary command of the English language (written and spoken).
- Masters level education or equivalent in a relevant field (please specify).
- Acceptance and strong understanding of humanitarian principles
- Solid and up to date understanding of principles and practices in
broad humanitarian action, NGO safety and risk management, humanitarian
access, and civil-military coordination.
- Outgoing and confident personality.
- Excellent networking, diplomatic, and representative communication skills.
- Minimum of two (2) full years at Director/Deputy Director level (or equivalent).
- Minimum of five (5) years in post conflict/emergency environments in the humanitarian sector.
- Humanitarian donor/grant management experience & policy knowledge.
The following are not necessary requirements, but will give
applicants an advantage over others. Please describe any relevant
experience in your cover letter.
Preferred characteristics:
- Minimum of two (2) recent years of experience in Nigeria, and
demonstrable advanced knowledge with the historical and current social,
political, security, of the country
- Experience in a highly visible inter-agency role.
- Deep understanding of NGO risk management dynamics.
- Detailed understanding of INSO mandate & services.
- Existing (relevant) local information networks and contacts.
- Previous experience as a Country Director
- Direct experience and involvement in a crisis management role
