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Program Officer, Safety

4 months ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Hivos East Africa Full time
Hivos is an international organisation that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues.

With smart projects in the right places, we oppose discrimination, inequality, abuse of power and the unsustainable use of our planet's resources.

Counterbalance alone, however, is not enough. Our primary focus is achieving structural change

JOB CONTEXT

We are looking for a Program Officer who understands why safety and security and wellbeing are critical aspects of activism on LGBTQI+ rights.

This is a global role working within the Free to be Me team as well as with Alliance and national level partners.

The safety and security Program Officer will have an understanding of global trends impacting on the Free to be Me program.

The job holder provides technical guidance and support to Free to be Me on matters of safety and security, risk analysis and support, and guides all stakeholders on monitoring opposition to LGBTQI+ Movement rights.

The job holder trains, supports and guides local Communities of Action (CoAs) and particularly the Safety and Security focal points.

By doing so, the organizations and groups involved in the CoAs have the tools, knowledge and networks to stay as safe and secure as possible.

This includes preventive measures, as well as (locally embedded) urgent response mechanisms in case of a crisis. Safety and security is considered holistically, and includes legal, digital, physical and psychological aspects. This role works closely with the Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) in the management of the Bessy Fererra Fund.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Program design, guidance and support on safety and security:

Develop an overarching safety and security policy and guidelines that provide a reference in addressing all security aspects throughout the Free to be Me

Supports the Community of Action members (CoA)s in developing their safety and security strategies, workplans and protocols and ensure their implementation.

Supports country teams in conducting country level safety and security analysis and developing mitigation plans.

Connect the safety and security focal points with one another, and with the digital defenders' program (DDP) network, for mutual exchange and learning.

Provide strategic guidance to the Program Manager to inform operational planning and decision making.

Program implementation:
Ensure all countries have safety and security plans and are implemented.
Identify capacity gaps in the safety and security teams and organize training and capacity strengthening on the areas identified

Receive and act on all the reported safety and security incidents and ensure follow up and conclusion of the same.

Ensures Hivos' own safety and security activities are implemented according to plan.

Situation analysis, monitoring and reporting:

Gather and analyze security information in program implementing countries, assess and monitor security situation (i.e., threats, security trends) in liaison with the SSFPs.

Monitors progress towards established safety and security goals in CoAs, and in the organizational level, and flags in the Hivos overarching management team when problems arise.

Build and maintain a reliable network for safety & security information within the Program and with other actors including established national HRDs networks at the regional and global level and link them to the CoAs.

In case a crisis occurs, the safety and security Program Officer plays a central role in the emergency response including facilitating/ reference to access support and emergency funds / link to local emergency mechanisms.

Support grant making efforts through the Bessy Ferrera Fund, depending on funds availability.
Testing/checking IT infrastructure, protection policy needs for the program in partnership with Hivos IT and DDP.
Staying up-to-date on contextual and tech changes and available resources, in close collaboration with the Hivos' DDP team.

Coordination and collaboration

Throughout the process of project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, the PO plays a proactive role in coordinating with all the SSFPs, the CoA facilitators, members of the COA, the host organization, Alliance members and with the regional and global Hivos team.

Actively contributes to and supports activities at the national and regional level, ensuring a safety and security lens is applied in all the activities.

Coordinate the Safety and Security working group where all the focal points of the Free to be Me countries participate.


Sharing, learning, and quality improvement:
Identifies, analyses and highlights success and good practices, as well as potential risks and problems.
Proposes solutions for identified problems and follows-up on those.
Contributes to identifying and sharing positive stories.

Contributes to reflection and learning on both the national and regional level, as well as on the wider programmatic level.


REQUIREMENTS
Minimum of three years of relevant working experience.
Experience of working on safety and security from a holistic perspective, with emphasis on safety and security of rightsholders, taking a feminist and intersectional approach
An understanding of LGBTQI+ issues and the safety and security needs of the community.
Experience in performing safety and security needs assessments and developing holistic safety and security plans.

Experience in providing safety and security training, support and guidance to local organizations, including rightsholder led organizations and activists.

Program management including expertise in integrating safety and security in programs, working with budgets/actuals, timelines, design and implementation of plans, safety and security procedures, and reporting towards targets.

Experience with the use of encryption, and secure communication channels

She/he/they believes in / embodies what both Hivos and Free to be Me stand for, and is inspired by and willing to be accountable to the program values and principles.

Work experience in a global setting.
Diverse and complex problem solving related to safety and security issues, requiring professional knowledge, field experience and an understanding of development

Is fluent in English, and preferably also fluent in one or two other relevant languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic).

Has the ability and willingness to travel.

Job skills:
communication, project management, safety and security management independence, creativity, collaboration

Level skills:
conceptual skills, persuasiveness, decisiveness, analysis.