Skills

  • Administration
  • Customer service
  • Hospitality
  • Management
  • Office management
  • Security

Experience

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities: April 2021 – to Date
  • Provide complete oversight and management for the safety and security for all AEAS personnel and assets countrywide
  • Develops strategies to continuously improve and refine security management systems for effectiveness and efficiency, considering evolving project needs, team dynamics, and project mission
  • Conducts security risk assessments of the geographic zones where AEAS operates; subsequently, provide recommendations for implementation of risk mitigating practices and features for each location.
  • Works with the Global Safety and Security (GSS) Department to develop the project’s emergency and security plan; trains all project staff on associated procedures and strategies
  • Advises on security protocols and mitigation measures
  • Tracks staff and consultant travel; conducts analyses of field sites/travel locations and advises on any adjustments needed based on up-to-date information on the security situation and potential conflicts in the targeted geographic areas
  • Liaises as necessary with security forces and other relevant security contacts
  • Serve as a key member of the Incident Management Team.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Established risks and threats mitigating measures both internally and externally to improve staff safety.
  • Initiated and established a good leadership style that has kept the security team managed every security concern.
  • Established an enabling implementation of security protocols to ensure strict adherence.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.
  • Established quality, efficient, and integrated security risk management through the provision of specialized, coordinated, and focused security management support through security information sharing and regular trainings.
  • Successfully train and assign security personnel to effectively cover key locations to prevent security breaches.
  • Established security solutions to augment security objectives for staff and assets protection.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Country Security Manager at   FHI 360
  • Responsibilities: October 2020 – April 2021
  • Conduct country/region Security Risk Assessments to determine risk levels for personnel, assets and operations.
  • Develop a set of procedures – annual Country Security and Emergency Action Plans – in line with FHI360 organizational policy which include minimum security guidelines and protocols.
  • Support the operations and oversight of a Security Management Team and closely advise the Country Leadership and Headquarters Global Security on security situations in Nigeria and other project locations.
  • Supervise subordinate security staff to include (1) Regional Security Coordinator, (3) Security Officers and up to (30) Security Focal Points. Establish and sustain close working relationships with managers and field-based personnel to exchange security information and provide advice.
  • Liaise closely with partner organization and subsidiary organizations’ security staff to provide insight, guidance, and support.
  • Ensure the full implementation and enforcement of these security guidelines.
  • Supervise the technical aspects of the award and supervision of the guard force contract to ensure service quality.
  • Provide timely situation assessments and recommendations for action during security incidents.
  • Prepare daily and weekly security reports covering significant security-related incidents and provide analysis of how each event impacts the overall safety and security of personnel and operations.
  • Prepare and deliver security briefings for movements throughout the region.
  • Prepare security reports to update personnel on major security developments and their potential impact on operations.
  • Organize and train staffs, on Personal Safety and Security awareness working in hostile environment.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Established an enabling implementation of security protocols to ensure strict adherence.
  • Successfully initiated and established a good leadership that has kept the security team managed every security concern.
  • Successfully achieved quality, efficient, and integrated security risk management through the provision of specialized, coordinated, and focused security management support through security information sharing and regular trainings.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.
  • Established security solutions to augment security objectives for staff and assets protection.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Reduce the vulnerability of CBM staff, partners in the communities we work and develop mitigating measures around our operating environments in Nigeria and other regions, notably Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Niger.
  •  Ensure each CO always has a Safety & Security (S&S) Plan that is regularly revised and updated, including processes and procedures in line with CBM Global S&S policy and practices.
  •  Ensure that the S&S Plans involves diversity and local characteristics of the different working locations, in their development and revision.
  •  Ensure that S&S Plans and practices are inclusive of persons with disabilities and gender sensitive.
  •  In line with the S&S Plans, conduct periodic field security assessments in the different working locations and report with findings and recommendations on partners and CBM S&S related matters (travel, hotels, venues, transport, assets, etc.)
  •  Provide credible information and contextual analysis of security situations and incidents along with appropriate advice to the Country Director and the Regional Hub Director.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Successfully initiated and established a good leadership style that has kept the security team managed every security concern.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.
  • Achieved successful investigations with sound recommendation for management follow up actions.
  • Established quick response to distress safety and security calls.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.
  • Successfully established a broad security and intelligence gathering network for information sharing.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Security information & analysis
  •  Work with SFPs, SO, Heads of Office and the SMT to monitor the security environment in the designated areas of Nigeria.
  •  Prepare analytical reports, based on information from internal and external sources, to support policy and procedure reviews as well as to mitigate risks to programming.
  •  Prepare weekly security brief and share with all relevant staff, including program managers, SFPs and security management team.
  •  Be readily available always to the Country Director and field staff to advice on security developments.
  •  Develop, review, and ensure effective implementation of the MC Nigeria Security Management Plans including a security plan in assigned offices, together with key actors.
  •  Develop, review, and ensure the effective implementation of hibernation and evacuation SOPs.
  •  Actively participate in SMT meetings and support members in sharpening their skills in risk and vulnerability assessments, evaluating information, and developing security protocols and strategies that work for the team and allow to progress safely and with the lowest risk possible.
  •  Ensure adequate supply of necessary safety and security-related equipment at all offices and international staff residences.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Established an enabling implementation of security protocols to ensure strict adherence.
  • Successfully established sound mitigating risks and threats both internally and externally.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.
  • Established security solutions to augment security objectives for staff and assets protection.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.
  • Achieved successful investigations with sound recommendation for management follow up actions.
  • Successfully established quick response intervention to distress safety and security calls.
  • Established a broad security and intelligence gathering network for information sharing.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Provide security, safety and risk mitigation advice and recommendations to the COP. Ensure that project staff complies with project security procedures. Monitor and analyze the ongoing threat environment faced by the project and brief the COP accordingly.
  •  Distribute threat warnings to all staff as appropriate. Ensure that appropriate risk migration measures are taken by the project to respond to the threats or changes in threats faced by the project. This is to include physical protection measures, safe working routines, movement restrictions, protection equipment and security staff provision, as required.
  •  Oversee movement control and coordination for the project, including driver and vehicle deployment and staff whereabouts. Oversee any security provider contracted by the project to ensure contractual compliance and performance of their duties, and act as the focal point of contact with the security provider. Report security incidents, violations, and recommended corrective actions, as appropriate, to the COP, the appointing authority, and the HQ Security Department.
  •  Ensure all new employee/contractor personnel receive appropriate security orientations and briefings, verify that all security devices such as locks, alarms, access systems and physical force protection measures are operational or reported for repair. Ensure visitor access and vehicle control systems are effective and appropriate for the threat environment. Work with the HQ Security Manager to maintain the project Crisis Response Plan in coordination with the COP and ensure that the contact information contained therein is always up to date.
  •  Provide a weekly security report to the COP and HQ Security Department. Be able to assist with out-of-hours emergency response at the project, if needed. Serve as the liaison with the U.S. Embassy Regional Security Officer and/or equivalent U.S. Government personnel for project security matters, in coordination with the COP
  •  Manage the Office Manager, Office Assistant, Drivers, IT specialist, Janitors, and all other administrative staff; In conjunction with program staff, oversee administration and logistical support to program activities, including program events and general program workshops Manage project team in an open and respectful manner, working with local staff to build their competencies and capacity.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Initiated and established a good leadership style that has kept the security team managed every security concern.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.
  • Achieved successful investigations with sound recommendation for management follow up actions.
  • Established quick response to distress safety and security calls.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.
  • Established a broad security and intelligence gathering network for information sharing.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Assess threat, risk, and vulnerability; and make recommendations to reduce staff exposure.
  •  Undertake safety and security assessments of program areas and potential program
  •  Facilitate safety and security training; Develop security briefing materials for new staff and visitors.
  •  Provide security orientation/briefing for newly appointed staff and visitors.
  •  Collect and disseminate risk and incident report; Ensure effective dissemination of safety and security information to staff; ensure that regular safety and security meetings are conducted with relevant staff.
  •  Liaise with administration and logistics offices on vehicle movement and facility safety and security.
  •  Liaise with UN, CSO’s security focal persons in Northern Nigeria, Embassies, police, Secret service, military, government officials and community leaders in the process of gathering and verifying safety and security information.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Achieved quality, efficient, and integrated security risk management through the provision of specialized, coordinated, and focused security management support through security information sharing and regular trainings.
  • Train and assign security personnel to effectively cover key locations to prevent security breaches.
  • Established security solutions to augment security objectives for staff and assets protection.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.
  • Achieved successful investigations with sound recommendation for management follow up actions.
  • Ensure quick response intervention to distress safety and security calls.
  • Established a broad security and intelligence gathering network for information sharing.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  •  Detailing executive protection team, which includes armed security agents.
  •  Carrying out security survey in client’s areas of jurisdiction; Intelligence gathering and security planning.
  •  Guard Force Training and Management; Security Risk assessment; Coordinate journey management.
  •  Complex physical and procedural security audits and surveys of multifaceted business operations on behalf of blue-chip organizations.
  •  Ensure that escort movements are well carried out in compliance with service standards.
  •  Daily security report on issues or any emergency that might erode security objectives.
  •  Monitoring specific project to determine if they comply with relevant service standards.
  •  Liaise with other government agencies, departments for peaceful and emergency resolutions.
  •  Carrying out background check, Scheduled meetings, and corporate travel arrangements.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Established security solutions to augment security objectives for staff and assets protection.
  • Received the prestigious coordination award for excellent program planning and coordination.
  • Established required security trainings across current security threats to enable every staff member stay informed.
  • Achieved successful investigations with sound recommendation for management follow up actions.
  • Ensure quick response intervention to distress safety and security calls.
  • Established a broad security and intelligence gathering network for information sharing

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities:
  • Deliveries and pick-ups of goods /product in the most efficient, economical manner possible.
  • Develop and maintain an efficient routing system, Maintaining and developing mitigating measures.
  • Verify all items listed on the work order or sales ticket are loaded and delivered.
  • Coordinates with the security department for motorized escort.
  • Prompt response to distress calls of drivers on transit; Coach drivers on defence driving, evacuation, and prevention.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Successfully coordinate with the security department for motorized escort.
  • Established risks and threats mitigating measures both internally and externally to ensure safe delivery of goods and services.
  • Established a tracking device to enable us monitor and know exactly where the vehicles are while on transit.
  • Successfully trained project drivers on travel safety and security procedures.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • Responsibilities: August 2006 – August 2008
  •  Coordinated and oversee events and security activities including accommodation, transportation arrangement for visitors.
  •  Conduct site visits to determine qualification standards for special meetings and events.
  •  Plan and negotiate menu selections, entertainment and transportation with contracted property or vendors.
  •  Ensure the overall safety and security of the guests at event venues.
  •  Ensure Fire Exits are always kept free of blockage; ensure fire and safety equipment’s are in their right places.
  •  Assist guests regarding events facilities; maintain a surveillance of those areas that are frequented by guests.
  •  Report and investigate occurrences of accidents, complaints, criminal activity, and crises and make recommendations.
  •  Act as a focal person for the Emergency Response Team, responding to accident, safety concerns and calls for emergency assistance when the need arises; Report all events properties deficiencies, safety, or security concerns.
  • Key Accomplishments:
  • Successfully trained events personnel around safety and security procedures and protocols
  • Simultaneously handled 3 events on the same day, without any issues in any of them.
  • Planned 10 football tournaments within provided budgets, saving the clients an average of 20% from the overall cost of each event.
  • Trained 50+ event coordinators in handling event planning and implementation work, as part of their induction period.
  • Successfully maintained and updated the database of volunteers and donors, making it 50% easier to reach out for specific events.
  • Received accolades for planning and implementing well over 5 class re-union events for some educational establishments.
  • Identified alternative event venue selection solutions, hence, reduced event cost to meet specific budgets.
  • Kept simultaneous projects on schedule, during a particularly busy season.
  • Introduced a unique communication system, hence, increased event managers’ ability to communicate effectively.
  • Was able to cut down certain events budget around security events venues due to proper negotiations.
  • Established a good network with vendors across event management sector.
  • Established special trainings and drills on how to achieve a successful event.
  • Established a good relationship on prompt attention to details with clients when it comes to service satisfaction and execution.

Dyah Bulus Audu

Work experience
  • COMBATANT ARMORED PERSONNEL (INTELLIGENCE AND LOGISTIC UNITS). July 1990 – June 2006
  • Managed specialist personnel and assets ranging from armored vehicles, equipment; Experience of undertaking security audits/surveys and investigations in the following countries: Cameroun, Niger Republic, Chad, and Nigeria (including The Niger Delta, Maiduguri, Plateau, Bauchi, Lagos and Kaduna). During the height of the Chadian civil war, spent a year successfully investigating fraudulent security lapses around combat support services within the Army. Voluntarily discharged after Sixteen years of “Exemplary Service’’ with Military Certificate of Service.
  •  3 Armoured Division - Garrison, Rukuba, Plateau State. 1990 -1991
  •  243 Recce Battalion - Rukuba, Plateau State. 1991 -1994
  •  243 Recce Battalion (Task Force) Monguno, Maiduguri, Borno State. 1994 -1996
  •  Defence Intelligence Agency - Bonny Cantonment, Lagos State. 1996 -1999
  •  243 Recce Battalion (Task Force) Monguno, Maiduguri, Borno State. 1999- 2001
  •  242 Recce Battalion (Task Force) Badagry, Lagos State. 2001 -2006

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