About

I am a meticulous, driven and task orientated, experienced Certified Protection Professional with a proven track record of working in and delivering first class security risk management services and senior management/leadership within austere operating environments in both the humanitarian and deve...

Skills

  • Communication
    10
  • Teamwork
    9
  • Problem-Solving
    10
  • Creativity
    9
  • Leadership
    10
  • Risk Management
    10
  • English
    10
  • Hausa
    10

Experience

Hamidu Joshua

Work experience
  • A delegated responsibility for supporting a multi-sector, multi-location portfolio of approximately USD $70 million for DRC’s largest country programme in West Africa, responding to a level three humanitarian response in a highly insecure operating environment. Intervention areas include one (01) area office and four (04) deep field office locations, other 4 remote locations of activities including state area office.
  • Aided in the implementation of the DRC Nigeria Security Risk Management System, safety policy reviews and SOP development throughout the mission’s areas of responsibility within Nigeria (North East), ensuring all policies, plans and procedures are tailored to the local context.
  • Conduct trend analysis and incident mapping on an ongoing basis, which contributes to weekly, and quarterly Safety and Security Situation Reports, as well as supporting the daily decision-making by the Country Safety Coordinator and implementing programme teams.
  • Conducted security risk assessments in all DRC’s implementation site within Nigeria.
  • Built a strategic network to negotiate access in hard-to-reach and unstable areas, via thorough stakeholder analysis and engagement.
  • Conduct regular field deployments to deep field locations to ensure effective community engagement is maintained and the access routes are accessible, while ensuring compliance with the Safety and Security policies, procedures and protocols at all levels.
  • Train staff on various Safety and Security procedures at all locations within the country.
  • Review and update SOP’s as the context changes and new threats evolve.
  • Review and disseminate local safety rules to all staff deploying within Nigeria.
  • Recruit and supervise a team of five staff within the area level; reviewing performance evaluation and training staff on areas of weakness as well as to build their capacity

Hamidu Joshua

Work experience
  • January, 2020 - September, 2021
  • Fulltime
  • Played a role within the Area Level Incident Management Team (IMT).
  • Aided in the implementation of the DRC Adamawa Area Level Safety Risk Management System (SRMS), throughout the mission’s areas of responsibility within the Adamawa State, ensuring all policies, plans and procedures are tailored to the local context.
  • In collaboration with the Adamawa Area Manager, Country Safety Coordinator and other support departments (for the DRC, and DDG respectively), aided in the implementation of the SRMS, resulting in an increase of MOSS compliance from approximately 51% to above 90%.
  • Hold a delegated responsibility for the safety and security of 93 national staff, based and operating over multiple duty stations in the Adamawa State, within hard-to-reach deep field locations.
  • Conduct context assessment and incident mapping on an ongoing basis, which contributes to weekly, and quarterly Safety and Security Situation Reports, as well as supporting the daily decision-making by the Area Manager, Country Safety Coordinator, and implementing programme teams.
  • Conduct security risk assessments at state, LGA, and implementation site level, including quarterly reviews and updates when required.
  • Played a key role within the in-country training team during each joint delivery (including both DRC and NRC) of the in-country Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST) workshop targeting both national, and international staff.
  • Built a strategic network to negotiate access in hard-to-reach and unstable areas, via thorough stakeholder analysis and engagement.
  • Conduct regular field deployments to deep field locations to ensure effective community engagement is maintained and the access routes are accessible, while ensuring compliance with the Safety and Security policies, procedures and protocols at all levels.

Hamidu Joshua

Work experience
  • October, 2019 - December, 2019
  • Fulltime
  • Conduct stakeholder advocacy and sensitization visits on establishment of VSLA as community-based social safety net mechanism.
  • Conduct mobilization activities and establish VSLAs in designated community for beneficiaries of cash-transfer-programming (CTP), including, but not limited to emergency employment (cash-for-work) and other livelihoods support initiatives, including agricultural and business enterprise development.
  • Conduct sensitization activities for VSLA members on leadership requirements and facilitate election of VSLA leaders.
  • Conduct leadership and group facilitation training for VSLA leaders.
  • Conduct regular training and re-training activities on management and operations of VSLA as community-based social safety nets mechanism.
  • Provide technical assistance to VSLA in designated communities, including, but not limited to, meeting facilitation; review of financial procedures; documentation and reporting; etc.

Hamidu Joshua

Education

Hamidu Joshua

Education

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