National EORE Specialist

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Overview of position:
Northeast Nigeria is facing a problem of weapons & explosive hazard contamination as a result of protracted conflict. The presence of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), landmines of an improvised nature, poses a serious threat to civilians as well as to UN & humanitarian personnel operating in the north east of the country. Our client deployed to Nigeria in April 2017 to conduct an explosive threat scoping mission to Nigeria which resulted in the recommendation of the establishment of a humanitarian mine action coordination, support capacity in Maiduguri & immediate provision as appropriate, technical response to the explosive contamination impacting the humanitarian crisis in the north east. In addition, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) for Division 7 of the Nigerian Army made a request through the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in December 2017, to have our clients presence in the north east. The GOC highlighted the negative implications of the explosive threat including IED & Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on Internally Diplaced Persons (IDP) return, livelihoods & return to normalcy in north east of Nigeria.

In 2018 our client established a permanent presence to implement a mine action program in Nigeria to:

• Improve the protection of civilians & facilitate humanitarian assistance.
• Enhance national capacity to mitigate explosive threats & enable compliance with international treaty obligations.
• Reduce the explosive threat to UN personnel & humanitarian workers.

According to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), 8.7 million people ncluding 1.7 million IDP’s, 1.2 people returnees are in need of humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa & Yobe (Bay) states in north east Nigeria due to the ongoing crisis. Given the widespread Explosive Ordnance (EO) contamination & prevalent use of IEDs by non state armed groups, the 2021 NHO identifies 1.5 million people in need of mine action in north east Nigeria.

There were 259 explosive incidents in 2020 & another 216 incidents took place from January to June 2021. From 2016 till June 2021, 1,247 people were killed, 2,048 injured, out of which 748 civilians were killed & 1,297 civilians were injured. The 2021 NHO indicates 75% of incidents involving UXO could have been prevented by Non Technical Surveys (NTS) to identify, mark suspected contaminated areas, release safe land, roads, Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) to deliver life saving knowledge & foster safe behaviour. The need for EORE remains high particularly in Borno with 1.16 million people in need but also in Adamawa, Yobe where more than 200,000 & 176,000 people respectively need EORE.
Our clients Nigeria program takes a strategic, multiyear comprehensive approach for protection of civilians & humanitarian actors through humanitarian mine action in north east Nigeria, supported by multi donor contributions. This approach encompasses a range of responses, including EORE, Conflict Prevention & Preparedness (CPP), Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) & emergency medical response training for the national military & police forces, information management & explosive hazard mapping & NTS, with coordination as key cross cutting enabling factors.

Under Japanese funding, our client is starting to implement a 1 year project aiming at protecting civilians & humanitarian actors in north east Nigeria from the threat of EO & supporting the advancement of 2 outcomes:

• National & local entities ties mitigate the explosive threat in north east Nigeria
• The immediate threat at posed by EO to civilians, humanitarian & development actors is mitigated.

Outputs & activities to achieve those outcomes will be:

• NTS, EORE, CPP & EOA to enhance safety & resilience of the at risk population.
• Victim Assistance (VA) activities to enhance inclusive healthcare for the victims of EO incidents including persons with disabilities
• Support to the establishment of NMAC for sustainability & national ownership in humanitarian mine action.

Specific outputs for the contracted staff will be:

• Expand & increase a sustainable capacity of Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) Facilitators in north eastern Nigeria within selected services of the national authorities & CSO’s (Civil Society Organisations).

Role objectives:
The National EORE Specialist (10 to be selected for this assignment) will be embedded within a CSO & will be responsible for providing mentoring & on the job training of that CSO when they are delivering EORE. The organizations targeted are those that participated in the EORE TOT course that was delivered by our client from 14 / 02 to 11 / 03 / 22. The targeted organizations are:

• Taimako Development Initiative.
• Initiative For Educational Awareness & Economic Development.
• Peace Ambassador Center for Humanitarian Aid & Empowerment.
• Centre For Social Cohesion, Peace & Empowerment (CENSCOPE).
• Reawakening & Development Initiative.
• Life at Best Development Initiative.
• Sahei Gender Development Initiative.
• First Step Action for Children.
• African Youths for Peace Development Empowerment Foundation.
• Child Protection & Women Empowerment Initiative.

Expected output:

• CSO with personnel trained as EORE Trainers are able to train other members of their organization as EORE Facilitators & are able to train community volunteers in delivering EORE.
• CSO’s are effectively delivering EORE to communities in line with our clients training received during the EORE TOT course.
• Provide the International EORE Specialist feedback reports / QA evaluations on EORE delivered by the CSO & any OJT delivered by the national EORE Specialist.

Project reporting:

• Provide weekly progress reports on EORE activities carried out by the CSO.
• Produce evaluation, feedback reports & submit to the International EORE Specialist.

Key competencies:

• High School Diploma in a relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in EORE / NTS activities in Bay states (required).
• Experience in training in Bay states (required).
• Experience in working in the humanitarian context of Bay states (required).
• Good level of written & spoken English proven either by being a native speaker or through certifications, employment records or references (required).
• Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri (required).

Team management:

• The person will work in collaboration with an International EORE Specialist, with National IM Officers, as well as coordinate, when appropriate, with other national EORE specialists.
• The person will work also in strict collaboration with our clients EORE Associates.
• The person will need to collaborate, support the training of local personnel of other organizations & national authorities, as selected.
• The National EORE Specialist will need to be experienced in delivering training in the humanitarian sector in Bay states.

Further information:

• Qualified female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this role.