VAC-11279 EORE Training Specialist (National)

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 United Nations & 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 IDP return, livelihoods & return to normalcy in northeast 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 United Nations personnel & humanitarian workers.

According to the 2020 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), 8.7 million people including 1.7 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) & 1.2 people returnees are in need of humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa & Yobe (BAY) atates in north east Nigeria due to the ongoing crisis. Given the widespread explosive ordnance 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 & 1297 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 program in Nigeria  takes a strategic, multi year 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 & German funding, our client is starting to implement a one year project aiming at protecting civilians & humanitarian actors in north east Nigeria from the threat of explosive ordnance & supporting the advancement of two outcomes:

• National & local entities mitigate the explosive threat in north east Nigeria.

• The immediate threat posed by explosive ordnance 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.

• 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:

• Establish a sustainable capacity of NTS Officers facilitators in north eastern Nigeria within selected services of the national authorities & civil society organizations.

The EORE Training Specialists will have the responsibility to coordinate, oversee & provide mentoring & on the job training to organizations delivering EORE. The role objectives are targeted to:

• Enhance protection of civilians & facilitate safe access to humanitarian & relief assistance across BAY states

• The Training Specialists shall implement EORE activities to reach as wide a population as possible & lay foundation for increased network of EORE facilitators at project locations.

• Hazardous areas with suspected or confirmed presence of explosive ordinance shall be recorded & reported to our client.

In addition the organization’s targets are those that participated in EORE Training of Trainers course in 2022, that was delivered by our client & have been qualified as Instructors to deliver training to form EORE Facilitators. The targeted organizations are:

• Ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction & Resettlement (MRRR).

• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

• State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

• Nigerian Security Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

• Taimako Development Initiative (TDI).

• Inistitute for Educational Awareness & Economic Development (IEAED).

• Peace Ambassador Center for Humanitarian Aid & Empowerment (PACHAE).

• Centre dor Social Cohesion, Peace & Empowerment (CENSCOPE).

• Reawakening & Development Institute (RDI).

• Life at Best Development Instiute (LBDI).

• Sahei Gender Development Institute (SGBDI)

• First Step Action for Children (FSAC).

• African Youths for Peace Development Empowerment Foundation (AYPDEF).

• Child Protection & Women Empowerment Institute (CPWEI).

Expected output:

• Track EORE delivery activities of the organizations listed, ensuring delivery is in line with workplans & information is reported to our client through standard IMSMA repo.

• Coordinate the activities of national EORE Specialists, recruited through CTG & embedded with CSO to provide a monitoring, mentoring & OJT (where required).

• Provide mentoring & OJT to national authority organizations as required.

This role reports to the Project Manager & requires:

• Implementing a rapid KAPB survey to ascertain the impact of EORE delivery in the project area.

• Delivery of & mentoring the delivery of, EORE messages.

• Mass media campaign through radio messaging.

• Recording of hazardous areas.

• Qualified as Instructor to train EORE Facilitators proven through CV & certification documentation is required.

• Documented relevant experience of employment as EORE staff or community based project staff for a minimum of two years in the area of operation (BAY states) is required.

• Documented relevant experience of delivering training to EORE Facilitators is desired.

• Fluent in English written & spoken, level of fluency shall be stated in the CV.

• The person will work in collaboration with National EORE Specialists recruited through CTG. The person will work also in strict collaboration with our clients EORE Associates & Chief of Operations.

• The person will need to collaborate & train local personnel of other organisations & national authorities, as selected.

• The Trainer will need to be experienced in delivering training courses in Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (mine action pillar).

• This TOR is being advertised for a National Consultant.

• Qualified females candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.