Health & Safety Assistant

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity:

The Health and Safety Assistant ensures that the entire project’s staff work in an environment consistent with accepted minimum safety and security standards. You will serve as the technical resource person on safety and security risks and incidents management within the North West and South West Region. This role reports to the Officer in Charge, Security Officer, and the Security Manager.

You will support in the process of overseeing and coordinating the safety and security department’s activities.

The Individual/About You:

As the Health and Safety Assistant is responsible for ensuring access procedures for the project team in the North-West and/or South West regions, most specifically in the 29 identified Health Districts and 267 Health Areas within the context of the Global Fund project.

You will also conduct regular Security Risk Assessments (SRA) in the project implementation areas and recommend mitigation measures, while maintaining and updating area-specific security management plans, SOPs. It is also within your role to contribute to the development and updating of the contingency plans (evacuation, hibernation, relocation).

To best meet up with your objectives, the below will be of key value to you:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Political Science, or any other related field of study;
• Certified trainer on HEIST/FAST/Humanitarian Access and other security training is an asset;
• Minimum of two (02) years of experience in security management in a humanitarian/recovery context;
• Previous experience working in complex and volatile security contexts;
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, with good demonstration of discretion;
• Fluency in English Language, both written and verbal;
• Knowledge of one of the GIS tools for mapping purposes;

Please, follow this link to review the full Job Description: JD Health and Safety Assistant

Location: Bamenda and Buea

Type of Role: Fixed Term Contract of Fourteen (14) Months

Reports to: Officer in Charge, Security Officer and Security Manager

Grade: Hay Level 11

Closing Date: October 13th, 2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.