Safeguarding and PSHEA Officer

The Opportunity

The Safeguarding and PSHEA Officer will work closely with the Country Safeguarding and PSHEA Manager to support monitoring efforts to ensure that the Safeguarding Policy, Standards, and Procedures are complied with by staff and partners. She/he will provide technical support to Plan's partners and all Plan's departments to understand and effectively implement safeguarding and PSHEA policies and procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver and support Safeguarding and PSHEA training for staff, associates, visitors, and relevant stakeholders to strengthen awareness, commitment, and compliance with safeguarding requirements.
• Support the development, updating, and dissemination of appropriate IEC materials on Safeguarding and PSHEA to promote awareness of expected behaviours, reporting mechanisms, and available support.
• Support regular safeguarding spot checks and annual Safeguarding and PSHEA audits across offices and partners, providing coaching and technical support to address identified gaps and implement agreed corrective actions.
• Provide safeguarding and PSHEA technical input into programme design and implementation to ensure Safe Programming standards are appropriately integrated throughout the programme cycle.
• Serve as the Country Office Safeguarding focal point and coordinate with relevant focal points to ensure safeguarding concerns and allegations are appropriately reported, documented, escalated, and referred in line with established procedures.
• Support the development, regular review, and dissemination of accessible Safeguarding and PSHEA reporting and referral pathways across offices, programmes, partners, and communities.
• Coordinate the implementation of safeguarding standards across departments and support the development and monitoring of country-level action plans to address identified implementation gaps.
• Support management and programme teams to identify, assess, and mitigate safeguarding risks, including online and digital safeguarding risks, across organisational and programme activities.
• Maintain a central system for collating, recording, and monitoring information on Safeguarding and PSHEA implementation activities across field offices, departments, and relevant partners.
• Coordinate the annual safeguarding implementation standards self-assessment, develop and monitor resulting action points with departments and partners, and escalate implementation challenges and emerging concerns to the supervisor for strategic action.

About You

We are looking to recruit person (s) with

• University degree or equivalent in Education, Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, or related fields
• 4 years of relevant working experience as a Safeguarding Officer within an INGO in Safeguarding and PSHEA policies development, implementation, and monitoring.
• Technical skills, experience, and knowledge in protection, GBV, or gender are highly desirable
• Strong writing skills and mature communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Demonstrated sensitivity and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Demonstrated appreciation for a survivor-focused safeguarding approach
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, communication, and networking skills in both remote and in-person contexts
• Knowledge of the Nigerian Child Rights Act, the VAPP Act, child protection and GBV policies and practice, as well as current issues in relation to safeguarding children and adults in the Nigerian context
• Proficiency with MS Office software required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite)