Community Liaison Coordinator at the U.S. Consulate General
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria comprises of the Embassy in Abuja, FCT, and the Consulate General in Lagos. U.S. Consulate General Lagos is the Mission’s representative to the Nigerian people in the southern region.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Community Liaison Coordinator
Announcement Number: Lagos-2025-022
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Hiring Agency: Consulate General Lagos
Summary
- The U.S. Consulate Lagos, Nigeria is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the position of Community Liaison Coordinator in the Management Office.
Duties
- Working in the Management Section and reporting to post’s Management Officer, with guidance from the Global Community Liaison Office (GTM/GCLO), the CLO Coordinator develops, implements, and manages a program based on community demographics and post-specific needs.
- The CLO Coordinator executes morale enhancing activities under eight Areas of Responsibility (family member employment; crisis management and security; education; communications and outreach; guidance and referral; welcoming, orientation, and departures; community liaison; and events planning).
- Identifies needs and responds with effective programming, information and resources, and referrals. CLO is an ICASS mandatory package service provider, and as such serves all participating USG agencies at post.
- The CLO is a rated ICASS service provider whose base constituency includes all direct-hire employees and family members under Chief of Mission authority.
Educational Qualifications
- Completion of at least two (2) years of college or university studies is required.
Experience:
- Minimum three (3) years of professional experience, including but not limited to administration, office management, customer service, program management, or public policy is required
Requirements:
- All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a top-secret security clearance.
- All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.
- Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (6 weeks) upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.
Job Knowledge:
- A good understanding of the Foreign Service community and the structure of the federal government is required. Knowledge of general principles of program management and program monitoring is required. Standard knowledge of Microsoft Office is required.
- Knowledge of the CLO Coordinator’s eight Areas of Responsibility (community liaison, crisis management, employment, education, guidance and referral, communications and outreach, welcoming/orientation/departures, and events planning) is required.
Skills And Abilities:
- Must be able to analyze specific issues and formulate conclusions and recommendations for action. Must be able to work in a high-stress, fast-paced work environment. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, good briefing and writing skills are required.
- Ability to draft and edit material for correspondence and publication is required.
- Proficiency in project management, including short-term and long-term projects is required.
- Ability to work at a high-level with work disruptions and follow an untraditional schedule is required.
Salary
USD 53,945 / Per Year
Application Closing Date
5th September, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
