Catholic Relief Services Project Officer Recruitment

📢 JOB VACANCY: PROJECT OFFICER – SAFEGUARDING

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is recruiting a Project Officer – Safeguarding for the Faith and Community Initiative (FCI) in Nigeria.

🇳🇬 Eligibility: Nigerian Nationals Only
📍 Location: Abuja, FCT
💼 Employment Type: Full-time
🏢 Work Arrangement: On-site
📅 Application Deadline: 18 August 2026, 6:00 PM
🆔 Job ID: 3002757
✈️ Travel: Up to 25% to project locations and partner sites

🔹 About the Role

The Project Officer – Safeguarding will support safeguarding, accountability and community feedback activities under the Faith and Community Initiative (FCI). The successful candidate will help ensure that community-based health activities are implemented safely, respectfully and accountably.

The officer will work closely with CRS programme, MEAL, HR, Risk and Compliance teams, consortium partners, faith-based and community-based organisations, government stakeholders, community members and frontline health workers.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

Support implementation of CRS safeguarding policies and procedures across FCI activities.
Receive, document and appropriately refer safeguarding concerns in accordance with approved protocols.
Maintain confidential safeguarding records, trackers and follow-up documentation.
Prepare safeguarding updates and reports for management review.
Support safe, confidential and accessible feedback and complaints mechanisms.
Ensure communities understand how to report safeguarding concerns and provide feedback.
Maintain feedback and complaint logs and ensure safeguarding-related cases are promptly referred.
Review feedback trends and support programme improvement and risk mitigation.
Support safeguarding and accountability training for staff, partners, volunteers, CHWs and frontline health workers.
Develop and adapt awareness and training materials on safeguarding, confidentiality and safe reporting.
Maintain records of training and community sensitisation activities.
Collaborate with Programme, MEAL, HR, Risk and Compliance and other teams to promote safe programming.
Support reviews of safeguarding practices at project locations and partner sites.
Contribute to reports on safeguarding trends, response status and lessons learned.

🎓 Qualifications & Requirements

Applicants should have:

A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Law, Counselling or a similar field.
At least 4 years of relevant professional experience in safeguarding, accountability, protection, MEAL, community engagement, complaints handling or related programme support.
Experience working with an NGO or humanitarian/development organisation is preferred.
Working knowledge of safeguarding, accountability, feedback mechanisms and community engagement.
Strong documentation, data-management and basic report-writing skills.
Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication abilities.
Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality, discretion and respect for survivor-centred principles.
Ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Strong organisational skills and a proactive, service-oriented approach.

🗣️ Language Requirements

English: Fluent — required.

Knowledge of Hausa, Pidgin or other relevant Nigerian languages will be an added advantage.

⭐ Who Should Apply?

This opportunity is particularly suitable for professionals with experience in safeguarding, PSEA, protection, accountability, complaints and feedback mechanisms, MEAL, community engagement or humanitarian programme support.

The successful candidate will also need to demonstrate integrity, personal accountability, collaboration, trust-building and a commitment to protecting children, vulnerable adults and programme participants from exploitation and abuse.

🏢 About the Programme

The Faith and Community Initiative (FCI) is a multi-country global health programme designed to strengthen community and frontline health-worker systems and support integrated HIV, TB, malaria, maternal and child health, and nutrition services.

In Nigeria, the programme focuses on strengthening community-based health systems, faith and community partnerships, frontline health-worker networks and sustainable country-led health systems.

📩 How to Apply

Interested and qualified Nigerian nationals should submit their application through the official CRS recruitment portal.

APPLY NOW – Project Officer, Safeguarding (Job ID 3002757)⁠

⏰ Deadline: 18 August 2026 at 6:00 PM

⚠️ Important: CRS does not charge applicants any fee for applications, recruitment, processing, interviews, testing or training.