Protection Officer – Terre des hommes (Tdh)
🚨 Vacancy Alert: Protection Officer – Terre des hommes (Tdh)
Terre des hommes (Tdh), a leading Swiss child relief organization with over 50 years of impact, is recruiting a Protection Officer to support its integrated protection programming in Nigeria.
📍 Location: Benue & Nasarawa States
💰 Salary: From NGN 610,000
The Protection Officer will support field-level implementation of child protection and psychosocial programmes, ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and resilience of vulnerable children, adolescents, women, and caregivers. The role involves delivering high-quality interventions in Child Protection (CP), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), Community-Based Protection (CBP), and SGBV prevention and response.
🔑 Key Responsibilities:
- Implement integrated protection activities across CP, MHPSS, CBP, and SGBV
- Conduct child protection case management, including assessments, case planning, referrals, and follow-ups
- Facilitate psychosocial support sessions (PFA, PM+, EASE, BLOOM, etc.)
- Support safe referrals and survivor-centered approaches for vulnerable individuals
- Lead community engagement, awareness campaigns, and child protection initiatives
- Maintain accurate documentation using CPIMS+/Primero and reporting tools
- Collaborate with government bodies, NGOs, and community stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding, PSEA, and accountability standards
🎓 Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Public Health, or related field
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in child protection or MHPSS programming
- Strong experience in case management, community engagement, and referrals
- Fluency in English and relevant local languages (Hausa, Idoma, Eggon, Gwandara, Igede)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital data tools (Kobo, CommCare, etc.)
🌍 Experience in North Central or Northeast Nigeria and knowledge of CPMS, IASC Guidelines, and Nigerian protection systems is an added advantage.
Tdh is an equal opportunity employer committed to safeguarding children and promoting inclusion, dignity, and non-discrimination.
