Position: Reintegration Officer
Reports To: Protection Programmes Manager
Duty Station: Gwoza
Contract Term: 5 months with possibility of extension
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday 8:30am - 5:15pm, Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm
Gross Salary: NGN 588,790.78 monthly
Background:
Street Child is a UK charity working to protect vulnerable children and improve access to education in some of the poorest communities in the world. Since November 2016, Street Child has been actively involved in humanitarian response efforts in Nigeria, as well as being a partner of the Education in Emergencies Working Group.
Street Child works in the fields of education, child protection, and livelihoods, delivering sustainable solutions and creating maximum impact. Our work includes counselling, family mediation, business support, school building, teacher training, and child protection. We operate through local partnerships and emphasize sustainable development through community participation.
About the Job
The Reintegration Officer supports the recovery and reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Groups (CAAFAG) by leading community-based social, economic, and psychosocial interventions. The role involves managing reintegration projects, training and supervising case workers and facilitators, coordinating with government and partners, and ensuring proper case management, reporting, and compliance with donor and UNICEF requirements. The officer plays a key role in restoring dignity, promoting family reunification, and supporting affected children especially survivors of conflict related sexual violence towards a safe return to community life.
Key Responsibilities:
- Facilitate the training of and ongoing support for case workers and facilitators including community volunteers, on the reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Groups (CAAFAG).
- Manage the children associated with armed groups program, including ensuring timely implementation of activities, timely reporting to the donors, compliance with visibility requirements, and compliance with internal UNICEF procedures and processes.
- Led the implementation of social and economic reintegration for Children Associated with Armed Groups (CAAFAG) and monitored, planned, implemented, and managed the reintegration project.
- Support donor reports, and develop a works plan for the reintegration grants.
- Work with other partners to ensure better reintegration of children who were associated with armed group including girls and women who have suffered conflict-related sexual violence, through the provision of individual psychosocial support, empowerment/livelihoods, peer group support, family tracing, reunification and reconciliation, and community dialogue to promote return and reintegration.
- Work with State ministries and other actors to implement community-based social and economic reintegration strategies for children associated with armed groups including survivors of conflict-related sexual violence. Provide technical guidance for the implementation of the strategy and program on the reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Groups (CAAFAG).
- Support the development of community-based reintegration activities for affected children including girls and women with the support of GBV specialists.
- Provide guidance and technical support to the implementing project team, in all phases of the project cycle with regards to Child Protection and GBV case management across project locations.
- Case management support to case workers, review of documentation, training, coaching, supportive supervision, and capacity building.
- Support the supervision and coaching of Child-friendly spaces facilitators and monitoring of activities in the safe spaces.
- Ensure good working relationships and mentoring sessions for community facilitators and beneficiaries of parenting sessions, CBCPCs, and other support groups across project locations.
- Develop and monitor activity implementation plans with the project team.
- Lead/organize regular project monitoring visits and plan for project action plans, revisions, and modifications if the need arises.
- Provide weekly reports to the Programme Manager covering the status of implementation across all locations of responsibility.
- Ensure compliance with donor rules and regulations during implementation.
- Collaborate with the M&E Officer, CRM Officer, and CPIMS Officer in ensuring adequate data capturing of project beneficiaries.
- He / She shall also undertake any other role or responsibility assigned by the CP program manager.
Reporting:
- The reintegration officer reports directly to the child protection program manager.
- Keep the Child Protection Programed Manager informed on the activities of the project by providing relevant correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes as well as making regular updates.
- Responsible for prompt submission of all reports to the Child Protection Program Manager.
- Work closely with caseworkers on case workers on child protection and reintegration -related cases, work with meal and keep the CP program manager informed on inflow of data on primero.
Key Relationships:
- The Reintegration Officer will have regular and substantial engagement with other Street Child staff and stakeholders including:
- Country Leadership Team (CLT), Senior Management Team (SMT), Department Managers and Technical leads
- Third-party vendors and service providers.
- National partner organizations, Community members and other key stakeholders in project locations.
Person Specification:
- Excellent interpersonal and listening skills with honesty and confidentiality; ability to deal tactfully and discreetly with situations, people, and information.
- Strong self-starter and independent work ethic, with the capacity and motivation to deliver results while working independently.
- An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary.
- Commitment to Street Child’s mission, vision and values, and the ability to convey with enthusiasm Street Child’s role in accompanying and serving forcibly displaced people and in advocating for their right to protection and a life in dignity.
- Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as a core value.
- Willingness to work in flexible, sub-optimal, stressful and unstable environment. Willingness to travel through the country to different states.
- Alignment with Street Child’s 4P’s – Purpose, People, Performance, Partnership – in approach to everyday work duties.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Work, Development Studies, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years’ proven experience in child protection, case management, or reintegration programming, preferably within national or international humanitarian/development NGOs.
- Strong skills in community engagement, psychosocial support, and working in conflict or post-conflict contexts.
- Innovative, solutions-oriented, and equipped with sound analytical, conceptual, and strategic thinking abilities.
- Demonstrated commitment to humanitarian principles, child safeguarding, and reintegration of vulnerable groups including Children Associated with Armed Groups (CAAFAG). values
- Commitment to Street Child’s mission, vision, and values.
- We value high integrity, honesty, confidentiality and willingness to work in a flexible, dynamic, and challenging environment.
- Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as core principles.
Required Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills: Strong verbal, written communication abilities and experience in report writing.
- Organizational Skills: Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities efficiently.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite: Including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.
- Proficiency in English (Spoken proficiency in the local language is an added advantage).
- Strong relationship-building skills with external partners.
- Flexibility to handle changing circumstances in donor-funded projects.
- Excellent organization with attention to detail.
To Apply
- Please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.
Closing Date
Disclaimer
Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief or age. Street Child Nigeria does not charge any fees for recruitment and does not use any employment mediator. Any attempt at canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process will lead to direct disqualification and blacklisting.
