Elela-Care Humanitarian and Development Organization (ECM) is a youth-led, non-governmental organization dully registered with Nigerian government through Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC/IT NO: 182167). Existing since June 2022, ECM focuses on improving the quality of life of vulnerable population across communities in North East Nigeria. ECM operates both in emergency and developmental context and have its programme principally rooted in identifying gaps that affects population or increases vulnerability of population and bridging those gaps through resource base planning and implementation.
Program Assistant (Protection)
Job Title: Program Assistant (Protection)
Number of Openings: 1 position
Location: Maiduguri & Magumeri LGAs(Borno State).
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 6 months
Job Field: Programs
Expected Start Date: As soon as possible
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in the identification, assessment, referral, and follow-up of CP and GBV cases, ensuring survivors and at-risk children receive timely and confidential services in line with SOPs and protection guiding principles.
- Facilitate individual and group PSS sessions for children, adolescents, and GBV survivors, including parenting sessions, peer support groups, and life skills training.
- Conduct community sensitization and awareness-raising on CP and GBV topics such as child rights, positive parenting, prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), early marriage, and gender inclusion.
- Support accurate and confidential documentation of cases using standardized tools (e.g., GBVIMS+ and CPIMS+), data entry, and reporting while maintaining data protection and ethical standards.
- Contribute to the development and regular update of referral pathways, ensuring effective coordination with health, legal, education, and livelihood service providers.
- Support training and mentoring of community-based child protection committees, adolescent clubs, women’s groups, and local authorities on CP and GBV risk mitigation and response.
- Participate in protection monitoring assessments to identify protection risks and trends, feeding findings into program design and advocacy efforts.
- Represent the organization in relevant field-level sector meetings, protection working groups, and case management meetings to ensure coordinated responses.
- Support GBV and CP case management services at field level.
- Monitor CP and GBV case management activities in Damboa and Magumeri.
- Represent ECM in community and stakeholder meetings.
- Support implementation of protection strategies under supervision.
- Conduct initial assessments and report protection concerns.
- Assist in coordinating referrals for survivors and vulnerable children.
- Facilitate psychosocial support and community-based activities.
- Support data collection, documentation, and reporting on CP/GBV activities.
- Liaise with the project manager to ensure protection is mainstreamed in all activities.
- Ensure compliance with ECM’s code of conduct, safeguarding, and PSEA standards.
- Collaborate with health, WASH, and livelihood teams for integrated service delivery.
- Building Resilience, Leaving no one Behind
- Track and report the use of protection materials and supplies.
- Provide administrative and logistical support for protection trainings and events.
Experience and technical competencies
- At least 2 years of practical field experience in gender equality, child protection, GBV, and safeguarding in humanitarian and development contexts.
- Skilled in conducting inclusion analysis and applying intersectional methodologies to inform CP and GBV programming.
- Experience in leading intersectional gender and protection analyses with practical recommendations for gender transformative and child-sensitive interventions addressing power imbalances and systemic barriers.
- Extensive experience working with returnee and IDP populations, supporting women, girls, and vulnerable children in economic inclusion and access to essential services.
- Proven experience in uploading of cases in GBVISM+.
- Ability to contribute to the development and operationalization of safeguarding frameworks, policies, and tools, ensuring survivor-centred and do-no-harm approaches in all protection activities.
- Strong knowledge of global and local best practices and legal frameworks in safeguarding, gender, child protection, and inclusion, with a specific focus on women, girls, and marginalized children.
- Ability to managed sensitive CP and GBV cases with confidentiality, professionalism, and adherence to protection principles.
- Ability to deliver high-quality capacity building, coaching, and community sensitization on child protection, GBV, disability inclusion, and safeguarding topics.
- Excellent skills in reporting, documentation, and communication, with a consistent track record of integrity, cultural sensitivity, and respect for diversity across complex humanitarian contexts.
Women are strongly encouraged to Apply
Application Closing Date: 30th July 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
- Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis
- Elela-Care is committed to diversity equity and inclusion, women and person living with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Elela-Care is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ethical recruitment, please note that we don’t collect money or participate in any fraudulent activities you can report such to: [email protected]
