The Today For Tomorrow Initiative (TFT) is a youth-led non-governmental organization in Nigeria focused on adolescent and youth empowerment, health rights, climate action, and community development. Led by Executive Director Adek Bassey, it operates programs spanning digital skill acquisition, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and gender advocacy.
Location: Adamawa
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Safeguarding Integration: Mainstream PSEA, safeguarding, and survivor-centered frameworks across all project operational activities and community interventions.
- Capacity Building & Training: Conduct mandatory PSEA orientations and continuous training for project staff, partner staff, health workers, and Community Referral Champions (CRCs) on ethical conduct, non-discrimination, and the organizational Code of Conduct.
- Reporting Pathway Establishment: Establish, promote, and maintain safe, accessible, confidential, and culturally appropriate complaint and feedback mechanisms (CFMs) for community beneficiaries and survivors across all five LGAs.
- Case Management & Referral Oversight: Facilitate immediate, confidential, and survivor-centered referral protocols for handling received SGBV or safeguarding allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures.
- Consent & Confidentiality Enforcement: Monitor field activities to guarantee that informed consent protocols, privacy standards, and data confidentiality principles are upheld during service referrals and outreach.
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation: Conduct continuous safeguarding risk assessments within target communities to identify potential exposure points for exploitation or abuse and implement protective measures.
- Safeguarding Compliance & Reporting: Serve as the primary liaison for safeguarding compliance, maintain secure documentation on PSEA indicators, and submit monthly oversight reports to project management.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Human Rights, International Development, Gender Studies, Public Health, or Law.
- Work Experience: Minimum of 3 years of specialized experience in safeguarding, PSEA, protection, or survivor-centered SGBV programming in conflict or post-conflict settings.
- Safeguarding Expertise: In-depth technical knowledge of international safeguarding standards, do-no-harm principles, informed consent protocols, and survivor-centered approaches.
- Reporting Mechanisms: Proven experience in establishing and managing community-based Complaint and Feedback Mechanisms (CFMs) and confidential case referral pathways.
- Capacity Building: Experience in facilitating safeguarding training and Code of Conduct orientations for staff, community workers, and partner organizations.
- Key Skills: Exceptional empathy, active listening, discretion, and strict commitment to confidentiality; fluency in English and relevant local languages spoken across the target LGAs in Adamawa State.
Application Closing Date
17th August, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) (maximum 2 pages) highlighting relevant work experience, education, key achievements, and contact details of three (3) professional referees (including at least one direct supervisor) and Cover letter (maximum 1 page) clearly stating the position applied for, your motivation, and how your skills align with the requirements into a single PDF document titled (Your Name and Job Title) to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note
- Local candidates: Qualified candidates residing in or originating from Adamawa State (specifically Numan, Demsa, Fufore, Girei, and Yola South LGAs) are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Equal opportunity: We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (PSEA).
- Shortlisting: Only shortlisted candidates who meet the requirements will be contacted for interviews and assessment.
- Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.
