Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Contract Type: Full-Time
About Us
Legend Golden Care Foundation (LGCF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting social justice and human rights. LGCF works to improve the quality of life for vulnerable populations, including women, children and inmates through holistic and evidence-based approaches combining pro bono legal services, psychosocial support, livelihood empowerment, education, and advocacy to create sustainable impact. We work across three key thematic areas, including access to justice and security, rehabilitation, and gender.
Job Summary:
The Program Lead – Access to Security and Justice will provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for all programs related to the criminal justice system. The role requires a seasoned legal professional with strong program management skills who can design, implement, and evaluate interventions that enhance justice delivery, protect vulnerable populations, and drive systemic reform.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction for LGCF’s Access to Security and Justice thematic area.
- Design, implement, and oversee projects focused on criminal justice reform, legal aid, inmate rehabilitation, torture prevention, and survivor support.
- Lead program planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting in line with donor and organizational requirements.
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders including government agencies, correctional services, law enforcement, judiciary, civil society organizations, and development partners.
- Supervise program staff and consultants, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration
- Facilitate and coordinate capacity-building workshops, training, and technical sessions for law enforcement officers, correctional personnel, judicial actors, and other relevant justice-sector stakeholders, with a focus on human rights, access to justice and criminal justice reform.
- Ensure compliance with national legal frameworks and international human rights standards.
- Provide technical legal guidance across organizational projects when required.
- Support resource mobilization by contributing to grant proposals, concept notes, and donor reports.
- Initiate and nurture networks and alliances with academia, and research institutes
- Represent LGCF at high-level meetings, policy dialogues, and sector engagements.
- Identify policy gaps and lead advocacy initiatives aimed at strengthening the criminal justice system.
- Collaborate with the Communications team to amplify program results and showcase impact.
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B); a Master’s degree in Law, Human Rights, Criminology, or a related field is an added advantage.
- Minimum of 8 years post-call experience, preferably with significant exposure to human rights, or justice sector programming preferably in the NGO sector, working on access to justice and human rights in a similar role..
- Demonstrated experience managing complex development or donor-funded programs.
- Strong knowledge of Nigeria’s criminal justice system and reform landscape.
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- Proven experience working with government agencies and research institutes
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation abilities.
- Strong proposal writing, analytical, and report-writing skills.
- Strong knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation methodology
- High level of professionalism, integrity, and commitment to social justice.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and stay on task
- Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
Core Competencies
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Leadership and decision-making
- Networking influencing and interpersonal skills
- Planning, organisation time management, and coordination
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Project management
- Policy analysis and advocacy
- Risk management
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
Why Join LGCF?
- Opportunity to join a mission-driven organization at the forefront of justice sector reforms.
- Opportunity to lead transformative justice sector interventions.
- Collaborative, supportive, inclusive and impact-driven work environment.
- Professional growth, leadership opportunities and support for personal development.
- Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience and expertise
- Health Insurance and pension contribution
- Hybrid work opportunity including data reimbursement
- A supportive organizational culture that prioritizes staff care and wellbeing.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send an email to [email protected]. Use the subject line Application: Program Lead – Access to Justice and Security (AJS).
Attach a single PDF document that includes:
- CV/resume (maximum 3 pages), including references and updated LinkedIn profile link.
- A detailed cover letter (maximum 1 page) explaining your motivation and relevant experience for the role.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline: February 20th, 2026
Equal Opportunity Statement
Legend Golden Care Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified women to apply. We do not discriminate based on gender, disability, ethnicity, religion, or other protected characteristics.
