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Social Safeguard Assistant
Calabar, Nigeria 19 Oct 2026
- Work mode
- On-site
- Salary
- Not stated
Provides field and administrative support for WCS social safeguards, human-rights and community-engagement work around Cross River National Park, Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mbe Mountains, including grievance redress, monitoring, training and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Support application of WCS safeguards policies, procedures and mitigation measures.
- Participate in field visits, screening and monitoring and record risks, findings, actions and follow-up.
- Support inclusive community consultations and implementation of the confidential grievance redress mechanism.
- Assist with safeguards, human-rights, gender, social-inclusion and GRM training, documentation and reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, HND or equivalent in a relevant social, development, human-rights, environmental or rural-development field.
- Experience or exposure in community engagement, development, conservation, social work, field data collection or related work is advantageous.
- Ability to document and report community concerns, maintain records, and use Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Fluent English; willingness to work in remote or challenging environments and undertake regular field travel.