Street Child

Senior Compliance Officer

Street Child  •  Maiduguri, NG (Onsite)  •  8 days ago
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Job Description

Street Child is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Senior Compliance Officer to enhance our commitment to ethical practices and regulatory adherence. This is a short-term contract role ending September 2026, and we are specifically looking for candidates available for immediate placement. The position will involve frequent field travel and direct engagement with implementing partners.

In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting day-to-day compliance activities and ensuring that Street Child maintains full adherence to all applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. You will also support the compliance capacity of implementing partners to strengthen overall program integrity. You will be responsible for conducting thorough compliance assessments, managing compliance risk, and assisting in the development and delivery of compliance training programs for both staff and partners. Your expertise will help safeguard the organization’s integrity and support our mission to improve the lives of vulnerable children globally. If you are a motivated compliance professional with strong attention to detail, flexibility for field deployments, and a passion for nonprofit work, we encourage you to join our dynamic team and contribute to meaningful change.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in implementing and maintaining effective compliance programs and policies.
  • Conduct regular reviews and audits to ensure adherence to regulatory and organizational standards.
  • Monitor compliance risk areas and report findings to senior management.
  • Support investigations into compliance issues and recommend corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with various teams and implementing partners to promote a culture of compliance and ethical behavior.
  • Provide training, mentorship, and guidance on compliance matters to staff and implementing partners.
  • Support and strengthen partners’ compliance systems, including conducting partner assessments and follow-ups.
  • Prepare compliance reports and documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
  • Stay informed of changes in laws and regulations impacting the nonprofit sector and advise on necessary adjustments.
  • Undertake frequent field travel to support compliance monitoring and partner oversight

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in law, business administration, finance, or a related field.
  • At least 3-5 years of experience in compliance or regulatory roles, preferably within the nonprofit sector.
  • Strong understanding of compliance regulations and best practices.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills to engage with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently.
  • High level of integrity and professionalism.
Street Child

About Street Child

Street Child works to see all children kept safe, in school and learning—especially in low resource environments and emergencies.

Our vision is a world where it is seen as unacceptable for a child not to be in education. But today there are 250 million school-aged children around the world who are not in education. Millions more children are in school but failing to learn.

Street Child believes that education is a fundamental right and achieving universal basic education is the single greatest step toward eliminating the inequality gap and global poverty.

We go to places where others don’t go, where we seek out remote, hard-to-reach, fragile and disaster-affected states that are forgotten about and ignored. It’s in these contexts where our pragmatic and cost-effective approaches can make a real difference to a child’s future.

Street Child works to remove the complex social, economic and structural barriers to education wherever they lie. We are there to close the gaps through which the most marginalised children can slip. Our work includes not only building schools and training teachers but also protecting children and livelihood support for caregivers to ensure they can afford the cost of their children’s education.

Wherever we work, we partner with local organisations and communities which allows us to be responsive and nimble. We use simple, low-cost and replicable solutions that allow us to create maximum impact for the most children.

We started out supporting 100 street-connected children in Sierra Leone in 2008. Since then, we have impacted one million marginalised children in over 25 countries around the world.

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Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
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