28 NGO Career Opportunities at Life Helpers Initiative (LHI): Career Guide for Job Seekers
Life Helpers Initiative (LHI) is a Nigerian non-governmental organization working across several thematic areas, including health, education, livelihoods, food security, social inclusion, and protection.
The organization has announced 28 vacancies across different professional fields, offering opportunities for candidates interested in humanitarian work, healthcare, community development, logistics, and programme management.
Below is a brief career guide highlighting each position, its location, and a summary of the role.
1. Project Lead
Location: Sokoto State, Nigeria.
A Project Lead oversees project implementation, coordinates team members, monitors progress, and ensures that activities align with project objectives. This career is suitable for professionals interested in project management, leadership, and humanitarian programme delivery.
2. Protection Specialist
Location: Borno State, Nigeria.
A Protection Specialist works to safeguard vulnerable individuals and communities from abuse, exploitation, violence, and other protection risks. Responsibilities may include protection assessments, referrals, community engagement, and technical support to protection programmes.
3. LGA Protection Officer
Locations:
- Tangaza, Sokoto State
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
- Jibia, Katsina State
An LGA Protection Officer supports protection activities at the local government level. The role may involve identifying protection concerns, engaging communities, supporting referrals, and monitoring protection services for vulnerable populations.
4. WASH Officer
Locations:
- Tangaza, Sokoto State
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
- Jibia, Katsina State
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer supports access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and hygiene promotion. The role contributes to disease prevention and improved living conditions in communities affected by emergencies or inadequate infrastructure.
5. WASH Infrastructure Manager
Location: Ngala, Borno State.
A WASH Infrastructure Manager oversees water and sanitation infrastructure projects, including construction, rehabilitation, technical supervision, and quality control. This career combines engineering knowledge with project and team management.
6. Nutrition/Health Specialist
Location: Borno State, Nigeria.
A Nutrition/Health Specialist provides technical support for health and nutrition interventions. The role may involve programme implementation, monitoring, staff support, and improving access to essential health and nutrition services.
7. Medical Doctor
Location: Tangaza, Sokoto State.
A Medical Doctor provides clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. In humanitarian settings, doctors may support emergency healthcare, manage common illnesses, and contribute to community health interventions.
8. SC Nutrition Coordinator
Locations:
- Tangaza, Sokoto State
- Jibia, Katsina State
An SC Nutrition Coordinator supports the coordination of nutrition activities, particularly those addressing malnutrition among children and other vulnerable groups. The role may involve planning, supervision, monitoring, and collaboration with health facilities and community teams.
9. Referral Nurse
Location: Sokoto State, Nigeria.
A Referral Nurse helps coordinate the transfer of patients to appropriate healthcare services. The role supports continuity of care, patient documentation, communication with receiving facilities, and follow-up where necessary.
10. MERL Manager
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Manager oversees systems for tracking project performance and measuring results. The role involves data quality, assessments, analysis, reporting, and using evidence to improve programme implementation.
11. Nurse/Midwife
Locations:
- Tangaza, Sokoto State
- Ngala, Borno State
Nurses and midwives provide nursing care and support maternal, newborn, reproductive, and general healthcare services. Their work may include antenatal and postnatal care, safe delivery support, patient monitoring, and health education.
12. Mental Health Officer
Locations:
- Tangaza, Sokoto State
- Ngala, Borno State
- Jibia, Katsina State
A Mental Health Officer supports mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. Activities may include community awareness, psychosocial support, identifying people needing additional assistance, and referring them to appropriate services.
13. Pharmacist
Location: Tangaza, Sokoto State.
A Pharmacist supports the safe and effective use of medicines. Responsibilities may include dispensing, medicine storage, inventory management, pharmaceutical counselling, and monitoring medicine safety.
14. Laboratory Scientist
Location: Tangaza, Sokoto State.
A Laboratory Scientist performs diagnostic laboratory investigations that help healthcare professionals identify and manage diseases. The role involves specimen handling, testing, quality control, and accurate reporting of laboratory results.
15. Feedback and Accountability Officer
Locations:
- Sokoto State
- Borno State
A Feedback and Accountability Officer helps ensure that communities can safely provide feedback, ask questions, and raise concerns about humanitarian assistance. The role supports complaints mechanisms, community engagement, documentation, and accountability.
16. Cash and Voucher Assistant
Location: Tangaza, Sokoto State.
A Cash and Voucher Assistant supports humanitarian assistance delivered through cash transfers or vouchers. Duties may include beneficiary registration, verification, distribution monitoring, record keeping, and collecting beneficiary feedback.
17. Pharmacy Specialist
Location: Sokoto State, Nigeria.
A Pharmacy Specialist provides technical support for pharmaceutical services and medicine management. The role may involve improving medicine availability, inventory systems, pharmaceutical standards, and the quality of pharmacy operations.
18. Warehouse Assistant
Locations:
- Katsina State
- Borno State
A Warehouse Assistant supports the receipt, storage, recording, and dispatch of supplies. Accurate stock records, proper storage, inventory checks, and accountability for organizational assets are important parts of this career.
19. Protection Manager
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A Protection Manager leads protection programmes and supervises teams delivering services to vulnerable communities. The role involves programme planning, technical oversight, coordination, risk management, and monitoring protection outcomes.
20. Health/Nutrition Manager
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A Health/Nutrition Manager oversees health and nutrition programmes, supports technical teams, monitors implementation, and coordinates with relevant stakeholders. The position combines public health knowledge with programme management.
21. WASH Manager
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A WASH Manager leads water, sanitation, and hygiene programmes. Responsibilities may include strategy development, activity planning, budget management, technical supervision, and coordination with government agencies and humanitarian partners.
22. Feedback and Accountability Manager
Location: Yobe State, Nigeria.
A Feedback and Accountability Manager oversees systems that enable communities to share feedback and raise complaints safely. The role includes improving accountability procedures, analysing feedback trends, supervising teams, and ensuring that programme decisions consider community perspectives.
23. Cash and Voucher Assistance and Food Security and Livelihoods (CVA/FSL) Manager
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A CVA/FSL Manager oversees programmes that help vulnerable households meet essential needs and strengthen their livelihoods. Activities may include cash assistance, market assessments, food security interventions, livelihood recovery, and programme monitoring.
24. MERL Officer
Locations:
- Borno State
- Yobe State
A MERL Officer collects and analyses programme data, monitors activities, supports assessments, and prepares reports. This career is suitable for people interested in research, data analysis, programme quality, and evidence-based decision-making.
25. LGA Nutrition Officer
Locations:
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
An LGA Nutrition Officer supports nutrition interventions at the local government level. The role may involve nutrition screening, community awareness, referrals, data collection, and monitoring services for children and other vulnerable groups.
26. Community-Based Health Workers’ Supervisors
Locations:
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
Community-Based Health Workers’ Supervisors support and monitor community health workers. Responsibilities may include field supervision, mentoring, performance monitoring, activity reporting, and strengthening community-level healthcare delivery.
27. PSS – Psychosocial Support Officer
Locations:
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
A Psychosocial Support (PSS) Officer helps individuals and communities cope with stress and difficult circumstances. The role may involve group activities, community support, psychological first aid within the person’s training, and referrals to specialized services.
28. LGA Cash & Voucher Officer
Locations:
- Ngala, Dikwa and Monguno, Borno State
- Geidam, Yobe State
An LGA Cash and Voucher Officer supports the implementation of cash and voucher assistance at the local government level. Duties may include beneficiary verification, distribution monitoring, record keeping, community engagement, and accountability.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their application and CV to the Life Helpers Initiative recruitment email address:
Email: recruitment@lhinigeria.org
Application Instructions
- Prepare an updated CV highlighting your qualifications, relevant work experience, and professional skills.
- Write an application letter expressing your interest in the position.
- Indicate the job title and preferred location in the email subject. For example: WASH Officer – Jibia, Katsina State.
- Attach your application letter and CV to the email.
- Submit your application before the deadline.
Application Deadline: 24 October 2026.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Important Information
Life Helpers Initiative encourages applications from women, people living with HIV/AIDS, and persons with disabilities.
The organization maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
Note: The career descriptions above are brief overviews to help job seekers understand the positions. Consult the original vacancy announcement for official qualifications, experience requirements, and other position-specific details.
