- Company: EduBridge Academy
- Location: Lagos, Nigeria
- Job type: Hybrid
- Salary: N1,500,000 – N2,000,000 Monthly Gross
About the role
EduBridge Academy is a Career Advisory, Training & Support Academy that helps undergraduates, graduates, and working professionals acquire the skills employers demand. The Academy addresses the skill gap between the Nigerian university system and the world of work, providing employers with trained, ready-to-work entry-level talent.
We are looking for a practical and detail-oriented Compliance & Risk Lead to oversee legal, regulatory, contractual, operational, and funder compliance activities. This role requires providing leadership with clear visibility of key risks and compliance matters. Candidates with experience in NGOs, donor-funded programmes, consulting firms, or professional services firms are strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead the firm’s legal, regulatory, contractual, operational, and funder compliance activities.
- Provide leadership with clear visibility of key risks and compliance matters.
- Review contracts to identify specific obligations and compliance requirements.
- Identify practical, proportionate solutions to compliance and risk issues.
- Ensure adherence to global funder rules and standards.
- Maintain working knowledge of Nigerian corporate, tax, and data protection requirements.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of professional experience in compliance, audit, risk, or legal.
- Strong contract review skills, particularly in identifying specific obligations and compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with global funder rules and standards is an advantage.
- Strong judgement, attention to detail, and confidence in raising compliance concerns with senior stakeholders.
- Experience establishing a compliance function from scratch or auditing a large-scale funded programme is a strong advantage.
- Relevant experience in NGOs, donor-funded programmes, consulting, or professional services firms is strongly preferred.
- Experience working in Big 4 or reputable audit firms is an added advantage.
- Working knowledge of Nigerian corporate, tax, and data protection requirements.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to recruiture@edubridgeacademy.com using “Compliance & Risk LEAD” as the subject of the email.
Apply by email: recruiture@edubridgeacademy.com
