House Manager at the Elevation Church

The Elevation Church has been set up by God to develop its members as witnesses of Christ to the general public while empowering them to not only achieve the highest levels of distinction and greatness in life but to work actively with the church to establish community development initiatives to set other individuals on their own paths to greatness.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: House Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria (On-site)
Job type: Full-time

Objectives

• To oversee overall day-to-day operations of Shelter (KOTS), be a mother to the children and to provide leadership, direction and supervision to members of staff to ensure best practices in client care for the children in the Shelter.

Principal Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of the entire shelter.
• Assist in interviews, hiring, induction and onboarding of shelter staff.
• Participate in the screening and orientation of new shelter intakes
• Support all program staff (staff meetings, direct observation, written evaluations).
• Ensure shelter rules and procedures are adhered to.
• Work with Program Manager and staff to draft shelter’s annual and monthly budgets regarding shelter supplies, groceries etc.
• Efficiently manage the shelter budget to attain high value with cost savings
• Work with Management and staff of the shelter to draft annual goals and objectives for the shelter
• Ensure compliance with shelter policies and procedures.
• Participates actively and constructively in all staff and volunteer meetings.
• Serve as a matron and mother figure to the female children in the shelter
• Provide First Aid to all children in the shelter
• Effectively manage the interface with family members, law courts and regulatory agencies as required.
• Maintain and update case files of all children in the shelter and keep all records pertaining to them such as daily logs, progress notes, incident reports etc.
• Provide basic counselling to the children and ensure confidentiality of children in the shelter.
• Timely renewal of regulatory licenses as at when required.

Financials:

• Monthly/weekly shelter budget inputs and manage assigned budget.
• Assist with contract negotiations, new & existing licenses evaluation.

Key Performance Indicators / Performance Goals

• Degree of smooth day-to-day shelter operations with minimal issues.
• Degree of quality care of the children in the shelter.
• Degree of compliance with shelter rules and policies.
• Degree of supervisory, mentoring and coaching of subordinates.
• Cost efficiency in the management of Shelter’s budget.
• Time renewal of regulatory license if and when required.

Education Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Counselling or related field is an added advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years working experience in the Social services or childcare field.
• Teaching background an added advantage.
• Hands-on Knowledge and computer proficiency particularly in Microsoft Office i.e. excel, power point & word in their application to problem solving (Budget calculation, presentation, reports, etc.)

Functional / Technical:

• A working knowledge of how to run a shelter.
• Hands on experience working with children from various socio-economic backgrounds.
• Hands-on knowledge and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office i.e. Excel, PowerPoint & Word in their application to problem solving e.g. Budget calculations, presentations, reports etc.
• Ability to tutor children and provide quality care to children in the shelter

Managerial:

• Excellent supervisory skills.
• Good experience in managing a minimum of 4 people.

Behavioral:

• Loves working with children, empathetic, mature & caring.
• Highly organised and a good planner.
• Good leadership skills, experience of mentoring junior staff.
• Team player & self motivated with the ability to work as an effective change agent.
• Cost consciousness and ability to delegate.
• Effective communication Skills.
• Good Interpersonal Skills.
• Trustworthy.

Physical:

• Agile, ability to walk up and down the stairs, ability to lift at least 15kg.
• Ability to drive.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.