Job Title: Diversity & Inclusion Lead
Location: Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Job Summary
- The Diversity and Inclusion Lead will support the development and implementation of inclusive, accessible, and student-centred practices across the University.
- The role will focus on strengthening accessibility, coordinating academic accommodations and related workflows, supporting the implementation of approved diversity and inclusion policies, building staff and faculty capacity, and ensuring that students from diverse backgrounds are able to participate fully and with dignity in university life.
- The role requires strong coordination, follow-through, communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Fluency in French is required, to support engagement with Francophone students, applicants, partners and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Coordinate accessibility and inclusion initiatives across student-facing services, learning spaces and activities.
- Coordinate academic accommodation processes for students requiring support, including documentation, communication with relevant units, implementation tracking and follow-up from request to completion.
- Work with faculty, academic departments, Student Affairs, counselling, health services and other relevant units to ensure approved academic accommodations are implemented appropriately and discreetly.
- Support the implementation of approved diversity, inclusion and accessibility policies, ensuring that they are understood and applied consistently across relevant student-facing and academic units.
- Coordinate continuous staff and faculty training to ensure that policy commitments translate into practical, respectful and inclusive day-to-day practice.
- Support faculty and staff to adopt inclusive practices in classroom interaction, learning materials, assessment, student engagement and referral pathways.
- Develop and operationalise a Diversity and Inclusion coordination structure, including roles, feedback channels, escalation pathways and periodic review processes.
- Strengthen student feedback, reasonable accommodation and referral pathways for inclusion, accessibility, disability-related, discrimination or participation concerns.
- Track, document and report on Diversity and Inclusion activities, accessibility improvements, accommodation requests, training outcomes, policy implementation and institutional follow-up actions.
- Support inclusive engagement with diverse student groups, including students with disabilities, first-generation students, low-income students, displaced students, international students and Francophone students.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Education, Psychology, Development Studies, Disability Studies, Law, Human Resources, International Development, or a related field.
- Relevant experience in diversity and inclusion, disability inclusion, student support, accessibility, safeguarding, higher education, or development programmes.
- Experience coordinating student support services, case management, policy implementation, and training or awareness programmes.
- Experience in a university, scholarship programme, non-profit, or student-facing environment is an advantage.
- Fluency in English and French.
Requirements / Competencies:
- Sound knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion principles, accessibility, and reasonable
- accommodations.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Excellent organisational, coordination, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism.
- Strong facilitation and training skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work collaboratively, demonstrate empathy, and promote an inclusive learning environment.
Salary Grade
Administrative grade.
Application Closing Date
13th August, 2026.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: recruitment@pau.edu.ng using the job position as the subject of the email.