want to join our team? we're hiring!

JEI is seeking dynamic, creative, passionate, smart professionals to fill several staff positions. 

PUBLIC HEALTH Lead

JEI is looking for a health or public health professional to join our team as the Public Health Lead to coordinate our work around access to health for the urban poor. This position requires an individual with substantial knowledge of health, preferably with public health background, and of teaching health education with a special focus on low literacy, multi-lingual, urban poor populations. The Public Health Lead must be committed to access to health and access to justice for the poor and to supporting grassroots efforts to engage in public dialogue and policy advocacy – especially around access to health care and health services. The Public Health Lead will work with all members of the JEI team, community health advocates, community paralegals, and the broader network of urban poor communities.

Creative media officer

JEI is looking for a dynamic multimedia (photo, video, audio) producer to join our team as Creative Media Officer. He/she will be an innovative thinker with strong technical skills, who is committed to access to justice and access to health for the poor and supporting grassroots efforts to engage in public dialogue and policy advocacy campaigns. The Creative Media Officer will work with all JEI staff, community paralegals, community health advocates, and team of grassroots media-makers, to co-create media projects across a wide variety of media projects, and disseminate/distribute same through impact media campaigns.

Staff attorney

JEI is looking for a committed individual with significant civil litigation, criminal defense, and alternative dispute resolution experience to join our team as a Staff Attorney based in Lagos. He/she will be an innovative thinker and with strong technical skills, who is committed to using the law as a tool for social change and supporting grassroots legal empowerment and access to justice. The Staff Attorney will work with members of JEI staff, community paralegals, and members of grassroots movements we support.

participatory mapping & data specialist

JEI is looking for a professional with significant experience in project or field research management and sophisticated policy-oriented data analysis to join our team as a Participatory Mapping & Data Specialist. He/she will be an innovative thinker and with strong technical skills, who is committed to supporting and strengthening grassroots data generation and turning data into meaningful tools for urban planning and policy advocacy. Participatory Mapping & Data Specialist will work with other members of JEI staff and grassroots community profiling and mapping teams.. 

Juriste (Cotonou)

JEI-Bénin est à la recherche d’une personne engagé, ayant d’importantes expériences dans les domaines du litige civil, la procédure pénale, la défense, et du règlement extrajudiciaire des différends, pour rejoindre notre équipe, basée à Cotonou, en tant que juriste. Il / elle sera un penseur innovant ayant une bonne compétence technique, qui s’engage à utiliser le droit comme outil de changement social. Il/elle s’engage à soutenir l'autonomisation juridique au niveau local et l'accès à la justice aux plus pauvres. Le juriste travaillera avec les membres du personnel de JEI-Bénin, les parajuristes de la communauté, et nos mouvements populaires partenaires.

Stagiaire Urbaniste / Géographe (Cotonou)

JEI-Bénin est à la recherche d’une personne engagé, ayant formation dans l’analyse/gestion des données et/ou l’urbanisme, et d’importantes expériences dans les domaines recherche participative orientée vers l’action, la gestion et analyse des données participative et/ou l’urbanisme et la planification participative. Il / elle sera un penseur innovant ayant une bonne compétence technique, qui s’engage à utiliser le droit comme outil de changement social. Il/elle s’engage à soutenir la collecte des données, la cartographie participative et la planification participative au niveau local. Le juriste travaillera avec les membres du personnel de JEI-Bénin, les équipes de cartographie / données communautaires, et nos mouvements populaires partenaires.

finance manager

JEI is looking for a committed accounting professional with significant experience in NGO/non-profit accounting to join our team as an Accountant / Finance Manager based in Lagos to oversee financial management across our work in Nigeria and Benin. He/she will work with and supervise finance-related staff and report directly to the Co-Executive Directors.

FINANCIAL LITERACY SPECIALIST

JEI is looking for a professional with significant experience in financial literacy education and business planning support for microenterprises to join our team as a Financial Literacy Specialist. He/she will be an innovative thinker and with strong technical skills, who is committed to supporting financial literacy education aimed at urban poor communities and strengthening financial literacy and business planning/management skills for microentrepreneurs with lower levels of formal education. The Financial Literacy Specialist will work with other members of JEI staff and grassroots community volunteer teams to develop and roll out financial literacy training / capacity building programs and other initiatives aimed at strengthening financial resilience of urban poor households.

interns / volunteers

We also accept applications for interns / volunteers in fields such as law, architecture, urban planning, among others. Please apply by submitting a resume / CV and cover letter to info@justempower.org. 

Applications are welcome from Nigeria or other parts of the world. Please be sure to specify length of availability and time commitment.   Applications treated on rolling basis.