Lead Resident Formation Mentor

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead Resident Formation Mentor

Location: Sangotedo, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time (Permanent)
Start Date: 1 June 2026.
Reports To: Centre Director

About the Role

• She lives with the students, mentors an assigned group of girls through their integral formation journey, leads the formation team of three, and serves as the Centre Director's primary operational deputy in matters of student formation and residential life.
• This is not a teaching role in the conventional sense. It is a role of accompaniment — of walking alongside young women, knowing them deeply, and helping each one grow into the woman she is called to be. It requires faith, maturity, warmth, firmness, and a genuine vocation to serve.
• The Lead Resident Formation Mentor is the senior member of the Centre's formation team and one of the most important roles in the Centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Centre Director's primary deputy in matters of student formation and residential life
• Monitor student wellbeing across all three mentor groups and ensure concerns are escalated appropriately
• Coordinate the daily, weekly, and monthly formation schedule in collaboration with academic teachers and vocational trainers
• Mentor and accompany an assigned group of approximately 20 students across all five formation pillars: spiritual, moral, human, intellectual, and vocational
• Lead and coordinate the formation mentor team of three, providing guidance, support, and consistency of approach
• Champion and uphold all student welfare and protection policies
• Conduct structured individual review sessions with each student, tracking formation progress
• Live residentially with students and govern the daily rhythm of community life — prayer, meals, rest, hygiene, and household order

Requirements

• Openness to being developed for broader leadership responsibility within the Centre
• Natural leadership ability — able to lead a small team with warmth, clarity, and calm authority
• Willingness to live residentially and commit fully to the community life of the Centre
• A female Catholic with a mature, living faith and a genuine vocation to accompany young women
• Experience in youth formation, mentoring, residential care, pastoral ministry, or education
• Emotional maturity, patience, and the capacity for compassionate firmness
• A Police Character Certificate and satisfactory references, including from a parish priest or Catholic community leader
• Completion of student welfare and protection training before commencement (training will be provided)