School Chaplain

Position Overview

• The Chaplain will provide spiritual leadership and pastoral oversight for the Abuja Campus, serving as the spiritual head of both the student body and staff.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for fostering a strong Christian environment in which students and staff are encouraged to grow in their relationship with God, develop a sound understanding of Scripture, and live out their faith.
• The Abuja Campus has approximately 1,900 students and over 200 members of staff, making this a significant spiritual leadership role requiring maturity, discernment, strong leadership, and excellent interpersonal and administrative skills.

Responsibilities

• Providing spiritual direction and leadership for the campus.
• Overseeing the spiritual development and wellbeing of students and staff.
• Planning and coordinating chapel services, prayer meetings, Bible studies, discipleship initiatives, and other spiritual programmes.
• Providing pastoral care, biblical counsel, encouragement, and spiritual guidance where appropriate.
• Working closely with school leadership to ensure that the spiritual life of the campus is consistent with the school’s vision and values.
• Helping create an environment where Christian faith is not merely taught but lived and demonstrated throughout the school community.

Essential Spiritual Qualifications
The ideal candidate must:

• Be a born-again Christian with a genuine and evident personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Be deeply knowledgeable and grounded in Scripture, with the ability to teach and communicate biblical truth clearly and accurately.
• Demonstrate a genuine passion for the salvation and spiritual development of children and young people.
• Have a strong commitment to prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit.
• Demonstrate a proven gift of spiritual discernment and the maturity to exercise that discernment wisely and responsibly.
• Possess strong Christian character, integrity, humility, and emotional and spiritual maturity.
• Fully embrace and uphold the Christian values, vision, doctrine, and spiritual ethos of the school and ministry.
• Be willing to continue learning, growing, and developing spiritually alongside the school community.
• Passion for Students
• The Chaplain must have a genuine heart for children and young people and be deeply invested in their spiritual wellbeing.

The candidate should:

• Have a strong desire to see students genuinely saved, discipled, and established in their faith.
• Be approachable, compassionate, and able to build meaningful relationships with students.
• Understand the different spiritual and developmental needs of children and adolescents.
• Create and support opportunities for students to encounter God, study His Word, pray, worship, and develop a personal relationship with Christ.
• Be attentive to the spiritual condition of students and able to identify areas where pastoral support or intervention may be required.

Spiritual Leadership of the Campus:

• The Chaplain will provide spiritual oversight for the entire campus community, including both students and staff.

Leadership and Administrative Competence:

• While the primary calling of the role is spiritual, the Chaplain must also be capable of providing effective leadership and administration.

The ideal candidate should preferably have:

• Previous administrative or management experience.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.
• The ability to manage programmes, schedules, teams, and initiatives effectively.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively with school leadership, teachers, parents, and students.
• The maturity to handle sensitive pastoral matters with confidentiality, wisdom, and discretion.
• The ability to lead and develop other members of the spiritual team.

Personal Qualities:
Above all, we are looking for someone who is:

• Spiritually mature and discerning.
• Prayerful and sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
• Biblically grounded.
• Passionate about the salvation of young people.
• A person of unquestionable integrity.
• Humble, teachable, and willing to grow.
• Approachable and relational.
• Firm when necessary, while remaining compassionate and gracious.
• A strong communicator and leader.
• Able to exercise sound judgment.
• Committed to accountability and working within established leadership structures.
• Fully aligned with the vision and values of the school and ministry.

What We Are Ultimately Looking For:

• We are looking for more than someone who can conduct chapel services.
• We are looking for a spiritual leader, shepherd, teacher, mentor, and administrator who has a genuine burden for the spiritual wellbeing of the entire campus community.
• The ideal Chaplain should have both the calling and character for spiritual leadership, together with the wisdom, discernment, leadership ability, and administrative competence required to oversee the spiritual life of a campus of approximately 1,900 students and over 200 staff members.
• The candidate should be someone whose life, character, doctrine, and conduct are consistent with the Christian values they will be entrusted to teach and model

Salary Range
N150,000 - N200,000 / Month.

Application Closing Date
27th August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Position as the subject of the email.

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