Background Checks & Verification Officer at Estrada International Staffing Solutions

How You'll Make an Impact

• We are looking for a meticulous, highly disciplined Background Checks Officer to serve as the ultimate guardian of integrity for Estrada and our corporate clients. In this role, you are not just checking boxes; you are an investigative professional responsible for mitigating organizational risk and eliminating fraud.
• You will own the administrative and operational execution of our verification engine. From cross-referencing educational credentials and previous employment histories to auditing criminal records and professional certifications, your work ensures that every vetting file is flawless.
• You are a process-integrity specialist who understands that a single oversight can compromise a client's security. If you have an uncompromising eye for detail, a persistent attitude, and thrive on turning raw checks into highly reliable verification reports under tight deadlines, you belong here.

What You'll Do
Core Verification Operations & Execution:

• End-to-End Vetting Lifecycle: Manage the full lifecycle of background checks, including educational qualification verification, previous employment reference checks, address verifications, and credit history audits.
• Document Authenticity Auditing: Meticulously review and verify candidate-submitted credentials (certificates, transcripts, identity documents) to flag anomalies, omissions, or potential forgeries.
• Field Verification Coordination: Oversee and coordinate field verification officers or external agents executing physical address checks, ensuring quick turnarounds and data validity.

Stakeholder Engagement & Network Management:

• Institutional Liaison: Build and maintain active, professional relationships with registries, corporate HR departments, law enforcement agencies, and academic institutions across Nigeria and globally to accelerate response timelines.
• Candidate Communication: Maintain professional, "candidate-centric" communication when requesting additional vetting documents or resolving discrepancies in their submissions.

Reporting, Quality Control & Compliance:

• Verification Reporting Excellence: Champion the development of professional, data-backed Verification Reports. Ensure that all findings, discrepancies, or red flags are documented with absolute clarity, precision, and rationale for client review.
• Turnaround Time (TAT) Tracking: Actively track and monitor the velocity of all active verification mandates, identifying and resolving institutional bottlenecks to meet specific client SLAs.
• Process Compliance: Ensure the entire vetting journey rigorously adheres to EISS standard operating procedures, data privacy regulations (such as NDPR), and legal compliance frameworks.

What We're Looking For
Professional & Technical Strengths:

• Academic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc) in Criminology, Sociology, Law, Business Administration, or any related Social Science discipline.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of core, hands-on experience in corporate background checks, pre-employment screening, compliance, hr operations or risk-mitigation consulting.
• Technical Savvy: High proficiency in data management tools, verification databases, and advanced Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word) for report generation.
• Investigation & Research DNA: Excellent internet research skills and a natural knack for tracking down unverified data or hard-to-reach institutional contacts.

Leadership & Interpersonal Strengths:

• Meticulous Eye for Detail: You have an uncompromising commitment to precision; a single misaligned date or typo in an identity file concerns you.
• High Professional Integrity: Absolute discretion and ethical standards when handling sensitive, confidential personal data.
• Persistence & Grit: You view a delayed institutional response as a prompt to find alternative channels. You possess the follow-up discipline required to get answers.
• Time & Pipeline Management: Exceptional organizational skills to juggle high volumes of verification requests simultaneously without dropping the ball on quality.