Assistant Program Officer at Refugee-Led Organization Network of Kenya (RELON-Kenya)

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Implementation:
• Support the implementation of program activities, including organizing workshops, meetings, advocacy forums, field visits, and coordinating with IRAP and UDPK on joint implemented activities.
• Prepare and draft work plans, schedules, and logistical arrangements for program events.
• FacilItate access to legal pathways to safety for forcibly displaced persons with disabilities in Kenya.
• Identify and remove barriers to obtaining refugee status determination and disability certificates.
• Compile monthly and quarterly reports on meetings attended, including the referred cases, and provide the best solutions for intervention.
• Prepare monthly reports and donor-related reports within schedule.
• Advocacy and Inclusion:
• Promote meaningful participation of forcibly displaced persons with disabilities in decisions and policies at national, regional, and international levels.
• Advance their inclusion and participation in organizational membership, strategy, and mission, priorities, existing/upcoming projects.
• Participate in the training, supervision, and advocacy meetings with stakeholders to advance the inclusion of refugees with disabilities.
• Assist in drafting reports on disability inclusion activities.
• Administrative Duties
• Assist the Program Officer in drafting progress reports, donor reports, and other required documents.
• Maintain comprehensive records of program activities, including participant lists and meeting minutes.
• Coordinate logistical arrangements for training sessions, workshops, and meetings. Client Support
• Assist in the referral of vulnerable cases of refugees with disabilities in the community to partner agencies for appropriate intervention.
• Offer information and support clients and their families.
• Contact and make referrals to other agencies and services.
• Provide crisis intervention when needed.
• Collaboration and Coordination
• Collaborate with team members on fundraising initiatives to ensure program sustainability.
• Help the program officer to coordinate the event planning and program implementation in partnership with other consortium members.
• Other Duties:
• Build empathic relationships and work with refugees in an ethical, respectful, clientcentered manner.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Advanced Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Disability Studies, Human Rights, or a related field.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in project management, preferably in refugee rights, disability inclusion, or social inclusion.
• Experience working with refugee-led organizations or marginalized communities is an advantage.