Program Officer - Inclusion at ORAM

Specific Responsibilities:

Program Planning, Implementation & Development

• Lead the design and implementation of SOGIESC inclusion interventions within humanitarian programming, ensuring approaches are participatory, context-responsive, and aligned with ORAM’s strategic priorities.
• Lead stakeholder mapping and analysis to identify, engage, and maintain strategic relationships with key actors.
• Coordinate and facilitate co-creation processes with stakeholders to strengthen program management tools and ensure their relevance, usability, and uptake across partners.
• Oversee the planning and delivery of capacity strengthening initiatives for LGBTIQ refugees, including Training-of-Trainers (ToT) approaches that build technical knowledge, and facilitation skills.
• Facilitate and deliver inclusive training to diverse stakeholders, applying adult learning, rights-based, and grounded in the lived realities of LGBTIQ communities.
• Adapt program strategies based on field realities, particularly in refugee settings such as Kakuma, ensuring responsiveness to emerging protection and inclusion needs.

Program Development and Learning

• Identify and develop innovative approaches to mainstream SOGIESC/GEDI in humanitarian, human rights programming, drawing on field learning and stakeholder feedback.
• Contribute to the development of project concepts, proposals, and budgets.
• Conduct contextual analysis and contribute to identifying program gaps, particularly in relation to inclusion and access for marginalized groups.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Reporting

• Strengthen and implement relevant MEAL tools for the inclusion program.
• Produce quality narrative and analytical reports, documenting program progress, impact, and lessons learned.
• Facilitate reflective learning processes with teams, partners, and participants to inform adaptive programming.

Budget Management & Compliance

• Lead the management of activity-based budgets, ensuring alignment with program plans and efficient resource utilization.
• Monitor expenditure and ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial requirements, and engage in timely corrective actions.

Operational & Data Management

Ensure effective coordination of program logistics, including trainings, workshops, and field activities in Nairobi and Kakuma.

• Maintain strong data protection and confidentiality practices
• Ensure compliance with organizational safety, security, and safeguarding protocols in all areas of program implementation.

Partnership Building

• Represent ORAM and the program towards a wide range of stakeholders, including individual Refuge-led CBOs, national & county government, humanitarian agencies and private sector actors. To this end, ensure professional standards in the external representation of ORAM to build trust and ensure effective collaboration with all concerned stakeholders.
• Facilitate meaningful community engagement and participation, ensuring programs are grounded in the priorities and experiences of LGBTIQ refugees.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration or resource mobilization with partners and community networks to strengthen program sustainability and impact.

Team Management

• Participate in recruitment and onboarding and oversight of program assistants and consultants.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of program consultants.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback informally and formally via regular one-on-one and performance reviews to Program and Field Assistants.
• Review and approve leave for staff.
• Contribute to the identification of staff capacity gaps and developing capacity strengthening plans.

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Education: A minimum Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Law, Humanitarian, Development, or a related field.
• Experience: At least 5 years in humanitarian program management (refugee context preferred).
• Demonstrated experience facilitating SOGIESC inclusion training or capacity-building for diverse groups.
• Experience designing and implementing GEDI (Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion) or SOGIESC-related programs.
• Ability to integrate SOGIESC/GEDI principles across program design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of Kenyan legal/policy framework on LGBTIQ rights and international human rights standards.
• Deep familiarity with refugee protection and community development principles. Proficiency with program cycle management and MEL methodologies.