Programme Officer – Srhr at Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN)

Job Summary

• The Programme Officer – SRHR supports the design, coordination, and implementation of KELIN’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programme by translating the organisation’s mission into effective rights-based interventions, advocacy, community engagement, stakeholder coordination, research, and documentation. The Programme Officer supports the delivery of activities that strengthen awareness, access, accountability, and justice on SRHR issues, especially for vulnerable, marginalised, and excluded populations, in line with KELIN’s broader mandate to promote and protect health-related human rights for all. The role also contributes to advancing legal, policy, and accountability reforms by ensuring that programme implementation generates evidence, partnerships, and stakeholder action that influence SRHR systems and practice.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Programme Planning and Implementation

• Support the planning, coordination, and implementation of SRHR programme activities in line with KELIN’s strategic plan, annual workplans, project documents, and donor requirements.
• Coordinate specific streams of SRHR programme work, including county processes, advocacy initiatives, or community accountability interventions as assigned.
• Assist in translating programme objectives into activity plans, schedules, and deliverables, and support the timely execution of assigned interventions.
• Contribute to ensuring that activities are implemented to quality, on time, and within approved budgets.

Advocacy, Legal, and Policy Support

• Support advocacy and policy-influence initiatives aimed at advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
• Contribute to legal, policy, and programmatic analysis on SRHR-related issues.
• Assist in preparing policy briefs, submissions, position papers, meeting notes, and other advocacy materials.
• Track and follow up on stakeholder commitments arising from advocacy engagements to support the progression of agreed SRHR reform and accountability actions.

Community Engagement and Capacity Strengthening

• Coordinate and support community dialogues, trainings, forums, and awareness sessions for rights holders, duty bearers, youth groups, and community structures.
• Assist in designing and delivering capacity-strengthening activities that improve knowledge, participation, and accountability on SRHR issues.
• Support inclusive engagement processes that centre vulnerable, marginalised, and excluded populations.

Stakeholder Coordination and Partnership Support

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with community groups, civil society organisations, government actors, health stakeholders, professional bodies, and relevant networks.
• Support coordination of multi-stakeholder meetings, consultations, and follow-up actions under the SRHR portfolio.
• Represent KELIN in delegated forums, technical meetings, and partnership spaces, and provide timely feedback and action tracking.

Research, Documentation, and Knowledge Management

• Generate field-based evidence and implementation insights that inform advocacy positioning, strategic litigation opportunities, and policy engagement under the SRHR portfolio.
• Document field evidence, lessons learned, case studies, success stories, and promising practices from programme implementation.
• Contribute to the preparation and organisation of knowledge products, reports, and communication content that support learning and advocacy.

Case Documentation, Referral, and Access to Justice Support

• Support identification, intake, documentation, and follow-up of cases involving SRHR-related rights violations.
• Maintain accurate case and activity records.
• Assist with referrals, linkages, and follow-up actions that strengthen access to justice, accountability, and appropriate support services.

Monitoring, Reporting, and Grant Compliance

• Track implementation progress against workplans, outputs, and activity schedules.
• Support data collection, verification, record keeping, and maintenance of complete programme files and supporting documentation.
• Prepare timely activity reports, monthly updates, quarterly inputs, and other narrative documentation required for internal and donor reporting.
• Help ensure compliance with grant requirements, organisational procedures, and documentation standards.

Internal Coordination and Organisational Support

• Work closely with Programme Leads and with MEL, legal, communications, finance, and administration teams to ensure coordinated delivery of the SRHR portfolio.
• Support the preparation of activity budgets, procurement requests, logistics, and operational arrangements for programme events and field engagements.
• Contribute to cross-functional planning, review, and learning processes within the organisation.

Safeguarding, Ethics, and Rights-Based Practice

• Promote safeguarding, confidentiality, and ethical conduct in all programme activities and stakeholder interactions.
• Ensure that programme work is implemented in a gender-responsive, inclusive, non-discriminatory, and rights-based manner.
• Handle sensitive information and community engagement processes with professionalism, empathy, and sound judgment.

Education Experience and Competencies Desired

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following or a closely related field: Law, Public Health, Gender and Development Studies, Human Rights, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Community Development, or Public Policy.
• A postgraduate qualification in Public Health, Human Rights, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Health Policy, or Project Management is an added advantage.
• 3- 5 years’ experience in programme coordination or project implementation in SRHR, public health, gender, human rights, or access-to-justice work.
• Proven experience in advocacy, legal and policy analysis, community mobilisation, training, case documentation, or evidence generation.
• Experience in work planning, activity coordination, stakeholder engagement, monitoring data, and narrative reporting.
• Programme planning, coordination, and activity implementation.
• Knowledge of SRHR, gender equality, and health-related human rights.
• Legal, policy, and rights-based analysis.
• Advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and partnership coordination.