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  • Posted: Dec 17, 2024
    Deadline: Jan 13, 2025
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    RELON-Kenya exists to unite the refugee-led organisations (RLOs) in Kenya so as to link them with opportunities, ideas and funding, as well as provide a platform for the RLOs to network amongst each other and other key potential partners/stakeholders (at national, regional and global levels).
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    Program Officer

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Program Management
    • Manage and oversee the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the Refugees with Disability Inclusion Program.
    • Ensure 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.
    • Advance the meaningful participation of forcibly displaced persons with disabilities in decisions and policies that affect them at national, regional, and international levels
    • Promote the inclusion and participation of displaced persons with disabilities in organizational membership, strategy, and mission, priorities, existing/upcoming projects.
    • Prepare and submit reports on program activities related to refugee disability inclusion.
    • Compile monthly and quarterly reports on meetings attended, organized including the referred cases, and provide the best solutions for intervention.
    • Advocacy and Training:
    • Develop and execute advocacy strategies and participate in campaigns to raise awareness of the challenges faced by refugees with disabilities, in conjunction with IRAP and UDPK.
    • Facilitate the participation of refugees with disabilities in policy dialogues and community engagement activities.
    • Design and deliver training workshops on disability inclusion for staff, partners, and refugee communities, and coordination with IRAP and UDPK on joint implemented activities.
    • Support for Refugees with Disabilities
    • Identify the refugees with disabilities in the community in need of legal protection and psychosocial support.
    • Assess clients and gather relevant information.
    • Support refugee-led initiatives that promote leadership, advocacy, and self-empowerment among refugees with disabilities.
    • Assisting in the referral of vulnerable cases of refugees with disabilities in the community to partner agencies for appropriate intervention, including RELON-KENYA on pathways.
    • Build empathic relationships and work with refugees in an ethical, respectful, clientcentered manner.
    • Participate in the training, supervision, and advocacy meetings with stakeholders to advance the inclusion of refugees with disabilities.
    • Monitoring and Evaluation
    • Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plans to track program progress,outcomes, and impact.
    • Prepare monthly/quarterly and donor-related reports within schedule.
    • Collaboration and Team Support
    • Provide mentorship and guidance to the Assistant Program Officer to ensure effective program delivery including other staff members who support the implementation of the same program.
    • Collaborate with team members on fundraising efforts to ensure program sustainability.
    • Perform other related duties as assigned.

    Qualifications and Experience:

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

    Experience:

    • Minimum of 3 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.

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    Assistant Program Officer

    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.

    Method of Application

    If you are interested and believe you are a suitable candidate for the above positions, please submit your CV (maximum of 3 pages) and a cover letter, including the contact details of two referees, to recruits.relonke@gmail.com . Make sure to include the position code you are applying for in your application. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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