Program Officer Ãâ¢ã‚â€ã‚â“ Dadaab

Job Purpose

• The Program Officer will provide day-to-day program coordination and technical oversight for RELON Kenya's implementation of the Angaza Program, which seeks to achieve dignified and fulfilling work opportunities for young refugee women aged 18 - 35 years and persons with disabilities.
• The Program Officer will coordinate program planning and implementation, provide technical and operational support to participating refugee-led organisations, monitor program progress and quality, support partnerships and coordination, and ensure timely and accurate program reporting. The role will contribute to ensuring that program activities are inclusive, responsive to the needs of young refugee women and persons with disabilities, and aligned with the program's objectives, agreed work plans, safeguarding standards and donor requirements.

Job Description

• Provide technical leadership in livelihoods and economic inclusion, including entrepreneurship, income-generating activities, business development, employability, vocational skills, financial inclusion, market linkages and access to economic opportunities for refugees and host communities.
• Support the identification, design and implementation of market-driven skills development and employability interventions, ensuring that training opportunities respond to existing and emerging labour-market demands
• Support refugees and host-community members to identify and pursue sustainable livelihood opportunities, including self-employment, micro and small enterprises, wage employment, apprenticeships, skills development and other market-driven income opportunities.
• Train, mentor and provide continuous technical backstopping to livelihood groups, refugee-led organisations, business groups, VSLA facilitators and other community structures on entrepreneurship, business management, financial literacy, savings, access to finance, market linkages and sustainable livelihoods.
• Facilitate access to financial services and business development support for refugees and host communities, including linkages to microfinance institutions, banks, digital financial service providers, and other relevant actors.
• Support participants to develop and strengthen micro and small enterprises through business skills training, business planning, financial management, customer development, product development, value addition, marketing and market access.
• Identify and strengthen market and employment linkages between refugees, host communities, private-sector actors, employers, skills-development institutions and other relevant stakeholders to expand opportunities for decent work and sustainable income generation.
• In close consultation with the Senior Program Officer, implement the livelihoods and economic inclusion program activities in accordance with approved quarterly costed- work plans, budgets, implementation schedules and program targets.
• Monitor the implementation of livelihoods activities in refugee camps and urban refugee settings, ensuring that interventions are responsive to the different economic realities, opportunities and barriers faced by refugees and host communities.
• Document case studies, success stories, lessons learned and activity reports on a weekly and monthly basis, highlighting program achievements, challenges, participant outcomes and recommendations for improving livelihoods interventions.
• Advise the line Senior Program Officer on emerging livelihood opportunities, implementation challenges, market trends and necessary program adaptations based on field observations, participant feedback and monitoring findings.
• Ensure that livelihoods interventions are inclusive and accessible to youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, while considering the specific barriers faced by refugees in accessing employment, finance, markets and business opportunities.
• Contribute to program monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) processes by collecting and analyzing relevant livelihoods data, documenting participant outcomes and supporting evidence-based program improvement.
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of program plans, budgets, activity reports, monitoring reports and other required documentation in accordance with RELON Kenya and donor requirements.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Project Management, Economics, Business Administration, Community Development or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in program/project management, preferably within the humanitarian, refugee, development or non-profit sector.
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating programs involving youth, women,
• livelihoods, economic inclusion, entrepreneurship, employment or skills development.
• Experience working with refugee-led organisations, refugee-serving organisations or communitybased organisations will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated understanding of gender equality, disability inclusion and meaningful participation of refugees.
• Experience in program planning, monitoring, reporting and documentation.
• Strong report-writing and documentation skills.
• Good knowledge of program monitoring, evaluation and learning principles.
• Knowledge of the Kenyan refugee protection and socio-economic inclusion context will be an added advantage