Title: Locum, Senior Officer MEL
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: 7
Daily rate: KES 8,060
Supervisor: Manager, Field Building and Systems Change
Supervision Given: None

About RefugePoint

WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2005, RefugePoint partners with refugees to access life-changing solutions and transform how the world supports them. For those who can safely remain in the country to which they have fled, we help them reach stability and work towards self-reliance so they can meet their own needs. Unfortunately, many refugees can’t go home and can’t safely stay in the country to which they have fled. We help these people relocate to a safe, new country, through resettlement or other pathways so that they can begin to rebuild their lives. RefugePoint helps refugees access these solutions using three tactics: direct services, field building, and systems change. Through this three-pronged approach we provide direct services to thousands of refugees each year, strengthen the capacity of other organizations to better serve refugees, and influence global policy and practice to transform refugee response systems.

Lasting solutions work. Directly, we’ve referred nearly 185,000 refugees for resettlement or other pathways to a safe, third country. We’ve also equipped thousands of refugees with the tools to support themselves and their families in the country to which they’ve fled. Through innovation, collaboration, and influence, we've helped lead the sector in expanding long-lasting, refugee-centered solutions, and instigated major sea changes in global practice.

You will be joining a growing organization (115+ staff globally) that is spearheading new initiatives that are changing the face of humanitarian response, and we would be excited to have you as part of our team!

OUR VALUES
RefugePoint has core, cross-cutting principles and values that define our work:

• Refugee-Centered: We create space for and elevate refugee voices and leadership within the organization to guide our work.

• Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial: Recognizing that racism, colonialism, and global white supremacy culture have caused many of the inequities driving the world’s refugee situations, we seek to integrate and center anti-racist and anti-colonialist principles in all that we do.

• Equity-Focused: We deliver services, build capacity, and influence policies and systems to strengthen equity in the humanitarian sector.

• Trauma-Informed: We integrate a trauma-informed approach and offer mental health and psycho-social support services to clients and staff.

• Evidence-Informed Practice: We use an evidence-informed approach to practice, i.e., the integration of research evidence alongside practitioner expertise and the people experiencing the practice.

• Collaborative: The urgency of need and the magnitude of the problem requires shared responsibility and shared action. We seek opportunities to engage in networks and partnerships.

Position Summary

The Locum Senior Officer MEL will provide high-level technical expertise to partner Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs), guiding and supporting them in building robust, sustainable internal Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning systems. This role moves beyond traditional data tracking; it is a capacity-building and strategic advisory position designed to empower RLOs to use data for advocacy, resource mobilization, complex donor reporting, and internal programmatic decision-making. A key objective of this engagement is to establish sustainable MEL systems and feedback loops that not only strengthen RLO learning and accountability but also enable RefugePoint to better understand, document, and learn from the indirect and longer-term impacts of its capacity-strengthening investments across partner organizations  

Key Responsibilities

1. RLO capacity building & MEL system development

• Collaborate directly with RLO partners to assess their current data capabilities and co-design tailored, user-friendly MEL frameworks, indicators, and tools.

• Train and mentor RLO staff on data collection methodologies, ensuring systems are sustainable and easy to maintain independently.

• Integrate participatory evaluation methods, such as outcome harvesting, to help RLOs capture qualitative shifts in community trust, partnership dynamics, and local systems change.

2. Resource mobilization & Grant proposals

• Work closely with the programs and development teams to translate RLO data and insights into compelling evidence for grant applications.

• Assist in drafting robust, logical frameworks (log frames), theory of change models, and measurable indicators for upcoming funding proposals to secure resources.

3. Advocacy & Strategic Communication

• Packages complex data into clear, high-impact insights for advocacy campaigns, policy briefs, and public communications.

• Help RLOs elevate their voices by turning raw field data into powerful narratives that demonstrate their unique impact to external audiences, networks, and systemic stakeholders.

4. Data-driven Decision Making & Internal learning

• Establish institutional learning loops within the RLO department to ensure monitoring data directly informs real-time program adjustments.

• Facilitate reflection sessions, data-review meetings, and learning workshops to foster a culture of continuous improvement and adaptation.

5. Stakeholder & Donor Reporting

• Standardize reporting templates and clear data pipelines to streamline compliance with diverse, complex donor requirements.

• Ensure all quantitative and qualitative reports are technically rigorous, timely, and clearly demonstrate programmatic accountability and impact.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Social Sciences, International Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.

• Minimum of 2 years of progressive experience in MEL, with a proven track record of working alongside grassroots or Refugee-Led Organizations.

• Deep familiarity with qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies (e.g., developmental evaluation, outcome harvesting). 

• Experience designing log frames and indicators for major international institutional donors.

• Exceptional mentorship, training, and cross-cultural communication skills.

• A strong commitment to localized, community-led development principles.

Competencies

• Leadership and relationship management

• Facilitation and coaching skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving

• Cultural sensitivity and emotional intelligence

• Accountability and integrity

• Adaptability and teamwork

• Strong organizational and coordination skills.

Special Requirement:

• Current police clearance