Title: Officer, Refugee-led Organisations (RLO) Engagement 
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Grade: 6, Step:0
Monthly Gross: KES  189,026
Supervisor: Senior Manager, RLO Engagement 
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 over 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 Officer RLO Engagement will support RefugePoint’s engagement with refugee-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) and refugee-led organizations (RLOs).

Key Responsibilities:

Support RefugePoint’s efforts to strengthen the capacity and resources of refugee-serving community-based organizations and refugee-led organizations.

This will include the following:

• Support RefugePoint’s efforts to identify, screen, and vet potential Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) for partnership;

• Conduct mapping of refugee-serving CBOs, RLOs & other partners working with these groups and generate reports;

• Lead in carrying out needs assessments of refugee-serving CBOs and RLOs and identifying capacity strengthening needs or gaps;

• Conduct monitoring exercises for CBO & RLO partner organizations working with RefugePoint through field visits in close collaboration with RefugePoint’s community-based protection team;

• Conduct mobilization, planning, and implementation of capacity-strengthening programming for cohorts of CBOs and RLOs in response to needs identified through assessments and program priorities;

• Contribute to working groups and partner forums to advance refugee participation and leadership in response programming; 

• Collaborate with the Monitoring and Evaluation team and the RLO Engagement Manager to develop performance indicators and capture relevant data for program monitoring and evaluation;

• Support in facilitating diverse thematic training and capacity-building sessions identified by RLOs and CBOs, aimed at enhancing their institutional systems, governance structures, and overall operational capacities;

• Assist in the systematic documentation of activities implemented by CBOs and RLOs highlighting their achievements, success stories, and impact to strengthen visibility, learning, and accountability;

• Continuously provide technical input and feedback on the implementation of RefugePoint’s RLO Program to ensure the delivery of high-quality, context-responsive interventions that effectively support and build the capacities of CBO leaders;

• Assist in coordinating RLO engagement activities across programs to ensure agency-wide alignment, coordination and collaboration;

• When required, support other programs by sharing technical expertise, best practices, and guidance to enhance engagement with RLOs; 

• Undertake any other duties allocated on need basis

Qualifications:

• Degree in Community Development, a Bachelor of Education, or other relevant degree with at least one year of experience or at least three years of demonstrated work experience in refugee community-based engagement in lieu of a degree;

• Knowledge of capacity building, training, and development;

• Experience in grantee monitoring, with basic financial reporting skills/background;

• Strong facilitation, communication, and organizational skills;

• Experience using computer and office software packages (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.);

• Knowledge of the refugee/asylum seeker situation in an urban environment will be an added advantage;

• Strong interest in community empowerment and development;

• Refugees are strongly encouraged to apply;

Special Requirement

• Current Police Clearance Certificate