Title: Locum Community Navigator (LCN) 
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Reports to: Manager, Community-Based Protection
Supervisees: None

WHO WE ARE
Founded in 2005, RefugePoint partners with refugees to access life-changing solutions and transforms 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 140,000 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 OVERVIEW
The primary responsibility of the Locum Community Navigator (LCN) is to provide language interpretation when called upon and to assist the organization in providing information and timely support to refugees and asylum seekers towards their self-reliance. 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide language interpretation and translation. 
• Participate in community education as directed by RefugePoint.
• Provide accurate and timely information to refugees and migrants.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with refugee communities.
• Participate in community mobilization as directed by RefugePoint.
• Accompany clients and guide them to access certain services.
• Provide relevant community updates to RefugePoint.
• Participate in training and capacity-building programs to enhance skills and knowledge. 

Attend to any other duties assigned by the line supervisor.

Requirements:

• Be a resident of Nairobi and its environs in locations where refugees live.
• Be fluent in English, Kiswahili, and any of the following languages; Oromo, Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, Anywaak, Arabic, Persian (Afghan). 
• Must hold a UNHCR mandate refugee certificate, Refugee ID and/or recent Government verification documents.
• Must have a minimum of secondary school education.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively with diverse populations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Desired:

• Post-secondary school training, e.g. in health, community development, counseling, business administration, etc. 
• Experience in community work.