Program Officer

Job Description

RELON-Kenya brings together refugee-led organisations in Kenya, connecting them to opportunities, funding, partnerships, and networking platforms.

1. Program Officer - Mombasa

Job Purpose

• The Program Officer will coordinate the implementation of the Angaza Program, promoting dignified employment and economic opportunities for young refugee women aged 18–35 years and persons with disabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate livelihoods, entrepreneurship, employability, and economic inclusion activities.
• Support skills development and employment opportunities based on market demands.
• Train and mentor refugee-led organisations, business groups, and livelihood groups in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and business management.
• Facilitate access to finance, markets, employers, and business development services.
• Support micro and small enterprises through business planning, marketing, and financial management.
• Build partnerships with employers, private-sector actors, and skills development institutions.
• Monitor program implementation, collect data, and prepare timely reports.
• Document success stories, lessons learned, challenges, and participant outcomes.
• Promote gender equality, disability inclusion, and meaningful participation of refugees.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Project Management, Economics, Business Administration, Community Development, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant program or project management experience, preferably in the humanitarian, refugee, development, or nonprofit sector.
• Experience in livelihoods, youth and women empowerment, entrepreneurship, employment, or skills development.
• Strong planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and documentation skills.
• Understanding of gender equality, disability inclusion, and refugee socioeconomic inclusion.
• Experience working with refugee-led or community-based organisations is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of the Kenyan refugee context is desirable.

How to Apply

• Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV, including details of two professional referees. One referee must be from the current or most recent employer.
• Email: recruits@relonkenya.or.ke
• Email Subject: Program Officer – Mombasa (include the position reference number)
• Deadline: 25th October 2026, by 5:00 PM EAT.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.