ORAM (Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration) protects and empowers LGBTIQ asylum seekers and refugees globally, creating sustainability and systemic change. The Program Officer - Inclusion leads the design and implementation of SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics) inclusion interventions within humanitarian programming, ensuring approaches are participatory, context-responsive, and aligned with ORAM’s strategic priorities.
Responsibilities
Program Planning, Implementation & Development
- Lead the design and implementation of SOGIESC inclusion interventions within humanitarian programming.
- Lead stakeholder mapping and analysis to identify, engage, and maintain strategic relationships with key actors.
- Coordinate and facilitate co-creation processes with stakeholders to strengthen program management tools and ensure their relevance, usability, and uptake across partners.
- Oversee the planning and delivery of capacity strengthening initiatives for LGBTIQ refugees, including Training-of-Trainers (ToT) approaches.
- Facilitate and deliver inclusive training to diverse stakeholders, applying adult learning and rights-based principles grounded in the lived realities of LGBTIQ communities.
- Adapt program strategies based on field realities, particularly in refugee settings such as Kakuma, ensuring responsiveness to emerging protection and inclusion needs.
Program Development and Learning
- Identify and develop innovative approaches to mainstream SOGIESC/GEDI in humanitarian and human rights programming.
- Contribute to the development of project concepts, proposals, and budgets.
- Conduct contextual analysis and contribute to identifying program gaps, particularly in relation to inclusion and access for marginalized groups.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Reporting
- Strengthen and implement relevant MEAL tools for the inclusion program.
- Produce quality narrative and analytical reports, documenting program progress, impact, and lessons learned.
- Facilitate reflective learning processes with teams, partners, and participants to inform adaptive programming.
Budget Management & Compliance
- Lead the management of activity-based budgets, ensuring alignment with program plans and efficient resource utilization.
- Monitor expenditure and ensure compliance with donor and organizational financial requirements.
Operational & Data Management
- Coordinate program logistics, including trainings, workshops, and field activities in Nairobi and Kakuma.
- Maintain strong data protection and confidentiality practices.
- Ensure compliance with organizational safety, security, and safeguarding protocols in all areas of program implementation.
Partnership Building
- Represent ORAM towards a wide range of stakeholders, including individual Refuge-led CBOs, government, and humanitarian agencies.
- Facilitate meaningful community engagement and participation, ensuring programs are grounded in the priorities and experiences of LGBTIQ refugees.
- Identify opportunities for collaboration or resource mobilization with partners and community networks.
Team Management
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and oversight of program assistants and consultants.
- Provide day-to-day oversight of program consultants.
- Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews to Program and Field Assistants.
Qualifications & Competencies
- Education: A minimum Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Law, Humanitarian, Development, or a related field.
- Experience: At least 5 years in humanitarian program management (refugee context preferred).
- Demonstrated experience facilitating SOGIESC inclusion training or capacity-building for diverse groups.
- Experience designing and implementing GEDI (Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion) or SOGIESC-related programs.
- Ability to integrate SOGIESC/GEDI principles across program design, implementation, and evaluation.
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of Kenyan legal/policy framework on LGBTIQ rights and international human rights standards.
- Deep familiarity with refugee protection and community development principles.
- Proficiency with program cycle management and MEL methodologies.
How to Apply
Send a one-page cover letter and resume/CV not exceeding 3 pages to: kenyaprogram@oramrefugee.org with the SUBJECT: PROGRAM OFFICER_INCLUSION. Deadline: April 7, 2026
