Capacity-Strengthening Officer at Women Educational Researchers of Kenya

Overall Responsibility:

The Capacity Strengthening Officer will lead all our work on capacity strengthening from lived experiences in refugee contexts supporting and directing the work of RLOs.

Specific Responsibilities

• Work with existing AHEEN RLO members to leverage their expertise in order to transfer best practices to other RLOs that will be joining the network
• Analyze the different RLO contexts in AHEEN RDP Pathways implementation countries with a view to shaping RLO support of the relevant AHEEN member university to optimally implement HEiE and initiatives under the AHEEN RDP Pathways Pillars 1, 2, and 3
• Develop a general framework for RLO engagement across the AHEEN RDP Pathways program and continually integrate learning from different RLO contexts in AHEEN’s implementation countries (Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi and South Africa)
• Develop a comprehensive capacity strengthening plan based on a gap analysis that informs a short-, medium- and long-term approach to optimal coordination with RLOs within the AHEEN network
• Develop a community of practice that engages all RLOs in the AHEEN RDP Pathways grant implementation to promote peer-to-peer learning and strengthening of RLOs implementation competencies (programmatic, financial, reporting, etc.)
• Liaise with UNHCR in all RLO contexts to ensure good collaboration, including policy discussions and representation in humanitarian sector education working groups.

Qualifications and competencies

• An advanced degree from a recognized Higher Education institution related to forced migration and fragile contexts
• Experience implementing programs in forced migration and fragile context
• Knowledge of the stakeholders working to advance education in forced migration and fragile contexts
• Significant experience, and preferably lived experience, in refugee contexts and one who has either worked directly with RLOs, been a member of an RLO, or directed the work of RLOs programs
• Fluent written and oral communication in English and in at least one other African language, preferably Kiswahili