Community Navigator – Dadaab Refugee Camp

About the role

The Community Navigator will act as a vital link between the Angaza Program and refugee communities in Dadaab, facilitating access to dignified work opportunities for young refugee women and persons with disabilities. The role emphasizes a rights‑based, participant‑centred approach, ensuring beneficiaries are active contributors to program design and implementation.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct regular community outreach within the Dadaab Refugee Complex to identify and engage eligible participants.
• Collaborate with refugee‑led organisations, disability groups, women’s and youth groups, and local leaders to reach underserved individuals.
• Support transparent and inclusive identification, registration, and enrolment of program participants.
• Document participants’ skills, education, work experience, career interests, and support needs through socioeconomic profiling.

Required profile

• Certificate in paralegal training or a social work certificate, with at least 2–3 years of experience in community engagement, livelihoods, or refugee protection.
• Proven experience working directly with refugees, young women, persons with disabilities, or other marginalized groups.
• Experience in outreach, participant mobilisation, referrals, and follow‑up, preferably with RLOs, CBOs, NGOs, employers, or government institutions.