Senior Programs Officer

About the role

The Senior Programs Officer provides strategic and operational leadership for planning, coordinating, implementing, monitoring and reporting of RELON‑Kenya programmes. The role ensures effective delivery in line with organisational strategy, donor requirements and budgets.

Key responsibilities

• Provide oversight of programme implementation, develop work plans, budgets and schedules.
• Coordinate across programme, technical, field and support teams to ensure collaboration.
• Mentor Programme Officers and staff to promote quality delivery.
• Monitor progress against targets, identify challenges and recommend corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with donor agreements, organisational policies and legal standards.
• Prepare and submit high‑quality donor, management and programme reports.
• Work with Finance to track expenditure and budget utilisation.
• Support development of proposals, logframes and fundraising strategies.
• Lead monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities.
• Facilitate meaningful participation of refugees and refugee‑led organisations in all programme phases.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, International Development, Social Sciences, Project Management, International Relations, Community Development, Law or related field; Master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum five years of progressive programme management experience, preferably in humanitarian or development sectors.
• At least two years in a senior coordination, supervisory or management role.
• Proven experience managing donor‑funded programmes, including planning, implementation, monitoring and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience working with refugees, refugee‑led organisations or vulnerable communities.

Required skills

• Donor reporting and compliance
• Budget development and financial monitoring
• Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and results‑based management
• Proposal and logical framework development
• Stakeholder coordination with governments, UN agencies, NGOs and CSOs