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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Number of Positions: Two (2) –</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> One (1) based in Dadaab, One (1) based in Kakuma</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Location: </span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Dadaab or Kakuma, Kenya (Depending on the position applied for)</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Reports To: </span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">STEP Project Director </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Role Purpose</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">We are recruiting for two Senior Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officers: one to be based in Dadaab and one to be based in Kakuma. The successful candidates will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of market-oriented livelihoods and economic inclusion strategies that strengthen pathways to technical, vocational, and digital employment in their respective regions.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The ideal candidates will possess a unique intersection of skills in livelihoods, economic inclusion, gender equality, and digital skills/programming with a Market Systems Development lens. This includes providing strategic oversight to the project’s dual-pathway approach: driving the growth of youth-led entrepreneurship ventures (specifically through supporting Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs), Private Sector Actors and digital outsourcing agencies), while simultaneously enhancing access to fair, safe, and formal wage employment. The Senior Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officer ensures that all livelihood interventions are gender-responsive, inclusive of marginalized groups, and aligned with both the Kenyan policy framework and Canadian market linkages to create sustainable and dignified work opportunities.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Key Areas of Responsibility</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Technical Leadership &amp; Strategy Implementation</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Design and execute market-oriented strategies that strengthen pathways to technical, vocational, and digital employment for displaced and host-community youth in the specific region of placement (Dadaab or Kakuma/Kalobeyei).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Oversee the project’s dual-pathway strategy by accelerating youth-led entrepreneurship while expanding access to secure, equitable, and formal wage-earning opportunities.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Lead labor and market analyses to identify high-potential sectors in Kenyan, Canadian, and global markets, ensuring training programs remain relevant to modern labor demands, with a strong emphasis on integrating digital skills and programming.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Entrepreneurship &amp; Digital Ecosystem Development</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Strengthen local RLOs and Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESOs) to provide high-quality business incubation, acceleration, and financial linkage services.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Support the establishment of self-sustaining digital outsourcing agencies to connect youth to global remote work, bypassing local administrative barriers to formal employment.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Collaborate with international partners to test inclusive business models and link youth-led ventures to Canadian market needs.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Policy Advocacy &amp; Administrative Unblocking</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Provide technical assistance to duty-bearers, specifically the Department of Refugee Services (DRS), to streamline the issuance of IDs, KRA PINs, and Class M work permits for refugees.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Operationalize national inclusion frameworks, such as the Shirika Plan and the Refugees Act (2021), to transition youth from informal incentive work to formal, protected labor.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Facilitate dialogue sessions with government and private sector actors to promote fair hiring practices and regulate inclusive apprenticeships.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Gender Responsiveness &amp; Social Inclusion (GESI)</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Apply an intersectional lens to all programming, ensuring that livelihoods, economic inclusion, and digital skills initiatives actively dismantle barriers for women and girls.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ensure all interventions address time poverty and mobility restrictions for young women by integrating practical enablers like childcare support and safe transport.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Mainstream disability and LGBTQ+ inclusion into all livelihoods programming, ensuring facilities are accessible and outreach is rights-based and confidential.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Partner with Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs) to challenge harmful social norms and gendered occupational segregation that limit women’s access to high-yield technical and digital roles.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Coordination, Reporting &amp; Quality Assurance</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Monitor the quality and impact of livelihood interventions, ensuring data is disaggregated by sex, age, and disability to allow for adaptive management.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Represent the project in livelihoods-related working groups and maintain strong relationships with UNHCR, county governments, and private sector employers.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Document and disseminate success stories and lessons learned related to refugee economic inclusion to inform broader policy and practice.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Qualifications</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A Master’s degree in International Development, Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Computer Science, or a related field (or an equivalent mix of education and professional experience).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">At least 5–7 years of progressive experience in designing and managing livelihoods, economic inclusion, or market-based development programs, preferably within an international NGO or development agency.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Demonstrated intersectional expertise and a proven track record combining skills in livelihoods, economic inclusion, gender equality, and digital skills/programming.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Demonstrated experience working in refugee, displacement-affected, or fragile contexts (specifically the Kakuma/Kalobeyei or Dadaab regions) and applying conflict-sensitive and context-responsive approaches.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Proven experience in Results-Based Management (RBM), including the ability to design and monitor complex livelihoods interventions and conduct robust labor market analyses.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In-depth knowledge of both entrepreneurship support (incubation, acceleration, and financial linkages) and wage employment pathways (TVET alignment, apprenticeships, and private sector engagement).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Familiarity with the digital livelihoods landscape, including digital outsourcing agencies, remote work platforms, and the integration of digital/AI skills into training programs.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Strong understanding of the Kenyan legal framework for refugees, including the Refugees Act (2021), the Shirika Plan, and the administrative processes for obtaining IDs, KRA PINs, and Class M work permits.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Demonstrated experience in mainstreaming GESI, and the inclusion of persons with disabilities and LGBTQ+ youth.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Language Requirements: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English and Kiswahili. Additionally, fluency in Somali is strictly required for the Dadaab-based position, and fluency in Turkana or Karamojong is strictly required for the Kakuma-based position.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Gender Preference: In alignment with our organizational commitment to gender equality and women’s leadership, there is a strong preference for female candidates for these positions.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Core Competencies</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to translate strategy into practical implementation guidance, field support, and accountable follow-through.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Excellent facilitation, relationship management, and influencing skills, with the ability to work across teams, communities, institutions, and sectors.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive issues ethically and professionally.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">High level of cultural humility, respect, adaptability, and commitment to inclusive and participatory ways of working.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"> </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Here’s some of what you can expect working with us:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">40-hour workweek, some ability to work flexible hours and a hybrid work arrangement</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">21 days annual leave</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Health insurance coverage</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Free access to an e-learning platform with 350+ courses on various topics</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Get to know and exchange with people from all over the world</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Being part of a friendly, caring and enthusiastic team!</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #005195; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">APPLICATIONS</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #434343; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">WUSC’s activities seek to balance inequities and create sustainable development around the globe; the work ethic of our staff, volunteers, representatives and partners shall correspond to the values and mission of the organization. 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