About the Institution

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)  implements development initiatives globally to foster sustainable growth, social cohesion, and peace. In Kenya, GIZ collaborates closely with host communities and refugees to improve livelihoods, governance, and humanitarian-development coherence.

Role Overview & Scope

The Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) Advisor will provide technical expertise and strategic advisory services in Kakuma Municipality to support refugee inclusion, self-reliance, and host community integration. The Advisor will lead multi-stakeholder engagements, aligning local development strategies with international displacement policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisory: Provide technical guidance on the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees framework within local government and community structures.
• Multi-Stakeholder Coordination: Liaise between humanitarian agencies, local government authorities, civil society, host communities, and refugee populations.
• Program Implementation: Design, monitor, and evaluate initiatives aimed at economic inclusion, social integration, and access to services for displaced persons.
• Capacity Building: Facilitate technical workshops, institutional strengthening, and policy dialogue on refugee management.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Education: Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Political Science, Migration Studies, or a related field.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience working in refugee-hosting environments, migration management, or durable solutions initiatives.
• Skills: Strong diplomacy, field-level stakeholder coordination, policy analysis, and cross-cultural communication abilities.

• Provide technical guidance on the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees framework within local government and community structures.
• Liaise between humanitarian agencies, local government authorities, civil society, host communities, and refugee populations.
• Design, monitor, and evaluate initiatives aimed at economic inclusion, social integration, and access to services for displaced persons.
• Facilitate technical workshops, institutional strengthening, and policy dialogue on refugee management.

• Strong diplomacy
• Field-level stakeholder coordination
• Policy analysis
• Cross-cultural communication abilities

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Political Science, Migration Studies, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience working in refugee-hosting environments, migration management, or durable solutions initiatives.