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Norwegian Refugee Council
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Education Programme Manager
Description
What you will do:
NRC is seeking a task Programme Manager (Team Leader) for the implementation of Business Development Services (BDS) under the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Project, funded by the World Bank and implemented in partnership with the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA). NRC seeks to provide tailored entrepreneurship support to vulnerable youth, including refugee and host-community youth, to promote inclusive and sustainable livelihoods. Under the refugee-focused BDS assignment, services will target refugee youth, with in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement in Turkana County and Dadaab Refugee Complex in Garissa County.
The BDS package will include socio-emotional and business skills training, mentorship, business networking and market linkages, with adaptations to the socio-economic, cultural, gender, disability and displacement-related realities of refugee communities. The project will also support linkages to markets, finance, business formalization pathways and complementary services.
The Task Team Leader (TTL) will provide overall strategic, technical, operational, and quality assurance leadership for NRC's implementation of the Business Development Services (BDS) assignment. The role will ensure that delivery is fully aligned with the approved project design, NRC policies and procedures, the MSEA Terms of Reference (ToR), contractual obligations, and applicable World Bank requirements.
The task Team Leader will provide overall responsibility for the strategic, technical, operational and quality assurance leadership for NRC's implementation of the BDS assignment. The role will ensure that delivery is fully aligned with the approved project design, NRC policies and procedures, the MSEA ToR and contractual requirements, and applicable World Bank requirements.
As the principal focal point,the task Team Leader will coordinate engagement with p roject stakeholders, where applicable, refugee-serving partners, private-sector actors and other relevant stakeholders. He/she will provide leadership and oversight to the BDS team across Turkana and Garissa, ensuring effective implementation in line with agreed standards, timelines, targets, and deliverables. The Team Leader will also be responsible for promoting programme quality and accountability, with a strong focus on safeguarding, gender responsiveness, disability inclusion, stakeholder engagement, and the achievement of measurable and sustainable results.
General Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for the planning, implementation and quality assurance of programme activities within the assigned area of responsibility.
- Lead the development, review and monitoring of work plans and performance plans, ensuring alignment with NRC strategies, programme priorities and contractual requirements.
- Ensure programme approaches and activities are contextually appropriate, responsive to participant needs and adapted to the operational environment.
Specific responsibilities:
- Provide overall strategic and technical leadership and ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the NYOTA BDS project across the target locations, in line with NRC Programme Management Standards, the approved proposal, budget, workplan, MSEA ToR and contractual requirements.
- Lead the translation of the MSEA ToR, approved BDS package and contractual requirements into detailed implementation, delivery and activity plans covering all project phases, and ensure these are regularly reviewed and updated.
- Ensure the BDS package and delivery approaches remain responsive to the socio-economic realities, cultural dynamics and specific barriers experienced by refugee youth in the target locations.
What you will bring:
Generic professional competencies:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field and 8+ years of relevant experience in entrepreneurship, BDS, livelihoods or related programming.
- 5+ years’ experience managing entrepreneurship/BDS/livelihoods programmes, preferably in refugee, humanitarian or displacement settings.
- Strong understanding of the Kenyan MSE ecosystem, particularly refugee-hosting areas.
- Proven experience managing multi-location programmes and multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience designing inclusive, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive programmes for vulnerable and displacement-affected populations.
- Strong stakeholder engagement experience with government, private sector, UN, NGOs and community structures.
- Experience in quality assurance, monitoring, reporting, learning and adaptive management.
- Knowledge of market systems, financial inclusion and youth entrepreneurship is an advantage.
- Experience with World Bank-funded programmes and procurement requirements is an advantage.
- Experience in Kakuma/Kalobeyei and/or Dadaab refugee camps is highly desirable.
What we offer:
- Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya.
- Contract: 6 Months (The final contract duration will be confirmed against the awarded contract and implementation schedule as this is conditional recruitment awaiting funds approval)
- Salary/benefits: grade 9 on NRC’s national contract.
- NRC is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
- We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.
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