Team Leader - NYOTA Refugee Business Development Services
Overview
The Team Leader will provide overall technical, operational, and quality leadership for the design, adaptation, and delivery of the NYOTA Business Development Services (BDS) package for refugee youth. The role will coordinate implementation teams and ensure programme delivery meets specific requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead overall planning and implementation of the BDS assignment and coordinate delivery across Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kalobeyei Settlement and Dadaab Refugee Complex.
- Coordinate and supervise BDS Delivery Specialists, trainers, mentors and other implementation personnel.
- Maintain availability for the full duration of the assignment and support timely mobilisation, sequencing and delivery of all required activities.
- Lead the contextual assessment and the review, selection, adaptation and finalisation of BDS, socio-emotional skills and mentorship curricula for refugee youth.
- Oversee piloting and refinement of training materials, trainers manuals, participant materials and mentorship guidance.
- Ensure delivery is practical, experiential, trauma-informed, accessible to participants with different literacy and ability levels, and relevant to micro and small enterprise realities in refugee settings.
- Oversee Training of Trainers, training of mentors, classroom BDS delivery, structured mentorship, business networking and market-linkage activities.
- Ensure women, girls and persons with disabilities can participate safely and meaningfully.
- Promote linkages with local value chains, business associations, financial services, digital marketplaces and complementary service providers.
- Ensure accurate, verifiable and auditable documentation of training and mentorship delivery.
- Lead quality assurance and preparation of inception, progress and final reporting.
- Coordinate closely with DRC management, MSEA and other relevant government, humanitarian, UN and private-sector stakeholders.
Required Experience
At least eight (8) years of experience in entrepreneurship programmes. At least five (5) years of experience in business/entrepreneurship training and/or livelihoods programmes involving refugee communities. Demonstrated understanding of the Kenyan micro and small enterprise context, particularly in refugee settings. Demonstrated understanding of gender-responsive and disability-inclusive programme design in humanitarian or displacement-affected contexts. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and supervise multi-disciplinary teams across participating counties.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
