Education Programme Manager Kenya Nairobi
Overview
The role is responsible for the overall strategic, technical, operational, and quality assurance leadership for the implementation of the Business Development Services (BDS) assignment under the NYOTA Project.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic and technical leadership for the planning, implementation and quality assurance of programme activities.
- Lead the development, review and monitoring of work plans and performance plans.
- Ensure programme approaches and activities are contextually appropriate, responsive to participant needs and adapted to the operational environment.
- Lead the translation of the MSEA ToR, approved BDS package and contractual requirements into detailed implementation, delivery and activity plans.
- Ensure the BDS package and delivery approaches remain responsive to the socio-economic realities, cultural dynamics and specific barriers experienced by refugee youth.
Required Experience
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. 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. Experience with World Bank-funded programmes and procurement requirements is an advantage. Experience in Kakuma/Kalobeyei and/or Dadaab refugee camps is highly desirable.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in a relevant field.
