Education Programme Manager Kenya Nairobi

Background:
The NYOTA Business Development Services (BDS) package provides tailored entrepreneurship support to refugee and host-community youth in Kakuma/Kalobeyei and Dadaab. Mentorship is a structured post-training component designed to reinforce BDS learning, support business development and problem-solving, facilitate market and service linkages, and strengthen the confidence and resilience of young entrepreneurs. The BDS ToR requires at least four mentorship sessions over four months, beginning after the first grant disbursement and continuing across the two grant tranches.
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.
Please refer to the Job Description to read all the roles and responsibilities as the above ones mentioned are just a snapshot.
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.

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