The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors. The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

Education Programme Manager Kenya Nairobi (National Role)

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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.