Team Leader – NYOTA Refugee Business Development Services
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Danish Refugee Council is recruiting a Team Leader for the anticipated NYOTA Refugee Business Development Services project in Nairobi, Kenya. The role provides technical and operational leadership for BDS delivery to refugee youth across Turkana and Garissa, coordinating teams in Kakuma, Kalobeyei, and Dadaab. Engagement is conditional on DRC being awarded the assignment.
- Lead BDS design, adaptation, and delivery for refugee youth under the World Bank-supported NYOTA project.
- Coordinate implementation teams across Turkana, Garissa, Kakuma, Kalobeyei, and Dadaab.
- Requires 8+ years in entrepreneurship programmes and 5+ years in business training with refugee communities.
- Master's degree required; proficiency in English and Kiswahili needed.
- Engagement conditional on DRC progressing to proposal stage and being awarded the assignment.
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Original source description
DRC has submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) for The National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Project, supported by the World Bank and implemented by the Government of Kenya through the Micro and Small Enterprises Authority (MSEA), that aims to expand employment and entrepreneurship opportunities for vulnerable youth. In anticipation of being shortlisted and invited to submit a full proposal, DRC is launching this recruitment process to identify suitably qualified candidates for the proposed key positions. Any subsequent engagement will be conditional on DRC progressing to the proposal stage and ultimately being awarded the assignment.
Within this anticipated assignment, the Team Leader will provide overall technical, operational and quality leadership for the design, adaptation and delivery of the NYOTA BDS package for refugee youth. The role will coordinate implementation teams across Turkana and Garissa and ensure that programme delivery meets MSEA
Requirements
- for quality, inclusion, oversight and reporting.
- Duties &
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 across participating counties.
- Maintain availability for the full duration of the assignment and support timely mobilisation, sequencing and delivery of all required activities.
- Technical design and quality
- 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, including gender-responsive and disability-inclusive adaptations.
- 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
- Implementation oversight
- 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, including through appropriate accessibility, facilitation and referral arrangements.
- Promote linkages with local value chains, business associations, financial services, digital marketplaces and complementary service providers where relevant.
- Monitoring, reporting and stakeholder coordination
- Ensure accurate, verifiable and auditable documentation of training and mentorship delivery, including attendance, completion, session content, progress and outcomes.
- Lead quality assurance and preparation of inception, progress and final reporting required under the assignment.
- Coordinate closely with DRC management, MSEA and other relevant government, humanitarian, UN and private-sector stakeholders.
Experience
- and Technical Competence
- At least eight (8) years of
- in entrepreneurship programmes.
- At least five (5) years of
- 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.
Education
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline.
- Language
- Proficiency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
- Key stakeholders: Internal & External
- DRC project and support teams; MSEA and designated Project/Contract Manager.
- BDS Delivery Specialists, trainers and mentors.
- Refugee youth participants and community representatives; local government, UNHCR, NGOs, business groups and private-sector actors