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Job Description
Kenya
Project Manager - Unlocking Opportunities Project, Nairobi, Kenya
Organization
- Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion
Posted 13 Aug 2025 Closing date 26 Sep 2026
Responsible to:-
Consortium Coordinator, Kenya
Place:
Nairobi, Kenya
Closing date for applications:
26th September, 2025
THE ORGANIZATION
"Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity"
Handicap International Federation, operating under the name Humanity & Inclusion (HI), is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Currently, the organisation is working in 59 countries.
For further information about the association:
Job Context
The Unlocking Opportunities project, a three-year project, aims to advance inclusive economic empowerment for youth with disabilities, with a strong focus on young women. Through a twin-track approach of personalised support and systemic inclusion, the program equips youth with skills, resources, and opportunities to engage meaningfully in the economy as entrepreneurs and employees. It further promotes innovation in areas such as assistive technology and digital accessibility, while working with both public and private sector actors to mainstream disability inclusion across key sectors, including agriculture, digital economy, and the creative industry.
Reporting to the Consortium Coordinator, the Project Manager is responsible for implementing HI's activities under the Unlocking Opportunity Project. S/he ensures optimal quality and the impact of the project implemented by means of a delegation system with appropriate oversight mechanisms. With all the other HI managers, the project manager shares responsibility for the sound management and effective functioning of the global organisation. S/he leads a team of officers in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of the project, ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality interventions that equip youth with disabilities (with a specific focus on girls and women) with business skills, link them to financial providers, and provide business kits and mentorship. S/he coordinates with partners, manages resources, tracks progress against targets, monitors budget burn rate, ensures compliance with HI and donor requirements, and fosters strong relationships with stakeholders to empower youth with disabilities in business development.
Your Mission
Mission 1: Management
- Manager as a role model: embody HI's values daily and be a role model.
- Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for her or his team, and lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter and intra-departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.
- Operational manager: organise the operational management of her or his team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.
- HR & Coach: contribute to the development of her or his staff, create the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behaviour.
Mission 2: Strategy and steering
- Contribute to the development of the programme's operational strategy
- Contribute to country operational strategy (StratOp).
- Draft new project proposals for the continuity or expansion of the project.
- Contribute to the drafting of new proposals for new opportunities, if necessary in her/his field of expertise.
Mission 3: Operations Implementation
Responsibility 1: Ensure the implementation of the project, in line with the logical framework and allocated budget
- Steer the project's intervention strategy and put forward adjustments if the objectives change or if it is likely that they will not be met.
- Ensure that activities and the associated resources are planned and implement the action plan.
- Ensure that activities are implemented in line with the project proposal and the allocated budget.
- Ensure project reporting, internally (within the programme) and externally (reporting to funding bodies, authorities and/or partners) in support to the consortium coordinator if needed.
- Undertake expenditure and manage the project activity-specific budget lines according to the delegation s/he received based on the programme signature delegation table
- Guarantee the proper archiving of information.
Responsibility 2: Ensure that project implementation complies with the existing frameworks
- Ensure the proper implementation and follow-up of institutional policies (specifically PQP, PSEAH and Age-Gender-Disability policies) and the other HI internal standards.
- Ensure compliance with the terms of the project proposal and the rules applied by the project funding body/bodies.
- Ensure compliance with global technical standards and norms by communicating and involving the technical specialists and advisors with expertise in the project themes.
Responsibility 3: Ensure project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
- Ensure project monitoring, specifically activity progress indicators and the expected outcomes.
- Ensure quality implementation of the activities.
- Develop and implement the project evaluation plan.
- Ensure that the project is accountable to the local stakeholders (partners, authorities, local institutions and donor) including on the technical aspect of the project Ensure project learning with a focus on technical activities, taking into account lessons learned from similar previous projects, following the recommendations made throughout the project (from evaluations, support missions, audits, etc.), and capitalising and sharing on the acquired knowledge.
Responsibility 4: Ensure project data management
- Ensure that the appropriate data collection and management tools (including technical tools) are in place on the project, in line with global standards.
- Ensure that data related to the project is collected and compiled in the project database.
- Carry out regular checks and make any necessary corrections to the activity database.
Responsibility 5: Coordinate the teams involved in the project
- Facilitate coordination meetings between her/his direct team and the support services located in the area when necessary.
- Ensure that her/his team and the support teams (shared and technical services, in particular) work well together to facilitate the implementation of the project in the country.
- Facilitate the project steering committee.
Responsibility 6: Contribute to external project communication
- Contribute to HI's external influence by taking part in networks, when required.
- Communicate about the project to partners, authorities and stakeholders when relevant.
Mission 4: Emergency Preparedness and Response:
- Lead the emergency preparedness actions in his/her project and, in the event of an emergency, reorganise the priorities of his/her team according to the humanitarian priority, to ensure a quick and efficient response by HI.
Your Profile
Educational background and experience
- At least a Bachelor's Degree in the following fields: Business administration, Economics, Social Science or related field.
- At least four years of experience managing a project
- 3-5 years of experience in managing economic inclusion projects/programmes (entrepreneurship, market-based programming, socio-economic empowerment, etc.)
Skills Required
Management skills
- Being capable of helping team members to progress: developing her/his staff's ability to work autonomously.
- Knowing how to position oneself so things can move forward.
- Knowing how to simplify and prioritize.
- Conflict management.
Project Management Skills
- Planning, monitoring & coordination
- Evaluation
- Intervention strategy
- Proposal and narrative report writing
- Emergency response
- Humanitarian monitoring and emergency preparedness
Other Professional Skills
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning /Information Management
- Results and indicators monitoring
- Planning and coordination of qualitative and quantitative surveys, dissemination of results
- Project evaluation
- Accountability to affected populations: participatory, non-discriminatory and responsible approaches.
- Capitalisation and continuous learning
- Information management strategy, data structuring and quality
- Quantitative and qualitative data collection, qualitative analysis
- Responsible data management
- Statistical analysis and data visualisation
Log/supply
- Planning (supply)
Finance
- Financial/budget management
- Donor financial management
Security
- Personal security management
- Security context analysis
- Security risk analysis
Advocacy
- Networking & promotion of HI advocacy messages to external stakeholders
Global programme management
- Management of major risks (safeguarding, fraud & corruption, security and major financial risks)
Cross-sector Skills
- Frameworks and references
- Office and collaborative tools
- Stress management
- Collaborating in a global organization
Language Skills
- English and Kiswahili
How to apply
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV by email to: -
The email subject line should be marked: "
Unlocking Opportunities
Project Manager
". Please do not send your academic and other testimonials they will be requested at a later stage.
All HI staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the Code of Conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.
Humanity & Inclusion is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply
Job details
Country
- Kenya
City Nairobi Source
- Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion
Type
- Job
Career category
- Program/Project Management
Years of experience
- 3-4 years
Themes
- Gender
- Health
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Job Description
Kenya
Project Manager
Organization
- CARE
- 1 more
Posted 13 Oct 2025 Closing date 15 Oct 2025
About CARE
CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in 100 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality, and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from disaster response to food and nutrition to education and work for women and girls to healthy mothers and children. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because when they have equal access to resources, they lift their families and communities out of poverty. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We've been doing this for over 75 years, since World War II. It started with the world's first CARE Package of food for the post-war hunger in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it and our core values:
TRANSFORMATION, INTEGRITY, DIVERSITY, EQUALITY, and EXCELLENCE
then you are welcome to join us.
I. Job Summary
CARE Kenya is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the coordination and implementation of a comprehensive 90-day strategy refresh process. This critical role will support the Country Director in realigning CARE Kenya's strategy to respond to evolving internal and external landscapes, including shifting donor priorities, emergent vulnerabilities, and the need for enhanced organizational efficiency.
II. Key Responsibilities
- Project Management & Coordination
- Lead day-to-day coordination of the strategy refresh process across all workstreams
- Develop and maintain detailed project timelines, milestones, and deliverable tracking systems
- Coordinate activities between the Strategy Refresh Committee, Strategy Working Groups, and Senior Management Team
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and ensure alignment across departments
- Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates to the Country Director and Senior Management Team
- Manage project risks and develop mitigation strategies
- Research & Analysis
- Design and implement internal landscape assessment including rapid evaluation of existing strategy performance
- Conduct comprehensive SWOT analysis of organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
Lead external landscape assessment covering:
Donor landscape mapping and funding opportunity analysis
- Vulnerability assessment focusing on women and girls in Kenya
Stakeholder and partner ecosystem analysis
Synthesize research findings into actionable insights and recommendations
- Support scenario planning exercises (best case, base case, worst case funding scenarios)
- Information Management & Documentation
- Establish robust information management systems for all strategy refresh materials
- Consolidate research findings, assessment reports, and stakeholder feedback
- Prepare comprehensive briefing materials for leadership decision-making
- Document all committee and working group proceedings
- Develop and maintain a centralized repository of strategy refresh deliverables
- Ensure quality control and consistency across all documentation
- Strategic Support to Country Director
- Provide direct executive support to the Country Director throughout the strategy refresh process
- Prepare strategic briefings, presentations, and decision papers
- Support preparation for board presentations and donor communications
- Coordinate Country Director's calendar related to strategy activities
- Act as primary liaison between Country Director and strategy implementation teams
- Support change management communications and stakeholder engagement
- Workshop & Stakeholder Engagement
- Plan and coordinate strategy refresh workshops and stakeholder consultations
- Manage logistics for internal and external meetings
- Facilitate working sessions and ensure productive outcomes
- Coordinate with external facilitators and consultants as needed
- Support stakeholder communication and engagement throughout the process
III. Required Qualifications
- Education & Experience
- Master's degree in International Development, Strategic Management, Project Management, or related field
- Minimum 7-10 years of experience in project management within international development sector
- Proven track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder strategic initiatives
- Experience working with NGOs, particularly in East Africa context preferred
- Technical Skills
- Strong project management methodologies and tools expertise
- Advanced research and analytical skills with ability to synthesize complex information
- Excellent information management and documentation systems experience
- Proficiency in strategic planning frameworks and methodologies
- Experience with stakeholder mapping and engagement strategies
- Knowledge of donor landscape and funding mechanisms in Kenya/East Africa
- Core Competencies
- Exceptional organizational and time management abilities
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English
- Strong facilitation and meeting management capabilities
- Advanced presentation and report writing skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Understanding of Kenyan development context
- Personal Attributes
- High level of discretion and confidentiality in handling sensitive strategic information
- Proactive and solutions-oriented approach
- Strong attention to detail with commitment to quality deliverables
- Collaborative leadership style with ability to influence without authority
- Adaptability and flexibility in fast-paced, changing environment
- Commitment to CARE's mission and values
- Preferred Qualifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification
- Experience with organizational change management processes
- Background in strategic planning for humanitarian/development organizations
- Experience working with triple nexus (humanitarian-development-peace) programming
- Familiarity with digital transformation and technology integration in development sector
IV. Contacts/Key Relationships
This role is expected to establish and maintain open, professional, and cordial relations with COs' internal and external customers. These include and not limited to.
Internal
- Strategy Refresh Committee members
- Strategy Working Group leads
- Senior Management Team
External
- External consultants and facilitators
How to apply
Please Apply Using The Link Below
Deadline for submission is 15th October 2025.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
CARE is an equal opportunity employer and promotes gender equity. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
CARE does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. Qualified Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. CARE has a commitment to gender, equity and diversity in our workplace and operations. CARE respects and values diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, age, disability, religion or politics. This is reflected in our recruitment decisions which are made entirely through a transparent, merit-based selection process. All CARE staffs are required to comply with the Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Protection (CP) policies. CARE is committed to protecting the rights of the communities whom we serve and therefore reserves the right to conduct background checks and other screening procedures to ensure a safe, dignified work environment.
Job details
Country
- Kenya
City Nairobi Sources
- CARE
- CARE USA
Type
- Job
Career category
- Program/Project Management
Years of experience
- 5-9 years
Theme
- Disaster Management
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