Project Manager

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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