Overview
The Project Manager will provide leadership, day-to-day management, technical support and oversight over the Roots to Resilience project, focusing on commercial climate smart agriculture and hydroponics and food security among communities in Kakuma.
Tasks Summary
- Ensure project implementation responsive to beneficiary communities, donor compliance, and partner visions.
- Establish monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning systems.
- Deliver project activities within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Provide on-site support through frequent visits to project sites.
- Identify training needs and build internal team capacity.
- Coordinate day-to-day project implementation and ensure integration among consortium members.
- Oversee the project budget, including monitoring, cash forecasting, and BFU reviews.
- Lead, manage, and motivate project staff, ensuring clear objectives and regular supervision.
Experience Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience working in multi-donor-funded and/or multi-stakeholder projects or programmes.
- 3 years of which in managing environment or agriculture projects or programmes.
- Experience working in and deep understanding of private sector enterprises and/or implementing livelihoods/self-reliance, protection or advocacy interventions within commercial companies.
- Basic understanding of IT and ERP tools commonly used in commercial enterprises and NGOs.
- Experienced project manager, demonstrating a good understanding of Project Cycle Management.
- Able to navigate between commercial and non-profit consortium members, their workstyles, and their agenda’s.
- Experienced working with and implementing projects using the Human-Centered Design approach.
- Experience in capacity-building staff, and in convening and facilitating trainings and workshops.
- Excellent analytical and report-writing skills.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills coupled with conflict management skills.
- Knowledge of the key issues and current trends in refugee affairs.
Qualification Requirements
• Masters in international development, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Environmental Sciences or other relevant fields, or Bachelors with relevant work experience.
