About this role
Project Manager-Machakos
- The Project Manager will provide overall programmatic leadership, coordination, implementation oversight, and operational management for the Angaza Program Consortium
- The role holder will ensure effective delivery of consortium objectives across Nairobi Metropolitan Areas (Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos & Kajiado Counties), Nakuru, Dadaab (Garissa) and Kakuma/ Kalobeyei (Turkana) and Mombasa, through strong coordination, systems strengthening, partnership management, adaptive programming, and high-quality implementation.
- The Project Manager will serve as a central coordination point between consortium partners, government stakeholders, refugee-led organizations, and technical teams to ensure seamless program execution, accountability, and achievement of impact.
- The successful candidate must demonstrate extensive experience managing large and complex consortium portfolios, leading cross-functional teams, strengthening implementation systems, and delivering high-impact donor-funded programs in complex operating environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Consortium Program Leadership and Coordination
- Provide strategic leadership for implementation of the Angaza Program across consortium partners.
- Coordinate planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of program activities across Nairobi Metropolitan Areas (Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos & Kajiado Counties), and Dadaab (Garissa) and Kakuma/ Kalobeyei (Turkana) and Mombasa.
- Ensure consortium partners work cohesively toward shared goals, deliverables, and impact targets.
- Facilitate effective consortium governance structures, meetings, and coordination mechanisms.
- Support alignment between technical, operational, finance, and monitoring evaluation and Learning functions.
Systems Strengthening and Operational Excellence
- Establish and strengthen program implementation systems, Standard Operating Procedures, coordination workflows, and accountability structures.
- Ensure effective project management systems are operationalized across consortium partners.
- Strengthen partner institutional capacity and implementation quality.
- Support integration of safeguarding, accountability, inclusion, and risk management across operations.
Donor and Stakeholder Engagement
- Serve as a key liaison with Angaza Program consortium partners and other strategic stakeholders.
- Coordinate donor reporting, review meetings, site visits, and consortium updates.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with county governments, refugee agencies, community stakeholders, and implementing partners.
- Represent the consortium in relevant coordination forums and technical working groups.
Program Quality and Adaptive Management
- Ensure high-quality and timely implementation of program deliverables.
- Lead work planning, target tracking, and performance review processes.
- Utilize monitoring, evaluation research and learning insights data to inform adaptive programming.
- Monitor implementation risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Team Leadership and Capacity Strengthening
- Provide leadership, mentorship, and supervision to consortium teams.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing culture.
- Strengthen partner coordination and cross-functional collaboration.
- Support professional development and technical capacity strengthening of staff and partners.
- Budget Oversight and Resource Management
- Work closely with the Finance Lead to ensure sound budget management and resource utilization.
- Monitor expenditure trends and implementation efficiency.
- Support budget planning, revisions, and resource allocation processes.
- Ensure value-for-money principles across consortium operations.
Qualifications & Skills
- Master’s degree in development studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years progressive experience managing large donor-funded programs.
- At least 5 years managing multi-partner consortiums or complex regional portfolios.
- Proven experience establishing effective implementation systems and operational structures.
- Strong understanding of refugee programming, youth livelihoods, gender, economic inclusion, and systems change approaches.
- Experience working in rural and urban informal settlement contexts highly desirable.
- Excellent leadership, coordination, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong program management, risk management, and strategic planning capabilities.
Competencies
- Strategic leadership and consortium management
- Systems strengthening and operational excellence
- Partnership and stakeholder engagement
- Adaptive management and problem-solving
- Team leadership and people management
- Results orientation and accountability
- Excellent communication and representation skills