Project Coordinator – NYOTA Programme

About the role

The Project Coordinator will lead delivery and quality assurance of the NYOTA Business Development Services (BDS) curriculum across assigned locations, ensuring consistent methodology, standards and compliance with MSEA requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate participant‑centred BDS sessions, adapting content to local market realities, refugee and host‑community contexts, and participants’ literacy and language needs.
• Deliver core business skills such as financial literacy, record keeping, marketing, customer relations, business planning, digital tools and market access.
• Connect classroom learning to participants’ existing or planned enterprises, providing technical guidance on enterprise development and market linkages.
• Lead or co‑facilitate Training of Trainers programmes, assess trainer readiness and provide coaching and feedback.
• Conduct routine quality assurance of training sessions, materials, attendance and trainer deployment, and follow up on identified gaps.
• Collect and analyse participant and trainer feedback to recommend adaptations and improvements.
• Maintain accurate training records, attendance documentation and programme data, ensuring timely reporting.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship, business management, economics, development studies or a related field.
• Minimum three years of experience implementing BDS or entrepreneurship programmes, including business training.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and Kiswahili; knowledge of Swahili, Arabic or French is an advantage.
• Experience working in Kakuma, Kalobeyei or Dadaab and with youth and vulnerable populations in refugee settings.
• Demonstrated experience delivering Training of Trainers and coaching or supervising trainers.

Required skills

• Strong facilitation, communication and coaching abilities.
• Understanding of gender‑responsive and disability‑inclusive programming.