National Project Officer - Enterprise NOA (DC), Nairobi, Kenya

Job Description

National Project Officer - Enterprise NOA (DC)

Grade: NOA

Vacancy no.: DC/DAR/NO/2026/04

Publication date: 23 July 2026

Final date to receive applications (Dar es salaam, Tanzania midnight local time): 06 August 2026

Job : 13747

Department: RO-Africa

Organization Unit: CO-Dar es Salaam

Location: Nairobi

Contract type: Fixed Term

Contract duration: 12 months (with the possibility of extension, subject to performance and availability of funds)

Under article 4.2, paragraph (e) of the Staff Regulations, the filling of vacancies in technical cooperation projects does not fall under Annex I of the Staff Regulations and is made by direct selection by the Director-General.

In order to support the best informed process in the filling of the above-mentioned vacancy by direct selection, the ILO invites interested candidates to submit their application online by the above date.

The following are eligible to apply:

• ILO Internal candidates in accordance with paragraphs 31 and 32 of Annex I of the Staff Regulations.
• External candidates*

* The recruitment process for National Officer positions is subject to specific local recruitment and eligibility criteria.

The ILO values diversity among its staff and welcomes applications from qualified female candidates. We also encourage applicants with disabilities. If you are unable to complete our online application form due to a disability, please send an email to ilojobs.

Technical cooperation appointments are not expected to lead to a career in the ILO and they do not carry any expectation of renewal or conversion to any other type of appointment in the Organization. A one-year fixed-term contract will be given. Extensions of technical cooperation contracts are subject to various elements including the following: availability of funds, continuing need of the functions and satisfactory conduct and performance.

* Conditions of employment for external candidates:
In conformity with existing ILO practice, the appointment of an external candidate will normally be made at the first step of this grade. The entry level salary for this position is 6,165,907 (Kenyan Shilling) yearly.

The ILO is part of a Partnership on Inclusive Jobs and Education for Host Communities, Refugees and other Forcibly Displaced Persons, known as PROSPECTS. The Partnership is a multi-year programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands, that brings together five agencies (ILO, World Bank, IFC, UNICEF, UNHCR) to devise collaborative and innovative approaches for inclusive job creation and education in contexts characterized by forced displacement.

The programme encompasses three pillars, namely Education, Jobs, and Protection and operates in eight countries across East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Middle East employing an area-based approach, in which the partner agencies jointly focus their activities on selected regions in each country. In Kenya, the programme is implemented in the refugee hosting counties, and nationally for policy interventions.

Under the partnership, the ILO, together with IFC and World Bank, lead interventions to improve livelihoods and create jobs for host communities and refugees.

The ILO is technically responsible for jobs creation outcomes which are achieved through entrepreneurship support, market systems development, and financial inclusion among other related thematic areas.

The National Project Officer for Enterprise will support the implementation of pillar 2 of the programme whose main outcome is improved livelihoods and expanded economic opportunities for refugees and host communities. The officer will provide support to intervention implementation, project cycle management and undertake duties and responsibilities detailed under the Section Description of Duties below.

The incumbent will perform his/her duties under the overall guidance of the CTA PROSPECTS and reporting directly to the National Program Coordinator- employment. He/she will work in close collaboration with the project team and other relevant technical teams including the ILO CO-Dar es Salaam Programme Unit and specialists from the ILO DWT, regional and headquarters.

• Support effective implementation of the project through efficient and timely execution of technical tasks under the enterprise pillar, in accordance with the project document and strategy, and the schedule of activities targeting to enhance sustainable jobs creation for refugees and host communities through enterprise development.
• Prepare budget estimates and expenditure forecasts by analysing and prudently monitoring resources utilization in line with planned activities and by making recommendations for remedial action.
• Foster, sustain and facilitate cooperation with PROSPECTS partner agencies, implementing partners, ILO constituents (i.e. workers'' organizations, employers'' organizations and the government), actors in the displacement ecosystem, and other key stakeholders to…