Programme Manager Kenya – Digital Futures at Sightsavers

Programme Manager Kenya – Digital Futures at Sightsavers – Sightsavers Kenya Job Details

About the Role

The Programme Manager Kenya – Digital Futures at Sightsavers is a pivotal full-time position designed to drive transformative digital skills training and employment pathways for young people with disabilities across Kenya. This role combines strategic programme leadership with hands-on coordination of digital skills development, employer engagement, and inclusive employment initiatives. You will champion disability inclusion practices while building capacity across partner organizations, training institutions, and private sector employers.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional seeking meaningful work in NGO jobs in Kenya, where your expertise in youth employment, digital skills development, and disability sector engagement will directly impact vulnerable communities. The Programme Manager Kenya – Digital Futures at Sightsavers position requires someone who can balance strategic planning with implementation oversight, ensuring every young person receives quality training and genuine pathways to sustainable livelihoods.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct all aspects of programme planning, execution, and strategic coordination for the Digital Futures initiative across Kenya
• Guarantee delivery of high-quality digital training and entrepreneurship programmes in partnership with established training academies and certified providers
• Lead community engagement efforts to identify, recruit, and successfully onboard young people with disabilities into the programme
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with disability organizations, training centres, digital academies, and employers throughout the implementation cycle
• Supply expert guidance and organizational capacity building focused on disability inclusion, child safeguarding standards, and equitable employment practices
• Create structured employer development programmes that promote disability awareness and inclusive human resources strategies
• Facilitate connections between programme participants and mentors, internship opportunities, apprenticeships, and entry-level employment positions
• Oversee all financial planning and budget management while ensuring compliance with donor regulations and organizational accounting standards
• Monitor data collection processes, validate information quality, analyse findings, and produce comprehensive reports aligned with organizational monitoring and evaluation frameworks

Requirements & Qualifications

• Proven track record managing programmes within international NGOs, social enterprises, or youth employment initiatives with measurable impact
• Demonstrated success designing and delivering digital skills, employability training, entrepreneurship programmes, or labour market development projects
• Substantive experience in skills development, building employer partnerships, facilitating internships and job placements, and advancing disability inclusion
• Working knowledge of disability organizations, disability-led advocacy groups, persons with disabilities lived experiences, and intersectional gender perspectives
• Strong ability to engage and build relationships with young people, technical and vocational education institutions, digital skills academies, private sector companies, and disability networks
• Solid financial management background with experience in budgeting, donor compliance, and procurement procedures in compliance-focused environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and present findings to diverse audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, social sciences, human resources, business management, or related field

What You Will Gain

• Join a globally recognized NGO in Kenya committed to creating genuine employment opportunities for people with disabilities
• Access to structured professional development, skills training, and mentorship from experienced programme leaders within the organization
• Work in a collaborative, supportive environment where your contributions directly improve lives and strengthen disability inclusion across sectors
• Competitive compensation structured according to local market rates, local employment contracts, and locally-relevant benefits packages
• This Programme Manager Kenya – Digital Futures at Sightsavers job in Kenya is open to qualified candidates — click Apply below to submit your application.