Project Manager-Corridor Manager

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified Project Manager (Corridor Manager)

About the job

The Togwaajaale Project Manager (Corridor Manager) , working under the supervision of MSD manager and in conjunction with other relevant stakeholders, is responsible for leading activities within the target corridor. The Togwaajale e Corridor Manager will work with DRC and Braintech’s program Advisors and Officers to develop and maintain partnerships with government departments, civil society, and private sector to strengthen. She/He will also coordinate with MSD Program Manager, Area Managers, Officers and Advisors to organize training events, identify learnings and successes for documentation and sharing MSD best practices, support development or adaptation of tools and guidance documents, identify and support markets-related research activities, lead stakeholder and technical knowledge sharing events, and liaising with relevant stakeholder networks, and local partners/institutions.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

Stratagey and Vision

• Co-develop and lead implementation of the Corridor development strategy, providing guidance and support as necessary to program officers in implementing activities targeting Water Service Providers (WSPs), Water Companies (WCs), Community Water Management Committees (CWMCs), O&M operators and water-related SMEs within the corridor.
• Provide strategic leadership and direction on the Corridor’s strategy to improve private sector development.
• Drive the creation of partnerships between private sector actors, including attracting and incentivizing the public and private sector to invest in water related interventions.
• Facilitate strategic partnerships between private sector actors, government institutions and financial service providers in the corridor
• Promote commercially viable, climate-resilient and inclusive business models capable of sustaining water service delivery beyond Programme funding in the corridor
• Lead the implementation of water ecosystem strengthening initiatives designed to improve operational efficiency, service quality and business performance.
• Support establishment of private sector platforms and learning networks to encourage peer learning and sector collaboration.
• Facilitate research into relevant private sector-facing opportunities and trends to identify opportunities for interventions that ensure direct establishment and management of investment pipelines for water companies, SMEs and service providers
• Liaise with the MEAL team on the development of appropriately tailored research tools and methods for the collection and collation of relevant intervention information from the field

Intervention Management within the Togwaajale COORRIDOR

• Formulate strategies to develop private sector actors within the Togwaajale Corridor.
• Support development of operational plans and budgets, ensuring sequencing, layering and integration of interventions
• Facilitate engagement with commercial banks, microfinance institutions, impact investors, diaspora investors and development finance actors in the corridor
• Ensure due diligence assessments are conducted before financing decisions are made.
• Lead negotiation and structuring of financing arrangements between investors and water ecosystem actors in Togwaajale Corridor
• Support organization of investment forums, business matchmaking events and investor engagement platforms.
• Ensure performance of financed enterprises and ensure financing contributes to improved resilience
• Assist in updating and supervising MEAL activities, including establishing baselines, indicators, and results.
• Assist in collecting baseline, midline and endline data related to interventions.
• Lead stakeholder mapping, stakeholder capacity measurement and stakeholder analysis within the The Togwaajale Corridor and identify and establish contact with potential firms or other market actors.
• Develop products and campaigns to promote private sector-led investments in the W4R intervententions
• Within target corridor, ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
• Assist the programs teams and the MEAL teams in developing relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirements for the interventions with targeted stakeholders
• Lead implementation team to refine and adapt the intervention strategies in light of participant and stakeholder requests and changing needs and opportunities, within the overall program.
• Identify priority areas for interventions that will change as opportunities pass or are realized and new ones emerge.

Policy and Representation Work

• Coordinate with local partners and stakeholders to develop and implement a Corridor influence and advocacy agenda, engaging with local and national institutions, as well as private sector actors.
• Represent the Programme in key forums within The Togwaajale corridor
• Manage and update stakeholder management plan.
• Hire, orient and lead team members as necessary

Monitoring & Evalution (M&E) and Reporting 

• Work closely with the programme MEAL team members to ensure that the W4R teams working within the Corridor feed into M&E systems and processes and that data is collected, analyzed, and used to inform ongoing adaptation of programme strategies and delivery approaches.
• Work with country-level Program managers to assess and analyze impact and adaptively manage the programme to meet results

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have:

Required

• A minimum of 3 years of experience implementing entrepreneurship, private sector engagement, market systems development, or investment/incubation interventions. If having a Bachelor’s degree, ideal candidate will have minimum of 5 years’ experience implementing PSE/MSD interventions.
• Demonstrated experience working, partnering with, and brokering PPPs or B2B partnerships with private businesses of diverse sizes including national and mulit-national firms.
• Preference for candidates with experience working in or owning businesses or social enterprises.
• Experience coordinating multiple activities, developing synergies and creating opportunities for collaboration.
• Demonstrated experience in stakeholder relationship cultivation and management, driving partnership agreements, and strengthening B2B coordination for achieving program goals.
• Demonstrated commitment to local capacity building and the ability to engage local stakeholders in project design and implementation.
• The position requires a candidate with excellent communication skills, a relationship builder, Innovator, a coach and a political economist.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the MS Office software (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) required.
• Persuasive written and oral communication in English, including report writing; competency in a relevant local language beneficial

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 12 months

Band: F2

Work location: Somaliland

Start date: August 2026

Reporting to: Program Manager-MSD

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for

employees on national contract.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. A pplications sent by email will not be considered. Females are always encouraged to Apply

Closing date for applications: 25th July 2026

For more information about the Danish Refugee Council, please visit our website drc.ngo .

Danish Refugee Council is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and positive work environment based on mutual respect for all employees. All applicants are considered for employment regardless of personal characteristics or attributes.