Operations Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies

Demonstrated experience in strategic management including planning, goal setting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Finance or related field.

At least CPA V

3 years working experience in management post.

Knowledge of computerized financial management system

30 years and above.

NB: Application letter must be hand written and the current salary & expected salary should be indicated.

Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications may send their applications enclosing copies of relevant certificates and testimonials, detailed CV including names and contacts of three referees to reach the undersigned on or before 31st August 2011.

DNA 1083
P.O Box 490100 – 00100

Nairobi

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Sacco Accountant / Administrator Job in Nairobi Kenya

A medium sized savings and credit society with offices in Nairobi is seeking to recruit a qualified, experienced and result
oriented candidate to fill the position below:

Sacco Accountant / Administrator

Qualification and skills

§  Must be a CPA finalist.

§  Must have at least 2 years experience in running a large Sacco.

§  Must be computer literate.

§  Knowledge of Navision software will be an added advantage.

§  Must be a person of high integrity and committed to high ethical standards and uphold Sacco policies.

§  Must have excellent communication skills and willing to work long hours with minimal supervision.

§  Must be aged 30-40 years.

Application stating current salary along with a detailed CV including day time telephone contacts, copies of certificates
and testimonials and names and addresses of two referees and a recent passport size photos should be sent to:

The Sacco Chairman
P.O Box 681 44-00200
Nairobi

Deadline 9th September 2011

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Sales Jobs in Kenya

Our client is a leading wines and spirits company with a global market network.

Due to their global market expansion, they wish to fill the following positions:

Senior Sales Representative

Ref: SGK/SSR/08/2011

The position holder will play a big role in business development efforts of the premium portfolio. He/she will be in charge of key account clients and other major client’s accounts.

One will however be expected to develop new business accounts through personal initiatives and network. He/she will be expected to manage and train in the trade.

Person Profile

  A bachelor’s degree in marketing or other business related areas or graduate diploma in marketing from a professionally recognized institution.

  At least five years sales and marketing working experience in FMCG industry in a supervisory role.

Must have ability to engage in key decision-making and be able to work under minimum supervision.

Must be highly innovative and confident with good customer service and people management skills.

Sales Representative

2 Posts

Ref: SGK/SRJO8/2011

The job holder will be involved in execution of sales and marketing activities. He/she will handle all company sales and marketing activities in the respective designated regions. Applicants will also be expected to do market intelligence, maintain good customer relations and produce general sales reports.

Person Profile

  Bachelor’s degree in marketing or other business related areas or graduate diploma in marketing from a professional recognized institution.

  At least two years sales and marketing experience in FMCG industry.

Ability to work under minimum supervision.

  Must be highly innovative, confident and have good analytical and decision making skills.

  Must have a valid motor vehicle driving license.

  Age 25 – 30 years old.

Applications can be e-mailed to: recruit@skillsgeographic.com

or post to the Recruitment Division, Skills Geographic (K) Ltd. P.O Box 20407-00100 Nairobi Kenya

or Hand delivered to our office at Vision Plaza 1St Floor Suite 37, Mombasa Road, Nairobi.

Tel: 020-2385928. So as to reach not later than 7th September 2011.

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Graduate Trainee Job Vacancy in Kenya

If you have a desire to succeed in the financial and accounting field and are looking to gain more rewards and appreciation for your efforts, we can provide an excellent and unique opportunity to do exactly that.

Our client, a leader in Business Process Outsourcing, focusing on Finance and Accounting, with a client base of local and international companies operating in the East African Market and Europe is looking to hire a Graduate Trainee.

During this period the successful candidate will have the opportunity to get hands on experience in:

§  Preparing financial statements

§  Reconciliation of accounts

§  Posting and maintain ledger accounts

§  Raising of invoices and purchase orders

§  Pay roll processing

§  Tax management

§  Audit processes and procedures

This role would ideal for a person who has completed there Diploma/ Degree in Finance/Accounting in the last one year.

The successful candidate will have been a B average student throughout his/her education and will have held positions of responsibility in either his/her school and/or community.

The successful graduate trainee for this role will demonstrate the following qualities: she/he will:

  Be self- confident, curious, courageous and imaginative, with a desire to learn and grow as an individual

  Be pro-active with a high level of personal drive and enthusiasm and a personal commitment to excellence

Able to pay attention to detail, think on your feet and deliver the desired results on time.

  Be a good communicator, with the ability to write and speak in grammatically correct English

  Have unquestionable integrity, a high level of discretion and the ability to work with confidential information

  Be computer literate, highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook or any other internet software

Remuneration: The salary for this position is KSh 20,000 gross per month.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please log on to careers.tgagroupea.com and apply by 2nd September 2011.

In-case you will have any difficulties please send an email to recruit@tgagroupea.com with the issue

Please Note: Only online applications will be considered. We do not charge individual any fee to accept or hold their applications in our database. We therefore do not accept any applications from agencies who charge their clients for submitting their resumes.


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Ledger Accountant Job Vacancy in Kenya

Our client, a leader in Business Process Outsourcing, focusing on Finance and Accounting, with a client base of local and international companies operating in the East African Market and Europe is looking to hire a Ledger Accountant.

Reporting to the Managing Director the purpose of this job is to ensure that all clients’ business transactions have been accounted for and have been posted correctly.

Key Responsibilities:

The main responsibilities in this role include to:

§  Post all client transactions in the system on a daily basis

§  Maintain a master list of monthly journal entries

§  Ensure that recurring entries are changed or terminated at appropriate trigger points

§  Prepare monthly closings and financial statements

§  Reconcile and maintain balance sheet accounts

§  Review contract obligations to ensure all contract invoices have been received and processed

§  Perform other duties as assigned

Position Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

§  A degree/diploma in Finance, Commerce, Accounting or related field and at least CPA part II.

§  2 years’ working experience supervising the preparation of basic accounting ledger entries in a busy finance and accounting department.

§  Thorough understanding of the globally accepted accounting standards.

§  Analytical thinking with good business and commercial awareness

§  Quality orientated with high attention to detail and accuracy, strong analysis, judgment and problem solving skills.

§  Strong communication skills in all forms including written, oral, email, telephone, and presentation

§  Excellent planning, organizational and time management skills, the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines capable of working independently

§  Very strong service orientation, with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels

§  Self-motivated, resourceful and results oriented, with unquestionable integrity and a high regard for confidentiality

§  A high degree of computer literacy, with working knowledge of an integrated financial account system and proficient in the use of MS Office packages.

Remuneration: The starting salary for this position is KSh 35,000 gross per month.

If you are interested in the position and have the skills we are looking for, we would like to hear from you. Please forward an application letter indicating your suitability to this role, together with a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefit package to recruit@tgagroupea.com by 2nd September 2011

Please Note: we do not charge individual any fee to accept or hold their applications in our database. We therefore do not accept any applications from agencies who charge their clients for submitting their resumes.

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4 easy steps to replenish your job search

4 easy steps

 1 - Re-establish old contacts: Most of the time we take it for granted that human resource managers or other executives will remember us. It is important to keep alive the contacts you have made. Send them emails regularly and keep them informed whenever you have gained a new skill. When you do that, chances are that you will always be within the radar should anything interesting come up.

2.  Change your CV: To have no experience should not mean your CV should be dull. Always strive to stay ahead of other graduates with an up-to-date and attractive CV. There is absolutely no excuse for a drab CV. Make whatever you have sound exciting. A CV must position you as result oriented, pro-active and hard working.

3.   Know the market: The market, in this case, refers to the relevant employers. Some 20 years ago and back, getting a job was not as difficult if you had attained certain levels of education. Banking was revered and being an accountant meant you were among the most respected persons in the village. The market has changed and this is no longer the situation. Requirements for these positions have expanded. The point is that knowing what the market needs enables you to strategize on what you can do to effectively market yourself and earn top dollar in a competitive world. Talking to people in your field of expertise and other fields is important. Don’t let Twitter, Facebook and Myspace be just for personal purposes: use them to ensure that you ink up with professionals. Change with the times and acquire the necessary and relevant skills before you find that you have become irrelevant to your employer.

4.   Acquisition: You may need to acquire new skills to help you in your job search. You may, for example, decide to learn a new language or get a diploma. Alternatively, you can go ahead and take up that simple job that you have been ignoring just because you have been seeing it as beneath you. We often acquire good skills doing jobs that are somewhat not related to our desired careers.

There was this young man who was conducting a survey on a proposed new development in my neighborhood. As I filled the form he had provided, I asked a few questions about himself. He informed that he was not doing the survey because he had specialized in that field, but because he had 2 goals. One was to make sure that he got the necessary public speaking skills and the other was that in future someone he would have met in during this research might remember him and offer him a chance in his desired field.

Well, you see, I will definitely remember him. Compare this young man with other graduates who sit at home waiting for their dream job to fall into their laps. A brand will not stick in people’s minds forever, and that is why brand owners must regularly advertise and promote it so that people do not forget it. Therefore, you must ensure that you do all you can to keep ‘brand you’ in your employers’ and potential employers’ minds. Good things come to those who are aggressive.

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DSW Call for Consultants: Baseline Survey

Baseline Survey for Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania 

Call for Consultants: Baseline Survey 

EC Grant No.: DCI-HUM/2010/255-732 

DSW is an international development organization with head office in Germany. Its main goal is to help people free themselves from poverty. For this purpose DSW supports family planning and sexual and reproductive health projects. 

DSW, with financial assistance from the European Union, and in partnership with Legal Human Rights Centre (LHRC), based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Professional Alliance for Development (PADet) in Ethiopia and National Commission on Gender and Development in Kenya (NCGD) is implementing a three year project ‘Working Together for Decent work in East Africa’. 

The project supports social protection and employment for those excluded from the formal labour market, especially women and youth. 

Through a combination of strategies and activities the project shall contribute to the improved living and working conditions for those depending on the informal economy and other vulnerable groups that face challenges in finding formal employment. 

DSW intends to engage a lead consultant to carry out a baseline survey for the project in the three countries. The survey shall be carried out separately for Ethiopia by a support consultant who shall be supervised by the lead consultant based in Kenya. 

DSW is thus inviting qualified consultants (individual or firms) to submit expression of interest by September 7, 2011 close of business. 

Interested candidates may request for the Terms of Reference, which provide details of submission, qualifications and EOI preparation from fit4life@dswkenya.org and copy to info@dswkenya.org by close of business of August 30th, 2011. 


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Public Relations Manager Job in Kenya

Ref: CA_PRM_AUGUST_2011 

Reporting to the Senior Manager Public Relations, the job holder will ensure a positive image of Safaricom among the general public by fostering Safaricom’s ability to strategically drive this and respond appropriately to customer needs. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Respond to all queries in respect of Safaricom from general public, media, special interest groups and other components of the firm’s stakeholder ecosystem. Ensure Safaricom’s leadership in managing issues pertinent to the industry is upheld and maintained.
• Ensure and maintain absolute confidentiality on information obtained and released, as and when necessary.
• Ensure that collaterals for Safaricom functions and other forms of communications by the company are prepared and issued in line with brand guidelines and are aligned with overall communications strategy.
• Maintain and improve Safaricom’s Public Relations strategy and that of its various units and activities, taking into account the internal and external changes in the market. Ensure that these are aligned with online reputation management (ORM) and internal communications strategies.
• Advise and recommend to Safaricom possible outcomes and response-scenarios based on strategic initiatives made in the year.
• Act as a credible and trustworthy liaison between Safaricom and the various vendors and partners it deals with in the PR space to ensure cordial relations and value for money in all operations.
• Collect and communicate information that may give Safaricom strategic advantage.
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, periodic reports within schedule and to standards;
• Create and administer a proper filing system for the PR section.

Minimum requirements 

• A Degree in Marketing and Communication/Public Relations/ Marketing (specialization in PR is preferred).
• A post-graduate diploma in Public Relations will be an added advantage.
• Professional Certifications in Public Relations or Mass Commutation (Diploma/ Higher Diploma).
• 2-3 years work experience in a large or blue chip company in a PR/Strategic Communications/Media Relations role.
• The incumbent must be a driven and motivated, can-do, team-player and must be able to demonstrate good written and oral communication skills in both English and Swahili.
• Excellent speech and general writing and presentation/oratory skills.
• Ability to travel and work off-site at short notice, and sometimes outside office hours with minimum supervision.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below. 

The deadline for application is Wednesday the 31stAugust 2011. 

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition 
Safaricom Ltd 
Nairobi 

Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke 

Senior Manager - Foundation Job in Kenya

RF: CR-SMF-MAY2011 

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Responsibility within the Corporate Affairs Division, the job holder will be responsible for managing the operations of the Foundation with a view to supporting the delivery of Safaricom’s Corporate Social Investment objectives, building reputation and building affinity among Kenyan communities. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Manage the execution of the Foundation strategy and operations in line with approved policies and procedures;
• Work with the Sponsorships Team, Publicity Team, Area Sales Managers and staff to ensure synergies and involvement of all areas of the business in the Foundation’s activities and seamless execution of events;
• Identify and grow the Foundation’s Brand Assets (World of Difference, Medical Camps etc;
  
  
• Provide oversight of the M&E function in order to establish a system of evidence based data collection and reporting on the outcomes of the Foundation’s grants to partners;
• Develop an annual PR Strategy for the approval of the Trustees at the start of each year;
• Manage the PR and Communications for the Foundation in line with the approved strategy;
• Manage the process of production of Foundation’s monthly and quarterly publications;
• Ensure effective and efficient processing of grant requests;
• Manage a team of direct reports in accordance with the business requirement to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.

Minimum Requirements 

• Graduate degree from a recognized University;
• Excellent understanding of socio-economic and development issues, with at least five years relevant work experience;
• Excellent understanding of brand positioning and communication through experience or qualification;
• Experience of grant making/receiving in a large organization;
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills;
• Excellent communicator;
• Strong inter-personal & influencing skills;
• Strong commitment towards community development issues;
• Ability to plan over a period of 6-18 months.
• Excellent communicator with all stakeholders, both internal & external.
• Social awareness combined with a business approach.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below. 

The deadline for application is Monday the 29th August 2011. 

Note: All recent applicants for this position need not to apply again. 

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition 
Safaricom Ltd 
Nairobi 

Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke 


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Area Managers Mt Kenya Jobs - Nanyuki

Organization’s Description  -

ChildFund Kenya, a non profitable organization whose mandate is to improve the well-being of children and to enhance opportunities for the development of their potential seeks to recruit Area Managers for Mt Kenya ,the positions will be based in Nanyuki 

Job Summary: 

Reporting to Regional Manager, Eastern, the Area Manager will be responsible and accountable for all aspects of Area/Cluster programming, in particular: high quality contract deliverables / compliance; reports preparation and conceptual strategic leadership. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Facilitate CBO/Federation development and timely submission of project proposals and work-plans
• Ensure Cluster/Area project compliance with National Office/donor contracts by way of planning, implementation, field monitoring visits and compiling of quality narrative and financial reports
• Ensure all the affiliate CBO projects adhere to the organisation’s programming principles; procurement, administrative and financial policies
• Monitor project to pro-actively identify risks related to contract compliance and prescribe, implement and manage corrective action
• Ensure timely submission of progress reports that meet the organizations/donor requirements, as stipulated in the contract.
• Build and foster good relations between ChildFund Kenya, other NGOs, and GOK in order to enhance ChildFund, Kenya image, visibility and access to information resources.
• Enhance effective communication at all levels between the Cluster/Area staff, within the projects areas, National office and other partner agencies
• Participate in the relevant District/County Child Protection, Development Policy & Advocacy formulation forums.
• Represent and speak for ChildFund Kenya in forums/matters related to Child Protection & Development within the Cluster/Projects areas of operation.
• Ensure adequate program and project Design/Planning, Monitoring, Implementation and Evaluation within his area of jurisdiction.
• To lead, manage and motivate Programme teams, ensuring that they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performance
• Ensure the capacity of ChildFund Area staff and partners is developed as appropriate in institutional and organizational development, technical themes relevant to the program and project cycle management skills (project identification and design, project implementation, project evaluation and learning), etc.
• Ensure that systems are structured and staffed appropriately to maintain effective and efficient management and use of all resources including financial resources, transport, supplies and capital assets in line with ChildFund Kenya policies and guidelines
• Being the budget holder, should ensure effective financial and budgetary control of all budgets.

Requirements:

• Degree level qualification in Development studies or Social Sciences with a minimum 3 years experience in Programme Design, Implementation & donor contract management
• Demonstrated experience implementing programs with Community Based Organizations
• Team Player with excellent communication and community mobilization skills
• Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
• High level of credibility and integrity

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for please submit your application and a detailed CV, current contact and three referees to hr@kenya.childfund.org on or before 2nd September, 2011. 

Candidates will be required to produce hard copies of academic and professional qualification during the interview. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted 

Accounts Executives Jobs in Kenya

A local and highly professional ICT company requires an Accounts Executiveto carry out the following roles: 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Follow up on sales leads and prospects to ensure company profitability.
• Initiate and coordinate development of action plans to penetrate new markets.
• Assists in the development and implementation of marketing plans as needed.
• Provides timely feedback to senior management regarding performance.
• Provides timely, accurate, competitive pricing on all completed prospect applications submitted for pricing and approval, while striving to maintain maximum profit margin.
  
  
• Maintains accurate records of all pricings, sales, and activity reports submitted by Account Executives.
• Creates and conducts proposal presentations and RFP responses.
• Adhere to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes

Relationships and Roles: 

• Internal / External Cooperation Maintains contact with all clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client satisfaction. 
• Demonstrates ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees.

Job Specifications: 

• Experience in sales management. 
• Experience in aspects of Supplier Relationship Management. 
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements.

Required Skill Sets 

• Bachelors degree in Business, Sales and Marketing options or Diploma in Sales 
• Proven leadership and team work 
• Creativity and can think outside the box

How to Apply 

Send your curriculum vitae and the names of 3 referees to info@mpsl-ke.com on or before 26th August 2011. 

Kindly indicate your current position and remuneration in your application letter