New 4 Star Hotel Jobs in Nairobi

A new 4 star, 180 rooms hotel in Nairobi urgently needs:

Front Office Manager and Assistant Front Office Manager.

Food and Beverage Manager and Assistant F & B Manager.

Executive Chef.

Executive Housekeeper & Housekeeping Supervisors.

Chief Accountant.

Bars Manager and F & B waiters.

Room, Laundry and Public area cleaners.

Spa Manager, massage, beauticians and Spa attendants 
Qualifications

·                     You must have at least 3 years experience in 4 or 5 star hotels.

·                     Utalii graduate and pre-opening experience is preferred.

·                     International experience and knowledge of Asian (Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, etc) cuisine, culture and languages is an advantage.

If you meet the above qualifications, please send your C.V, email and mobile contact and copies of 2-3 job testimonials before 31st January 2012 to:

The Advertiser
DNA No. 2010
P.O. Box 49010 - 00100,

Nairobi



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Cashier Job in Nairobi Kenya

Save the Children has a long history of engagement in Somalia and in Somaliland stretching as far back as 1954.

In more recent times (since 1992) Save the Children UK has maintained an operational office in Hiran Region in what is now called the Central South Zone of Somalia (CSS).

Since 2000, both Save the Children Denmark and Save the Children UK have been working in Somaliland.

In 2004, Save the Children UK established an office in Puntland State in response to the Tsunamis and continues to undertake programmes from this office while Save the Children Denmark in Puntland works through partners.


In the past two years Save the Children Finland has been financially supporting the work of both Save the Children Denmark and Save the Children UK in Somalia/Somaliland.


Save the Children Somalia/Somaliland Programme is seeking applications from qualified Kenyan nationals for the position of Cashier based in Nairobi:

Job Purpose

To manage the receipt and disbursement of funds, and maintain accurate financial records.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Collect funds and make various payments as per the authorization, approval of Budget Holders and in accordance with Save the Children’s financial management policy and also ensure that all collections and payments are done against serially pre-numbered cash receipt and cash payment vouchers.

2. Maintain optimum cash balances and advise the Finance Officer for cash replenishment requirements, maintain a cash book and perform daily cash reconciliation and cash counts for all currencies on a weekly and monthly with senior managers.

3. Manage cash balances to ensure that sufficient balances are maintained for ongoing activities while preventing too high balances to avoid incurring high exchange rate charges.

4. Maintain proper filing systems of all cash payment documents and ensure accounting records are kept updated, are reliable and according to Save the Children accounting practices;

5. Vouching of cash payment documents and ensuring SC financial polices and procurement procedures are adhered to and the internal audit recommendations are implemented.

6. Preparation of Floats and subsequent follow up and ensure timely clearance of outstanding floats and inform the Finance Officer on long standing floats regularly

7. Comply with all relevant Save the Children Child Protection Policy and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.

Essential requirements:

·                     CPA 1 qualification

·                     Minimum 2 - 3 years proven work experience in cash management within a busy working environment such as financial institutes or INGOs

·                     Computer skills especially in MS Excel, spread sheets and MS Word

·                     High level of integrity and ability to work as part of a professional team

·                     Ability to work under high pressure to meet tight deadlines

Applications should be forwarded by email vacancies@scsom.org

Latest date for receiving applications is 5th Feb 2012, 12:00 mid night.

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WASH Coordinator Job Vacancy

Save the Children is the world's largest independent children’s organization, making immediate and longlasting improvements to children's lives in over 120 countries worldwide.

Save the Children is made up of 27 member organisations across the globe.

Through Unified Presence, Save the Children aims to create a stronger voice for children by unifying the operations in all countries where more than one Save the Children Member organizations operates.

This will result in one organisation at the national level in each country and a unified programme delivery structure for all Save the Children Alliance Members.


Save the Children has a long history of working in partnership in Somalia and it is one of the leading INGO's working in Somalia for the rights of children. 


Save the Children has a unified presence in Somalia and Somaliland since January 2010 and is working in the thematic areas of education (including skills training for youth), health, protection and emergency responses. 


Save the children has an operation in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia. Due to constraints on security, and the need to liaise with UN agencies, other NGOs and donors the country office is based in Nairobi and senior managers and directors are expected to travel extensively to monitor and support programme work in all parts of Somalia that are accessible and where security threats are being effectively mitigated.


Save the Children is currently putting together an integrated response plan to address an appalling outcome of chronic shortage of food, drought and conflict resulting in very high rate of morbidity, mortality and suffering of the most vulnerable population including children and women. 


We are looking forward to establishing teams of health workers consisting of various cadres of health professionals to deliver life saving emergency health services to the population in need through an integrated approach by pooling together programmes (health, nutrition and WASH) with high impact on lives of the most vulnerable population groups


The Wash coordinator will contribute to Save the Children’s capacity to meet its Child Survival objectives, through the provision of quality water, sanitation and hygiene programming.

The role exists to strengthen and provide WASH engineering and software support for Save the Children’s core programme sectors- of health, education, child protection and hunger reduction- and develop direct emergency WASH responses where required.

You will need suitable qualification in public health or civil engineering with WASH programming experiences, in assessments, programme design, project planning and management, write
project proposals and produce quality reports

For additional information on the job description, working context, person’s specifications, please visit: www.somaliangoconsortium.org

Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All applicants are subject to child protection checks, people are as diverse as the challenges we face.

Applications should be forwarded to: vacancies@scsom.org

Application Closing Date: Sunday 5th Feb 2012, 12:00 mid night

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Finance and Administration Assistant Job in Nairobi Kenya

Finance and Administration Assistant

CABI – Nairobi, Kenya

The Finance and Administration Assistant will report to the Finance and Administration Manager and take responsibility for ensuring efficient and effective provision of administrative and financial services support in CABI.

Established over 100 years ago, CABI is a not-for-profit science-based development and information organization.

CABI improves people’s lives by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment.

Our mission and direction is influenced by our member countries who help guide the activities undertaken.

These include scientific publishing, development projects and research, and microbial services.

Our activities are based principally in 2 major sites in the UK and 5 scientific centres globally.

Please see our website www.cabi.org for further details about our organisation.

The successful candidate will collect administrative and financial data and check upon conformity with the policy and quality standards in place at CABI; perform integration of administrative and financial information; provide support in staff contractual issues; manage assets and facilities usage, maintenance and servicing; undertake reconciliations; and provide timely administrative and financial information, reports, feedback and recommendations for reporting and budget monitoring.

He/she will have a first degree in business management with at least 3 years relevant experience in management in a cross-cultural environment. Professional accounting qualification
will be an added advantage and ability to use multiple ICT systems and software is desirable.

The candidate shall have excellent administrative and communication skills with ability to prioritise and manage diverse workloads, use initiative and proactive thinking and pay attention to details. A good level of project management skills in a cross-cultural environment is essential.

The individual should be dependable and trustworthy, with high level of confidentiality and ability to cope well with changing environment.

Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating how they meet the requirements of the Candidate Brief (available on www.cabi.org/vacancies under post reference number 02/2012), plus a detailed curriculum vitae (not more than 3 pages) with names and full addresses of 3 referees.

Applications should be sent to recruitment@cabi.org

Closing Date for receipt of applications is Friday 3 February 2012.

Additional Information

Salary: Negotiable but commensurate with skills, abilities and experience.

Position Type: 2 year initial appointment with a possibility of renewal.

This is a locally recruited person and will be based in our CABI office in Nairobi – Kenya.

Please reply to recruitment@cabi.org by 3 Feb 2012

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