KICC Financial Controller, Security & Safety Manager, Assistant Supply Chain Manager and Sales Executive Jobs in Kenya

The Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) is established as a State Corporation under the State Corporation Act Cap 446 to discharge the following mandates:

- Promote and market conference tourism locally and internationally;

- Monitor the quality and standard of conference facilities and advice both private and public investors on improvement of such facilities;

- Plan and implement the expansion and modernization of existing conference facilities and develop new ones; and

- Carry out any other mandate relevant to its principal mandate.

KICC is in the process of recruiting suitable persons and invites applications for the posts indicated below:

i. Applicants should be computer literate to be able to work in a highly computerized environment.

ii. Applicants should be self driven, highly motivated, energetic and team players.

iii. Applicants should have excellent oral and written communication skills.

iv. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

Financial Controller

1 Post

Description of Key Duties:

• Coordinate the establishment of sound financial policies, systems and procedure in compliance with statutory regulations.
• Coordinate the preparation and evaluation of annual and revised Corporation’s and departmental budgets and establish a sound budgetary system.
• Provide professional advice on the optimal capital expenditure decisions, resource allocation and utilization of the Corporation assets.
• Ensure the preparation of monthly, quarterly and financial statements and management reports.
• Liaise with external organization, governmental agencies and ministries including external audit.

Reporting to the General Manager Finance & Administration, the ideal candidate will:

• Possess Bachelor of commerce in (Accounting/Finance)
• CPA (K)
• ICPAK membership
• Business planning and budgeting experience
• Knowledge of Computerized Accounting packages
• Have at least five (5) years relevant experience as a senior Accountant
• Experience in a reputable firm
• Asset management skills

Security & Safety Manager

1 Post

Description of Key Duties:

• To oversee the protection and guarding of the premises (property, tenants, guests and staff).
• Develop and implement the Corporation’s disaster-preparedness strategies and policies.
• Liaise with external organization, governmental agencies and ministries on security issues.
• Coordinate the establishment and implementation of crime preventive and detection strategies
• Carry out investigations on all incidents of security nature conclusively.
• Identify cost effective opportunities for improvement of security and safety within the Corporation
• Managing outsourced security service providers
• Enforce safety measures and discipline through strict controls and sensitization programs
• Ensure effectiveness of CCTV surveillance at the Corporation.

Reporting to the General Manager Operations, the ideal candidate will:

• Possess Bachelors degree in social sciences or relevant field
• Diploma in criminology or security will be an added advantage
• Chief Inspector of Police or equivalent
• Conversant with CCTV surveillance systems
• Crime detection and investigation skills
• Report writing and Presentation skills
• Business planning and budgeting
• Experience in a reputable firm
• 5 Years working experience in a Management position
• Able to work under pressure, meet targets and manage conflicting priorities

Assistant Supply Chain Manager

1 Post

Description of Key Duties:

• Ensure procurement of goods and services is done in accordance with KICC’s procurement policies
• Assist in the management of the procurement budget in accordance with the KICC’s overall business strategy
• Participate in the annual pre-qualification of suppliers of goods and services
• Participate in the process of procurement of plant equipment, goods and services
• Coordinate the preparation, circulation and evaluation of tenders in liaison with the relevant departments and tender committee
• Ensure that the Corporation gets value for money through procurement of high quality goods and services
• Participate in the verification and disposal of surplus and obsolete stores
• Ensure that maximum safety and security conditions in stores are maintained
• Management of existing and new contracts

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the ideal candidate will:

• Possess Bachelor of Commerce/Supplies/Economics
• Higher Diploma, Certified Institute of Purchasing and Supplies CIPS (Final) in Purchasing and Supplies.
• Compliant to the Supplies Practioners’ Management Act, 2007
• Member Kenya Institute of Supplies Management
• Knowledge and skills in Public Procurement regulations
• Experience in a reputable firm
• Three (3) years working experience with at least one (1) year in the similar position

Sales Executive

1 Post

Description of Key Duties:

• Ensure that the set sales targets are realized consistently in value and volume.
• Implement the agreed marketing promotional activities.
• Recruit and develop customers into growth.
• Co-ordinate the Sales performance of various products to ensure overall segment target is achieved.
• Regularly analyze sales and take corrective action to achieve targets.
• Provide sales forecast and feedback to the sales manager to plan for current and future capacities and as inputs into the supply chain planning.
• Analyze on a regular basis own sales and competitors’ as well as trends in the industry.

Reporting to the Sales Manger, the ideal candidate will:

• Possess Bachelor of Commerce/Business Administration (Marketing )
• CIMA, Post Graduate Diploma - (MSK, KIM) will be an added advantage
• Consumer and customer marketing knowledge
• Good knowledge of products of the meeting industry.
• Client profiling skills
• 2 Years working experience in a similar position
• Ability to work under pressure and meet targets and manage conflicting priorities
• Have shown ability and merit in work performance
• Clean valid driving license

Applications including updated Curriculum Vitae’s and copies of certificates should reach the undersigned by 5th October, 2011.

Note: No on-line application.

The Managing Director
The Kenyatta International Conference Centre
P O Box 30746-00100
Nairobi

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Highlight any special needs.

Kenyatta International Conference Centre is an Equal Opportunity employer.

Receptionist Job in Nairobi Kenya - Medical Clinic in Upperhill

A leading medical centre in Nairobi’s Upperhill area has a vacant position of a receptionist.

The receptionist will be expected to be familiar with all the outpatient services offered at the clinic and also receive patients to the clinic in a pleasant and a cautious manner.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that all office correspondences are correctly filed in a proper and retrievable manner.
• Maintaining an inventory of all the files in the clinic.
• Office management-stationary, telephones & coordinating deliveries.
• Manage the clinic’s petty cash account.
• Set maintain and exceed customer service standards.
• Billing and receiving cash from the clients.
• Prepare invoices, income reports and other accounting and bookkeeping duties.

Key attributes

• Able to remain calm under pressure and problem solve accordingly.
• Be able to communicate as clearly and concisely as possible, whether face to face, over the phone or via email.
• Must be smart and have a presentable personality.
• Friendly & with outstanding people skills.
• Demonstrate merit and ability in their work performance and results

Academic and work experience

• A diploma in a business related field from a recognized institution.
• Must have accounting qualifications of up to CPA 2 or equivalent.
• Must have excellent computer skills especially Ms excel, Ms word, Email
• Typing skills of up to 50 WPM

If you believe you possess the above qualifications, send your CV and scanned copies of your certificates to maina.recruit@gmail.com on or before Wednesday, 23rd September 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Temporary Recruiters Kenyan Jobs.

Temporary Recruiters (Schools)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Number of Positions: 42

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit
private primary schools across Africa.

Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.

We have launched our first twenty-six schools in Kenya, have eleven more opening in September 2011 and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across Africa.

About this position

Bridge International Academies is looking for an energetic, dynamic individual to support this large scale recruitment drive for our schools which are located in low income areas of Nairobi and beyond.

Because of the eventual size of our operations, the company will ultimately need to hire thousands of new teachers each year and hundreds of new school managers to manage this undertaking.

It is critical to our success to be able to design and manage streamlined selection, recruiting, and hiring processes to find the right people and to do so in a cost-effective manner. It is the role of the Recruiter to support this process while working with the rest of the HR team for the schools.

Hiring responsibilities will include:

* Teachers & School Managers from the communities where our schools are launched

More specifically:

* Prepare material needed for recruitment
* Market for teachers and school managers from communities where our schools are to be opened ahead of the actual interview dates
* Assist in administering, scoring and conducting final round of interviews with relevant department members
* Invite the shortlisted candidates for training and make follow-up calls where necessary
* Any other duties as may be advised from time to time

About You

* Minimum Diploma in either Human Resource Management, Administration or Social Sciences from a reputable institution
* Working experience in human resource management will be an added advantage
* The prospective candidate must be a person of high integrity
* Able to work in low income areas and/or informal settlements
* Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
* Function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
* This position requires a lot of travelling hence one should be ready and willing to travel at short notice.

How to apply:

You can apply and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers page at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

Accounts Assistant, Internal Auditor and Systems Administrator SACCO Jobs Kenya

Administrator SACCO Jobs Kenya
Fundilima Sacco Limited is a savings and credit co-operatives society mainly drawing her membership from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology staff.

To improve on service delivery, the society wishes to attract highly motivated individuals for the following
positions on a three (3) years renewable contract:-

1. Accounts Assistant FCSCS/ACC/5/2011

Reporting to the Manager, the successful applicant will be responsible for loans reconciliations, loans recoveries, and maintenance of general ledgers and preparation of reports.

Minimum qualifications:

* Be a holder of a B.Com with accounting options or equivalent OR
* CPA Part 1(Section 1 & 2)
* At least three years experience in Accounting/Auditing/ preferably in co-operative society
* Be computer literate in word processing database management and spread sheets
* Age 25-40 years

2. Internal Auditor FCSCS/IA/9/2011

Reporting to the Audit committee functionally and administratively to the Manager, the position holder shall ensure accuracy of financial transactions and compliance with established policies, procedures and internal control systems as well as improving the effectiveness of risk management, controls and governance adequacy of internal controls, accuracy of financial transactions and compliance with established policies.

Minimum qualifications:

* University degree in commerce, accounting, economics or Business Administration
* CPA (K).
* At least five years audit experience.
* Good working knowledge of MS Word, Ms Excel and at least one audit software
* Age limit 25-40years

3. Systems Administrator FCSCS IT/62011

Reporting to the Manager.
Minimum qualifications:
* Diploma in IT. from recognized institution.
* Experience in Sacco software
* At least 2 years experience in a reputable firm preferably co-operative society
* Age limit 25-40 years

Those with Sacco related experience will have an added advantage

If you fit the above profile, please send your application, giving full details of your qualification, experience, current and expected remuneration together with updated Curriculum Vitae with contacts of three referees to:

The Chairman,
Fundilima Sacco,
P.O. Box 62000-00200
Nairobi

So as to reach him on or before Friday 29th September, 2011.

BILLING PLANNING ENGINEER REF: TECHNICAL_BPE_SEPTEMBER 2011

Reporting to the Principal Engineer – Billing Planning; the holder of the position will be responsible for evaluation of new and existing hardware, planning & design for new solutions, implementation and integration of new hardware/software, optimization of existing systems and internal process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Create key performance indicators for new products/services;
• Play a lead role in marketing proposals, product & services vendor evaluation process; weighted evaluation for new hardware, features and services;
• Design CBS network for new elements  additions and analyze IN network against KPI;
• Minimize network and service impact for any change and schedule all the planned work;
• Create and update handover system configuration documentation after software/hardware upgrade;
• Configure data for new systems with vendor engineer and create/adopt necessary work instruction for existing systems;
• Perform S.W.O.T Analysis of projects and play a lead role in transference of skills and knowledge to IN technicians;
• Analyze the effect of a new/improvement change before & after project implementation;             
• Build internal and external relationships with key customers and suppliers to deliver continuous quality solutions to business.

Minimum requirements

• Degree/Diploma in either Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering or IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development, LAN design and configuration, TCP/IP;
• 3 years working as an engineer in a telecommunications environment (vendor or operator);
• Experience of GSM Intelligent Networks and Huawei Convergent Billing System (CBS) will be  an added advantage.

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 Friday, the 16th September, 2011

The Senior Manager – Talent AcquisitionSafaricom LtdNairobi

Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke