Application Deadline: Application Deadline Jan 17, 2018

  • Aquaculture Business Development Officer

    Aquaculture Business Development Officer

    Under Farm Africa’s KMAP Programme (Kenya Market-led Aquaculture Programme), the Aquaculture Business Development Officer will be responsible for supporting all players in the value chain, especially the fish farmers, in building their businesses with technical and entrepreneurial skills. The officer will be required to ensure that key deliverables are met in line with the programme logframe; such as engaging SME’s along the value chain to ensure increased business orientation and reinforcing market linkages, as well as conducting and coordinating training to increase capacity of stakeholders.

  • Scientist – Germplasm Health

    Scientist – Germplasm Health

    Job description
    Responsibilities
    The scientist would be part of a team working with forage genetic resources conservation and carry out activities related to germplasm health and post-entry quarantine of forage germplasm and who will specifically:

    Lead activities on forage germplasm health for ILRI as part of coordinated activities under the Genebank Platform
    Identify and research the extent of major seed borne virus diseases in the ILRI collection
    Develop and optimize diagnostic tests for virus, bacteria, phytoplasma and fungi in forages, including use of molecular tools
    Establish field and greenhouse procedures for elimination of viral, bacterial, phytoplasma and fungal diseases from the collection
    Manage and continue improving a Quality Management System for seed health testing and post-entry screening, including the elaboration of Standard Operating Procedures
    Maintain germplasm health databases for the genebank
    Train technicians and technical assistants in disease diagnostics and routine procedures for plant management to eliminate diseases

    Requirements

    PhD in plant pathology
    At least 5 years of experience post PhD in standard seed-health diagnostic methods (e.g., ELISA, TBIA, dot blot, NASH/LAMP, fungal identification and PCR based methods) and next-generation sequencing technologies for pathogen detection.
    Experience with laboratory organization and optimization of workflows.

    Post location: The position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Position level: The position level is 4C.
    Duration: 3 years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.
    Benefits: ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.

  • Business Education Trainer 

Professional Guidance Counselor

    Business Education Trainer Professional Guidance Counselor

    Department: Girls’ Empowerment Project (GEP)
    Reports to :GEP Associate Program Director
    Terms: 11 months, full-time
    Core Responsibilities

    Provide vision, leadership, and strategic direction for strengthening current curricula or launching new vocational training courses
    Assess and strengthen existing business and financial literacy curricula within the GEP
    Develop and oversee the implementation of new curriculum in partnership with GEP Teacher and Professional Guidance Counsellor
    Work with the Professional Guidance Counselor and SGBV Outreach Leads to create a new Business Ambassador Group (BAG) amongst GEP students and Maisha Collective members
    Create opportunities for BAG to interface with the Women’s Ambassador Groups to share best practices and learn from the community
    Conduct two site visits with BAG members to see local businesses and applications of vocational training skills
    Prepare weekly and monthly project progress reports
    Regularly liaise with and update Kenya and US staff
    Ensure all engaged refugee girls develop transferrable business and leadership skills that will support their livelihoods after leaving Heshima Kenya programs
    Serve as a mentor for the young refugee women of Heshima Kenya

    Qualifications:

    First degree in Business Management, or other business related field, with 5+ years of experience in developing and managing educational and business programs for youth
    Work experience with institutions or organizations running similar initiatives
    Skilled in program implementation and execution
    Ability to work with people of diverse culture from the greater East African countries and the great Lake Region
    Right skills and approaches of working with most vulnerable groups and especially young girls and women
    Excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills
    Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel and Skype
    Passion for and understanding of the unique needs of vulnerable refugee populations
    Must be a Kenyan citizen and have a Certificate of Good Conduct

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  • Finance and Administration Manager

    Finance and Administration Manager

    TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Human Resource management
    Support Head of Office in all HR related issues;
    Directly supervise 4 staff members
    Implement HR policies and ensure their consistent application;
    Monitors changes in labour law and in its application;
    Participate in evaluation of HR needs and in the annual compliance exercise;
    Follow-up on HR administration (leave balance, medical bills, individual files, contracts and extension)
    Financial management
    Financial analysis and reporting, monitoring the respect of financial rules;
    Supervise all the financial transactions and cash movements for the offices in DAR and Kibondo;
    Monitors the expenses and ensures that the budget is respected;
    Bookkeeping and Cash management;
    Support to audit management;
    Provide accounting support to Kibondo office;
    Administrative / Logistics
    Develop, in conjunction with the administration staff, best practise procedures across the office on a continuous basis;
    Supervises driver activities;
    Assist in sourcing of suppliers / quotations; Give administrative support to other departments;
    Monitor all active rental contracts;
    Premises, Maintenance & Welcome
    Supervise premises management files according to organization’s policies;
    Inventory management in the premises and passive security checks;
    Follow-up on maintenance issues and ensure that problems are solved quickly;
    Review of the welcome file;
    Ensure that welcome procedures are done on time.

    REQUIREMENTS:

    University Degree in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration / Human resources or equivalent from a recognized university;
    Must have a Professional Accountancy Qualification CPA, ACCA;
    Perfectly fluent in English and Swahili languages, written and spoken;
    Perfectly conversant with computer skills, including Excel, Word;
    Knowledge of accounting software e.g. SUN System etc is an asset;
    Conversant with HRM practices and good knowledge of labor law / employment market;
    Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar field and as F & A manager;
    Previous working experience with NGO’s or international organization is an asset;

    THE PROFILE

    Highly motivated individual with the desire to make a difference;
    Leadership experience with excellent communication and influential skills;
    High sense of confidentiality
    Ability to work under pressure and independently;
    Demonstrated ability to lead by example to motivate, develop and direct people;
    Very good organizational, analytical and administrative skills, with experience in Staff management;

  • Senior Cargo Sales Executive

    Senior Cargo Sales Executive

    To develop, promote and maintain Emirates SkyCargo business in the region, ensuring maximum market share, market penetration and optimal revenues. To ensure existing and potential customers are aware of SkyCargo products and services, are serviced to their satisfaction and are motivated to use Emirates.
     
    Job Accountabilities

    Achieve agreed Cargo Revenue target by developing and maintaining productive business relationships with freight forwarders, consolidators, cargo agents, commercial accounts and other parties in the assigned territory (on and offline)
    Ensure that all existing cargo clients are aware of Emirates SkyCargo products and services by providing/updating them with pertinent product brochures, timetables and other information on Emirates SkyCargo products and services
    Identify potential new export and import market segments and clients through assessment of the market, regular analysis (eg CASS) and follow up of sales leads. Prospect for new business, including making formal and informal commercial presentations to clients to introduce and explain SkyCargo logistics structures and operational procedures
    Identify potential revenue streams in offline and feeder markets and develop and execute strategies to secure this business
    Monitor market trends, competitors’ activities and special deals and recommend strategies and marketing activities to counter the competition
    Evaluate seasonal traffic demands and co-ordinate with cargo operations and reservations personnel for appropriate allocation of space
    Negotiate an established tariff maximum yield and achieve additional business at minimal cost
    Investigate and respond to customer complaints and restore customer confidence where there has been service failure. Advise the management on the feedback received from the customers about the product to improve quality, standard of service and to minimise service failures
    Maintain sales call records and statistics (rates, volumes, revenues, yield, seasonal variations) and produce periodic performance reports on existing accounts, including recommendations to maximise client support, and setting of account credit limits
    In accordance with Emirates SkyCargo strategy and objectives, promote customer interaction in all channels, including electronic commerce

    Requirements

    Educated to A-Level (or equivalent) with at least 5 years experience in a Cargo Operations environment, including at least 3 years field sales experience with an airline, freight forwarder or logistics provider.
    Knowledge of cargo operations and have completed advanced training in cargo acceptance and dangerous goods handling
    Thorough understanding of Airline cargo sales, including pricing strategies
    Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel
    Excellent presentation skills
    Proven ability to negotiate effectively at all levels
    Excellent written and oral communication skills
    Self-motivated, and pro-active with the ability to work on own initiative
    Valid driving license

    Other job related information

    Extensive travelling in the region will be required.

  • Non-key expert (part-time) – Monitoring and evaluation expert 

Non-key expert (part-time) – Regulatory drafting expert (legal aid)

    Non-key expert (part-time) – Monitoring and evaluation expert Non-key expert (part-time) – Regulatory drafting expert (legal aid)

    Project details
    Title: Support to the National Legal Aid service of the Department of Justice under the Programme for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery (PLEAD)
    Sector: Justice & Good Governance
    Client: EU
    Duration: 57 months
    Project description
    The Program for Legal Empowerment and Aid Delivery in Kenya (PLEAD) aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels with a specific result outcome to enhance legal aid and assistance especially for the poor and vulnerable. A subcomponent of PLEAD calls for support to the National Legal Aid Service under the Department of Justice (DoJ) to provide legal services in 12 focal counties of Kenya.
    The proposed technical assistance that is the subject of this tender addresses a combined technical assistance package that will provide three categories of TA:
    A permanent key expert to serve for the total duration of the PLEAD project (indicatively 57 months) which will assist the DoJ in implementing the new legal aid bill through an EU programme estimate. The expert will need to start immediately upon award of contract;Two experts (indicatively a monitoring and evaluation expert and a regulatory drafting advisor) to begin immediately upon award of the contract; andAn on-going technical assistance facility (STTA) to provide short-term technical assistance on an on-demand basis as needed during the term of the PLEAD project.
    Qualifications and profile

    Non-key expert (part-time) – Monitoring and evaluation expert
    Strong experience in M&E in the justice sector
    Proven experience in setting up M&E systems
    Experience in capacity building and training in M&E for government institutions and non-state actors
    Work experience in Kenya or the sub region required
    Proficiency in English is required

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  • Executive Director

    Executive Director

    Job Description
    KENCANSA seeks to hire a passionate and committed Executive Director to provide leadership in the management of its secretariat and oversee implementation of its current strategic plan. The successful candidate will be expected to provide strategic and transformational leadership at the KENCANSA secretariat that will ensure effective programming, overall growth, sustainability and the attainment of its mandate of being a key player in the national cancer response. The position reports to the KENCANSA Board of Directors, and supervises all staff at the KENCANSA Secretariat.

  • Protocol Officer 

County Chief Reception Officer 

Legal Advisor 

Secretary & HR Management Officer 

Economic Advisor 

Director, Service Delivery 

Chief Press Officer 

Senior Reception Officer

    Protocol Officer County Chief Reception Officer Legal Advisor Secretary & HR Management Officer Economic Advisor Director, Service Delivery Chief Press Officer Senior Reception Officer

    Job Desciption

    Organizing and coordinating official events;
    Preparing guest lists and seating arrangements;
    Coordinating arrangements for press coverage of official functions;
    Facilitating linkages with other institutions and organizations;
    Ensuring efficient and effective communication with stakeholders and visitors to the Office of the Governor and/or County Government;
    Facilitating appointments;
    Ensuring proper etiquette for official engagements;
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Director, Governance, Liaison and Communication.

    Requirements

    Be a Kenyan citizen;
    Be a holder of at least a Bachelor’s Degree from a university recognized in Kenya and a post- graduate qualification in any of the following: Public Relations, International Relations, Diplomacy and Marketing;
    Possession of a Master’s Degree will be an added advantage;
    Be in possession of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C+ (Plus) and above;
    Have working experience of not less than three (3) years, preferably in Public Relations or Protocol Service;
    Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the values and principles of public service as outlined in articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010;
    Be computer literate;
    Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

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  • Aquaculture Business Development Officer

    Aquaculture Business Development Officer

    Under Farm Africa’s KMAP Programme (Kenya Market-led Aquaculture Programme), the Aquaculture Business Development Officer will be responsible for supporting all players in the value chain, especially the fish farmers, in building their businesses with technical and entrepreneurial skills. The officer will be required to ensure that key deliverables are met in line with the programme logframe; such as engaging SME’s along the value chain to ensure increased business orientation and reinforcing market linkages, as well as conducting and coordinating training to increase capacity of stakeholders.

  • Scientist – Germplasm Health

    Scientist – Germplasm Health

    Job description
    Responsibilities
    The scientist would be part of a team working with forage genetic resources conservation and carry out activities related to germplasm health and post-entry quarantine of forage germplasm and who will specifically:

    Lead activities on forage germplasm health for ILRI as part of coordinated activities under the Genebank Platform
    Identify and research the extent of major seed borne virus diseases in the ILRI collection
    Develop and optimize diagnostic tests for virus, bacteria, phytoplasma and fungi in forages, including use of molecular tools
    Establish field and greenhouse procedures for elimination of viral, bacterial, phytoplasma and fungal diseases from the collection
    Manage and continue improving a Quality Management System for seed health testing and post-entry screening, including the elaboration of Standard Operating Procedures
    Maintain germplasm health databases for the genebank
    Train technicians and technical assistants in disease diagnostics and routine procedures for plant management to eliminate diseases

    Requirements

    PhD in plant pathology
    At least 5 years of experience post PhD in standard seed-health diagnostic methods (e.g., ELISA, TBIA, dot blot, NASH/LAMP, fungal identification and PCR based methods) and next-generation sequencing technologies for pathogen detection.
    Experience with laboratory organization and optimization of workflows.

    Post location: The position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    Position level: The position level is 4C.
    Duration: 3 years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.
    Benefits: ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.