Application Deadline: Application Deadline Jan 21, 2024

  • Sustainability Manager 

Accounts Payables Assistant

    Sustainability Manager Accounts Payables Assistant

    Key Purpose Statement 

    To plan, advise and drive the implementation of Sustainable Strategy and Framework for country.  To ensure alignment and support of the Sustainable Framework by the Soft Drinks Division through monitoring and bi-annual reporting on the performance of all Sustainable Development strategic thrusts. Manage Sustainability Initiatives that enhances Corporate Reputation with both internal and external stakeholders

    Key Duties & Responsibilities    
    Strategy Development

    Facilitate the development of Sustainable Development Strategy across all business functions and agree medium to long term deliverables with members of the Leadership Team.
    Develop sustainable development plans to support local priorities, with performance criteria.
    Highlight sustainability risks and investigate innovative solutions to mitigate the risk to the business.

    Manage Sustainability Projects and Initiatives

    Develop sustainability projects, initiates according to identified and agreed priorities and oversee implementation of sustainability projects, initiatives e.g. Waste Minimization and Recycling Project Initiative. 
    Set up Country working groups, task teams to oversee regional roll out. 
    Run awareness and communication initiatives to drive employees’ involvement and engagement.

    Monitoring and Reporting

    Support business commercial objectives and opportunities.
    Submit country sustainability report as per the required reporting procedures.
    Monitor the country’s performance against group’s targets and manage any gaps with responsible leaders.
    Compile the country’s Bi-annual reporting of sustainability measures.

    Stakeholder and PR Management

    Identify external platforms to showcase country specific sustainability initiatives enhancing corporate reputation and stakeholder relations management.
    Manage relationships with all legislated related bodies.
    Engage leadership and key relationship holders to ensure that relationships are developed and maintained.
    Develop and manage PR and Communications calendar to address all PR opportunities with both Internal and external stakeholders
    Collaborate with Internal Communication team to ensure awareness is created on all issues with internal stakeholders.

    Skills, Experience & Education    
    Qualifications

    Bachelors Degree in Sustainability, Engineering, Environmental Science, Environment Studies, Business Management, Social & Development studies.
    Project Management skills
    Masters and other additional technical training will be an added advantage.

    Experience

    At least 5-7 years’ experience in Sustainable Development Management
    In-depth knowledge of country specific legislations
    Exposure to Sustainability monitoring and reporting processes.

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  • BPM Specialist

    BPM Specialist

    Job Purpose Statement
    This role will be responsible for systems support on IBPS, NOBS, NLS systems, and Credit Quest. The preferred candidate will also act as a business analyst for IBPS, NLS, NOBS and Credit Quest Systems delivery and a relationship manager to the Related System users and ensuring Service Level agreements of uptime and performance are attained and maintained at all times. This includes support for projects and changes carried out on any of these applications
    In collaboration with external vendors, system experts and information security experts the Branch Applications Specialist will schedule and direct activities to resolve IBPS, NLS, NOBS, Credit Quest software and service problems in a timely and accurate fashion according to agreed SLA.
    Ideal Job Specifications

     Undergraduate degree in Computer Science /Information
     Minimum 5 years working experience in a busy IT or Project Office environment within a financial institution.
     Understanding and experience in supporting IBPS, NLS Systems and Credit Quest operations.
     Extensive experience in Business Analysis or Systems Analysis.
     Hands on Experience on Web Application Management on Jboss
     Good working knowledge on IBPS, NLS Systems and Credit Quest operations.
     Hands on experience with Project Management tools, systems design and analysis.
     Proven knowledge of banking operations, operations in business units and business impact analysis

    Apply via :

    ke.ncbagroup.com

  • Cashier-Nairobi 

Cashier-Nakuru 

Retail Shop Attendant – Sewing Haberdashery

    Cashier-Nairobi Cashier-Nakuru Retail Shop Attendant – Sewing Haberdashery

    Job Purpose:
    As a Cashier, you will be responsible for processing customer transactions accurately and efficiently while providing excellent customer service. You will operate the cash register, handle payments, and assist customers with any inquiries. This role requires attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
    Our client is a well-established distributor of spare parts. They seek to hire a result oriented and aggressive sales professional for the branch in Nairobi.
    Key Responsibilities

    Manage transactions with customers using cash registers
    Scan goods and ensure pricing is accurate
    Collect payments whether in cash or credit
    Issue receipts, refunds, change or tickets
    Cross-sell products and introduce new ones
    Resolve customer complaints, guide them and provide relevant information
    Track transactions on balance sheets and report any discrepancies
    Handle merchandise returns and exchanges

    Qualifications and Skills:

    High school diploma or equivalent.
    Previous experience in a cashier or working as retail cashier
    Strong numerical and cash-handling skills.
    Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
    Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
    Attention to detail and accuracy in transaction processing.

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  • Corporate Finance Specialist

    Corporate Finance Specialist

    JOB DESCRIPTION
    We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for Corporate Finance Specialist within Finance Division. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.
    Reporting to the Group Treasurer, the Corporate Finance Specialist’s role is to provide financial analysis to support Group capital structure decision making, build financial models to enable efective management of Treasrury resources across the Group and provide financial analysis to support execution of complex debt transactions, and M&A Transactions
    RESPONSIBILITIES

    Evaluates and recommends optimal capital structure
    Applies corporate finance and funding techniques to complex transactions
    Develops funding structures using knowledge of subsidiary finance requirements
    Building/reviewing financial models.
    Provide transactional and evaluation support on acquisitions and disposals.
    Provide Group long-term Cash flow forecasts.
    Perform stress testing, scenario planning and analysis on company’s cash flows.
    Produce debt and interest forecasts, providing analysis of variances
    Preparation of Board updates on Group Funding
    Apply accounting and taxation principles relevant to Treasury to optimize resources

    QUALIFICATIONS

    University degree from a recognized university.
    Professional qualification (CPA, ACCA, CFA)
    5 years in Corporate finance/Transactions
    Relevant experience in a financial institution will be an added advantage

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    egjd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com

  • Disability Inclusion Associate

    Disability Inclusion Associate

    JOB PURPOSE
    The Disability Inclusion Associate will play a pivotal role in promoting and ensuring the inclusion of persons with disabilities within the project. This role involves providing support, coordination, and advocacy to ensure that the project activities are designed, implemented, and monitored with a strong focus on disability inclusion. The Disability Inclusion Associate will work closely with other programmatic and operational teams to mainstream disability inclusion across all aspects of the project.
    DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    The Disability Inclusion Associate will also work with the different project teams to mainstream disability inclusion. He/she shall liaise with the project team and county department of health to ensure the smooth implementation of disability inclusion related activities.
    Technical Support to Project Implementation

    Collaborate with project teams to incorporate disability-inclusive strategies and activities into project design, implementation, and monitoring.
    Support the programme and project teams in conducting reviews of project documentation to ensure alignment with the projects overarching goal of leaving no one behind.
    Provide technical assistance to project staff and healthcare workers to enhance their capacity in disability-inclusive programming.
    Facilitate regular consultations and engagement with grassroot organizations of persons with disability, networks, and experts to enhance disability inclusion in Family Planning services.
    Liaise with partners, including county government, the private sector and organizations of persons with disabilities, to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing on disability inclusion.
    Organize and monitor community dialogue activities.
    Ensure participation, develop meaningful cooperation, and build partnership with persons with disabilities and their representative organizations.
    Serve as a focal point for disability-related matters, providing guidance, technical expertise, and support to colleagues within the project.

    Capacity Building

    Support Leadership, Management and Governance activities targeting CHMT/SCHMT members.
    Work with the county department of health to sensitize and train relevant health stakeholders and service providers on the importance and use of data collection tools such as the Washington Group Questions Section Set and the inclusion of persons with disabilities into feedback mechanisms to improve quality of services
    Organize and deliver training sessions and capacity-building workshops for project staff, partners and healthcare workers on disability-inclusive development approaches.
    Identify and address key barriers and facilitators to access and uptake of quality family planning information and services among persons with disabilities and fulfilment of their SRHR.

    Research and Advocacy

    Contribute to the development of policy briefs, reports, and other communication materials to raise awareness about disability issues in SRHR and promote inclusive development.
    Support advocacy efforts to raise awareness of disability inclusion issues and promote the rights of persons with disabilities

    Monitoring,Evaluation and Documentation

    Support in monitoring and evaluation of project activities to ensure quality and compliance to standards.
    Support and generate mechanisms to collect data on the access of persons with disabilities to quality SRHR information and services.
    Develop inclusive indicators and mechanisms for tracking disability inclusion related activities
    Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports relating to the project.
    Support in preparation of annual work plans and progress reports as per donor requirements.
    Lead in documentation and dissemination of best practices and lessons learnt.

    Partnership and Networking

    Strengthen partnerships and networks through liaising with relevant partners, stakeholders and collaborators at the county level.
    Represent Amref in partners and collaborators consultative meetings at the county level as delegated by the Project lead.
    Participate and provide thought leadership on disability inclusion in the various county technical working groups.

    Admin and Financial Management

    Support in day to day management of activity budgets including processing field imprests and other financial transactions.
    Ensure timely accounting for the use of project resources by stakeholders and communities in liaison with finance teams.

    Programme Development

    Participate in concepts development and writing of new concepts and proposals for fundraising.

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
    Education and Professional Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Education, Social Sciences, or other related fields or an advanced diploma with substantial relevant experience
    Training, knowledge and experience in the implementation of FP/RH service delivery programs.

    Required Qualifications and Experience

    Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in disability inclusion, inclusive development, project implementation, or a related area.
    Experience working with government or donor funded programs will be an advantage
    Demonstrated ability to support social inclusion programmes with government representatives, for-profit private sector entities, local community organizations, donors and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub national level, preferably including demonstrated experience in building service delivery quality and utilization.
    Experience in working both at health facility and community levels.
    Experience in implementing projects involving diverse partners, consortiums and operations

    Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

    Sign language interpretation skills
    Excellent oral and written communication skills
    Able to work with a multi-talented project team across cultural diversities
    Good coordination, problem solving and networking skills
    Excellent reporting and computer skills and ICT competencies a must
    Ability to work independently and in isolation
    Decision making and problem-solving skills
    Ability to work under pressure and within strict time limits
    The ability to plan, organize and prioritize work

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    recruitment.amref.org

  • Inclusive Education Consultant

    Inclusive Education Consultant

    The consultant will work with the project team in the planning and implementation of the programme activities as per the workplan in the three (3) Counties of Nairobi, Homa Bay and Kilifi. This will include, but not limited to:

    Planning and executing the launch of the FEA tool.
    Engagement with MoE, KICD and KISE on assigned tasks
    Conducting programme activities with OPDs, teachers, CSOs and community leaders as per the workplan
    Convening the Project Advisory Committee meetings
    Plan and participate in the project review / learning workshops.
    Work with the End of Project evaluation consultant in the planning for the evaluation
    Attend to project and Sightsavers workshops / meetings as assigned by the supervisor.
    Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.

    Requirements:
    Essential:

    Qualification in Inclusive Education or related field
    Experience working with children with disabilities in educational settings
    Experience in working with education stakeholders, such as teachers, parents, and community members
    Networking skills and ability to build partnerships with relevant organisations
    Programme implementation skills and knowledge of inclusive education best practices
    Knowledge of special needs education and disability right

    Skills:

    Experience in reporting and documentation of project activities and outcomes
    Proficiency in MS Office applications, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
    Collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment
    Communication and presentation skills and ability to deliver trainings and workshops

    Apply via :

    tractor-sightsavers.icims.com

  • Data Management and Geographic Information System (GIS) Consultant

    Data Management and Geographic Information System (GIS) Consultant

    Duties and Responsibilities

    The consultancy is located in the Climate Change and Urban Environment Team of the Programme Development Branch. Under the overall guidance of the RISE Coordinator and the Global Programme Manager, the consultancy will involve the following typical main duties leading to the ultimate requested outputs:

    For the local and community-level data collection and management

    designing survey template to collect local and community-level data and information on past adverse climate impacts, socio-economic urban and biodiversity issues as well as urbanization and spatial expansion trends, climate change projections, and biodiversity loss applicable across the 5 countries.
    technical backstopping of in-country survey roll out and implementation
    identifying proxy-data sets to accomodate for data scarcity across the 3 dimensions

    For the city-wide multilayered vulnerability assessment

    collecting urban, climate and biodiversity baseline data per city
    identifying proxy-data sets to accomodate for data scarcity per city

    Qualifications/special skills

    A Masters Degree in urban planning, environmental science, environmental policies, climate change, GIS and data management or related field is required.
    Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in climate resilience are required
    Experience in sustainable development, sustainability management and working with the United Nations is desirable.
    Experience in data collection, management, assessment and analysis reporting as well as excellent GIS skills are required.
    Strong communications skills are highly desirable.
    Experience on projects in the developing world is desirable.

    Languages

    English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy, fluency in oral and written English is required. Fluency in other UN languages is an advantage

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    careers.un.org

  • Climate Justice Intern

    Climate Justice Intern

    Able to develop a degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Your self-awareness enables you to moderate and self-regulate your own behaviors to control and channel your impulses for good purposes.
    Minimum undergraduate degree qualification in communications, Environmental and Natural resource Management, Social science, or related discipline from a recognized university
    Strong writing and editing skills
    Demonstrated desire to acquire technical professional experience in the INGO sector
    Knowledge of Africa’s socio-economic and political environment
    Familiarity with public communications/public relations work and strategies within the civil society in Kenya or Africa
    Proficiency with MS Office applications
    Excellent organizational and time management skills
    Fluent in written and spoken English.
    Good interpersonal/public relations skills

    To apply for one of these vacancies please send your CV and Cover Letter to our recruitment inbox at recruitment@oxfam.org clearly stating the Vacancy No. and the Job Title in the subject of the email.

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    recruitment@oxfam.org

  • Program Coordinator Executive Education

    Program Coordinator Executive Education

    Basic job summary
    We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Program Coordinator to join our team and take a lead role in organizing, developing, and executing short courses, events and hackathons on ICTs and emerging technologies. The ideal candidate will have a passion for staying abreast of the latest trends in technology, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to create impactful learning experiences.
    Duties & Responsibilities

    Program Development: Research and analyze emerging technologies to identify relevant topics for educational programs. Collaborate with subject matter experts to design and develop comprehensive curriculum for workshops, courses, and seminars. Continuously update and refine program content to ensure alignment with industry developments.
    Program Management: Coordinate and oversee the logistics of program execution, including scheduling, participant registration, and resource allocation. Manage communication with participants, instructors, and partners to ensure a seamless experience throughout the program. Monitor program progress, gather feedback, and make necessary adjustments to enhance program quality.
    Instructor Management: Source and manage a pool of experienced instructors and guest speakers. Provide support and guidance to instructors, ensuring they have the resources needed for successful program delivery. Conduct regular evaluations of instructors to maintain program excellence.
    Event Planning: Organize events such as hackathons, tech talks, webinars, panel discussions, and networking sessions to supplement educational programs. Coordinate event logistics, including venue selection, catering, marketing, and participant engagement.
    Partnership Development: Collaborate with industry partners, local businesses, and academic institutions to identify collaboration opportunities and potential sponsorships. Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders to enhance program visibility and reach.
    Marketing and Outreach: Develop marketing materials, including brochures, social media content, and newsletters collegially with the Public Relations team to promote education programs. Execute marketing strategies to attract a diverse audience of learners, from beginners to experienced professionals.
    Data and Reporting: Collect and analyze data related to program enrollment, participant feedback, and outcomes to inform program enhancements. Prepare regular reports for management that demonstrate program impact and effectiveness.

    Minimum Academic Qualifications

    Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Business and Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science or any other related field. Master’s degree is a plus.

    Experience

    Proven experience in program coordination, event planning, or education program management, preferably in the technology sector.

    Competencies and Attributes

    Strong understanding of emerging technologies, such as AI, block chain, IoT, and Data Science.
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with diverse audiences.
    Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
    Proficiency in project management tools and platforms.
    Experience with marketing and social media strategies for program promotion.
    Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
    Passion for education and staying updated on industry trends.
    Strong analytical skills needed to navigate financial records and identify potential issues.
    Strong ability to handle dynamic situations.
    Excellent technical writing skills.
    Reliable Team player.
    Strong time management skills
    High level of personal integrity and ethics

    Are you qualified for this position and interested in working with us? We would like to hear from you. Kindly send us a copy of your updated resume and letter of application (ONLY) quoting “Program Coordinator Executive Education” on the subject line to recruitment@strathmore.edu by 21st  January 2024.

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    recruitment@strathmore.edu

  • Readvertisement- Dashboard Specialist

    Readvertisement- Dashboard Specialist

    Overview
    The Dashboard Specialist will play a crucial part in designing, creating and maintaining data visualization dashboards that support monitoring, evaluation, and learning operations inside the organization. The Dashboard Specialist will report to the MEL Manager and collaborate with other stakeholders to develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI that support data driven decision-making.
    Responsibilities

    Design and develop interactive dashboards using Power BI .
    Create visually appealing user-friendly dashboards that effectively communicate key performance indicators metrics and insights related to monitoring and evaluation.
    Manage and maintain UpToDate off-grid data including entry into relevant systems.
    Customize dashboards to meet specific needs of the project      .
    Maintaining and regularly updating the published dashboards.
    Continuous improvement and optimization of the dashboards by enhancing performance and user experience.
    Provision of training and support to end-users to ensure easy navigation and effective utilization of the dashboards.
    Maintaining documentation of dashboard development processes, data sources and design choices
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

    Qualifications

    Master’s Degree with 3 years or Bachelors’ degree with 6 years’ work experience in Monitoring and Evaluation methods, data science, statistics, analytics, computer science or a related field.
    At least 5 years of relevant work experience in Power BI.
    Detail oriented and able to work independently.
    Strong written and verbal communications skills required
    Excellent analytical skills required.
    Ability to multi-task and work well with others.
    Ability to plan effectively and meet tight deadlines. 

    Technical/Functional Skills

    Strong knowledge of data-related end-user applications (example; Excel, Google Sheets)
    Strong skills in data manipulation and analysis
    Expertise in creating visually appealing and user-friendly dashboards including knowledge of dashboard design principles, layout and interactive elements.
    Self-learner and independent
    Ability to communicate effectively.
    Strong written and oral communication skills

    Apply via :

    careers.rti.org