Jobs Kenya

Application Deadline: Application Deadline May 31, 2022

  • Program Director

    Program Director

    START DATE: 20th June 2022
    END DATE: 31st December 2022 with a possibility of renewal.
    POSITION SUMMARY
    The Program Director manages and oversees implementation of program activities within HIAS’ framework which are; Legal Protection, Mental Health and Psychosocial Services, Economic Inclusion and Gender Based Violence Programs. This position leads in the coordination processes internally and with external partners to get humanitarian assistance for HIAS beneficiaries. The Project Director will also support the Country Director in the coordination and management of the current projects, identification of new projects that contribute to the protection of the population of concern.
    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

    Lead the development and implementation of activity work plans and budgets, ensuring effective implementation and achievement of priority initiatives and activities
    Organize and manage donor contract requirements, program planning and implementation from start to completion of project periods- with keenness to deadlines, milestones, and processes
    Provide oversight of program implementation and execution of program plans via regular financial, program tracking reports and M&E data related to monitoring program performance.
    Supervise Program Managers and actively be involved in provision of feedback and resolution of problems/challenges during implementation
    Oversee the management of field office operations and carry out periodic monitoring visits
    Manage internal coordination processes to facilitate the necessary resources to develop and implement HIAS programs.
    Periodically participate in case meetings to identify needs and trends for purposes of identifying strategies to enhance the attention of such cases.
    Review and advise on current programming models in consultation with Country Director to enhance HIAS’ services to refugees
    Act as a HIAS liaison with donors and HIAS Partners for coordination of monitoring activities and management of partnerships
    Participate in thematic meetings with other implementing partners whenever called upon or needed.
    Coordinate the timely preparation of comprehensive and statistical reports requested by donors, plans for proposals and other projects documents.
    Review program reports prepared to determine progress and programmatic issues that require resolution
    Follow up and monitor accomplishment of activities, goals, and timely reporting to donors, according to the schedules agreed.
    In support of HIAS Business Development initiatives, provide oversight in technical conceptualization and writing of high-quality technical proposals for funding
    Mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and team work in support of successful program implementation
    Ensure services to beneficiaries are offered in a professional and ethical manner.
    Support HIAS Operational Framework on Accountability to Affected populations
    Oversee the implementation and application of HIAS’ standard operating procedures are done in line with HIAS’ policies on safeguarding to beneficiaries’ children, adults and staff.
    Performs other duties assigned by the Country Director.

    QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:
    · Graduate degree in Social Sciences, Project Management, Master’s degree desired.

    · A minimum of 9-11 years of working experience, preferably with an INGO.
    · Minimum of 5 years in Management.
    · Knowledge of Accountability to Affected Populations framework
    · Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills required.
    · Responsible, Professional and with Integrity
    · Ability to work with people from different culture settings.
    · Ability to work effectively with teams.
    · Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
    · Experience working with vulnerable populations, especially refugees or asylum seekers.
    · Fluency in English (oral and written)
    · Knowledge on Computers; Ms-Office, Email and Internet.

    DISCLAIMER:
    This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills required or permanent location. Location is subject to change based on programmatic needs. Flexibility is essential as we grow and develop. The successful candidate must be comfortable in a fast-paced, changing work environment with many crucial deadlines. All team members may be required to perform duties outside of their normal work hours of responsibilities as needed.
    VALUES:

    Welcome • Acogimiento • Hospitalité • (Hachnasat Orchim)
    We Welcome the Stranger
    Justice • Justicia • Justice • (Tzedek)
    We Pursue Justice
    Empathy • Empatía • Empathie (Chesed)
    We Approach our Clients with Empathy
    Partnership • Compañerismo • Coopération • (Chevruta)
    We Believe in Changing the World through Partnership
    Courage • Coraje • Courage • (Ometz)
    We Act with Courage to Build a Better World
    Resilience • Resiliencia • Résilience • (Ruach)
    We Adapt and Thrive, Continuously Demonstrating our Resilience

    Please submit a cover letter and resume through the link quoting the position title: Program Director on the subject.Important: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.HRTK is an equal opportunity employer, does not charge candidates for recruitment and dissociates itself from any entity defrauding candidates.

    Apply via :

    hias.hrmdirect.com

  • Human Resource and Administration Assistant

    Human Resource and Administration Assistant

    The Davis & Shirtliff Group is the leading supplier of Water and Energy solutions in the region. The group is Kenyan based and operates through a network of Kenyan branches as well as regional subsidiaries in Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan, DRC and Zimbabwe. The company has a total complement of over 800 highly trained and professional staff spread across the region and seeks to fill the position of Human Resource and Administration Assistant at Nairobi Head office. The position is temporary and will provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to gain new work experience.
    Key Responsibilities:

    Support in co-ordinating staff recruitment process from vacancy advertisements, scheduling interviews and preparation of appropriate interview documents.
    Assist in preparation of employment contracts.
    Assist in new hire/s orientation in collaboration with the Knowledge Management team
    Assist in offboarding of exiting staff.
    Support Benefits and Staff welfare activities and promptly responding to staff inquiries.
    Update and maintain staff information on HRMIS, ERP and related databases.
    Support the Payroll process through input and updates of staff information.
    File Management and maintaining general HR Records.
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time, related to your skills, qualifications, experience and in promotion of teamwork and collaboration in the company.

    Qualification and Experience: –

    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or related.
    Completed or Continuing Professional HR Certification in CHRP or related.
    Prior experience in HR through attachment or internship.
    Profound IT-literacy (HR-systems, MS-office package).
    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
    Proactive with demonstrable leadership skills.
    Great attention to detail.
    Highly confidential.

    Apply via :

    www.davisandshirtliff.com

  • Technical Writer

    Technical Writer

    Key Responsibilities

    Creating, updating, and maintaining CHT documentation including; reference guides, how-to-guides, tutorials, and feature documentation.
    Reviewing CHT docs pull requests on GitHub from CHT app builders, service designers, product designers, UX researchers, and software developers.
    Working with the software developers, app builders, and the overall community of practice to identify gaps in documentation, videos, training resources and address those gaps.
    Informing the community about new documentation and helping them make use of it.
    Organize training resources, documentation, and videos to make them intuitive and easy to use and follow.
    Explore and implement strategies to increase utilization of CHT training resources, documentation, and videos.
    Curate a list of frequently asked questions from CHT forum posts and plug them into relevant resources, documentation, training and onboarding content.
    Monitor and engage with the CHT forum for questions that can be answered with existing documentation.
    Support creation of user guides and training materials for community health workers.
    Ensure that a technical person can approach the CHT and have a smooth experience going from first-encounter through app deployment and enhancement.

    Skills Knowledge and Expertise

    Strong communication skills, with an ability to communicate technical information in an easily understandable language.
    Ability to document complex technical concepts for audiences at various levels of expertise.
    Technical background in application or software development is a plus.

    Additional Skills:

    Excellent planning and organizational skills.
    Ability to research and discover new documentation techniques and tools.
    Passionate about learning new things and acquiring new knowledge.

    Apply via :

    medic.pinpointhq.com

  • Assistant Manager – AR / AP / Treasury & Grants

    Assistant Manager – AR / AP / Treasury & Grants

    About the role
    The Assistant Manager – AR, AP, Treasury & Grants will ensure timely payment processing to all our suppliers, reporting on grants and contributions received from our funders, including grant mapping and grant income reconciliation, support cash management and AR & AP account reconciliation on a monthly basis.
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Review and post all payment invoices in the accounting system
    Ensure timely payments for all our service providers
    Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
    Ensure vendor statements for all active accounts are received and reconciled on a monthly basis
    Reconcile Accounts Payables and investigate any discrepancies arising
    Support all the WHVAT/WHT Filing
    Respond to all vendor enquiries regarding finance
    Collaborate with external stakeholders to negotiate payment terms
    Prepare analyses of accounts and produce monthly reports
    Continue to improve the payment process
    Forecast monthly cash flow needs
    Collaborate with the retention teams to track and manage AR performance to improve our collections
    Collaborate with the retention teams to prepare and analyze all AR reports and models to track key metrics
    Reconcile all revenue related TBs and share documentation with the Audit team
    Identify operational efficiencies/policy and procedural enhancements to improve internal controls
    Track monthly grants expenses for the organization (Grant Mapping)
    Prepare financial reporting documentation for grantors & accounting-related due diligence for potential grantors
    For any grants that require audit, direct the external audit & support with back-up documentation when required
    Record commitments to properly accrue revenue
    Reconcile Grants Receivable vs schedules of payments expected (Grant Income Reconciliation)
    Monitor Bank Balances/ Currency Conversion/ Payments uploads
    Prepare / review monthly bank reconciliation reports regarding all transactions to all bank accounts
    Own the relationships with all banking, foreign exchange, and other cash cycle related vendors
    Ensure daily cash balances and foreign exchange is efficiently managed to plan
    Report at least monthly on cash cycle management KPIs
    Develop and implement the CAPA process for all material variances between plan and actual in the cash cycle management to ensure issues are immediately corrected and root cause addressed so they do not repeat
    Proactively keep up to date and regularly analyze and recommend changes to our treasury policies and procedures based on updates to relevant standards, regulations, and industry best practices
    Develop and implement methodology for controlling foreign exchange exposure, idle cash management, debt facilities management and interest rate risk management

    Qualifications

    Business Degree preferably in Finance or Accounting
    A minimum of CPA 2 or it’s equivalent 
    Minimum 4 years’ experience in accounting with at least 2 year on Cash, AR & AP management
    Advanced Microsoft Excel knowledge an added advantage
    Be an excellent team player/collaborator with excellent communication skills
    Have demonstrated the ability to act decisively and resolve problems

    Apply via :

    portal.saner.gy

  • Senior Associate – Accounts Payables

    Senior Associate – Accounts Payables

    About the role
    The Senior Associate – Accounts Payable will ensure timely payment processing to all the suppliers and direct AP account reconciliation on a monthly basis.
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Review and post all payment invoices in the accounting system
    Ensure timely payments for all our service providers
    Review the bank payment upload files prior to authorization
    Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
    Ensure vendor statements for all active accounts are received and reconciled on a monthly basis
    Oversee the reconciliation of Accounts payables and investigate any discrepancies arising
    Filing Statutory Deductions for payroll (PAYE, NHIF, NSSF, HELB etc.)
    Provide guidance on all the WHVAT/WHT Filing
    Responding to all vendor enquiries regarding finance
    Collaboration with external stakeholders to negotiate payment terms
    Preparing analyses of accounts and producing monthly reports; AP Aging
    Continuing to improve the payment process
    Reconcile all expenses related ledgers and share documentation with the Audit team 
    Identify operational efficiencies/policy and procedural enhancements to improve internal controls 

    Qualifications

    Business Degree preferably in Finance or Accounting
    A minimum of CPA 2 or it’s equivalent  will be an added advantage
    Minimum 2 years’ experience in accounting with at least 1 year on AP management
    Advanced excel knowledge an added advantage
    Be an excellent team player/collaborator with excellent communication skills
    Have demonstrated the ability to act decisively and resolve problems

    Apply via :

    portal.saner.gy

  • Standardization Change Agent

    Standardization Change Agent

    About the role
    We are looking for an exceptional individual with strong drive and initiative-taking, who’s able to relate to managers at all levels (from team leader to factory manager) and coach them in the way they lead their teams. The Standardization Change Agent should have a strong improvement management background, be able to implement standardized work and cascading performance dialogues. Furthermore, we want her/him to be able to design leader standard work and performance metrics. 
    Duties and Responsibilities

    Designing standardized work to improve process stability
    Defining the metrics, agenda and structures to run cascading performance dialogues
    Coaching managers in team leadership (e.g. running meetings, process confirmation)
    Working with improvement engineers to drive CI project
    Codifying approaches developed to be available for deployment
    Working within a team of change agents across the organization
    Running training sessions on specific topics

    Qualifications

    Coaching and people management skills
    Improvement methods (e.g. standardized work, lean management, six sigma, root cause problem solving, etc.)
    Analytical skills
    Communication skills
    Leader Standard Work
    Experience in team leadership would be a plus. 
    Experience with large-scale organizational CI efforts

    Apply via :

    portal.saner.gy

  • HVAC Technicians

    HVAC Technicians

    LED POWER TECHNOLOGIES (E.A.) K LTD is looking for THREE (3) Skillful and Experienced Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Technicians.
    Duties cover various technical tasks such as installation, maintenance, and repair of Refrigeration and HVAC appliances and other related equipment, collaborating with other technicians and specialists to resolve raised incidents, and performing calculations to ensure systems meet global safety and quality standards.
    Minimum Requirements:

    Diploma in HVAC/ REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING from a recognized institution.
    MUST have a MINIMUM 5-YEARS OF proven experience installing, repairing, and maintaining HVAC appliances.
    MUST have previous experience with Corporate HVAC systems. Knowledge of Electrical Systems is directly an added advantage.
    Must have a very good understanding of electrical principles, standards and safety measures.
    Must show commitment and resourcefulness, and, in addition, the self-driven candidate must be keen on meeting deadlines and achieving our desired quality standards.
    The successful candidate should also be capable of carrying out technical surveys, estimating, budgeting, designing, and project-manage electrical appliance installation contracts.
    Good English communication skills, and must take initiative and demonstrate the ability to achieve quality results and avoid reworks and safety-related issues.

    Job applications are submitted via email to Recruitment@Lptechnology.co.ke with the subject title: HVAC TECHNICIAN.Every applicant matters a lot and we greatly appreciate the dedication and time you place in applying for this exciting job position.  Shortlisted candidates will be notified for an interview.

    Apply via :

    Recruitment@Lptechnology.co.ke