The Role
Reporting to the Managing Director, the Radio Programmes Manager will be responsible for developing, directing and controlling the vision, mission, goals, strategies, policies and processes for Radio Department in line with radio market dynamics and KBC Corporate strategies, targets, obligations, regulations and approved procedures.
Specific Terms:Three (3) years renewable contract based on positive performance output.
Responsibilities for the Radio Programmes Manager Job
Setting Departmental goals, performance targets, positioning strategies and work plans for the Department in line with Corporate strategic plan, Board and Management resolutions and other public interest, commercial and listener strategic considerations
Interpreting and enforcing Corporate goals and strategies within the Department
Formulating and implementing approved Radio programmes and Radio Stations strategic plans
Principal accounting and advising officer on all radio matters within the Department
Budgeting and Accounting for the Departmental expenditure
Facilitating Radio broadcasts and programme services
Formulating and implementing approved Radio Services proposals, concepts, pilots and programmes based on budget projections, value and relevance of the idea, its conformity to Editorial policy and station style as well as availability of required resources
Conducting staff performance appraisals and coordinating continuous improvement initiatives in the Department
Responsible for the overall discipline and performance of staff in the Department.
Requirements for the Radio Programmes Job
Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism, Social Sciences or its equivalent from a recognized institution
Master’s degree in the relevant field will be an added advantage
Diploma in Radio Production, Mass Communication or Broadcast Journalism
Ten (10) years working experience. Must have served in the position of Assistant Radio Programmes Manager or its equivalent for at least three (3) years; OR as Station Manager or its equivalent for a period of five (5) years or its equivalent in a reputable broadcast media organization of similar size to KBC
Must be conversant with contemporary and future trends and dynamics of broadcast media industry.
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Application Deadline: Application Deadline Nov 25, 2016
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Radio Programmes Manager Technical Services Manager Brand Manager
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Regional IT Coordinator
Qualifications and Experience Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies or equivalent with 3 years’ experience.
Proven knowledge, ability and experience in setting up LANs and telecommunication technologies.
Systems Administration/System Engineer certification in Microsoft technologies( Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, Exchange server) and Cisco technologies)
Experience in web-Designing.
Experience in managing and implementing information systems and supporting technologies
2-3 years Systems Administration experience.
Key Skills specific to the post:
Embrace Child-centeredness, Child protection, Community participation and partnership
Manage customer relationships and service
Good communication skills. Capability to communicate ideas and technical information to a non-technical audience
Promotes high performance by all staff
Networking, sharing information and best practices
Works collaboratively as a team player, listens actively and values contributions
IT technical skills in IT infrastructure and/or applications
Understanding of Plan’s business processes and strategic objectives
Project Management Skills
Strong analytical and logical ability
IT Risk assessment and management
Problem-solving skills
Creativity and Innovation
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Early Childhood Education Teacher/ Admin Marketing/ Field Officer
ECD Teacher/ Admin Job Responsibilities
Working with a team of marketers to on-board new entrants
Undertake teaching and administrative work as the centre on-boards new entrants
Advising on development of learning material
Undertaking teaching of initial/pioneer entrants
On-boarding new staff as the centre grows and expands
Qualifications for the ECD Teacher/ Admin Job
Relevant early childhood education
Experience working in early childhood education, specifically in kindergartens
Nursery teacher certificate
Mandatory
Certificate of good conduct
Recommendation from previous employer, preferably a former or current immediate supervisor
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Relationship / Loan Officer Senior Sales Agent Branch Manager
The Incumbent will be responsible for Business appraisal and assessment visits, customer care, Loans Processing, credit delivery and ensure an on-time repayment rate on all loans delivered.
The candidate should have a very good set of appraisal skills for individual loans.
Qualifications for the Relationship / Loan Officer Job
Diploma in Micro Finance, Cooperative Management, Business Administration or a degree in any business studies.
2 years’ work experience in Micro Finance institution
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Senior Program Delivery Advisor Program Officer – VMMC
Reporting to the Deputy Project Director, the Senior Program Delivery Advisor will be responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to ensure sustainable adoption of family Planning (FP) innovations, and scale-up in the selected geographies (counties, districts or cities) in East Africa.
Responsibilities:
Develop the criteria for identifying potential project counties/districts in East Africa to implement TCI Program.
Support the project team in advocacy and marketing activities for a demand-driven approach for expansion of urban FP innovations in both the government and private sectors.
Perform FP landscape analyses in the selected geographies to identify the county needs and priority, identify the potential gaps in the family planning programs both programmatic and financial.
Provide technical and programmatic assistance to geographies in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to develop viable RH/FP proposals that address the specific needs and priorities of the counties focusing on sustainable approaches which can be funded with TCI’s program delivery funds.
Support the counties to engage with governments, donors, implementing partners, foundations and other non-governmental organization on innovative ideas for family planning resource mobilization and leveraging on existing FP or related investments.
Jointly with national/county/district health management teams, develop technical assistance plans aimed at operationalizing successful county/district RH/FP proposals.
Provide technical and programmatic guidance aimed at successful and sustainable adoption of family planning innovations across counties and districts in multiple countries in East Africa.
Provide mentorship and coaching to County/District Health Management teams on family Planning innovations and best practices, scale up and institutionalization.
Support monitoring of FP project activities at county/district levels including financial tracking of resource commitments by TCI, Counties/districts and other donors.
Support the global team in the development and refinement of capacity building materials for public and private sector partners on the demand driven model, on adoption of FP innovations/ best practices, on sustainable scale up as well as on the use of communities of practice and other capacity building technologies.
Assist in the preparation of donor and project reports.
Qualifications:
The position requires a Master’s degree in Public Health, Demography or related field.
A minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in providing FP service delivery in a complex donor funded program.
Demonstrated experience in working with international donors and foundations – success in grants management is a plus.
Experience building capacity at individual and organizational levels: including working with Ministries of Health and devolved County government’s staff and system, particularly in area of family planning – experience working in the East Africa region is a plus.
Ability to travel as required to support the progress of program activities.
Excellent verbal, written communications and presentation skills.
Applicant should have excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
Excellent analytical, communication and report writing skills.
Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS Office.
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Pitch Advocacy Manager
Responsibilities for the Advocacy Manager
The job holder will be responsible of ensuring IHAA partners contribution to the PITCH overall programme of work in country is well communicated to AF/SAN the Country Focal Point, work in close collaboration with the Alliance Secretariat and provides a link between IHAA national partners and PITCH team members in the UK and facilitates thematic and political discussions among partners and shares intelligence about policies and situational changes in the country.
Supporting IHAA Country Project Partners
Monitoring the progress in the implementation of annual work plans/budgets of IHAA partners and ensures planned activities enable achievement of the country objectives.
Supporting IHAA partners at country level with identifying advocacy opportunities and delivering on work plans, budgets and M&E.
Compiling financial and program progress reports, the annual overall budget and programme M&E information at country level for IHAA partners and shares this with IHAA Secretariat in a timely way;
Identifying the needs for Technical Assistance at country level for IHAA partners individually or for a selection of IHAA PITCH partners. Facilitating shared learning and joint initiatives with regard to programme implementation of activities including Programme Monitoring and Evaluation at country level. Coordinating the development and realisation of (Operational) Research by IHAA partners. Inspiring IHAA PITCH partners to collaborate and look for synergy at country level, both within PITCH and, when possible, with other programmes/initiatives in the country.
Advocacy leadership and policy analysis together with project partners Identifying and building relationships with new stakeholders and links them to IHAA PITCH partners. Sharing intelligence and conducting an analysis of the national discourse and developments related to KPs, women, girls and youth in regional to HIV/AIDS and human rights. Working with IHAA partners supporting activities that contribute to the outcomes identified in the ToC and helping maintain continuing focus on realisation of the outcomes and helps ensure these guide the work. Advising supporting and undertaking advocacy, policy analysis and political outreach; Developing research agenda to achieve results outlined in the theory of change and results framework. Increasing the visibility of IHAA PITCH partners at country level.
Programme Co-ordination in the country. He/she will be organizing in-country cross-partner meetings between IHAA partners. Identifying opportunities for IHAA partners to learn from each other and share experience and effective participation in regional and global activities
Qualifications for the Pitch Advocacy Job
Degree in Social Sciences or any other related field.
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in project management.
Should have proven capacity building experience, and good project management skills
Must have a proven ability in advocacy and policy development skills
Should possess supervisory abilities as well as the ability to lead a team with a large geographical span.
Should possess computer software abilities (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office) Should possess good presentation and facilitation abilities
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Communications Manager Executive Director Programmes Officer
Communications Manager Job Main Responsibilities
Develop an internal communication strategy for the secretariat and the board to ensure seamless flow of all forms of communication
Provide training to the secretariat and the board on the communication strategy, organisational branding and best practices
Attend weekly staff and other meetings as needed, compile and disseminate minutes of the meetings to the secretariat and the board as appropriate.
Develop communications materials and coordinate media engagement for events and activities, (annual conference, scientific symposia, etc.) targeted at strategic partners, members and other stakeholders to promote PAMCA and increase unrestricted income for PAMCA in collaboration with a fundraising consultant.
Write press releases pertaining PAMCA activities and publications
Create major gift materials, including brochures, pamphlets, briefing memos and cases for support as necessary
Develop standardised PAMCA-themed organisational document templates e.g. letter heads, contracts, JDs and maintain a filing database of the same
Manage the organisation’s brand and reputation by assisting in the restructuring and regular updates of the PAMCA’s website to meet the desired outcomes of the PAMCA team, in collaboration with a contracted website programmer as needed.
Regularly review the website and provide updates on matters of functionality, performance and activity and make recommendations for improvements as appropriate
Support staff and consultants with various priority projects that include communications campaigns, day-to-day media outreach, content development, etc.
Conduct research of relevant information about PAMCA’s work for media outreach, reports, press releases, infographics, etc.
Support media outreach by developing a media database.
Support media monitoring of PAMCA coverage, especially during high level meetings and field visits, through online research.
Create quarterly media coverage reports and present the reports to the secretariat and the board
Write press releases pertaining PAMCA activities and publications
Conduct interviews with PAMCA members and external stakeholders to write short news updates, blog posts, Q&As, etc.
Organizing and executing email campaigns within an email service provider
Assist with reporting, analytics, and optimization tactics for continual improvement of PAMCA promotion.
Build, populate and maintain database of prospects, using the database as a live tool to steward the cultivation of relationships between PAMCA and its partners
Support PAMCA’s social media outreach by researching, identifying, creating relevant content for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube; so as to expand PAMCA’s social media presence and engagement.
Key deliverables
An external communications strategy, in line with PAMCA’s overall strategy and in collaboration with the Executive Director and the Programme Manager.
Marketing and Promotion materials targeted at members, stakeholders and potential donors in various formats
Editorials, press releases and other publications
Align media output and other communications with PAMCA’s Fundraising Strategy
Compile a Donor prospecting database to support income generation
Day to day communications in various formats: social media, website, email, press release, etc.
Technical skills, knowledge and experience
Ability to synthesise, articulate and coherently communicate issues to scientific and general audience both orally and in written format
Experience in brand management/public relations initiatives in a busy organisation
Experience in producing technical promotional materials
Ability to tell a story in a compelling manner
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (MS Access, MS Excel, MS Word etc)
Desirable
Experience in science communication
Knowledge and experience in generating press releases, technical reports, newsletters and brochures
Hands on experience tracking Google analytics to monitor web traffic
Knowledge and experience in updating content on the web, trouble-shooting and web performance optimisation
Working knowledge of graphics design
Experiencing in managing organisational social media platforms
Experience in email marketing
Knowledge and experience in handling and editing video and still photos
Personal skills and attributes
Passion and drive for science communication
Versatility in using different media to for internal and external communication
Good organisational skills
Keen attention to details
Ability to prioritise tasks and deliver within deadlines
Open-minded and willing to learn
Team spirit
Ascribe to the highest standards of work ethics
Qualifications for the Communications Manager Job
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in communication with 3-5 years’ experience in a similar position in a busy organisation
Duration of the position
This position will be initially available for one year beginning Jan 2017 with a possibility of extension
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Security Officer
Job Purpose
Maintain security of people and property in the University, enforce security rules and regulations and provide effective linkage between management, guards and the staff.
Responsibilities for the Security Officer Job
The successful candidate will be required to carry out the following duties:
Verify presence and activities of scheduled security guards at assigned areas, identify and alert substitute personnel to assume unoccupied guard assignments.
Set up work assignments and schedules of assigned security guards.
Supervise guards’ performance, attendance and document for use in evaluations.
Appraise position documentation such as standard operating procedures, directives, actions and guard tour reports.
Give direction and guidance to guards as required to achieve set goals.
Set performance standards, communicate and enforce them.
Identify training needs and conduct training where possible.
Take charge of security discipline and manage security grievances.
Investigating irregularities and provide feedback.
Patrol and inspect MUA buildings, grounds and other areas as needed to ensure protection from intruders, theft, vandalism, fire and other hazards.
Give quality periodic reports to Management regarding security activities and security irregularities if any such as accidents fires, thefts, and other incidents and identify needed action.
Assume on-call obligation as assigned responding to security requirements, alarms and reporting to duty as required.
Chair of health and safety Committee.
Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications for the Security Officer Job
Relevant security management training.
Training in criminal investigations, first aid and firefighting.
‘O’ level certificate with five (5) years relevant working experience.
Those with a degree or diploma in security management will have an added advantage.
Aged between 30-45 years.
Ability to construct and write clear, concise accurate and detailed reports
Medically and physically fit with a valid Certificate of Good conduct from the Kenya Police.
Personal Attributes Required for the Job
Must be of good self-presentation; be self-disciplined with a strong personality.
Should be honest, calm and respectful with a positive attitude and ability to lead by example.
Should be impartial and fair.
Should possess work planning and organizational skills such as reporting skills, leadership skills, decision making skills, supervisory skills training skills, communication skills, listening skills, interpersonal skills, writing skills and time management skills.