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  • Senior Manager, Client Readiness

    Senior Manager, Client Readiness

    Job Description
    Client Services (CS) provides industry-leading operational support to Visa’s clients around the world. With our deep knowledge and expertise, we are a key internal partner to Product and Technology functions, bringing the voice-of-the-customer into the design, development and successful deployment of Visa products and services. Within CS is the Client Readiness function that supports the implementation of new core and digital emerging products and services and manage a variety of enterprise product initiatives for Visa Inc. issuers, acquirers, processors, and merchants.
    Job Description:
    This is an individual contributor role responsible for working with internal stakeholders and external Visa client banks, processors, vendors, and service providers to implement projects related to Visa emerging products and services. This role serves as a technical and functional specialist that requires strong execution and analytical abilities and works independently with guidance only in the most complex situations.
    The applicant should have Subject Matter Expertise and experience in multiple areas such as card payment systems, products, and services, 3DS payment, and API technologies, supporting clients and new product initiatives/existing product enhancements within a payment-processing environment.
    The Senior Manager, Client Readiness will play a consultative role during pre-project engagements with key clients and internal cross-functional teams to understand the scope of client needs and partner with Product on defining unique solutions where applicable.
    In addition, the role will have the overall responsibility for enabling CS delivery teams to provide best-in-class services for deployment & support of existing and new payment use cases as defined in the operating model of the Client Readiness.
    Responsibilities: 

    Serves as the primary point-of-contact for Client Services’ multiple support groups for customer impacting initiatives that have not migrated to a business as usual status.
    The role also requires significant interaction in several broad areas with unique requirements that impact our CEMEA clients. Understanding of Digital products including 3DS, tokenization, familiarity with APIs, gateways, etc.
    Conducts all Client Services project retrospectives across key stakeholder groups to identify learning for future efforts as well as enhancement opportunities for the project backlog
    Leads Client Services stakeholders in vetting new products or processes and client impact prior to going live when needed.  Ensures Client Services requirements are known and can be proactively addressed
    Liaisons with regional and global product offices to identify support or implementation gaps prior to product rollouts and resolves known issues.
    Performs new product/support impact assessments required to ensure overall effectiveness of the entire Client Services organization.
    Adopt Client Readiness Framework to define support and implementation plan, execute them for the initial pilot clients/use cases and defining a plan to migrate support to core Client Services teams with a focus on operational efficiency and scaling to support the product sales plans
    Consults on various topics with clients and support teams as the subject matter expert for the products supported
    Incubate and refine implementation processes and procedures for new product/services to a high degree of accuracy in their efforts to transition the implementation of these products/services to the business as usual (BAU) implementation teams as a stable, repeatable, and scalable process.
    Coordinate and influence internal Visa resources to ensure delivery on commitments.
    Responsible for own workflow assignments and must be able to take the initiative to resolve problems and meet deadlines.
    Understand our non-traditional client partners and the ability to remove roadblocks to deliver on commitments.
    Available to travel as needed to support business needs. 

    Qualifications
    Qualifications & Key Competencies:

    Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
    7 – 9 years of professional experience in a Business/Project Management / Information Technology role or card payment products and systems
    Progressively responsible experience in a customer support role in financial services, payment card, software or information services is required.
    Working knowledge of Visa Products and various aspects of VisaNet processing to include Authorization, Clearing and Settlement.   
    Strong technical aptitude with the ability to translate technical details to a broad audience highlighting business impacts
    Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor such communications to different audiences including Executives
    High degree of client centricity and understanding how Visa products and services are being delivered and experienced by our clients
    Comfort with public speaking and the ability to relay information clearly and confidently in large groups
    Able to set priorities, influence others, and manage stakeholder expectations.
    Demonstrated success in customer relationship management and the ability to excel with partners.
    Self-starter with a demonstrated ability to achieve results as part of an effective team, and ability to effectively prioritize and multi-task under deadlines.
    Strong interpersonal skills and proven abilities in negotiating with and influencing stakeholders at all levels
    Comfort working in a flexible environment where existing processes are not established and take the initiative to develop new processes
    Experience using standard MS Office tools (e.g. MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, etc.).
    Excellent time management, organization, and planning skills are essential.
    Project management skills are preferred but certification is not required.
    Consistently exhibit Leadership Principles with decisive actions, collaboration, open communication, enabling and inspiring others, and excelling with partners
    Have a passion for effecting positive change

    Additional Information
    Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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  • Marketing Planning Analyst

    Marketing Planning Analyst

    Job Description
    To provide proactive, efficient and effective finance, budget and administration coordination to the Marketing team, in accordance with the overall marketing strategy for Sub Saharan Africa. 
    This support will be focused on ensuring that the operational processes work efficiently within the team with respect to marketing budget management and adherence to policies and processes related to marketing activities.  Working with the Head of Marketing on the compilation of finance reports and annual budget commitments will be a further key responsibility in this role.
    Job Scope

    Budget Administration and management:
    Administration of the marketing budget in Hyperion system, provision of variance analysis, liaison with finance and reporting of monthly budget forecasts. 
    Administration of the quarterly budget re-forecast process together with the marketing team and uploading into Hyperion
    Management of monthly receiving in I-Procurement for marketing goods and services in the region
    Management and administration of the budget tracking sheets, in conjunction with marketing team ensure that that monthly, quarterly and annual spend targets are met optimally and efficiently.
    Balancing of monthly actuals versus budget and forecasts & provision of month end closing position reports
    Reconciliation of third party invoices, invoice matching.
    Administration of I – Procurement including liaison with suppliers and finance business partners to ensure efficient processing of purchase orders, receiving and timely invoicing by suppliers
    Lead the quarterly forecast and reporting process
    Design and maintain budget reports and dashboards for use by budget owners/stakeholders to understand weekly/monthly/quarterly spend
    Preparation and storing of audit ready documentation related to monthly Work statements, POs, Accruals, invoices, goods received notes and credit notes (including compliance deliverables)
    Marketing Support
    Work with the marketing team to ensure that appropriate documentation is in place in order that Purchase Orders are timeously obtained for all marketing projects.
    Ensure all contracts and Work Statements are completed in timely manner and comply with all policies and processes
    Ensure the timely procurement of PO’s for activities and provision of same to all agencies.
    Work with the team to collate information and prepare monthly reports as well as quarterly business reviews
    Respond to marketing budget queries.
    Work with marketing team and agencies to ensure a high standard of compliance to financial, audit and policy requirements in respect to the Visa procurement and finance process in the region.
    Ensure all marketing finance and administrative policies and procedures are adhered to.   
    Ensure adherence of processes and procedures pertaining to marketing budgets

    Qualifications
    Competencies & Qualifications

    At least 4 years relevant experience
    Experience supporting the Marketing function within a multinational organization
    Intermediate finance qualification with the ability to run basic financial analysis
    Excel literate with an ability to set up and manage Excel templates and formulates including currency exchange calculations
    Power point literate
    Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently
    Good interpersonal skills
    Proactivity in managing budgets, variance reporting, forecasting, internal stakeholder management and vendor relationships

    Additional Information
    Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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  • Head of Product & Solutions East Africa

    Head of Product & Solutions East Africa

    Job Description
    Purpose
    Support the strategic development of Visa’s business in East Africa covering initiatives related to Core Consumer Products (Debit, Credit, Prepaid), benefits and innovations across markets in East Africa.
    This role will also be responsible for the selling in and optimization of Visa’s Data Products, which include data-driven applications, APIs, and software-as-a-service platforms for key Sub-Saharan Africa markets.
    Key Responsibilities

    Scope: East Africa & other key markets across Sub-Saharan Africa, based in Nairobi.
    Important: Candidate must be willing to travel to Clients.

    Key Result Areas

    Provide product support of strategic initiatives for East Africa.
    Assess and leverage appropriate business models, products, solutions and successes throughout Visa regionally and globally.
    Have a good understanding of the industry in which Visa operates. Assess and develop plans which identify and address Visa’s position with competitors, threats and development opportunities for the Visa business.
    Achieve key business objectives through promotion and management of Visa affluent products, Visa data products, product benefits and services, partners, and with Clients.
    Take an active role in the engagement of Clients buy-in to core and data product related and strategic initiatives.
    Provide core and data product support – through management of local subject matter owners, key benefit partnerships, and co-ordination of regional and global subject matter experts.
    Provide general support of Visa’s products through to Clients – particular emphasis on affluent and benefit platforms in addition to marketing efforts.
    Prepare and execute product development, support plans and their implementation within Visa.
    Work with local Product Management to ensure the needs of the East Africa market is highly prioritized.
    Help to build the strategy and approach to drive Data Products’ market penetration and business results in key Africa markets.

    Product leadership for core consumer products (Debit, Credit, Prepaid) across markets in East Africa:

    Work with Visa’s clients and Business Development teams in East Africa to ensure the product requirements of clients and Visa cardholders are clearly understood and prioritized.
    Drive product-related and strategic initiatives with Visa’s clients, in collaboration with Business Development, Marketing and other functional teams.
    Pro-actively identify opportunities for growth and/or improvement.
    Provide input to new business opportunities and formal proposals (e.g. RFP’s).

    Manage product platforms relevant to East Africa

    Work with vendors and cross-functional teams to manage local benefit platforms in selected East African markets, including vendor management, communication, and client engagement.
    In cases where new products or capabilities are deployed in selected East African markets, play an active role in understanding requirements and developing solutions.

    Manage performance of Consumer products across East Africa

    Review performance, available reporting and request additional management information as required for all products within the region.

    Support strategic initiatives to grow and sustain Data Products in key Markets

    Collaborate and liaise between the client/sales teams and product support teams to own the acquisition, execution, and optimization of Data Products.

    Key Performance Indicators & Decision Making:

    Manage expenses and budgets. Support with financial management of Product budget and allocation of funding to ensure spend is maximized to achieve key business goals that drive business growth.
    Support Senior Director of Consumer Products to ensure that budgets are spent and   tracked appropriately. 
    Provide support for implementation of affluent product strategy for East Africa business.
    Provide support for product strategy and benefit platform value proposition development.

    Follow correct governance to maintain an exemplary control environment.
    Support with East Africa affluent product strategic business plans & initiatives in conjunction with local and regional management.

    Development of strong influential and respectable relationships with Local and Regional Product Development counterparts.
    Support with achievement of country business targets; this includes card numbers, card volume (PV), multi-currency revenues and domestic processing volumes.
    Support in achieving Member Satisfaction Survey targets in line with CEMEA and Global targets annually.
    Provide support for development of product strategies and business plans to local Product Management.
    Anchor the execution of Data Product related initiatives.

    Qualifications
    Professional

    Tertiary qualification with a business, marketing, or other relevant degree
    Post-graduate qualification will be advantageous, but not an absolute requirement
    >5 years’ experience in payments, banking or financial services
    Experience in product management, and/or marketing management

    Technical

    Analytical experience with insight and understanding of segmentation and modelling consulting principles and other product management principles
    Ability to support and develop business case financial models
    Exposure to digital products and digital product management will be advantageous
    Strong project management skills
    Extremely competent with computer based programs including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook and the Internet
    Strong project management and execution skills

    Business

    Good networker with experience at senior levels
    Strong conceptualization and problem solving skills
    Superior people skills
    Good business analytical skills
    Strong relationship management skills
    Confidence and ability to sell and negotiate with others
    Entrepreneurial skills and ability to take initiative
    Self-driven, highly motivated team player
    Execution driven

    Additional Information
    Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

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  • Temporary Administrative Assistant

    Temporary Administrative Assistant

    Job Description
    RTI is currently seeking to fill a vacancy for the Kenya Crops & Dairy Market Systems (KCDMS) Activity which is part of the Feed the Future program, America’s initiative to combat global hunger and poverty. In this regard, USAID is partnering with RTI International on a 5-year (Oct 2017 to Sept 2022) cooperative agreement – KCDMS Activity – to help increase agricultural production and reduce poverty and malnutrition in Kenya. The project will also spur competitive, resilient market systems in Kenya’s horticulture and dairy sectors. We seek to recruit a short-term Administrative Assistant to be based in the Kisumu office.
    Job Summary:
    The temporary administrative assistant coordinates all administrative procedures of KCDMS Kisumu Office. S/he communicates with and supports the project by working closely with the Administrative Assistant. S/he maintains regular contact with staff in the Kisumu office to ensure that the project receives support in the specific functional areas of the role. S/he is aware of procurement and administrative procedures in all activities. 
    Essential Duties:  

    Support the Administrative and office Assistant on all logistical arrangements and help in monitoring accurate distribution of commodities.
    Organize for shipment of mail using local courier to Nairobi office – receipts, invoices for DA1 processing etc.
    Coordinate the timely processing of vendor/supplier documents and other transactions for invoice processing.
    Assist in the collection/collation of data or information needed in the preparation of reports and documents, as necessary, including collection and encoding for reporting.
    General office management – Making follow ups on monthly utility bills and ensuring all office bills are paid in good time, monitoring and replenishing all office consumables e.g. stationery, kitchen items, water, milk etc.
    Establish and maintain an efficient filing system of project documents specific to the project according to the established filing system of the Project
    Assist the project and staff in organizing official business appointments as requested
    Handle logistical arrangements for meetings and workshops i.e., preparation of training materials, request for workshop supplies, arrangement of travel and lodging accommodation of participants, request for cash advance, participant attendance sheets as applicable and necessary
    Provide reception back up when the Office Assistant and attendant are away.
    Perform any other administrative duties assigned by the Administrative Assistant.

    Qualifications:

    Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in administration/Office Management and 3 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

    Skills & Abilities

    Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
    Ability to multi-task
    Ability to work well with others
    Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
    Ability to work independently
    Attention to detail and accuracy
    Ability to obtain proper security clearances as noted by contracts

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  • Monitoring And Evaluation Advisor

    Monitoring And Evaluation Advisor

    Job Description
    The MEL Advisor reports to the Deputy Chief of Party.  S/he provides supervision, technical guidance and support to the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning team comprised of the MEL Manager, Database Specialist and Regional M&E Coordinators covering Eastern, Western and Nyanza. S/He plays an essential role in ensuring that the MEL team has clear guidance and support, opportunities for personal initiative and growth, and the skills to improve performance.  The MEL Advisor also oversees and coordinates all work related to a) monitoring and evaluation activities of KCDMS, and Collaboration Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
    In addition, the MEL Advisor is expected to contribute fully to the overall objectives of the KCDMS activity, always conducting him/herself in a proper manner as a senior representative of the program, and is responsible for the safe keeping and care of program assets assigned to his/her care.                                  
    Essential Duties:  
    The MEL Advisor will be expected to accomplish the following tasks:

    MEL Systems: Oversee the development and maintenance of effective MEL systems in line with the KCDMS MEL Plan; facilitate the development of intervention/grantees specific results frameworks, measurement plans, projections, and actual monitoring and results measurement
    Data management system: Oversee development and maintenance of KCDMS data management system which enables quality and timely collation (from grantees, MEL team, researchers, consultants etc.), aggregation, analysis and report generation for various audiences and needs.  This should be coupled with a good quality assurance system, effective data collection tools including ICT based tools, and user-friendly operation manuals.
    Assessment: Supervise the design and implementation of periodic internal and external assessments of KCDMS’ work on the ground, and the preparation of quality reports. Work with the data manager to analyze the assessments and to update the databases. Work with the Implementing teams, Regional MEL Coordinators to set up learning forums with the grantees and other relevant stakeholders for performance improvement.
    Reporting: Take charge of the KCDMS quarterly and annual reporting, generating MEL components of accountability and informational reports and publications (monthly, quarterly, and annual or as and when required) as well as consolidate other components reports into one narrative that tells the performance of KCDMS to the various stakeholders.
    Liaison with Donor: Serve as primary liaison to USAID and project M&E/CLA counterparts regarding coordinated monitoring, evaluation and learning activities and reporting.
    Capacity building on MEL: Facilitate and conduct capacity building on M&E for private sector development and market systems for all KCDMS staff and partners; and on data management for market actors. This also includes instruction to new staff on their role in MEL.
    Manage teams, work plan, budget and spending:
    Supervise and provide managerial support to the MEL Manager, Database Specialist, MEL regional coordinators, Communication Specialist develop the annual ME/CLA implementation plan with support from MEL Team, Busara Centre, Nutrition and Social Inclusion Component Leads. Develop detailed M&E/CLA annual budget ensuring adequate resources and effective spending.

    Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation

    The MEL Advisor will also have the responsibility for facilitating knowledge sharing and learning activities, and monitoring behavior change and adaptation across all KCDMS stakeholders. This will include individual actions, organizational operating principles, societal cultures, local laws, policies, and institutional operating principles. The KCDMS MEL team led by the MEL Advisor will apply integrated research methods to understand how systems are transforming and changing at different levels and scales over time, generating a robust evidence base for learning and adapting within KCDMS.
    This culture begins internally with the KCDMS team and is reflected outwards in interactions with partners; stakeholders; and, more broadly with external stakeholders including USAID and partner projects.
    The MEL Advisor will provide guidance to the MEL Manager and team on integrating learning and adaptation and will closely collaborate with the behavior change scientists at Busara Center and KCDMS Communication Specialist, leveraging these various functions to advance CLA efforts.

    Key Responsibilities under CLA include:

    Development of annual CLA strategy as part of the MEL plan and lead the CLA activities which include monitoring behavior economics, periodic internal/external knowledge sharing and learning sessions, training and communications
    Work directly with the technical project component leads to plan, design, and or/manage specific CLA strategies and activities, such as supporting incorporation of technical, contextual and experiential learning into technical strategies, interventions, and processes. Assist in developing, capturing, sharing, and testing methods, models, and tools to advance these objectives.
    Leverage a mix of informational sources and research methods – project M&E data, observations, findings from behavior economics surveys, from staff and partners, other USAID programs, primary and secondary market research – to (i) analyze project progress towards goals and learning objectives, (ii) communicate those findings externally (e.g. to donor, external partners) and internally (e.g. to project staff), and (iii) apply that learning into improved work planning and project activities.
    Ensure overall quality control and responsiveness of these efforts to the KCDMS team needs, and facilitating integration of these efforts throughout project components.
    Senior Management meetings: Participate in regular senior management planning meetings, and provide analytical feedback and support to inform technical decisions by senior management and the technical component leads.
    Perform any other duties as may be required by the CoP/ DCoP.

    Minimum Required Education & Experience

    Master’s degree in statistics, public administration, economics, business, agricultural or rural development or any other field providing technical expertise in the field related to monitoring, evaluation, knowledge management, and learning and ten years of relevant experience.
    At least 5 years experience in managing performance monitoring plans, evaluation, collaboration and learning, preferably with knowledge of USAID’s CLA approach and measuring systemic change.
    At least 5 years of practical experience in using monitoring and evaluation and learning activities to inform activity implementation and results.
    Experience in USAID project monitoring and evaluation
    Proven ability to manage using USAID’s “collaborating, learning, and adapting” approach and experience applying it. Should demonstrate experience using a mix of informational sources and research methods to analyze project progress, communicate findings to a range of external and internal stakeholders, and apply learning to work planning.
    Experience conducting research related to agricultural development
    Demonstrated ability to build relationships and facilitate collaborative learning
    Experience in Kenya is required.
    Experience providing leadership, supervising staff, managing multiple complex project components, and convening people across technical teams to build consensus and achieve an outcome.
    Superior, demonstrated writing, reporting, and oral presentation skills (ability to provide an original writing sample required).

    Skills & Abilities

    Excellent oral and written skills in English. Fluency in Kiswahili preferred.
    Demonstrated ability to be collaborative across projects, flexible and creative.
    Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
    Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel
    Ability to multi-task
    Ability to work well with others
    Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
    Ability to work independently
    Ability to be collaborative across projects, flexible and creative.
    Attention to detail and accuracy
    Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

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  • Microsoft 365 Administrator

    Microsoft 365 Administrator

    Job Purpose: Assist in the design and delivery of Microsoft solutions to meet business objectives and technical requirements, to create effective knowledge sharing, collaboration and workflow solutions to drive the effective delivery of VSO’s programmes.
    Responsibilities:

    Work with the Microsoft 365 Product owner to design and deploy new Microsoft 365 solutions such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Power Automate among others to improve ways of working in the organization.
    Assist with training and adoption of new Microsoft 365 solutions and processes including delivery & creation of training plans, materials and documentation.
    Provide technical user support for incidents escalated from the helpdesk and resolve system / application issues.
    Explore ways to scale Microsoft’s offering, such as with the Power Platform, within the organization based on business opportunities and other technical innovations.
    Work with the Microsoft 365 cluster team to develop, manage and implement the Microsoft 365 roadmap, leveraging new platform innovations as they are released.
    Assist with the migration of content from various sources (country office servers, google drive, drop box, personal computers, one drive, SharePoint etc.) to Microsoft 365 environment as designed.
    Offer technical support on Microsoft PowerBi platform to staff in the organization.

    Essential selection criteria
    Knowledge/qualifications:

    Up to date knowledge of the Microsoft 365 ecosystem
    Skilled at user training and support
    Ability to configure Microsoft 365 to manage processes and document storage

    Experience:

    Demonstrable experience in successfully supporting Microsoft 365 products
    Experience with and enthusiasm for coaching, mentoring and on the job training

    Skills/Abilities:

    Able to present complex technical information clearly to a non-technical audience, with the ability to provide the appropriate level of detail.
    Able to work in a team.
    Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
    Knowledge of the systems development life cycle.
    Knowledge of systems analysis and design methodologies.
    Excellent oral and written communication skills (in English) required
    Effective meeting facilitation skills
    Able to work effectively in a culturally diverse environment

    Technical Requirements

    Proficiency in Microsoft 365 administration.
    Microsoft PowerBi usage

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  • Grants Coordinator

    Grants Coordinator

    Job Description
    The Grants Coordinator is responsible for the management of the KCDMS Grant Program in 12 counties of operations in Kenya. S/he will develop Request for Application (RFA) packages and manage the competitive selection process; Provide guidance and training to grantees; Perform pre-award surveys of potential grantees to assess financial, program, and organizational capabilities; Maintain grants information management system; Reconcile financial and technical reports; Conduct monitoring visits; and ensure all grants are closed out appropriately.   
     Essential Duties:  
     Pre-Award Management

    Support in the various stages of the competitive selection process of grantees until completion.
    Carry out pre-award assessments for prospective grantees to assess financial, program, and organizational capabilities.
    Work with selected grantees to ensure budgets are in line with programmatic, cost and KCDMS project priorities.
    Prepare grant award documents for approval, this will include: grant agreements, budgets and negotiation memorandums

    Post-Award Management

    Prepare cash requests for all grants ensuring amounts requested are reasonable and within approved budgets.
    Review financial reports from grantees to ensure financial compliance against approved grant budgets.
    Conduct regular disbursements and expenditure reconciliations with Finance Office to ensure grant and finance records are up to date.
    Conduct site visits and giving feedback to grantees as appropriate on areas that requires improvement in their systems and procedures.
    Track on a regular basis all questioned and disallowed costs and follow-up on resolution of the same.
    Identify grantee financial training needs and provide technical assistance where needed and assist in developing training materials and resources for RTI International.
    Maintain and update hard copy grant and work process files. The files should be clearly labelled and organized for ease of reference.
    Maintain the Concept note and business proposal (CNBP) tracker.

    Close-Out

    Ensure that all project advances and commitments are liquidated, and outstanding advances cleared for all grants.
    Prepare relevant close-out documents for approval by the Grants Manager to include, close-out checklist, letters and modifications to de-obligate residual funds where applicable.
    Work with the grantees to ensure that all inventory/disposition documentation or in-kind acknowledgement forms are obtained on close-out of all grants as applicable.
    Ensure grantees submit final project reports and documents.
    Other duties as assigned by the Grants manager.
    Contribute to monitoring and evaluation, learning, and reporting and provide technical oversight and support all data tracking by the in M&E staff of the sub-grantees with particular attention to Grants Management
    Contribute to Social Inclusion activities in line with Grants Management.
    Any other duties as assigned by your supervisor.

    Minimum Required Education & Experience

    Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree in commerce/ Business management and 1 year of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
    Qualifications and/or experience in financial management and grants management.
    Professional experience in Grant Management, preferably with USAID.
    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

     Responsibility:
     The holder of this position will be accountable to the Senior Grants Manager. He/ she will be expected to have oversight responsibility of all grantees under his/her portfolio ensuring that RTI/KCDMS standard grant processes are adhered to.

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  • Research Assistant

    Research Assistant

    Job Summary

    The Research Assistant will work closely with the technical teams in conducting literature review, developing interview tools, data management, recruiting participants, supporting key informants’ interviews, obtaining consents, maintaining files, scheduling and conducting interviews, assisting with data analysis and generating correspondence, reports and graphics. She/he will support the successful delivery of a research project to be implemented by RTI International in Kenya.

    Specific Responsibilities

    Support the lead researchers in conducting literature review and synthesis secondary data.
    Work with technical teams to design research instruments.
    Work with the technical teams to execute a survey by administering questionnaires, conducting physical and follow-up phone interviews with study participants, as per the set guidelines and procedures.
    Work with the research firm and technical teams to ensure consistency of data parameters and adherence to the survey guidelines and instruments.
    Liaise with research firm and technical teams to perform appropriate data entry quality checks to ensure accuracy.
    Liaise with researchers to ensure accurate and detailed data transcription.
    Work with the research firm and technical teams to coordinate data collection and clean various datasets.
    Coordinate with the survey team and notify the core team of any misinformation or feedback.
    Liaising with RTI Nairobi regional office, RTI home office in the US, the research firm and Strathmore University to support coordination of project meetings and dissemination of research findings to various stakeholders.
    Inform the core team of any mistakes or lack of details with the proposed questions or questionnaires.
    Closely adhere to protocols regarding data quality, sampling, information management and protection of study participants.
    Maintain accurate records of interviews, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects, as necessary.
    Provide ready access to all experimental data for the lead researcher/supervisor.
    Prepare, maintain, and update website materials.
    Attend project seminars and other meetings as necessary.
    Prepare progress reports, articles and presentations.
    Monitor the project budget.

    Qualification

    Bachelor’s degree in economics, engineering, energy, environment, development public policy, law, statistics, communication or a related field.
    Master’s degree in economics, engineering, energy, environment, development, public policy, law, statistics, communication or a related field is an added advantage.
    Detail oriented and able to work independently.
    Strong written and verbal communications skills required, including excellent editing skills.
    Excellent research and analytical skills required.
    Ability to plan effectively and meet tight deadlines.
    Ability to manage and monitor a budget
    Fluency in English is required.

    Skills And Abilities

    Ability to multi-task
    Ability to work well with others
    Ability to listen and communicate well both verbally and in writing
    Ability to work independently
    Attention to detail and accuracy

    Physical and mental demands

    Physical and mental demands of this role include those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, as outlined above. Examples include: remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time; operating a computer and other office machinery; thinking, learning, and concentrating effectively and frequently communicating with other people, both within RTI and outside of RTI; frequently moving about inside and travel between offices; ability to handle the stress associated in meeting frequent, multiple and tight deadlines, ability to work in excess of 40 hours per week as workload and deadlines may require, ability to have regular, reliable and predictable attendance.

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  • Health Systems Strengthening Specialist Temporary Human Resources Assistant.

    Health Systems Strengthening Specialist Temporary Human Resources Assistant.

    Duties and Responsibilities
    Technical guidance and management support to national NTD programming:

    Provide technical advice to Act | East country teams and government counterparts on the mainstreaming of NTD programming into national health and planning processes
    Ensure programs are designed towards sustainably achieving national NTD goals, consistent with global technical guidance for health systems strengthening and sustainability. For this position the emphasis will be on governance, policy and planning, financing (including basket funding), and multisectoral coordination mechanisms.
    Design and lead strategies to assist countries to assess their progress toward sustainability, and identify gaps, strategies and approaches for HSS mainstreaming and sustainability.
    Ensure sustainability strategies and activities are aligned and/or linked with individual NTD disease strategies and priorities.
    Promote strengthening of cross‐sector collaboration on NTDs in countries, based on the country context, including with education, water, sanitation, hygiene, and maternal and child health to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of NTD-related resources.
    Provide matrix management of field-based Act | East HSS advisors in assigned priority countries.
    Play a dynamic role in proactively identifying potential implementation bottlenecks, key decision processes and decision-makers, and helping to expedite implementation of HSS and sustainability measures as per relevant USAID and Act | East guidance and strategies,  annual work plans and country sustainability plans.
    Ensure activities to support the sustainability of NTD interventions are included in assigned country workplans and adequately budgeted. Prepare or contribute to project reports and define budgets for health system strengthening activities.

    Global Technical Leadership:

    Lead technical guidance in assigned area(s) of expertise within HSS (e.g., Governance and related areas noted above) and effectively coordinate with other team members in other HSS technical areas.
    Lead or contribute to development of technical and policy briefs, technical reports, abstracts for conferences, peer-reviewed journal articles, etc. 
    Contribute to global technical guidance and other scientific stature and technical leadership activities.

    Project level management support

    Lead or contribute to the implementation of the Act|East HSS and sustainability strategy
    Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with the broader Act | East team, donor/client organizations, relevant government agencies, bilateral projects and others.
    Engage in identification of opportunities for partnership leading to cost share and elevating technical profile of Act | East.
    As HSS focal person for an assigned group of countries, represent the HSS team in the cross-functional team meetings for those countries; provide timely technical and management support for planning, budgeting and implementation monitoring for HSS activities for the countries.
    Support client-required reporting and ensure knowledge management and documentation of effective application of HSS tools and resources to NTD programs

    Other

    Consistent with agreed time allocation on this primary assignment, contribute to other RTI GHD initiatives such as business development, short-term technical assistance to other projects, etc.

    Requirements
    Education and Experience:

    At least a Master’s degree in public health, international development, public policy, or related field.
    Minimum of 10 years’ global and in‐country experience in implementation of health systems strengthening programs and/or policy reform and domestic resource mobilization, preferably addressing cross-sector issues.
    Demonstrated experience in successfully designing and implementing robust HSS programs in a developing country context, with technical expertise in one or more of the following areas (generally in order of priority): governance, policy and planning, financing (including basket funding, universal health coverage and design of benefits packages), multisectoral coordination mechanisms  and/or related areas of health system strengthening.
    Demonstrated experience producing written products, including conference abstracts, presentations and reports, in areas related to HSS and/or NTDs.
    Demonstrated experience implementing HSS programs that incorporate non‐health sector and/or other health sector programs and services.

    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Demonstrated capacity to operate within the HSS community and function as a technical advisor on diverse matters related to HSS in developing countries.
    Demonstrated management, leadership, decision making, and interpersonal skills.
    Full professional proficiency in English with excellent oral and written communications skills required;  proficiency in French preferred.
    Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with senior Government personnel, international organizations, NGO partners, host country governments, and U.S. Government Agencies. This should include a record of successfully influencing opinion leaders and policy-making processes to achieve desired goals and objectives.
    Willingness and ability to travel internationally and domestically, as required.
    This position is not eligible for international allowances.

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  • Finance And Operations Officer

    Finance And Operations Officer

    Job Description
    Responsible for day-to-day finance operations and related controls. To manage in country finance statutory requirements, including tax and statutory reporting. Ensure production of accurate internal financial data and external financial statutory reports. Compliance with VSO’s accounting practices and tax requirements (both UK and Kenya; promote continued process improvement; and provide user-focused financial services and a strong control environment.
    Skills, qualifications and experience

    Bachelor of Commerce & Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIMA, or international equivalent)
    Strong technical accounting skills, especially in relation to UK and Kenya statutory accounting
    Sound knowledge of Charity specific accounting, VAT, taxation and other compliance requirements
    Experience in preparing or managing local [country] payroll
    Strong analytical skills and highly numerate
    Strong IT skills, including accounting and reporting packages and especially Excel
    Experience of identifying and implementing process, system and control improvements
    Hands-on, pro-active approach to working; proven to be detail-oriented
    Experience of effectively managing and developing staff
    Experience of building relationships with and managing internal and external stakeholders
    Good written and verbal communication skills, in particular an ability to present and explain financial information clearly to staff at all levels, including non-financial staff, both internally and externally
    Effective influencing and networking skills
    Ability to work autonomously, using own initiative where needed, to deliver desired results in a timely fashion, with minimum supervision, prioritising and managing workload accordingly
    Commitment to VSO’s mission and values

    Desirable

    SUN systems / Q&A XL experience
    Experience in the not for profit and International Development sectors
    Able to undertake occasional international travel

    Competencies and Behaviour
    At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

    Ability to be open minded and respectful
    Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
    Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
    Ability to seek and share knowledge

    Equal Opportunities
    VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

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