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  • Village Enterprise Innovations Coordinator

    Village Enterprise Innovations Coordinator

    Job Description

    Job Location: Kitale, Kenya
    Contract: Full time, 2 years with opportunity to extend.
    Reports to: Senior Innovations Manager
    ABOUT THE JOB:
    Village Enterprise is seeking a candidate who is innovative, solution oriented and creative to support the Innovations Team activities and Village Enterprise mission on ending extreme poverty.
    The position holder involvement areas include; developing creative and innovative ideas around our Graduation Program; help in development of pilots by applying the key stages of Human Centered Design (Ideation, Piloting and Implementation); capacity training for Business Mentors and Field Coordinators and research and development of tools and strategies that ensure the organizations meets its goals.
    JOB DESCRIPTION:
    Core Program Support Responsibilities: 60%

    Participate in designing, adaptation; coordinate implementation, and appraise pilot projects by employing human centered design thinking approaches.
    Work with the field team to coordinate and periodically develop materials, plan and execute Business Mentor workshops.
    Coordinate with the help of the field team to guide Bi-weekly meetings within the offices of mandate, by introducing creative materials and making them more effective.
    Support new projects, ongoing projects and calendar activities like the Innovations Summit; on theme selection, planning and overall execution.
    Participate in developing materials, inviting external resource persons that would be used to transfer knowledge and bridge capacities of Business Mentors and Field coordinators.
    Participate in gathering of information and identifying sustainable partnerships on Financial Inclusion, Value Chain Development, Market Intelligence and linkages.
    Write reports and develop presentations on ongoing projects, keep the whole team informed and update the documents on the various storage platforms like Google drive, and Box e.t.c.
    Occasionally contribute to proposal development by keeping track of funding opportunities for the innovations teamwork and pass such opportunities to direct supervisor.
    Assist in the development, assessment of standard operating tools like the Training Manual, Mentoring Guides and any other that may be introduced.
    Participate in the development of training support materials like picture codes, charts and any other visual or audio aids.
    Any other innovations work or program support work that may be assigned to you.

    Innovations and Cross-functionality Responsibilities: 40%

    Be an ardent ambassador and advocate on Innovations Teams work internally and externally if and when given the opportunity.
    Ensure synchronization of activities between the ACDs/RMs work plans and the Innovations teams work by communicating work plans and planned activities. 

    Communication and coordination of work

    Weekly check-ins with supervisor (Plan and structure effective One-on-one’s)
    Provide information on work plan on Google Work Plan sheet on a weekly basis.
    Participate and contribute effectively during the weekly Innovations Team meetings
    Prompt response to email communications/ report deadlines and any follow-ups as may be requested 

    Team Work and Interpersonal skills:

    Leverage on his/her interpersonal skills to ensure cohesiveness and teamwork.
    Coordinator will take the time to understand other Coordinator’s, Manager’s and Director’s projects and actively provide insightful input.
    Coordinator thinks of how to improve synergies on the team and improve workflow as a team 

    Management and Leadership:

    The Coordinator manages competing tasks and deadlines with openness and efficiency
    The Coordinator manages his/her own projects, including tracking their own deadlines and deliverables and executing next steps without needing to be reminded or prompted.
    Provides desired leadership and guidance, has personal initiative and is self-drive towards achieving organizations goals.

    INNOVATIONS COORDINATOR DESIRED SKILLS

    Be a creative thinker with a natural knack towards developing projects and works that address the goals of the organization.
    Be a solution oriented individual, who is able to asses, analyze situations and come up with well thought out solutions.
    Detail oriented person, who strives to get in-depth understanding of pilots and projects through application of Human Centered Design Thinking methods.
    The educational background that has created a base of understanding to be applied in the role. This will be a combination of university level degree preferably in Project Management/Agribusiness/Entrepreneurship, Micro-Finance or Business Administration and Management.
    At least 3 years’ experience working in the Livelihoods development field, Value chains development, Market systems analysis, Market intelligence and linkages or rural micro-finance is a plus.

  • Wholesale Manager

    Wholesale Manager

    Department & Section: Sales and Distribution
    Reports To: Area Sales Manager
    Location: KIL
    Main Purpose of this Position: Manage respective regional wholesale sales targets to deliver growth, profitability and cash-flow objectives as per the business objectives.
    Key Deliverables for this Position

    Achieve wholesale sales targets
    Achieve range availability targets
    Achieve Customer service delivery targets
    Achieve Route Management and Cost targets

    Key Responsibilities

    Lead and manage the departmental strategy through processes and procedures to achieve the organization’s objectives.
    Ensuring sales targets and volumes are met within the wholesale channel and increase company product sales range.
    Overseeing the implementation of customer marketing initiatives.
    Identifying prospective customers by following leads from existing clients, and market Intelligence
    Analyzing customers’ needs and requirements to gain insight on technical knowledge of product capabilities and limitations.
    Developing and cascading the individual targets through a performance management system to achieve set targets in line with overall objective.
    Evaluating the Route to Market efficiency and improve on the structure.
    Responsible talent management in the department including coaching, mentoring, developing, motivating, training and evaluating staff to achieve highest levels of performance
    Implementing best practices in category management & respective areas of work
    Implementing product quality, customer & Service Excellence and Change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture.

    Financial Resources / Other key Resources / Assets: Stock
    Direct Reports: N/A
    Key Interfaces
    Internal

    Supply Chain
    Quality Assurance & RD
    Finance

    External

    Customers

    Academic Qualifications

    Diploma in Sales and Marketing

    Professional Qualifications: N/A
    Job / Functional Skills

    Reporting Skills
    Sales & Marketing Skills
    Relationship Management Skills
    Interpersonal skills
    Decision Making Skills

    General Skills

    Teamwork
    Communication Skills
    IT skills
    Customer Service
    Time Management

    Behavior

    Customer centric
    Ownership
    Continuous improvement
    Leadership

    Relevant Experience

    At-least 3 year(s) relevant experience

  • Microbiologist

    Microbiologist

    Job Description

    KEY DELIVERABLES FOR THIS POSITION

    Analyzing incoming raw materials and finished for microbiology
    Service Delivery.

     KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

    Executing out the implementation of the departmental strategy in line with the production strategy, policies, processes and procedures to achieve the organization’s objectives.
    Maintaining reports for conformity of finished products.
    Microbial analysis of machines.
    Supervision of blending room processes to ensure desired color and flavor.
    Benchmarking and implementing best practices in manufacturing and respective areas of work.
    Implementing product quality, customer & Service Excellence and Change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture.

  • Travel Consultant

    Travel Consultant

    Job description
    Everyone who works for us loves travel, and the travel industry. We pride ourselves on our in-depth destination knowledge, our attention to detail and our ethos that nothing is too much trouble. If you have a passion for travel, you’re conscientious and you are good at working with people, we’re looking for you.
    As a Personal Travel Advisor, you will take responsibility for existing clients and build upon our rapidly growing client base. You will be creating memorable journeys, looking after the client from initial contact through to building itineraries, confirming travel arrangements, making contact upon their return, and setting up their next exciting experience. Using in-depth knowledge of various destinations, personal insight and the full resource of our products and special unique touches, the service delivered should be consistently exceptional. This is measured through an ability to convert enquiries into profitable sales and deliver against expectations of consistently high client satisfaction and promote repeat business.
    Our key requirement is passion for, and experience in travelling. The position is a very hands-on role and the successful applicant will be highly organised, driven, be an excellent communicator, and clearly understand our customers’ needs. This is a role where account management and product/business development are important. Experience of working in a similar role at the bespoke end of travel is a benefit but not required and we will consider people with other work experience.

  • Head of Sales & Distribution

    Head of Sales & Distribution

    Job description
    The job holder will report to the Managing Director and will head the Sales & Distribution function. He will be expected to ensure that there is a viable route to market for distribution of BFL Products, ensuring sales targets are met and providing functional strategic direction.

  • Monitoring, Verification & Reporting Officer

    Monitoring, Verification & Reporting Officer

    Department/Location: Nairobi, Kenya
    Reports To: MV&R Technical Officer
    Type: Regular Full-Time
    Classification: This is a managerial, exempt level position
    Overview:
    IBTCI is seeking a Monitoring, Verification, and Reporting (MV&R) Officer for its project based in Nairobi, Kenya. This position will ensure timely completion of all program verifications throughout Somalia in compliance with the SPSS quality control protocols. This position is open to Kenya nationals only.

    Ensure timely completion of all program monitoring, verifications and reporting in compliance with the project’s quality control protocols.
    Directly supervise Somalia-based third-party monitoring partners.
    Work closely with third-party monitoring partners to ensure all USAID/Somalia Implementing Partners’ data and reports are complete, accurate and consistent.
    Design and develop qualitative monitoring verification tools.
    Collaborate with staff and consultants on qualitative monitoring and verification to provide relevant information for ongoing M&E project activities.
    Prepare and compile MVR reports including the collation and attachment of relevant support documentation.
    Participate in preparation/delivery of USAID quarterly presentations.
    Design/update templates for use by report writers.
    Facilitate training on tools/protocols and MVR processes to field supervisors, team leaders, and monitors

    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Research experience, including writing high-quality research reports and disseminating results to various stakeholders.
    Experience managing field-based staff preferred.
    Prior experience in a remote setting.
    Proven analytical and research skills.
    High level of initiative to innovate and lead in remote and resource-limited settings.
    Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
    Strict attention to detail.
    Proven ability to work well in small teams and with minimal supervision.

    Minimum Requirements:

    At least three years of monitoring and verification experience in a donor-funded, international organization required.
    Demonstrated experience with qualitative methods.
    Strong knowledge of project monitoring, evaluation and verification required.
    Willingness and ability to travel to various project sites in Somalia as needed required.
    Experience with field data collection using the mobile technology required.
    Oral and written fluency in English and Somali required.
    Must have significant experience working in Somalia.
    Strong oral and written communication skills.

    Education: Bachelor’s degree in a social or natural science discipline required.
    Working Environment: Work is typically performed in an office environment with some field work.
    Physical Requirements: This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs.
    Supervisory Responsibility: This position does have supervisory responsibilities.
    Travel: International travel required and may include travel to fragile and/or post-conflict zones.
    Work Authorization: Candidate must be authorized to work in Nairobi, Kenya.
    No phone calls, please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.
    IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.

  • Chief Accountant

    Chief Accountant

    Report to: Chief Finance Officer
    Responsibilities

    Responsible for accounting external compliance, ensuring accounting and reporting comply with local statutory requirements, Chinese regulations, international regulations.
    Responsible for accounting internal compliance, ensuring accounting and reporting are in compliance with the company’s internal requirements.
    Take the initiative to understand business requirements, coordinate with headquarters, regional Support Office, and country accounting team to provide accounting service and support to reach target of operations management and financial risks management.
    Implement accounting process and solution, set up country accounting process performance targets, drive execution of processes, improve performance to reach targets.
    Set KPI target for each key account unit quarterly.
    Monthly business reporting and analysis on KPI.
    Daily communication with headquarters related to any concerns or issues.
    Weekly collection of reports and follow-up tasks with business owners.
    Analysis of business trends; development of relevant metrics and feedback mechanisms.
    Participating in the negotiations of significant contracts such as key customer accounts.
    Participate in evaluations on credit rating, credit line for key accounts.
    Sales contracts review from financial view, such as payment terms, FX risk control, guarantee terms, credit line.

    Job Requirements

    Masters/Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance plus CPA (K) or equivalent professional Accounting qualification.
    10 years working experience in telecom industry, deep understanding of telecom industry, and accounting operating rules is a must.
    Understanding of international accounting regulations, with experience working in a multinational company important. Experience with Chinese accounting regulations useful.
    Understanding Chinese language i.e. speaking, writing and reading  to review relevant internal processes and regulations, submit reports to headquarters, and communicate with headquarters staff on relevant finance issues.
    Strong inter-personal communication skill, especially cross departmental coordination.
    Business analysis skills with solid experience in finance and Business control.
    In depth knowledge on concepts, procedures and tools used in controlling & accounting.
    Excellent knowledge of budgeting, controlling and planning processes in a global environment.

  • Management Consultant

    Management Consultant

    Assignment Title: Management Consultant
    Technical Point of Contact: Chief of Party
    Type: Short-term
    Classification: Consultant
    Overview:
    IBTCI is seeking a Management Consultant who will support implementation of the Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS) platform, based in Nairobi. The Management Consultant will provide support to the program leadership for coordination of activities, arrange periodic meetings, and assist in the process of assembling the final deliverables to USAID/Somalia for various M&E tasks. S/he will lead the preparation and presentation of the key evaluation findings and recommendations to the USAID / Somalia team and other major partners. This position is based in Kenya with travel to Somalia. This is a short-term consultancy position, lasting from around October 1 to December 1.
    Using your experience and subject matter skills, perform managerial and operational tasks on specific task orders and/or contracts. Tasks could include, but not be limited to:
    Scope of Work:

    Lead operational assistance related to monitoring and evaluation systems, performance management, theories of change and M&E Plans;
    Support the development of M&E Plans for IPs through on-going and hands-on assistance to IP M&E and management teams, in close coordination with the donor. This support will be in program areas such as democracy and governance, stabilization, agriculture and economic growth, education/human capacity development/youth;
    Provide oversight of all verification activities in the field, conducted through Somali Third Party Monitoring agents, to ensure their timely and professional deployment of verifications, as well as the analysis of findings;
    Support the technical development of a web-enabled clearinghouse for donor data collection, integration and reporting activities;
    Supervise and provide operational and logistic support to program evaluations and assessment throughout the life of the program;
    Provide human resources and financial oversight;
    Serve in the above consultant capacity to support the IBTCI technical practice of Crisis, Conflict & Governance;
    Other duties as assigned;
    This position does not authorize/require the consultant to directly communicate with IBTCI clients; and
    This position does not authorize/require the consultant to have decision-making authority on final work product.

    Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Extensive experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluations;
    Familiar with USAID evaluation regulations and systems; and
    Experience in international donor development program management and overseeing multiple program areas simultaneously is preferred.

    Minimum Requirements:

    At least 10 years of international experience in managing offices;
    Relevant experience in fragile countries, Somalia or Eastern Africa.
    Excellent communication, team management, and leadership skills.
    Willingness and ability to travel to various project sites in Somalia as needed.
    Excellent oral and written skills in English.

    Education: Postgraduate degree in an appropriate field, with an area of expertise in evaluation, agriculture extension, agricultural value chains, nutrition and agricultural economics, or other related field.
    Supervisory Responsibility: This position will include supervisory responsibilities.
    Travel: Travel is required.
    No phone calls please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.
    IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.

  • Retail Supervisor Trade Marketing Executive

    Retail Supervisor Trade Marketing Executive

    Job Description

    Executing the departmental strategy through processes and procedures to achieve the organizations objectives
    Ensuring product pricing is correct and consistent with the company’s RRP
    Ensuring product visibility through positioning within outlets or point of sale.
    Identifying trends that appeal to consumers and advice the management accordingly.
    Maintain inventory of where company display assets are placed and ensure they are well stocked all the time with company products only.
    Ensure promotions are accurate and merchandised to the company’s standards.
    Recording and reporting sales figures, for data analysis and forward planning.
    Responsible talent management in the department including coaching, mentoring, developing, motivating, training and evaluating staff to achieve highest levels of performance
    Benchmarking and implementing best practices in retail sales & respective areas of work
    Implementing product quality, customer & Service Excellence and Change initiatives to achieve desired business plans and culture.

    Critical Success Factors for the Job
    Key Drivers
    Job / Functional Skills

    Team management
    Persuasive communication
    Analytical skills

    General Skills

    Teamwork
    Communication Skills
    IT skills
    Customer Service
    Time Management

    Behavior

    Customer centric
    Ownership
    Continuous improvement
    Leadership

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  • Senior Enumerator

    Senior Enumerator

    Job Description

    Function: Support field-level Participant Tracking, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research, assist in all phases of M&E Program
    Job Location: Migori, Lwala
    Contract: Full time, 1 year with opportunity to extend
    Reports to: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator / Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Associate
    About the Job: Village Enterprise is seeking a candidate who will manage enumerators in Lwala, Migori County region to successfully carry out data collection in support of implementation, monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and/or expansion of Village Enterprise programming.
    Candidate will support additional MEL and operations efforts as needed. This is a split, field/office position, requiring ~60% time in the field and ~40% time in the office. A minimum time commitment of one year is required.
    Job Description:
    Directly Manage Enumerator Data Collection: 60%

    Supervise enumerators in the field and provide feedback to the MEL coordinator
    Train enumerators on best practices for data collection, android-based data collection, data collection software, and data collection assignments
    Create enumerator data collection assignments and planned expenses
    Monitor data collection progress, tracking progress at both the enumerator and data-collection activity level
    Collect feedback from enumerators on behalf of the MEL team
    Conduct data quality assessments as assigned by supervisor
    Directly collect data if needed

    Reporting and Communication: 25%

    Submit field activity schedule to supervisor for approval
    Submit weekly enumerator feedback report to supervisor detailing any feedback collected from enumerators during the week
    Submit regular field activity reports to supervisor, including findings from time spent supervising enumerators (i.e., enumerator audits), any inventory needs of enumerators (e.g., rain jackets, helmets, etc.) and other relevant details
    Submit data quality review reports to supervisor if/when tasked with data quality review
    Host weekly meeting with enumerators
    Participate in weekly meeting with direct supervisor
    Participate in quarterly meeting with F&A where the travel stipend tracker is reviewed and updated if needed
    Periodically participate in MEL Team Meetings as requested
    Periodically participate in field staff meetings as requested
    Participate in additional meetings and functions as requested

    Support for MEL Team and Operations: 15%

    Support MEL team trainings for non-enumerator staff
    Assist with data entry including core program data, special research and report data, and attendance data
    Assist with the collection of field-level monitoring data as well as other data collection as and when required
    Support field usage of TaroWorks on android devices, including installing or re-installing the application on phones and troubleshooting issues as needed
    Other MEL tasks as assigned
    Provide support to management team as requested
    Other operations tasks as assigned

    The Senior Enumerator Will

    Have at least one-year experience in household-level data collection
    Possess necessary critical thinking and technical knowledge and skills, including
    Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
    Proficiency with Google Documents, Gmail, and Android applications
    Understand the elements of data quality: consistent, complete, accurate, timely, verifiable, valid
    Critical thinker: able to plan dynamic, budget-optimizing enumerator assignments taking into account data collection needs across program cycles, geography, and language skills of enumerators
    Fluent in Dholuo, Kiswahili and English
    Demonstrate ability to supervise data collection and teams of field workers
    Possess Training and Communication Skills
    Demonstrate ability to communicate key concepts to people with less than Level / Standard 5 education
    Ability to orally communicate issues, problems, and key information
    Ability to write clear, concise memos highlighting issues, problems, and key information
    Experience working as part of a diverse team with the ability to work via email, phone, Skype, and other virtual communications
    Work independently and as part of a team
    Ability to work effectively in a highly independent capacity – self-managing, taking ownership of goals, and developing work plans