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  • Plumber

    Plumber

    Job Description
    Kuguru Food Complex Limited Urgent
    Qualifications

    Minimum grade II NCA registered
    Diploma in civil engineering

  • Admin Assistant

    Admin Assistant

    Job description
    Job Purpose
    Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the Administrative Assistant will be responsible for providing professional administration and logistical support to the Project.
    Key Responsibilities
    Essential Duties and Responsibilities

    Work in close collaboration and cooperation with the other project staff to deliver on all the office administrative needs e.g. supplies
    Responsible for the day-to-day logistics of program trainings/workshops, management/tracking of the Field office program advances and monitoring/audit of sites/facilities suppliers and inventories.
    Front desk backstop in the absence of the receptionist
    Responsible for office hygiene – thorough cleaning, periodic fumigation, garbage collection contracts, office utilities, etc.
    Perform other work related duties and responsibilities as may be assigned

    Key Responsibilities
    Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

    Planning and scheduling meetings and appointments
    Record, compile, transcribe and distribute minutes of meetings
    Coordinate the logistics for workshops, seminars and trainings
    Facilitate hotel bookings, transportation, logistics and other travel needs for field staff.
    Provide logistical and clerical support to the program staff as needed
    Organizing and maintaining files and records

    Qualifications & Competences

    Relevant university degree is required from a reputable institution.
    Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years working experience in similar role.
    Excellent computer skills.

    Personal Characteristics

    Objective and high in integrity
    Good analytical skills
    Team player
    Able to maintain confidentiality at all times
    Excellent communication skills (written & verbal

  • Mobilization Advisor Project Officer – VMMC Data Officers Mobilization Officers Surgeon VMMC QA-QC – Training Coordinator Strategic Information & Evaluation Coordinator Logistics and Stores Assistant

    Mobilization Advisor Project Officer – VMMC Data Officers Mobilization Officers Surgeon VMMC QA-QC – Training Coordinator Strategic Information & Evaluation Coordinator Logistics and Stores Assistant

    Job Summary
    Reporting to the Technical Advisor, VMMC , coordinates all social mobilization and demand creation strategies and activities within the three Counties and to ensure that the set MC targets for the teams are shared out and achieved within expected time frame .
    Essential Duties and Responsibilities

    Overseeing the development, management and implementation of an evidence-based mobilization strategies for VMMC program.
    Use innovative methods of formative research and social marketing to ensure every mobilization and demand creation strategy is appropriate to the target population.
    Develop, together with mobilization officers, subcounty specific mobilization strategies for continuous VMMC/EIMC client flow and provide technical support to the Mobilization officers.
    Develop and monitor implementation of the VMMC demand creation workplans.
    Supervise the financial monthly demand creation/mobilization expenditure and ensures timely liquidation and compliance to the approved budget.
    Collaborate with PEPFAR funded social-marketing organizations to ensure a comprehensive approach to mobilization and demand creation.
    Determine the necessary IEC/ BCC messages required and coordinate with other national and county MC communications working groups to ensure messages and materials developed are relevant.
    Participate in the national and county VMMC communications working group to ensure harmonized coordination of messages with other partners.
    Provide technical assistance to the subcounty Mobilization officers with planning and facilitation of training on VMMC mobilization strategies using the key messages developed by the national &county technical workgroups on VMMC demand creation models.
    Oversee training and mentorship of mobilization team including evaluation of the performance of demand creation department.
    Ensure adoption and compliance to national VMMC strategy on communication and mobilization
    Prepares monthly VMMC demand creation budget, monthly summary operations report and quarterly comprehensive operations report
    Any other official duties assigned by the VMMC Technical advisor or Program Director.

    Qualifications (Preferred)

    Degree in Social or Health Sciences or Community development.
    At least 4 years of experience in coordinating VMMC social mobilization and demand creation activities
    Masters in social sciences or public health is an added advantage
    Demonstrable achievement in VMMC.

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  • County Laboratory Coordinator- UNITAID Project

    County Laboratory Coordinator- UNITAID Project

    Job description
    Job Purpose
    Through a grant from UNITAID, EGPAF will introduce and scale-up innovative point-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis (EID) in nine African countries. This four-year project will procure and distribute more than 279 POC EID platforms and 300,000 POC EID tests worth an estimated total cost of US$ 24 million. The Project will enable the testing of up to 300,000 HIV-exposed infants, resulting in increased pediatric HIV diagnosis, earlier initiation of infants on ART, increased pediatric ARV coverage, and improved survival of HIV-positive infants.
    Job Purpose
    The County Coordinator will support the implementation of the UNITAID/EGPAF POC EID project in Kenya, with the long term aim of providing quality integrated HIV prevention, counselling, testing, care and treatment services within the Ministry of Health, Private, and Faith Based Sector health facilities.
    Job Summary
    Under the guidance of the Country Implementation Manager, the County Coordinator will work to ensure success of the Project’s agenda of strategically incorporating POC testing into national EID networks through continuous quality improvement, data quality assessments, technical assistance and capacity building to EGPAF Project’s technical staff and health care workers at the national, county and facility level in support of implementation activities. S/he will provide support to training, supervision, mentoring, coordination, supply chain management, laboratory, quality assurance, M&E and data management components within the Project and at the county and facility level.
    Key Responsibilities
    The County Coordinator will be responsible for the following;

    Assist the Country Implementation Manager to ensure ongoing programmatic excellence by providing, facilitating or coordinating high level quality technical, programmatic, and management support to the sites and the county delegation;
    Assist in monitoring program implementation at county level and provide regular updates to the Country Implementation Manager;
    Support elaboration of annual work plans, and budget planning and monitoring;
    Support development of appropriate county specific systems to ensure consistent high quality program management;
    Assist the Country Implementation Manager in the management of relationships with the Ministry of Health and other partners organizations at county level;
    Support the MOH and the EGPAF Strategic Information and Evaluation team to collect data as needed;
    Conduct an assessment of the POC site during each visit to determine capacity, quality control, quality assurance
    Facilitate training in POC EID sample collection and transport to laboratories performing the test, track results and ensure that results get back to the patients in a timely manner
    Conduct on the job training to healthcare workers on documentation, collection and sample management techniques, how to package, quality assurance, waste management and biosafety, dispatch of results.
    Any other duties assigned

    Qualifications
    SKILLS AND COMPETENCE:

    Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma in Laboratory training with at least 5 years of laboratory work experience
    Diploma in laboratory training with a minimum of 5 years of laboratory work experience
    Registered with the KMLTTB

    Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

    Proficiency in computer packages for generating and analyzing reports
    Documented evidence of HIV/AIDS laboratory training as part on continuing professional development
    Dedicated team player with excellent interpersonal, communication, report writing and analytical skills
    Takes initiative and able to work without supervision in a dynamic multi-cultural environment
    Ability to exhibit professionalism and high ethical standards
    High level of integrity

    CLOSING DATE – 03 AUGUST 2018

  • Transport Officer

    Transport Officer

    Purpose

    Ensure that all vetted transporters meet the company’s standards of transport provision.
    Monitor costs and negotiate contracts and rates with all transport suppliers and continually search for ways to improve quality and better value for money from our suppliers.
    Verify all transport invoices and deal with any issues before payment.
    To ensure that company drivers and staff authorised to drive comply with the legal requirements.
    Attend to all incidents and accidents as required by law.
    To control transportation costs/budgets by getting competitive prices for transportation.
    To liaise with contracted service providers on the maintenance of company vehicles.
    To build, develop and maintain a strong working relationship with clients to optimise on service delivery.
    Identify operational issues and opportunities, escalating them, where and when necessary.
    Develop and maintain a transport policy for companies wishing to offer transport services.
    To ensure collection and delivery of goods to customers in good condition.

    Key Performance Indicators

    100% Transporter compliance to standards
    Zero customer complaints on cargo delay
    Well maintained budget
    Timely collection of goods to and from customer premises/ICD
    Nil accidents
    100% good stakeholder management
    100% timely communication

    Qualification, Competencies and Skills
    Qualifications

    More than 1 years progressive experiences in transportation
    Ability to handle pressure and to work with active attitude
    Excellent personal interaction skill
    Problem solving skill & time management &report writing
    Relationship in and dully understanding of transportation market will be considered as advantage
    Proficient in all computer application packages

    Competence & Skills

    Excellent communication
    Provide high impact performance feedback
    Planning, making decisions, and problem solving.
    Avoiding common managerial mistakes.

  • Content Marketing and Media Planning Executive

    Content Marketing and Media Planning Executive

    Job Description

    Department: Brand Marketing and PR
    Reports to: Marketing Director
    Job Objective: To establish a group content marketing system. To strategically and consistently promote content attract and retain a clearly defined audience – and ultimately, to drive profitable customer action.
    The executive will partner with all a wide range of media publisher s and service deliverers to plan and execute the most effective media plan while always keeping in touch with the changing landscape of media and the latest options across all channels.
    Duties and Responsibilities:
    Content Marketing

    Formulate a content marketing plan with the Kenyan business situation in mind in order to increase ARPU and renewal rate.
    Responsible for the whole content marketing strategy. Will formulate content marketing promotion and cooperate overseas operation to reach operation target.
    Responsible for content marketing for digital TV international channels, self-produced channels, sports channels and other main programs.
    Responsible for formulating team building, work plans and KPI system of the Kenyan content marketing team.
    According to the situation of group and oversea, closely observe and analyze competitors’ content marketing strategies. Develop and creative new content marketing mode base on the group’s situation to increase the income of company.
    According to the whole content marketing strategy, formulate relative or special content activity plan and marketing plan with offline activity.
    Summarize and collect content marketing report.
    Coordinate different media resources, supplier resources and each channel to obtain resources, cooperation channel and content promotion.
    According to the strategy of group content marketing, coordinate each department to do content marketing. Provide effective core content resource and promotion plan
    Provide monthly reports based on an agreed upon format.

    Media Planning

    Producing financial and media plans and forecasts.
    Plan out advertising campaigns for the company and ensure originality of the campaign to avoid losses.
    Buy media space or time while keeping in mind the demographic needed by the company’s marketing team.
    Follow up on campaign and make changes if the campaign is not achieving the desired results.
    Should be able to undertake relevant research and also decipher results from surveys that are conducted. Should be able to analyze and interpret data.
    Have good knowledge of latest occurrences and previous occurrences in Media.
    Will work closely with agency accounts to ensure that campaign ideas, strategies and objectives are converted into tangible tasks.
    Should have a good network and contacts with colleagues in similar the field.
    Producing briefs for media buyers

    Skills and Competencies:
    (a) StarTimes personality:

    Integrity and diligence

    (b) Professional competence

    Time management
    Goal oriented and self-driven
    Good problem analysis and problem solving skills
    Honest and open minded
    Ability to adjust priorities and manage time wisely in a fast-paced environment.
    A high sense of responsibility

    (c) Work related capability:

    Excellent oral and writing skills
    Good knowledge of latest technologies.
    Good inter-personal skills and a team player
    Work effectively to support various levels of management
    A keen eye for detail and a critical mind
    Creative and Innovative
    Patience and concentration
    A high level of self-motivation, commitment and dedication
    Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines;

    Education /Experience:

    Degree in the fields of Journalism, Mass Communication or Marketing
    Strong management and leadership skills with a minimum four years
    Must have at the minimum 3 years minimum experience in the media industry
    Have thorough knowledge of international and local content trends
    Must be an independent thinker with great analytical skills.
    Have a strong command of English and the local language
    Having international working experience in the media/production circle will be an added advantage
    Have strong media and content producer relationships.
    Willing to travel

    Salary: A competitive remuneration commensurate with knowledge and experience will be offered to the successful candidate.

  • Library Intern Administrative Assistant (Bilingual) Driver Library Assistant

    Library Intern Administrative Assistant (Bilingual) Driver Library Assistant

    Job Details
    The JFE is an intensive teaching environment that offers a full range of elective courses at Masters and PhD level for students from various participating universities in SSA. Apart from encouraging a more efficient use of resources, the JFE offers an ideal environment for networking and a structured exchange of people, ideas, materials and methods that reduce isolation and stimulate continued growth and collective improvement in quality.
    Each year, from late June to early November, eligible universities send their post-graduate students to the JFE to be taught elective courses by a team of internationally-recruited visiting lecturers/professors.
    The JFE admits approximately 70 Masters and 30 PhD students after their successful completion of core courses in their home universities. This year, the JFE will be held at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS) from June 23 to November 4, 2018.
    The Library Intern supports the Library Assistant with the day-to-day operation of the JFE library in a manner that is responsive to the information needs of the various JFE/Bridge Programme participants including visiting lecturers/professors, students, AERC staff and other authorized library users.
    This also includes ensuring that the JFE library circulation, inquiry and stock management functions run effectively and efficiently in meeting the targeted user needs. The holder of the position also assists in provision of general administrative support to the JFE/Bridge Programme.
    Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

    Assisting in processing of library books and materials;
    Cataloguing, storing and retrieval of research, reference and training materials needed for the programme;
    Assisting in updating of signage and book labels;
    photocopying of course materials for the participants and the secretariat;
    Assisting in stock-taking and records maintenance;
    Assisting library users with reference service and internet-based research;
    Assists with access to journal subscriptions, both print and electronic;
    Undertaking other tasks assigned by the Library Assistant or the JFE/SFSE Programme Administrator from time to time.

    Qualifications/Requirements:

    Bachelor’s Degree in Library or Information Sciences;
    At least 6 months’ relevant experience, preferably in a busy international environment;
    In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience of library software systems;
    Highly skilled in use of databases; with good computer skills in MS Office;
    Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines;
    Flexibility and willingness to work for long hours, including weekends.

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  • East African Business Development & Sales Support Specialist

    East African Business Development & Sales Support Specialist

    Tasks

    As an East African Business Development & Sales Support Specialist you will be responsible to support the Sales organization and customers throughout the proposal process by preparing technical descriptions of the applied products and technology, determining costs, preparing final documentation, and serving as a key technical resource in the assigned area.

    Your tasks as an East African Business Development & Sales Support Specialist will include the following:

    Sales support: Support the local Sales organization or customers in determining the most technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions and in the preparation of demanding offers. Provide technical support during the technical meeting, product presentations and negotiations and offers product or solution or service related training.
    Offer preparation: Prepare or support preparation of technical or commercial offers based on customer specification requirements, Local Business Unit or feeder factory indications and Sales organization directives. Participate in the kick off meeting organized by the project team.
    Cost definition: Define cost for the proposed solution and communicates to Sales organization.
    Risk review: Provide information to the risk review process in accordance with ABB policy and sometimes participates in the risk review assessment.
    Competitive analysis: Analyze customer needs and competitor offers through general market information and information provided by the Sales organization.
    Lost proposals: Performs lost proposal analysis, identify potential cause, and recommends future actions in cooperation with Sales or Local Business Unit to obtain better future results.

    Requirements
    Ideally you will have a minimum Electrical Degree coupled with 8 to 10 years of total experience in which 5 years of relevant experience. Your experience on Sales and knowledge of Transmission & Distribution will be an added advantage.
    Additional Information
    Should you be interested in applying for this vacancy please apply on the ABB Career page: https://new.abb.com/careers
    Take note, that only application received via the ABB Career page will be considerate.

  • Public Relations Assistant

    Public Relations Assistant

    Job Description

    Leading Digital TV industry player StarTimes Media is seeking a highly motivated and skilled professional who is suitably qualified to join its vibrant and exciting Brand Marketing and PR Department in the position of a Public Relations Assistant.
    Department: Brand Marketing and PR
    Reports to: The Public Relations Manager
    Objective of the position: Under the supervision of the PR Manager to craft and manage the image of the company and its and its products and also help the marketing division in planning and execution of special events and promotional activities.
    Duties and Responsibilities
    The Public Relations Assistant will assist the Public Relations Manager in:

    Fostering and maintaining cordial relationships with current agents, partners and distributors.
    Establishing new relationships and linkages with other organizations and individuals, government agents, and communities that are relevant to the company’s business interests.
    Review and enhancement of content for Print, electronic, social media platforms, company website for communication to the public, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
    Identifying and pursuing partnerships with other useful stakeholders in the media industry.
    Preparing project update manuals for both internal and external stakeholders.
    Developing and implementing organizational PR Strategies including generating news releases to communicate to media as well as handling publicity events for StarTimes.
    Tracking, monitoring and evaluating effectiveness the PR Strategies, Public and Media impressions deployed.
    To assist the Sales Director with any issues related to the Marketing Department.

    Qualifications / Skills / Competencies

    Bachelors Degree in related fields such as Communications, Journalism, Marketing etc.
    Experience and networks in local media is added advantage.
    Have excellent communications skills both orally and in writing.
    Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse individuals or group of individuals.
    Possess great digital presentation skills with ability to prepare and make presentations during meetings
    Possess the ability to come up with creative ideas for communication and promotional materials and writing grants and proposals.
    Have excellent computer skills including Graphic communication.
    Possess Media relations skills with the ability to know how to interact with other media outlets.
    Ability to write press releases and involve the media in the Company’s events and activities.
    Ability to organize and plan events for StarTimes including trainings, trade fairs, customer experience days and other events.
    Ability to maintain an established work schedule, with or without flexibility.
    Strong organizational and Management skills- ability to multi-task and prioritize activities based on urgency.

    Salary: An attractive and market competitive remuneration commensurate with knowledge and experience will be offered to the successful candidate.

  • Corporate Driver

    Corporate Driver

    Job Responsibilities:

    To drive the company’s Chief Executive Officer to and from designated areas.
    To operate assigned vehicle in a safe and courteous manner
    To keeps the assigned vehicle(s) clean inside and outside
    To recognize and attend to vehicle maintenance needs
    To undertake ad-hoc assignment or duties assigned by management when required
    Perform basic inspection of the vehicle before traveling and ensure that vehicles are in good condition and safe.
    Routine errands during the day will be included

    Requirements

    A Diploma in any field
    At least 3 years’ experience as a company driver.
    Must have a valid BCE class driving license
    Familiar with the routes in Nairobi and surrounding environs
    Flexibility in terms of working hours.
    Free of any criminal record
    Ability to communicate in English.
    Must have good customer service skills.
    Very good problem-solving skills.
    Mature, healthy with excellent eyesight and punctual with a good attendance record
    Ability to multi task, willingness to learn and positive attitude