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  • Theme Leader – Biodiversity and Tree Genetic Resources

    Theme Leader – Biodiversity and Tree Genetic Resources

    Duties and responsibilities

    Lead research on biodiversity and tree genetic resources at CIFOR-ICRAF including nurturing strategic partnerships.
    Formulating and developing world leading research on biodiversity and tree genetic resources, that has policy and development impact, together with other themes and geographic units at CIFOR-ICRAF and external partners and obtaining resources for CIFOR-ICRAF and partners to implement it.
    Setting medium term and annual goals and targets for the theme that contribute to meeting CIFOR-ICRAF’s institutional goals and targets and monitoring their achievement with appropriate KPIs.
    Formulating, developing, and sustaining partnerships with key research, donors, policy development organizations and engagement with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), as part of transformative partnership platforms where appropriate, to ensure delivery of the goals of the theme.
    Organize effective management of the laboratory and gene bank facilities within the theme.
    Putting in place and monitoring effective management arrangements for CIFOR-ICRAF’s in situ and ex situ gene banks, and seed and genomic laboratory facilities.
    Ensuring sustainable financing of these facilities through charging projects for services rendered, obtaining programmatic funding and / or commercial use of the facilities.
    Manage a project portfolio to ensure sustainable staffing and development of the research area and its development impact.
    Leading the development of project proposals with principal investigators (PIs) across the theme and other CIFOR-ICRAF units and partners as appropriate, that generates a project portfolio that provides sustainable funding for critical staff and facilities required for the theme to deliver its goals and targets.
    Managing, in liaison with PIs, the sequencing, content and implementation of projects within the portfolio, including participation in projects as appropriate, to ensure sustainable funding of staff, development of the research area and documentation of its contribution to development impact.
    Ensuring career development opportunities and the working arrangements for staff contributing to the theme, including mentoring of scientists and PhD students as appropriate.
    Ensure organized data collection, storage, and high-quality scientific outputs commensurate with the size of the theme (number of staff and funding).
    Leading publication of high impact scientific articles in ISI journals, including participating in writing of articles and facilitating publication of high-quality articles by scientists within the theme.
    Supervising the probity and accessibility of data collection by scientists working on research areas covered by the theme at CIFOR-ICRAF and the scientific quality of outputs.
    Ensuring that the number and quality of scientific outputs produced by the theme is commensurate with the staffing and funding of the theme.
    Ensuring that scientific evidence is conveyed to next users, including policy-makers through appropriate engagement and products in appropriate formats (engagement in policy fora including the UNCBD), policy briefs, user manuals, leaflets, training courses).
    Ensuring, in liaison with CIFOR-ICRAF’s communication, outreach and engagement unit, that scientific advances in the research area of the theme are widely promoted through conferences and other events, popular articles, blogs and social media.

    Other duties.

    Take reasonable care of your own occupational health and safety and that of others as obliged by CIFOR-ICRAF’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy and cooperate with CIFOR-ICRAF in complying with requirements under any statutory health and safety provisions of relevant country laws.

    Requirements

    PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
    Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their development and/or policy  impact.

    Education, knowledge and experience

    PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
    Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their development and/or policy impact.

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    www.cifor.org

  • Big Data Engineer

    Big Data Engineer

    Brief Description
    Reporting to the Big Data Engineering Lead, the role holder will design, build and deliver on the big data platform which will serve as Safaricom’s single source of truth. The platform will be used to continuously deliver on Safaricom’s overall data analytics strategy.
    Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

    Design, architect and build solutions and tools for the big data platform
    Mediate and coordinates resolution of software project deliverables using agile methodology
    Develop pipelines to ingest data into the big data platform based on business demands and use cases
    Develop analytical platforms that will be used to avail data to end users for exploration, advanced analytics and visualizations for day-to-day business reporting
    Provide guidance and advise to technology teams on the best use of latest technologies and designs to deliver a best-in-class platform in the most cost-effective way
    Develop automated monitoring solutions to be handed over to support teams to run and operate the platform efficiently
    Automate and productionize data science models on the big data engineering platform

    QUALIFICATIONS

    BS or MS in computer science or equivalent practical experience
    At least 2-3 years of coding experience in a non-university setting.
    Experience in Object Oriented development
    Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles
    Experience in collecting, storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data.
    Experience with building stream-processing systems, using solutions such as Storm or Spark-Streaming
    Experience with various messaging systems, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
    Experience with NoSQL databases, such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB
    Knowledge and/or experience with Apache NiFi and Kafka

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    safaricom.taleo.net

  • CVM Operations Engineer CVM Development Engineer Big Data Platform Engineer

    CVM Operations Engineer CVM Development Engineer Big Data Platform Engineer

    Reporting to the Big Data & CVM Tech Delivery Lead, the position holder will be responsible for providing leadership for support and maintenance of the CVM platform and ecosystem. This role will be responsible for monitoring the CVM ecosystem to ensure availability.
    Key Accountabilities:

    Act as single point of contact for all operational issues. Provide 1st and 2nd level support for the CVM platforms.
    Resolution of Incidents, providing RCA and recommendations to improve SLA.
    Responsible for ensuring availability of CVM Platform.
    Responsible for ensuring reliable integrations with CVM.
    Responsible for ensuring quality of KPIs in the CVM data Mart.
    Prepare SIT test cases based on the campaign design requirements.
    Setup of operational procedures to support live operations.
    Improve operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures.
    Lead implementation of the Business Continuity Plan & testing.
    Development of reports for performance monitoring. Measurement of MTTR, Incidents, RCAs.
    Ensuring BCP (Business Continuity Plans) are in place and regularly evaluated.
    Evaluation of deployed solutions to ensure that they meet performance standards.

    Job Qualifications:

    BS or MS in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
    At least 2-3 years of coding experience.
    Experience in at least 1 programming language – Java, C#, Python, Spring Boot.
    Experience with SQL databases, such as Oracle, MySQL, Postgres.
    Knowledge of cloud technologies – AWS, GCP, Azure.

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  • CRM Engineer

    CRM Engineer

    Reporting to the Tech Lead – CRM Engineering, the position holder will work with other departments within the company to identify requirements and develop solutions (database design, workflows, integration touchpoints and user/data interfaces), configure and/or customize customer channel solutions to meet business requirements using various database and software tools
    The role is fixed term contract (1 year).
    Key Responsibilities:

    Conduct business user requirements elicitation, analysis and specification.
    Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented.
    Perform data modeling to analyze and specify data structures within an application system
    Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications
    Support new and existing application development by creating modifications and enhancements for CRM application.
    Review and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality
    Perform effective system capacity planning and dimensioning to meet dynamic business needs
    Create test plans, test data sets and perform automated testing to ensure all components of the developed systems meet specifications.
    Designing and implementing highly scalable and available systems
    Co-ordinate and Work with various stakeholders directly in delivery of new projects/ business asks.
    Work directly with the IT support personnel and teams to resolve issues identified and escalated post project implementation.
    Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business

    Qualifications – External

    University Degree in computer science or technical related field
    4 years development experience with at least one of the following languages: Java, PHP, C++, C#, Python.
    At least 3 years solid experience in Customer Relationship Management systems development.
    At least 2 years development experience with RDMS preferably MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle etc. Experience in NoSQL databases is an added advantage
    Certification and experience in working with cloud platforms is an added advantage.
    Experience in Scrum and other Agile processes
    Experience in Business Systems modeling and data retrieval
    Unix/Linux technical skills with working experience in scripting in Linux/Unix.
    Working knowledge of Jira, Git/SVN, Jenkins
    Experience in the design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and performant systems.
    Great communication and interpersonal skills
    Attention to detail.
    Good analytical and presentation Skills

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    safaricom.taleo.net

  • Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Consultant- Spatial Data Scientist

    Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Consultant- Spatial Data Scientist

    Duties and responsibilities

    Lead research on biodiversity and tree genetic resources at CIFOR-ICRAF including nurturing strategic partnerships.
    Formulating and developing world leading research on biodiversity and tree genetic resources, that has policy and development impact, together with other themes and geographic units at CIFOR-ICRAF and external partners and obtaining resources for CIFOR-ICRAF and partners to implement it.
    Setting medium term and annual goals and targets for the theme that contribute to meeting CIFOR-ICRAF’s institutional goals and targets and monitoring their achievement with appropriate KPIs.
    Formulating, developing, and sustaining partnerships with key research, donors, policy development organizations and engagement with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), as part of transformative partnership platforms where appropriate, to ensure delivery of the goals of the theme.

    Organize effective management of the laboratory and gene bank facilities within the theme.

    Putting in place and monitoring effective management arrangements for CIFOR-ICRAF’s in situ and ex situ gene banks, and seed and genomic laboratory facilities.
    Ensuring sustainable financing of these facilities through charging projects for services rendered, obtaining programmatic funding and / or commercial use of the facilities

    Manage a project portfolio to ensure sustainable staffing and development of the research area and its development impact.

    Leading the development of project proposals with principal investigators (PIs) across the theme and other CIFOR-ICRAF units and partners as appropriate, that generates a project portfolio that provides sustainable funding for critical staff and facilities required for the theme to deliver its goals and targets.
    Managing, in liaison with PIs, the sequencing, content and implementation of projects within the portfolio, including participation in projects as appropriate, to ensure sustainable funding of staff, development of the research area and documentation of its contribution to development impact.
    Ensuring career development opportunities and the working arrangements for staff contributing to the theme, including mentoring of scientists and PhD students as appropriate.

    Ensure organized data collection, storage, and high-quality scientific outputs commensurate with the size of the theme (number of staff and funding).

    Leading publication of high impact scientific articles in ISI journals, including participating in writing of articles and facilitating publication of high-quality articles by scientists within the theme.
    Supervising the probity and accessibility of data collection by scientists working on research areas covered by the theme at CIFOR-ICRAF and the scientific quality of outputs.
    Ensuring that the number and quality of scientific outputs produced by the theme is commensurate with the staffing and funding of the theme.
    Ensuring that scientific evidence is conveyed to next users, including policy-makers through appropriate engagement and products in appropriate formats (engagement in policy fora including the UNCBD), policy briefs, user manuals, leaflets, training courses).
    Ensuring, in liaison with CIFOR-ICRAF’s communication, outreach and engagement unit, that scientific advances in the research area of the theme are widely promoted through conferences and other events, popular articles, blogs and social media.

    Other duties.

    Take reasonable care of your own occupational health and safety and that of others as obliged by CIFOR-ICRAF’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy and cooperate with CIFOR-ICRAF in complying with requirements under any statutory health and safety provisions of relevant country laws.

    Requirements

    PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
    Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their development and/or policy  impact.

    Education, knowledge and experience

    PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
    Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their development and/or policy impact.

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  • IT Solutions Architect Creative Designers Frontend Developer Project Manager

    IT Solutions Architect Creative Designers Frontend Developer Project Manager

    Brief Description
    Reporting to the Software Engineering Lead, the position holder will be the liaison between business system users and the technical team in as far as building automated business solutions is concerned. The role holder will also be responsible for gathering, detailing, and documenting business requirements into solution designs for business users and technical developers. Propose ways in which the existing processes and systems can be used or changed to meet new business requirements as well as identify internal systems integrations needed to meet business requirements. They must have significant business knowledge and have one or more areas of technical expertise in software development, solution architecture and/or enterprise architecture. They are viewed as a solution expert and provide knowledge/counsel to software engineers.
    Responsibilities

    Develop new user-facing features
    Carry out full business requirements discovery that includes interviewing relevant stakeholders and end users i.e., requirements elicitation
    Collect, classify, analyze and document business requirements as per set standards.
    Create solution designs to meet business requirements by exploiting the functionality available in IT systems already in Safaricom, or by filling missing gaps with appropriate new systems, in accordance with enterprise architecture.
    Lead a project team composed of designers and developers to drive the business needs and expectations by ensuring business intent is understood and delivered by IT.
    Ensure best practices are adhered to such as reusability, monitoring, performance, security etc.
    Collaboratively oversee the development of solutions as per agreed architecture, evolving them throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
    Collaboratively develop test-driven business requirements and functional specifications with business, technical, and testing team members.
    Participate in technical/functional evaluation of bids for new systems.
    Ensure sensible consensus is reached for all requirements/specifications and help business, IT, and test leads to have the same mutual understanding thereof.
    Liaise with other sections/departments in the delivery of services and projects as well as maintain good working relations between the Squad & Tribe team and all stakeholders.
    Provide support to the Business Unit by assisting in the development/reviewing/translating of User Requirement Specifications into a baseline BRD (Business Requirements Document) and building design documents.
    Promote proper release planning, guaranteeing adherence to business needs, change management governance and priorities.
    Follow a prioritization process that is transparent and understandable for all parties involved.
    Participate in innovation to improve delivered products and services and to explore new technologies and their applications to the enterprise space.

    Qualifications

    A “hands-on software architect” capable of sharing software development experience with the rest of the team, which in turn helps them better understand how the architecture is viewed from a development perspective.
    Expert-level development in at least 1 language such as Java, Python, NodeJs, GO or .NET.
    Mastery of at least one Web Framework and for their language of choice
    Deep knowledge and use of fundamental database concepts
    Ability to run user requirement workshops and capture complex business requirements across multiple domains.
    Strong business acumen and leadership mindset with ability to communicate and influence others.
    Has analytical skills to picture an end-to-end solution derived from a design document
    Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous environment
    Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environment
    Certification in Solution Architecture, TOGAF and Certification in Public Clouds will be an added advantage
    Prior experience in ecommerce platform development will be an added advantage
    Prior experience in Agile ways of working will be an added advantage

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  • Theme Leader – Sustainable Value Chains and Investments

    Theme Leader – Sustainable Value Chains and Investments

    Duties and responsibilities

     Formulating and developing world leading research on sustainable value chains and investments together with other themes and geographic units at CIFOR-ICRAF and external partners in the public and private sector and obtaining resources for CIFOR-ICRAF and partners to use in the implementation
     Setting medium and annual goals and targets for the theme monitoring their achievement with appropriate KPIs.
     Formulating, developing, and sustaining partnerships with key research, donors, policy, and development organizations
     Leading the development of project proposals and relationships with donors together with principal investigators (PIs) across the theme and other CIFOR-ICRAF units and partners as appropriate
     Managing, in liaison with Principal Investigators, the sequencing, content and implementation of projects within the portfolio including participation in projects to ensure sustainable funding of staff, development of the research area and documentation of its contribution to policy engagement; use of inclusive business models, sustainability of supply chains and responsible financing in the private sector; and development impact.
     Monitoring career and capacity development opportunities and working arrangements for staff contributing to the theme inclusive of mentoring of scientists and PhD students.
     Providing scientific guidance to ensure that the concepts and methods of the research carried out are appropriate and meet the highest scientific standards, reflecting up to date scientific methods and concepts.
     Identifying and supporting progress along impact pathways to ensure the relevance of research to target policy arenas, private sector actors and practitioner communities.
     Leading in publication of high impact scientific articles in ISI journals, including participating in writing of articles and facilitating publication of high-quality articles by scientists associated with the theme.
     Supervising the probity and accessibility of evidence generated by scientists working on research areas covered by the theme at CIFOR-ICRAF and the scientific quality of outputs.
     Ensuring that the number and quality of scientific outputs produced by the theme is commensurate with the staffing and funding of the theme.
     Ensuring that scientific evidence is conveyed to next users, including policy-makers and private sector actors through appropriate engagement and products in appropriate formats (engagement in policy fora and with the private sector, policy briefs, manuals, leaflets, training courses, etc).
     In liaison with CIFOR-ICRAF’s communication, outreach and engagement unit, ensuring that advances in the research area of the theme are widely promoted through conferences and other events, popular articles, blogs and social media.

    Requirements

     PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
     Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their policy and practical impact.
     Proven track record of policy engagement and productive relationships with the private sector.
     Reporting skills and attention to detail
     Excellent writing skills.
     Organizational skills.
     Has initiative and capable of working independently as well as an effective team player.
     Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with people in a trans-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.

    Education, knowledge and experience

     PhD in a relevant field with 15 years research experience.
     Proven track record of high impact research both in terms of scientific articles and their policy and practical impact.
     Proven track record of policy engagement and productive relationships with the private sector.

    Apply via :

    www.cifor.org

  • Operational Excellence Analyst Record to Report Team Lead Acquire to Retire Team Lead Manager -Group Compliance, Subsidiary Governance and Control

    Operational Excellence Analyst Record to Report Team Lead Acquire to Retire Team Lead Manager -Group Compliance, Subsidiary Governance and Control

    Brief Description
    Reporting to the Manager – Operational Excellence, the position holder will be responsible for reporting on the performance on all the defined operational processes for Technology Departments and driving process compliance through engagements with the respective service owners.
    Responsibilities

    Engage the respective service owners to ensure excellence in operations and service delivery.
    Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports on the various domains as per the defined process categories and KPIs.
    Ensure information is collected from the correct data sources.
    Track compliance action items on BCP, Backup, Version management, SLM, Availability Management and Knowledge Management
    Review and automate reports/dashboards through own initiative or based on user requirements.
    Interact with service owners on initiatives for continuous service improvement.
    Document the Operational Excellence work instructions, policy and processes.
    Design report layouts to achieve simplicity and visualization for the captured requirements.
    Ensure that customer SLA’s exist and are kept up to date.
    Ensure proper SLA’s are configured on the service management suite.
    Report to the various internal customers on technology service delivery.
    Conduct customer satisfaction surveys for the internal customers.

    Qualifications

    Degree in IT or Computer Science or Telecommunications or Technical Related Field;
    Experience in Data Analytics
    Experience in SQL, Python scripting and Power BI
    Experience in Process Governance especially using ITIL Framework.
    Agile and Scrum certified
    Attention to details and analytical thinking.
    Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
    Certifications – ITIL Foundation; CCNA; ITIL Intermediate courses and Data Analytics are an added advantage.

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  • M-Pesa Africa – Digital Workspace Engineer

    M-Pesa Africa – Digital Workspace Engineer

    Role Description
    The successful candidate will be responsible for providing  IT support and ensuring service requests from internal users are fulfilled within defined OLAs and SLAs. They will also implement continuous improvement of IT services to MPA staff.
    What you will be doing

    Rolling out and supporting MPA Office 365 services;
    Automating Workspace support services to ease support activities;
    Addressing and delivering requested services and assisting with general information or customer complaints within defined timelines;
    Performing root cause analysis of reported service requests and incidents;
    Managing escalations from customers and ensuring feedback is provided within defined timelines;
    Providing performance reports and identifying gaps aimed at improving services;
    Monitoring, analyzing, and driving resolution of incidents for the IT environment;
    Liaising with other support teams e.g. Networks to resolve related IT issues;
    Supporting the implementation of the Managed Security Services strategy and roadmap;
    Participating actively in cyber security events and trade shows, reporting and presentations.

    Skills and competencies you require for the role

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology related course;
    Work experience of 2 to 3 years in a Service Desk or End User Support environment;
    ITIL Foundation Certification.
    Knowledge in Microsoft Collaboration Technologies such as O365, Azure AD, Exchange Online;
    Experience in Network administration;

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    safaricom.taleo.net

  • Data Analytics Engineer CVM Analyst – Financial Services

    Data Analytics Engineer CVM Analyst – Financial Services

    Detailed Description
    Reporting to the Manager, Data Analytics Operations the position holder will offer leading expert solutions and technical guidance in administration, service provision and availability of all the Safaricom Business Intelligence and analytics systems.
    Key Accountabilities:

    Coding and Support of all ETL and analytics processes used within the BI & Analytics systems
    Development and Support of reliable data ingestion and preparation processes
    Troubleshooting and support of highly scalable distributed big data systems, using different open-source technologies including but not limited to Hadoop services
    Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications. Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components
    Automate processes across BI ecosystem which enables self-healing and proactive monitoring.
    Perform root cause analysis on application and data related incidents
    Platform upgrade across all BI warehouse components both on front end, middle tier(s) and back-end tier(s)
    Possession of DBA skills is a plus. Performing routine DBA tasks including operation, troubleshooting & performance tuning
    Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications
    Generation of ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business
    Participation and membership in various technical fora for the purpose of increasing the collective knowledge base of the team

    Job Qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or any other technology related field
    Advanced scripting skills in UNIX/LINUX
    Advanced ETL knowledge in Informatica, SSIS, NIFI
    Oracle certification in database administration or application development
    Proficient in SQL for data analysis and manipulation
    Programming skills such as Java, Python, Scala
    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    Experience with cloud data services such as AWS redshift, S3

    Last Date to Apply: Feb 7, 2023

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