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  • Principal Officer-Financial Planning & Analysis

    Principal Officer-Financial Planning & Analysis

    Brief Description;
    The role will report administratively to the Senior Manager-Business Planning & Reporting .The role holder will ensure that the business is able to process, compile and report the annual budgets, Long range plan and rolling forecast results to management and the Group on a timely basis. The preparation of the annual budgets, long range plan and rolling forecast results should comply with company procedures and the accounting policies for the Group and submitted in the formats prescribed.
    Job Responsibilities                

    Document and implement best practice budgetary processes and procedures and ensure they are in conformity with ISO standards. Ensure the budgetary processes and procedures are reviewed and updated quarterly.
    Ensure implementation of the company processes & procedures in the preparation of the annual budgets and quarterly forecasts while incorporating the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
    Ensure the annual budgets, long range plan and quarterly forecast information adheres to IFRS and complies with Group accounting policies.
    Prepare the Hyperion supporting schedules, reconciliation statements and financial statements ready for use in the Vodacom Group submissions.
    Identify improvements in the Oracle financial application that impact on the Budgeting Model and participate in the implementation of the improvements.
    Review and avail Monthly Consolidated Group Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash flow statements with KPIs for Subscribers, Usage, ARPUs and Margins.
    Coordinate the preparation of the monthly rolling forecast and submit to Vodacom
    Detailed review of monthly cash flow forecasts
    Monitor performance closely ensuring risks and opportunities to budget are highlighted to management ahead of time
    Margin statements to be availed and circulated to Product managers showing performance to EBIT Margin.
    Identify and implement cost and efficiency improvements

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Qualified Accountant  with CPA (K)/ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent with an Honors degree from a recognized university;
    4-5 years Accounting experience in an international or well-run company
    At least 2 years management experience in corporate reporting for financial and management information
    Proficiency in using the Hyperion Financial Management system for planning and reporting

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    safaricom.taleo.net

  • Scientific Officer Nutrition-ICRISAT

    Scientific Officer Nutrition-ICRISAT

    Duties and responsibilities
    Summary of responsibilities

     Analyze and understand the nutritional and functional properties of DTCs in relation to their ability to address nutritional challenges of hunger and malnutrition in Kenya.
     Conceptualize and develop scaling strategies for nutritious value-added recipes and Ready-to-eat (RTE) and Ready-to-Cook (RTC) food products, based on understanding of the local dietary diversity gaps and dietary requirements of specific target groups.
     Work with youth in scaling up the local ecosystem for value addition to DTCs through innovative product development and entrepreneurship development.
     Coordinate capacity building and providing technical support for/to beneficiaries on agri-nutrition issues, including innovative agri-nutrition sensitive technologies and strategies/interventions for dietary diversification.
     Learning and support to develop market opportunities that increase adoption of DTC products.
     Coordinating nutrition messaging and social and behavior change communication activities in the target counties.
     Assist in project administration.
     Coordinate and lead project field activities in project counties

    Requirements

     Master’s degree in Nutrition, Home Economics, Food science and technology or any other relevant food and agriculture related discipline.
     Experience of nutritional analysis, food product development and knowledge of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) and value addition processing equipment (primary and secondary processing
     Experience of establishing and operationalization of food processing units, especially among rural communities, will be and added advantage.
     Previous experience in conducting agri-nutrition activities in livelihood projects in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) settings is desirable.
     Understanding of youth-integrated agriculture concepts and ability to integrate gender into nutrition-sensitive approaches

    Personal attributes and competencies:

     Strong analytical skills and applied statistical experience.
     Good scientific writing experience.
     Fluency in English and Swahili, both verbal and written.
     Good communication, presentation and report writing skills.
     Experience in training and capacity building.

    Education, knowledge and experience

     Analyze and understand the nutritional and functional properties of DTCs in relation to their ability to address nutritional challenges of hunger and malnutrition in Kenya.
     Conceptualize and develop scaling strategies for nutritious value-added recipes and Ready-to-eat (RTE) and Ready-to-Cook (RTC) food products, based on understanding of the local dietary diversity gaps and dietary requirements of specific target groups.
     Work with youth in scaling up the local ecosystem for value addition to DTCs through innovative product development and entrepreneurship development.
     Coordinate capacity building and providing technical support for/to beneficiaries on agri-nutrition issues, including innovative agri-nutrition sensitive technologies and strategies/interventions for dietary diversification.
     Learning and support to develop market opportunities that increase adoption of DTC products.
     Coordinating nutrition messaging and social and behavior change communication activities in the target counties.

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  • Agroecology TPP Assistant Agroecology Research Assistant

    Agroecology TPP Assistant Agroecology Research Assistant

    Overview
    The purpose of this job is to support the scientific and programmatic coordination of the Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology and contribute to communications about the activities and achievements of the TPP to a wide stakeholder audience.
    Summary of responsibilities

    Support coordination of the Agroecology TPP through scheduling meetings and workshops.
    Documenting meetings and maintaining a record of TPP activities.
    Communicating with stakeholders.
    Assisting in narrative reporting to donors.
    Internal coordination of TPP members and documents.
    Support to the TPP communications specialist in the engagement of the GLFx community of practice.
    Support in maintaining TPP website.
    Assisting in blog writing and creative social media use.
    Contribute to written communications materials on agroecological transitions in food systems for diverse audiences.
    Contribute to communications with farmers, extension, policy makers and donors.
    Contribute to development of policy briefs.
    Contribute to development of reports and other written materials

    Requirements

    Undergraduate degree in relevant discipline (agriculture, agroecology, international development, economics, natural resource management, political science, gender studies, human geography).
    Documented experience in social engagement both online and in person (multi-stakeholder engagement, community organizing, community of practice, social media) strongly preferred.
    Certificates or other evidence of training in administrative assistance,
    Project management a plus.

    Personal attributes and competencies

    Reporting skills with an extraordinary attention to detail strongly preferred
    Excellent writing skills.
    Excellent notetaking.
    Organizational skills.
    Knowledge of agroecology a plus.
    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
    multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    Candidate should be fluent in written and spoken English.
    Command of other languages (particularly French, Spanish, or Kiswahili) a plus.

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  • Principal Engineer Cyber Prevent and Defense Solution Architect Area Chapter Lead

    Principal Engineer Cyber Prevent and Defense Solution Architect Area Chapter Lead

    Reporting to the Senior Manager, Cyber Prevent and Defense, the successful candidate will lend support in day-to-day operation and maintenance of Cyber Security solutions and services to ensure 99.999% uptime. He /she will provide technical security expertise and 2nd level support to staff and teams to ensure the efficient use of systems and tools. He or she will be responsible for managing key cyber security programs across the organization.
    Key Responsibilities

    Act as an operational team lead in the configuration, management and upgrade of a wide variety of cyber security technologies e.g. Intrusion Prevention systems, Web Application firewalls, Anti-DDOS protection, Web & Email content filtering, Endpoint Security, PKI & certificate management, multi-factor authentication, privileged identity management.
    Liaise with other business leads and participate in project meetings and contribute to design reviews – from high level design/architecture to configuration of system level parameters to meet security goals.
    Serve as the primary point of contact & escalation point for Security Administration tasks and coordinate provisioning, installation and troubleshooting of incidents.
    Lead efforts in documenting & reviewing the changes, operation and troubleshooting of Cyber Security platforms and procedures.
    Ensuring that controls are well fine-tuned to protect the Safaricom brand.
    Maintain up to date cyber security technologies by installation of new signatures and patches and ensure these tools cover the right scope.
    Ensure agreed support SLAs are met with respective vendors and with internal customers.
    Ensure that all new threats are addressed when the need arises.
    Ensure that the environment is well protected from intrusions/hacks.
    Execution of incident management plan and forensics tasks including doing reports on root cause analysis and remediation plans.
    Assisting in defining, maintaining, continual improvement and weekly reporting on the Cyber Security program.
    Maintaining and continual improvement of Cyber Security Operations processes and procedures.
    Providing 2nd level support to staff and teams to ensure the efficient use of systems and tools.
    Troubleshooting and remediating issues impacting Cyber Security Operations.
    Assisting with key Vodafone cyber security baseline programs across the organization i.e. patch & vulnerability management, compliance management, data leakage protection, malware protection, privileged identity management, multifactor authentication.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/information Technology.
    At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISSP/CISM/CISA/Comptia Security+.
    Proven competencies in Network Security: CCNA or CCNP (Security).
    Proven competencies in Microsoft, Linux or Unix Operating Systems administration.
    Proven competencies experience in Information Security Technologies.
    Minimum of 3 years in Cyber Security systems administration e.g. Intrusion Prevention Systems, Web Application Firewalls, Remote access, Content Filters, endpoint protection, vulnerability management solutions.
    Expert level analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
    Good report writing and communication skills.
    Good at coordinating and leading teams.
    Analytical Thinking. Customer focused.

     Last Date to Apply: Dec 23, 2022

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  • M-Pesa Africa – Cybersecurity Specialist: Governance, Risk & Complianc Cost Analyst/Manager – Opex Management and Consolidation M-Pesa Africa – Cyber Security Architect Manager – Finance Business Partner (SOHO and Decision Support)

    M-Pesa Africa – Cybersecurity Specialist: Governance, Risk & Complianc Cost Analyst/Manager – Opex Management and Consolidation M-Pesa Africa – Cyber Security Architect Manager – Finance Business Partner (SOHO and Decision Support)

    The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the organization’s Cyber Security risks are under explicit management control and as well coordinate strategic integration of Cyber Security programs within M-Pesa Africa. They will be part of the team that drives compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations.
    What you will be doing

    Continually reviewing and updating security policies, standards, and guidelines in response to the ever-changing cyber threats in coordination with Enterprise Risk Management team;
    Monitoring and driving compliance to internal and global cyber security related policies and standards, Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline controls and applicable Kenyan laws and regulations;
    Coordinating stakeholders to deliver on targets or agreed business outcomes;
    Coordinating periodic independent assurance of critical products and services;
    Coordinating implementation of recommendations from independent assessments;
    Conducting Cyber Risk Assessments to determine cyber risk profile and define treatment plans;
    Recommending Cyber Security services improvement plans;
    Coordinating projects handover process within the cyber security functions;
    Continually reviewing, implementing and proposing improvements of the user access governance process;
    Coordinating periodic cyber security knowledge transfer, awareness sessions and phishing simulations to staff in line with strategy;
    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

    At least 2+ years of hands-on experience in managing Cyber Security technologies and operations;
    Proven experience in supervising, leading, or coordinating teams and managing stakeholders;
    Knowledge of the Vodafone Cyber Security Baseline Program will be an added advantage;
    Expert level analytical and problem-solving skills;
    Good report writing and communication skills;
    Analytical thinking coupled up with customer focus.

    Apply if you have:

    Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Eng./Computer Science/ Information Technology (or equivalent) from a recognized university.
    At least one professional Information Security Qualification: CISM/CISA/CISSP/CEH.
    At least 2+ years proven experience with Cyber Security related Standards (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, etc.).
    Proven experience with GDPR, Kenyan Data Protection laws, CBK guidelines on Cyber Security amongst others.

    Last Date to Apply: Dec 29, 2022

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  • Revenue Assurance, Analyst

    Revenue Assurance, Analyst

    Reporting to the Principal Officer-Revenue Assurance, the role holder will be responsible for providing assurance to the business on billing, revenue and cost reporting for all services including voice, data, SMS, interconnect, roaming, managed IT services among other products and services in line with revenue assurance policies and controls.
    Detailed Description

    Proactively identify and report on all areas that are susceptible to Revenue leakage
    Implement and monitor Billing Assurance controls in the revenue assurance system
    Perform impactful product risk assessments to ensure functionality of the product, rating and billing is accurately done in line with the approved business rules to ensure minimal revenue loss.
    Perform end to end reconciliation for all revenue streams in liaison with the Billing team and the data clearing house where applicable
    Daily monitoring of roaming and Interconnect traffic and reconciliation of the same in the RA system to source systems and timely error management reviews
    Develop appropriate procedures that will ensure that the organization pays correct and optimal amounts to interconnection partners
    Revenue validation and Reconciliation to key reporting systems  (business intelligence systems and the financial systems) for completeness
    Monitoring of the system interfaces for all product purchases which could include Retail Management System (RMS), M-PESA, Billing System and Financial Reporting system (ERP)
    Payment integrity checks to ensure accuracy and integrity of payments including trade commissions and partner revenue share.
    Recommend policies and procedures to help identify revenue leakage in all service revenue areas and reduce incidences of revenue loss within the organization.
    Champion revenue reconciliations and the Airtime top up management system to the General ledger.
    Periodic review of the controls and risk assessment to align to current business processes
    Support changes within the organization relating to critical projects and system upgrades by undertaking risk assessment and data migration assurance.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    A graduate with a degree in Computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, Economics, or Commerce.
    Professional certification in Auditing, Accounting, Risk Management or Information Systems will be added advantage
    Relevant post-graduate education is an added advantage
    Have at least 2-5 years’ experience in Assurance, Risk Management and/or Management of Business Process Improvement
    Revenue Assurance Practitioners Certification is an added advantage.
    Experience and knowledge on SQL, script writing, DB knowledge/ data warehousing
    Advanced skills in Microsoft applications including Excel and Power point
    Ability to analyze significant amounts of data and information and distill it to the key points that help Senior Management analyze risk in a given situation.
    Capability to accumulate, summarize and interpret risk reports from business units, support units and assurance units.
    Have strong business acumen and highly developed commercial experience
    Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
    High level experience and skills working with stakeholders

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    safaricom.taleo.net

  • Enterprise Integration & BPM Support Engineer Solutions Engineering Lead

    Enterprise Integration & BPM Support Engineer Solutions Engineering Lead

    Reporting to the Enterprise Integration & BPM Support Lead, the position holder will be responsible for support, administration, service provisioning and availability of Enterprise Integration services, related automated business processes and order management framework. This includes L2/L3 support and ensuring operational efficiency for all the services under the domain in accordance with ITIL, ISO and other agreed measures of excellence.
    Responsibilities

    Design, build, and troubleshooting data storage, RAID, disk volume management, backup, and disaster recovery.
    2nd /3rd line technical Support: – Support defined domain areas by ensuring all related services and products are operationally optimal. This includes tasks assignment and KPI monitoring.
    Service availability and monitoring: – Monitor data and service availability for all Enterprise Integration services, business process automation tools & services and order management. This includes ensuring that the set KPIs are met.
    Incidents and problem management: – Provide expert management of Incidents, root cause analysis, management of problems and closure of recurring incidents related to the responsible domains. E.g., TIBCO services, SOA services, Order services and BPM. This should be within the defined ITIL, ISO and other acceptable guidelines
    Coordination and follow up: – Coordination within the team, at crossfunctional level and suppliers to ensure synergy is achieved and timelines are met in all team objectives. This includes monitoring the supplier SLAs.
    Testing and Quality management: – Work hand in hand with the delivery teams to ensure services and products transitioned to production are of optimal quality. This includes non-functional quality elements e.g., capacity management, load test, security and other elements.
     Reporting: – Maintain reports on SLA, OLAs, Vendor performance, support trends and other relevant KPIs.
    Research and development: – Participate in research and development including adoption of new ways of managing operations e.g. Machine learning, proactive monitoring, CI/CD and other emerging technologies.

    Leadership

    Participate in stakeholder engagement to ensure their services delivery needs are catered for. This will involve close working with the business engagement team.
    Participate in team mentorship to ensure optimal performance.
    Engage the various business units’ stakeholders to ensure continual service improvement incorporation as per provided feedback.
    Participate in service redesign and enhancement discussions.
    Research and development: – Take part in research and development including adoption of current ways of managing integration, development, and delivery. E.g., agile delivery, scrum methodologies, DevSecOps, and other emerging methodologies.

     Support

    Working with planning and delivery teams to deliver enhancements as well as fix bugs for already deployed solutions as per ITIL & ISO guidelines.
    Support onboarding of all integration services to Dynatrace, Splunk and any other monitoring tool.
    Lead and support the adoption of Machine learning and AIOPs initiatives within the Integration space.

    Qualifications

    University Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
    Certification or training in database administration and application development. E.g. oracle, mysql, PL/SQL, or other no-sql databases.
    ITIL or ISO training and certification
    Training and advanced Experience in HTML5, Java, RSS, webserver
    technologies, scripting and MySQL.
    Certification or training in TIBCO technologies, Oracle SOA, TIBCO FOS
    (or any order management framework), Oracle or TIBCO BPM.
    Certification or training in architecture or business analysis is an added
    advantage.
    Red hat OpenShift/Kubernetes certification or training is an added
    advantage.
    5 years’ experience in a networked and dynamic IT environment at least 3 of those should be as a senior software developer or architecture role.
    5 years Software development with a bias in middleware and application server platforms skills like Tibco, Mule soft , oracle SOA,
    Jboss, WebLogic, WebSphere, Glassfish, Java ,Tomcat EE & scripting skills.
    Advanced skill in webserver administration and optimization. E.g. Apache, Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS or any other commercial.
    Knowledge and experience with No-SQL, Big Table/Columnar data systems, parallel data processing, Software as a Service added advantage
    Knowledge and experience with containerized environments (Redhat  OpenShift, Kubernetes etc) desired

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  • Program Management Systems Assistant

    Program Management Systems Assistant

    Overview
    The Project Management System Assistant will support oversight, monitoring and managing CIFOR-ICRAF’s Project Management System (PMS). This will require some initiative and judgment as well as an understanding of the link between the system and project management procedures.
    Summary of responsibilities
    Ensure the Project Management System in myTREE works well

    Seamless link between Unit 4 Business World (Agresso) and myTREE without issues.
    Addressing issues quickly as soon as identified.
    Seamless link between PMS portal and the Resource Mobilization (RM) portal in myTREE.
    Seamless link between PMS portal and Finance Module on Agresso.
    Seamless link between the PMS and the public website of CIFOR-ICRAF where applicable.

    Support the continuous improvement of the PMS

    Ensure it serves as a knowledge management as well as a project management tool.
    Monitor how the various fields available in myTREE are being used and report on issues identified.
    Deal with end-user systems queries and process requests in relation to problem solving, systems configuration and technical faults in liaison with the Management Information System Unitbrand).

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences or a relevant field is required (Master’s degree preferable).
    Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in project administration and systems management, with a good understanding of workflow procedures.
    Excellent written and spoken English.
    Strong computer skills in word processing, database and other relevant office applications. Personal attributes and competencies:
    Ability to multi-task with little supervision.
    Competent in organization and priority setting, with the ability to work effectively under time pressure and manage multiple priorities.
    Have 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 multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    Experience working with a wide and diverse network of groups and individuals.
    Proactive, target driven, detail oriented and diligent.
    Works with trustworthiness and integrity.
    Sound planning, analytical and organizational abilities.

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    cifor.zohorecruit.com

  • Credit Controller- Onboarding & Governance( Payments Allocation & Customer Billing) Principal Managed Security Services Principal Officer Cyber Security Assurance

    Credit Controller- Onboarding & Governance( Payments Allocation & Customer Billing) Principal Managed Security Services Principal Officer Cyber Security Assurance

    Detailed Description

    Daily management of Payments allocations to ensure Accuracy and completeness on allocations of the VIP ledger.
    Timely monitoring of accounts in collections in ensuring that they are reconnected once the payment is allocated.
    Weekly reviews with the debt management team in ensuring all corporate payments remittances are provided.
    Monthly Review of the payment allocation process and plan out efficient way for the next month.
    Timely query resolutions for CnC email folders and Ebill folder through bill dispatch feedback to ensure closure and reduction of debt.
    To champion the exercise of email sourcing through interactions & customer engagement in order to improve the e-bill solution uptake for EBU & CBU post pay customers.
    Coordination of departmental milestones executions hand in hand with all the account managers to enhance collections consistency
    Co-ordination and communication & administration of Letters received to the Department.
    Coordination of the post pay terminations/ retention and churn.
    Enhance the billing and bill dispatch process end to end to timely delivery of bills to customers
    Enhance continuous sourcing and update of emails from customers to ensure consistent accuracy on bills dispatched
    Analyze the churn reports trend analysis for effective decision making within the business
    Ensure all credit notes raised to the assigned LOBs have been fully signed and posted and allocated by receipting team.
    Partnership with enterprise and consumer business units for effective preparedness in resolution of all issues within 4 hours SLA and feedback to customers to ensure that every experience with us is memorable
    To continually participate on Post pay stakeholders trainings and process reviews.
    Preparations of sectional reports and audit Schedules.
    Ensure completion of reports within the set timelines portfolio management.
    Daily handling  Customers queries through Letters, Emails to credit, telephone calls, walk in customers, Siebel Activities and  Service requests (SRs)
    To ensure expedient management of customer queries on Ebill folder feedback in 4hrs turnaround time.
    Preparation of weekly/Monthly reports and schedules.
    Trend analysis reporting on the ebill folder.
    Coordination of Bill printing and dispatch by the Outsourced agent to ensure the set SLA and quality checks are continuously identified and reviewed the Safaricom Way.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    First Degree in a business discipline or social sciences
    Diploma in Credit Management
    Five years hands on experience in credit management
    High Resilience and have impeccable character

    Last Date to Apply: Dec 15, 2022

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  • Territory Sales Manager

    Territory Sales Manager

    Sales Experience in Capital Equipment, preferably Construction Equipment
    Should have experience in handling business through Dealer
    Experience in handling Key Accounts Management
    Techno Commercial Knowledge
    Experience in liasoning with Government Agencies
    Attend to customer calls and ensure the timely follow up for enquiries generated.
    Send reminder letter to customers and follow up on the delivery order payments.
    Collect competitor pricing and proofs and survey the market for competition.
    Ensure customer satisfaction through proper coordination
    Sales representatives are the principal point of contact between a business and its customers. Sales reps ensure current customers have the right products and services, identify new markets and customer leads, and pitch prospective customers. In many ways the face of the company, sales representatives may do everything from answering phones to monitoring the competition, all while maintaining good customer relations and pursuing new sales opportunities. Retain the structure and organization of the following sales representative job description sample, then edit and revise it to include job duties and requirements .

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    www.antal.com