Website: Website http://blueskyconsulting.co.ke

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

October 25, 2024
IT Pre-Sales Manager

As an IT Pre-Sales Manager in our Commercial team you will ensure sales productivity and deal flow by securing the “technical close” in complex solutions. The IT Pre-Sales Manager collaborates with service/support and technical resources to ensure proposed deals include technical solutions that accurately address customer needs and are appropriately supported by key customer technical decision-makers.
You will work with management team to identify appropriate business opportunities from new and existing clients. You will prospect for potential leads, uncover needs within those prospects and qualify those leads to the wider team at the company. You will also work with this team to propose solutions for existing clients and win business from new clients
Reporting Relationship
The IT Pre-Sales Manager reports to the Chief Commercial Officer.
Key Responsibilities:

Meet assigned revenue targets by generating business from new and existing clients
Working closely with the sales team on proposals and pitches for business.
Attending meetings with commercial team and acting as a technical expert.
Proactively scopes the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the company.
Putting together business cases for the commercial team to support their proposals.
Working closely and collaboratively with customers to devise effective solutions.
Ensuring that the company’s product can deliver on the customer’s requirements.
Working closely with customers to understand and capture requirements.
Replying to customers following requests for information and proposal requests.
Presenting proposals to customers alongside members of the commercial team.
Providing ongoing support for customers post implementation.
Producing detailed costings for customers and ensuring the contract is profitable.
Anticipate and recognize any client objections in order to close sales
Coordinate opportunities from prospect through to engagement
Research and communicate information about target sectors, customers and competitors
Proactively communicate news and insights on prospect organizations and contacts
Gain and share understanding of prospect’s organization, processes, business strategies, product or service offerings and decision-making structures
Work collaboratively with the company’s resources to define the approach and strategy for achieving client requirements
Effectively negotiate with multiple levels of executive management within prospective client organizations
Use in-depth knowledge and insight of key competitors to create compelling reasons for prospective clients to engage with the company.
Articulate to clients the benefits of the project management approach and educate them about new ideas and new ways of thinking
Communicate the status of opportunities, clearly articulate next steps and discuss potential risks with the wider sales and account management team in weekly meeting

Position Requirement:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Technology or related studies.
Minimum of 4 years of IT solution sales experience of B2B. Experience of working within SLAs and well versed in RFPs is a must
Should be able to build technical proposals.
Strong work ethic
Ability to work under pressure/targets
Excellent communication skills
Delivery focused
Proactive approach to work

October 25, 2024
Solutions Developer

As a Solutions Developer in our Operations team you will be challenged with a wide range of tasks, ranging from design, development and maintenance of our solution development. You’ll be responsible for designing, developing and testing high-performance, intuitive, data-driven web and mobile applications and APIs
Reporting Relationship
The Solutions Developer reports to the Head of Projects.
Key Responsibilities
Duties depend on the complexity of its information systems, but standard responsibilities include:

Code maintenance & bug-fixing
Iterating on existing product based on customer feedback
Design and deploy A/B tests in production environment
Implement our development workflow and processes
Contribute to technical architecture decisions and lead efforts to build and maintain a highly scalable software platform
Work alongside our world class engineering team to build & maintain our fintech backend
Provide strong technical leadership and build autonomous teams

Position Requirement

B Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering Physics or similar degree.
A great interest in learning the financial markets
Experience in an object-oriented language. Knowledge in C++ is a plus.
Have capacity to deliver high quality software in a high pace environment
Good skills in English

Additional Skills Required

Business-driven
Ability to draft, strategies and develop disruptive financial innovations using the appropriate tools and techniques and hypothesize about the effect new regulations will have on future commerce products.
An in-depth understanding of the future of money, markets and transactions, as well as the mental tools and frameworks required to predict and leverage future trends in fintech.
Like to take initiatives and influence the direction of your own development
Have strong analytical thinking with an attitude that problems are to be solved
Are communicative and strongly like to work in a team and share knowledge with others
Are not afraid of challenging your colleagues in their mindset

October 25, 2024
IT Projects Manager

Job Main role:
Reporting to the CTO, in this role you’ll be responsible for the implementation of technology, directing the work of systems and business analysts, developers, support specialists and other computer-related workers. You should have experience and technical expertise, coupled with an understanding of business and management principles.
Responsibilities

Evaluating user needs and system functionality and ensuring that ICT facilities meet these needs;
Planning, developing and implementing the ICT budget and obtaining competitive prices from suppliers to ensure cost effectiveness;
Scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems;
Researching and installing new systems;
Guaranteeing the smooth running of all ICT systems, including anti-virus software, print services and email provision;
Ensuring that users adhere to software licensing laws;
Providing secure access to the network for remote users;
Securing data from internal and external attack;
Offering users appropriate support and advice;
Managing crisis situations, which may involve complex technical hardware or software problems;
Mentoring and training new ICT support staff;
Keeping up to date with the latest technologies.

Essential Skills And Experience:

5+ years of Experience in a similar role
Degree in Computer Science /Information Technology or related is a must.
ITIL Certification is an added advantage.
Strong enterprise systems knowledge is a must.
Experience with Service Transition and Change management best practices.
Experience in Fintech, Banks, and telecommunication industries.
Certified Service Management ITIL with solid experience in delivering outstanding customer service.
Experience of training, performance management and staff development within teams
Excellent people management skills and customer service manner
Strong technical problem solving skills and experience.
Ability to design and implement service improvement plans.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
Experience with automation to support scalability and growth.

October 25, 2024
Management Information Systems Analyst Application Support

In this role you’ll be responsible for planning, development and implementation of hardware, software applications, programming and systems network and integration of a management information system or enterprise network. You will be in charge of reviewing the needs of employees and clients related to information management, data processing and distributed processing for end users. Reporting Relationship: The MIS Analyst reports to the Manager – IT Projects.
Job Magnitude

Latitude: Provides consultative direction for the team towards predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Reviews assignments and determines course of action to be pursued to obtain necessary results.
Level of Impact: Important contributor to implementation of overall goals and objectives of the company. Erroneous decisions or recommendations would normally result in critical delays in companywide decision making and operations resulting in loss of vision of company revenue and progression.

Key Responsibilities

Duties depend on the employing organization and the complexity of its information systems, but standard responsibilities are likely to include:
Evaluating user needs and system functionality and ensuring that ICT facilities meet these needs
Planning, developing and implementing the ICT budget and obtaining competitive prices from suppliers to ensure cost effectiveness
Assist in end user training and supporting documentation.
To document processes and procedures as required.
Support data validation using SQL Server Business Intelligence Reporting Services and funding agency software
Support Database Developer in Centralized Integrated Report System (CIRS) report maintenance
Scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems
Guaranteeing the smooth running of all ICT systems, including anti-virus software, print services and email provision
Ensuring that users adhere to software licensing laws
Providing secure access to the network for remote users
Securing data from internal and external attack
Offering users appropriate support and advice
Managing crisis situations, which may involve complex technical hardware or software problems
Manages, develops and motivates staff – Mentoring and training new ICT support staff
Assist with Data updates and maintenance in line partners and clients’ requirements. undertake any other duties commensurate with the post

Position Requirement

B Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering Physics or similar degree.
At least 2 years hands on experience in utilizing statistical tools like SQL and advanced Excel, VBA
Exceptional technical skills and the ability to apply these to a business
Experience of working within SLAs
Strong work ethic
Ability to work under pressure
Creative and analytical approach to problem solving
Ability to prioritize work
Excellent communication skills
Delivery focused
Proactive approach to work

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October 25, 2024
Health Management & Process Officer

The objective of this role is to undertake an independent Alternatives Analysis on various HMIS systems and report on their functionalities, alignment to national EMR/EHR standards and guidelines, to inform programmatic alignment. Undertake process assessment of the processes within the hospital, document and process measures that can be employed to improve the process or a new process that would be more cost effective and efficient at delivering quality care to the patients at the hospital.
The incumbent should provide an objective basis to assist in:

Deciding which EMR to adopt for the efficient running of the hospital.
What processes should be scrapped.
What processes should be improved and how to improve them.
What new processes should be adopted to increase the hospital efficiency
How to effectively commercialize some of hospital processes while maintaining that it should be at a subsidized
rate for most of the patients.
Data transmission: Capability to electronically transmit data to DHIS2 and national data warehouse

Responsibilities

Develop an assessment inception report detailing the work methodology and schedule.
Develop tools for system desk review and field assessment
Conduct a SWOT analysis for each HMIS system
Conduct a trade-off analysis by establishing a weighted score for each of the HMIS alternatives
Prepare a report detailing the findings of the assessment
Prepare detailed process diagrams for the agreed upon processes to be adopted at the facility
Detailed report

Job Qualifications

University degree in either Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Informatics or closely related fields
Deep understanding of software development, design and architecture for an enterprise information system Conversant with health informatics.
Experience in preparation of reports on technology aspects of an information system,
Demonstrable experience in carrying out information systems assessment including assessing usability, perceived usefulness, user privacy and data security, integrity and correctness of data.
Good knowledge of MoH tools in use at health facilities
Excellent analytical, interpersonal and report writing skills
Excellent process analysis skills

October 25, 2024
Head of IT Operations IT Projects Manager

Reporting to the CTO, the Head of IT Operations will provide direction for the day-to-day management, execution and delivery of IT Consultancy Services.
Job Responsibilities

Provide leadership and mentorship to a range of functions within the IT Operations: Project Management, Business Analysts, QA, Helpdesk and ITIL.
Partner with the business to understand the strategy and align IT strategy to support the business Responsible for the integrity of the work created by the teams. Strong leadership qualities are critical to leading and mentoring the team in the pursuit of delivering this service, scaling our teams and processes.
Have a strong technical vision and work with your teams to put a plan in place to get there. Work with others to develop a plan that combines the goals of the business, system and software strategies, and technical strengths and weaknesses to create a vision at scale.
Identify and infuse organizational metrics to continuously hold your teams accountable to high levels of performance.
Provide strategic direction, technical and business road maps, financial planning and oversight in support of these areas.
Oversee the formulation of IT policies, procedures, and performance management processes and measures.
Collaborate with all internal functions to understand the business we are building, and maintain the mantra to provide capabilities and deliver projects that provide competitive advantage.
Responsible for all Information Technology forecasting and budgeting and maintaining a lean team
Manage a customer-oriented help desk team, focused on day-to-day support of Bluesky’s clients
Prepare and conduct effective presentations; assess priorities and self-time manage through deliverables; and coordinate activities with diverse groups and individuals including senior business stakeholders.
Maintain strong alignment with business counterparts, e.g., business PMO and Finance alignment (for budgets)

Requirements

Capacity to think strategically to identify issues and develop long-term solutions
Demonstrated project management skills and strong business acumen
Ability to influence change across a matrix organization and collaborate with business and technology teams to deliver solutions.
Consulting/Problem Solving – ability to work in an advisory capacity to identify key technical and business problems, develop, and evaluate alternative solutions and make recommendations.

Experience and Education Background:

Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Information Science, Project planning management from a recognized University/Institution.
5+ years’ work experience in IT Project Management, with at least 2 years of managerial experience.
Experience in banking, Telecommunication or consulting industry will be a plus.

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October 25, 2024
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

October 25, 2024
IT Pre-Sales Manager

As an IT Pre-Sales Manager in our Commercial team you will ensure sales productivity and deal flow by securing the “technical close” in complex solutions. The IT Pre-Sales Manager collaborates with service/support and technical resources to ensure proposed deals include technical solutions that accurately address customer needs and are appropriately supported by key customer technical decision-makers.
You will work with management team to identify appropriate business opportunities from new and existing clients. You will prospect for potential leads, uncover needs within those prospects and qualify those leads to the wider team at the company. You will also work with this team to propose solutions for existing clients and win business from new clients
Reporting Relationship
The IT Pre-Sales Manager reports to the Chief Commercial Officer.
Key Responsibilities:

Meet assigned revenue targets by generating business from new and existing clients
Working closely with the sales team on proposals and pitches for business.
Attending meetings with commercial team and acting as a technical expert.
Proactively scopes the technical solution required to address customer requirements, assesses customers met and unmet needs, and recommends solutions that optimize value for both the customer and the company.
Putting together business cases for the commercial team to support their proposals.
Working closely and collaboratively with customers to devise effective solutions.
Ensuring that the company’s product can deliver on the customer’s requirements.
Working closely with customers to understand and capture requirements.
Replying to customers following requests for information and proposal requests.
Presenting proposals to customers alongside members of the commercial team.
Providing ongoing support for customers post implementation.
Producing detailed costings for customers and ensuring the contract is profitable.
Anticipate and recognize any client objections in order to close sales
Coordinate opportunities from prospect through to engagement
Research and communicate information about target sectors, customers and competitors
Proactively communicate news and insights on prospect organizations and contacts
Gain and share understanding of prospect’s organization, processes, business strategies, product or service offerings and decision-making structures
Work collaboratively with the company’s resources to define the approach and strategy for achieving client requirements
Effectively negotiate with multiple levels of executive management within prospective client organizations
Use in-depth knowledge and insight of key competitors to create compelling reasons for prospective clients to engage with the company.
Articulate to clients the benefits of the project management approach and educate them about new ideas and new ways of thinking
Communicate the status of opportunities, clearly articulate next steps and discuss potential risks with the wider sales and account management team in weekly meeting

Position Requirement:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Information Technology or related studies.
Minimum of 4 years of IT solution sales experience of B2B. Experience of working within SLAs and well versed in RFPs is a must
Should be able to build technical proposals.
Strong work ethic
Ability to work under pressure/targets
Excellent communication skills
Delivery focused
Proactive approach to work

October 25, 2024
Solutions Developer

As a Solutions Developer in our Operations team you will be challenged with a wide range of tasks, ranging from design, development and maintenance of our solution development. You’ll be responsible for designing, developing and testing high-performance, intuitive, data-driven web and mobile applications and APIs
Reporting Relationship
The Solutions Developer reports to the Head of Projects.
Key Responsibilities
Duties depend on the complexity of its information systems, but standard responsibilities include:

Code maintenance & bug-fixing
Iterating on existing product based on customer feedback
Design and deploy A/B tests in production environment
Implement our development workflow and processes
Contribute to technical architecture decisions and lead efforts to build and maintain a highly scalable software platform
Work alongside our world class engineering team to build & maintain our fintech backend
Provide strong technical leadership and build autonomous teams

Position Requirement

B Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering Physics or similar degree.
A great interest in learning the financial markets
Experience in an object-oriented language. Knowledge in C++ is a plus.
Have capacity to deliver high quality software in a high pace environment
Good skills in English

Additional Skills Required

Business-driven
Ability to draft, strategies and develop disruptive financial innovations using the appropriate tools and techniques and hypothesize about the effect new regulations will have on future commerce products.
An in-depth understanding of the future of money, markets and transactions, as well as the mental tools and frameworks required to predict and leverage future trends in fintech.
Like to take initiatives and influence the direction of your own development
Have strong analytical thinking with an attitude that problems are to be solved
Are communicative and strongly like to work in a team and share knowledge with others
Are not afraid of challenging your colleagues in their mindset

October 25, 2024