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  • Field Officers Senior Field Officers Field Office : Procurement Associate

    Field Officers Senior Field Officers Field Office : Procurement Associate

    Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
    Start Date: 15th March, 2018
    Location: Siaya, Bungoma and Busia
    Duration: 1 Month
    Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
    About the Project: Selective Trials project is trying to learn about farming and technology adoption practices among households in rural Kenya, with US-based Researchers Pascaline Dupas from Stanford University, Sylvain Chassang from Princeton University,Catlan Reardon from University of California, Berkeley and Erik Snowberg from the California Institute of Technology.
    We are currently preparing for a follow-up survey to be carried out in households across Busia, Bungoma and Siaya counties.
    About the Position: The Field Officer, under the supervision of the Associate Field Manager and Senior Field Officer, will be primarily responsible for survey administration as per the set targets. The Field Offices will also be involved in undertaking phone surveys. The Field Officer will also be expected to assist with office tasks including translations and data entry.
    Duties and Responsibilities:

    Accurate survey administration
    Ability to meet the daily set survey targets
    Assist in office duties when required e.g. translation, data entry
    Actively engage in project discussions
    Work as part of a team
    Report to SFO daily on field updates
    Submit timely notice on leave day bookings
    Respondent tracking
    Proper use of equipment used to facilitate data collection e.g. Tablets, G.P.S
    Honest accounting of field allowances

    Qualifications and Experience

    College diploma or bachelor’s degree in social sciences
    At least one-year experience in household data collection
    Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili.
    Good interpersonal skills; specifically, good at interacting with respondents
    Comfortable with interviewing individuals within their homes;
    Ability to work in rough terrain and harsh weather conditions in the field
    Ability to comfortably work as a team
    Experience in data collection through CAI
    Honest, diligent and self-driven individual

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  • Research Associate

    Research Associate

    Job Desciption
    Eligibility: Position open to all nationalities; Kenyan nationals and East African citizens strongly encouraged apply About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international nonprofit research organization dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
    About the Project: Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) is a US-based non-profit organization with a mission to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability.
    PAD is working on a new model for agricultural extension: delivering farmers personalized agricultural advice via their mobile phones.
    PAD implements this model in collaboration with partner organizations and gathers evidence on its impact. PAD aims to improve the lives of 100 million farmers in developing countries with its services.
    In Kenya, PAD has partnered with IPA to implement a research project in Western Kenya aiming at delivering localized agricultural information (including, but not limited to, fertilizer, lime, pest management and other recommendations) to farmers.
    About the position: The Research Associate under the general supervision of the Research Coordinator and within the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya (IPAK) policies and procedures coordinates the facilitation of field activities, data support for the project, and functions within IPAK.
    Below is a list of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Research Associate, to be carried out as needed according to the determination of the Research Coordinator.
    Duties

    Assist with overall project management, monitoring and implementation.
    Track progress of project activities and regularly inform Research Coordinator of progress.
    Coordinate field logistics, including the implementation of phone and in-person surveys with large samples of respondents.
    Manage, support and train a team of field staff.
    Implement systems to manage, clean, and analyze data related to project activities.
    Ensure smooth and timely data flow between various project activities.
    Assist with survey programming (e.g. SurveyCTO).
    Monitor indicators of staff performance (especially productivity and back-check verifications).
    Implement research protocols to ensure quality of all data collection activities.
    Prepare summary statistics and other analyses related to project outcomes.
    Keep track of project expenses and prepare financial reports.
    Work closely with PAD Kenya country office team and Principal Investigators.

    Job Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Political Science, Computer Science or a related field.
    Proficiency in STATA, Excel, and ODK or SurveyCTO.
    Strong proven quantitative skills and enjoy working with data.
    Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
    Excellent management, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
    Ability to work under time pressure and solve problems in field.
    Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented with ability to work both independently and in groups and to be supervised remotely.
    Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player.

    Desired

    Proficiency in R, SAS or Python.
    Experience with spatial analysis and GIS.
    Experience working on agricultural issues in developing countries (particularly sub-Saharan Africa).
    Swahili language skills.
    Knowledge of statistics.
    Familiarity with randomized controlled trials.

  • Research Associate Job – Tax Compliance Project

    Research Associate Job – Tax Compliance Project

    Reporting To: Research Manager
    Start Date: ASAP
    Location: Nairobi
    Duration: 7 Months
    Deadline to Apply: 10th October, 2018
    Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only.
    Project Summary: The Tax Compliance project is working on research activities with a view to build evidence on effective and sustainable approaches to increase revenue collection and improve tax compliance.
    The studies aim to evaluate innovative solutions to increase tax compliance for small and medium firms and expect that these studies will provide rigorous and independent evidence on the impact of alternative innovations with a view to build evidence on effective and sustainable approaches to increase revenue collection and improve tax compliance.
    Results rising from these studies could then inform the implementation of broader initiatives that would replicate at a larger scale the most successful interventions.
    Position Summary: The Research Associate will be based in Nairobi, Kenya while field visits will be in Nairobi and other select regions. The Research Associate will take a lead role in collecting data in the field, managing a field team, managing large databases, piloting survey instruments and the interventions.
    The Research Associate will work independently and maintain regular communication with the PI. The position requires excellent interpersonal and organization skills. It also requires proficiency with Stata. Familiarity with other data management and statistical packages is a plus.
    The position offers an opportunity to gain first-hand field management experience in an organization undertaking cutting-edge development research.
    Duties

    Assisting in the development and piloting of survey instruments and conducting pre-tests and pilots.
    Coordinate, and occasionally conduct, qualitative and quantitative interviews with selected firms and businesses
    Working closely with partners and liaising between all stakeholders to ensure all project interests are aligned and accounted for.
    Manage relationships with staff at the partner organization, including regular follow-ups and meetings
    Ensuring all data quality protocols are followed including auditing staff and performing regular data checks on collected data
    Design forms for electronic data collection (using Survey CTO) and manage survey data;
    Ensure all aspects of data quality by overseeing the implementation of data quality protocols including daily quality checks and data security and sharing;
    Take a lead on data cleaning, preliminary analysis (as directed by the PI and RM) as well as data management on the project;
    Writing regular progress reports and leading project meetings to ensure deadlines are met.
    Work closely with the Research Manager and Grants Manager in managing donor deliverables and assist with donor reporting and proposal writing for new grants;
    Manage project staff hiring; prepare project staff hiring adverts, work with the HR department on screening and assist in conducting project interviews;
    Maintain regular communication with the Principal Investigators, keeping them updated on the progress. And will also maintain and constantly update the project log;
    Overall finance oversight on the project including financial tracking, reporting and budget management;
    Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

    Job Qualifications

    A Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferable.
    Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative and qualitative skills
    Assertive personality and demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations and government entities
    Demonstrated experience managing research projects required.
    Fluency and excellent communication skills in English
    Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, a team player
    Familiarity with randomized controlled trials.

  • Policy Manager/Senior Policy Manager

    Policy Manager/Senior Policy Manager

    The (Senior) Policy Manager will lead Kenya’s policy impact strategy, focusing on creating and managing high impact policy opportunities to use evidence in decision-making. Reporting to the Country Director with dotted line functional oversight from the global policy and communications team and substantial collaboration with Kenya research teams, this position will pioneer IPA’s policy outreach and impact work in Kenya, building and deepening relationships and identifying and creating evidence-to-impact opportunities.

    Responsibilities

    Lead Kenya in Policy Outreach Strategy (35%)

    Build expertise on the global and local evidence base in 1-2 sectors and cultivate relationships with key local stakeholders in those sectors.
    Work together with the global policy and communications team to lead and/or participate in strategic events for policy purposes, including but not limited to summits, conferences, workshops, technical working groups, and round tables. Support researchers and country management to participate.
    In collaboration with researchers and in support of the country director, represent IPA locally in policy conversations and at events.
    Support research management staff in executing the “Policy Impact Minimum Must Dos” and in identifying and stewarding high potential partner relationships, particularly with senior levels within government or large organizations.

    Cultivate and Manage High Impact Policy Opportunities (50%)

    Lead Kenya in continuously identifying and prioritizing high impact policy opportunities for evidence to be used.
    Cultivate relationships with key local decision-makers in education and at least one other sector (financial inclusion, peace & recovery, health, agriculture), particularly those with decision-making authority over particular evidence-to-impact opportunities.
    Launch high impact policy opportunities, including scale-up technical assistance, and either manage small-scale engagements personally with global support, or collaborate with global teams to raise funds for additional staff to realize these opportunities.
    Identify and help launch opportunities for policy relevant right-fit monitoring and evaluation opportunities in Kenya, and either manage small engagements personally with global support, or collaborate with global teams to raise funds for additional staff.

    Develop Research Projects with Policy Embeddedness (15%)

    Identify opportunities and cultivate relationships that lead to developing large-scale policy evaluations with key decision-makers. Support research teams and researchers in development and execution.
    Identify opportunities and cultivate relationships that lead to developing field replications to consolidate research on key policy-relevant research questions. Support research teams and researchers in development and execution.
    Together with the country director, act as lead steward to key partner relationships and support key research partner conversations.

    Other

    Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
    Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures.

    Qualifications

    Senior Manager

    Master’s degree in economics, development, international relations, public administration, public policy or a closely related field.
    7 or more years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years of experience working closely with large NGOs and/or national government officials.

    Manager

    Master’s degree in economics, development, international relations, public administration, public policy or a closely related field strongly preferred. Will accept additional experience in place of master’s.
    5 or more years of relevant experience, including at least 1 year of experience working closely with large NGOs and/or national government officials.

    Both

    Knowledge of and demonstrated interest in the use of rigorous evidence for international development policy required.
    Expertise in education and/or one other priority sector (financial inclusion, peace & recovery, health, agriculture) strongly preferred.
    Attention to detail and advanced presentation skills for communicating policy lessons from academic papers in ways that policymakers understand. This requires clear, precise, non-technical writing, and confident, effective spoken communication and presentation style.
    Proven ability to multitask and successfully complete projects on tight deadlines with little supervision.
    Willingness to work hard, be self-motivated, and learn will be essential for doing well in this position.
    Ability to supervise staff and manage projects independently.

  • Country Director, Kenya

    Country Director, Kenya

    Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Kenya Country Director. Established in 2006, the IPA Kenya office employs nearly 500 staff members and manages a large number of complex research projects. IPA Kenya is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with offices in Busia and Siaya. IPA Kenya has an established strong presence in the local research environment with governmental, International Organizations, Private and NGO partners. This position provides a unique opportunity to be closely involved in cutting-edge policy-relevant research and work with top academics in the field of experimental economics, education, health, water and sanitation and agricultural research.
    The Country Director will work with IPA Global and key stakeholders to set the strategic direction of the office and oversee multiple simultaneous impact evaluations in a range of sectors. The position requires close interaction with academic researchers, donors, local government agencies, and other NGOs. The Country Director, assisted by the IPA Kenya Senior Management Team, will provide overarching oversight of all project and office operations, including finance, human resources, operations and research. The position requires experience in research, partner management, grants and contracts management.
    Responsibilities
    Oversee and initiate high-quality research

    Oversee project design and budgeting during the proposal stage to ensure evaluations meet IPA standards and costing structure
    Manage relationships with and provide services to Principal Investigators (academic researchers)
    Ensure that IPA research, including data collection is implemented according to IPA’s research protocols and data quality standards and Principal Investigator’s direction
    Provide research management for IPA project teams
    Oversee the management of project budgets and donor reporting with support of the Finance Manager, in coordinating with IPA’s global Grants team on all ongoing research grants and studies
    Build systems and structures to build staff capacity and ensure overall data quality; including spearheading skills training for staff
    Work to incorporate best practices and lessons learned in research and operations by other IPA offices and research affiliates
    Ensure project audits are systematically carried out while ensuring remedial action is taken as required/proposed

    Policy Impact

    Responsible for leading IPA’s policy impact in Kenya; including evidence dialogue and dissemination as well as research collaborations for policy and oversight of the development of a policy engagement plan.
    Develop and maintain high-level relationships with partners in the Government of Kenya, including Ministries of Health, Education, Agriculture, and the Office of the President
    Cultivate relationships, studies, and new partnerships in sectors that are prioritized by IPA Kenya’s policy engagement
    Engage government partners to identify research questions of interest and priority to key leadership and cultivate potential research projects in those areas

    Develop and implement IPA Kenya’s strategic plan, in line with IPA’s global plan and mission.

    Identify priority research questions and key concerns for policy makers and initiate and manage the development of corresponding new research proposals
    Develop new relationships in order for the country office to maximize its impact
    Lead and initiate project development with researchers, funders and partner organizations
    Ensure a balanced country office structures that can be supported by incoming revenues

    Ensure sound operations of IPA Kenya

    Oversee and manage a team of Research Managers, (Senior) Research Associates and Field Managers, whose responsibilities include project design and implementation, data collection, data management and analysis, and reports
    Oversee and manage Finance Manager, Human Resources Manager and Deputy Country Director
    Coordinate office and country-wide meetings and trainings, in coordination with the Research Managers
    Develop and oversee office administration, including human resources, information technology, project budgets and accounting; and hiring of long-term IPA staff in the country program

    Oversee finances for IPA Kenya

    Ensure proper compliance with financial procedures, approve expenditures, make accurate projections and ensure overall compliance
    Strengthen finance systems to ensure the systems are robust for country program growth and compliant with strict donor requirements (e.g., USAID, DFID)
    Ensure IPA Kenya complies with the Kenya Government and NGO board Statutory requirements.

    Mitigate and manage risks

    Set security standards and parameters for work and ensure that IPA Kenya staff follow security measures
    Monitor security concerns for IPA operations and act as primary contact in crisis management
    Take steps to mitigate risk and to safeguard the organization’s reputation
    Oversee safety and security and ensure organizational legal compliance
    Manage work permit applications and renewals for international staff

    Manage external relations

    Represent IPA Kenya in national and local government agencies and partner organizations, including presentations on IPA’s work in Kenya and globally
    Strengthen local presence of IPA in Kenya
    Manage relationships with current and potential IPA partner organizations.
    Oversee capacity building of local development partners in evidence-based policy making and rigorous impact evaluations
    Work closely with IPA Kenya’s regional partner, J-PAL Africa, on research, policy and capacity building.
    Oversee targeted dissemination, encourage scale up of successful projects

    Qualifications

    Strong oral and written communication skills in English is required.
    Master’s degree in international affairs, international public policy, development economics, or field related to international economic development
    A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience
    Previous J-PAL/IPA work experience or experience developing new RCTs or working with researchers on RCTs highly desired.
    Successful experience leading teams of similar size (300 full time staff)
    Experience living and working in Africa /Kenya is desired
    Knowledge of human resource and financial management
    Experience with budgeting and project planning
    Passion for connecting rigorous research to policy makers and practitioners and communicating what works and what does not work in development
    Ability to lead a large and complex country program and oversee rigorous impact evaluations
    Commitment to leading a diverse team and building staff capacity
    Ability to communicate effectively across cultures with multiple stakeholders including international and local academic researchers, government officials, NGO partners, enumeration teams, and study participants
    Excellent management and organizational skills and ability to work independently
    Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player
    Quantitative research skills/ experience and a familiarity with randomized controlled trials is preferred

  • Field Officers Senior Field Officers Field Office : Procurement Associate

    Field Officers Senior Field Officers Field Office : Procurement Associate

    Reporting To: Associate Field Manager
    Start Date: 15th March, 2018
    Location: Siaya, Bungoma and Busia
    Duration: 1 Month
    Eligibility: Position open to local Kenyan hires only
    About the Project: Selective Trials project is trying to learn about farming and technology adoption practices among households in rural Kenya, with US-based Researchers Pascaline Dupas from Stanford University, Sylvain Chassang from Princeton University,Catlan Reardon from University of California, Berkeley and Erik Snowberg from the California Institute of Technology.
    We are currently preparing for a follow-up survey to be carried out in households across Busia, Bungoma and Siaya counties.
    About the Position: The Field Officer, under the supervision of the Associate Field Manager and Senior Field Officer, will be primarily responsible for survey administration as per the set targets. The Field Offices will also be involved in undertaking phone surveys. The Field Officer will also be expected to assist with office tasks including translations and data entry.
    Duties and Responsibilities:

    Accurate survey administration
    Ability to meet the daily set survey targets
    Assist in office duties when required e.g. translation, data entry
    Actively engage in project discussions
    Work as part of a team
    Report to SFO daily on field updates
    Submit timely notice on leave day bookings
    Respondent tracking
    Proper use of equipment used to facilitate data collection e.g. Tablets, G.P.S
    Honest accounting of field allowances

    Qualifications and Experience

    College diploma or bachelor’s degree in social sciences
    At least one-year experience in household data collection
    Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili.
    Good interpersonal skills; specifically, good at interacting with respondents
    Comfortable with interviewing individuals within their homes;
    Ability to work in rough terrain and harsh weather conditions in the field
    Ability to comfortably work as a team
    Experience in data collection through CAI
    Honest, diligent and self-driven individual

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  • Research Associate

    Research Associate

    Job Desciption
    Eligibility: Position open to all nationalities; Kenyan nationals and East African citizens strongly encouraged apply About Innovations for Poverty Action: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an international nonprofit research organization dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems.
    About the Project: Precision Agriculture for Development (PAD) is a US-based non-profit organization with a mission to support smallholder farmers in developing countries by providing customized information and services that increase productivity, profitability, and environmental sustainability.
    PAD is working on a new model for agricultural extension: delivering farmers personalized agricultural advice via their mobile phones.
    PAD implements this model in collaboration with partner organizations and gathers evidence on its impact. PAD aims to improve the lives of 100 million farmers in developing countries with its services.
    In Kenya, PAD has partnered with IPA to implement a research project in Western Kenya aiming at delivering localized agricultural information (including, but not limited to, fertilizer, lime, pest management and other recommendations) to farmers.
    About the position: The Research Associate under the general supervision of the Research Coordinator and within the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya (IPAK) policies and procedures coordinates the facilitation of field activities, data support for the project, and functions within IPAK.
    Below is a list of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Research Associate, to be carried out as needed according to the determination of the Research Coordinator.
    Duties

    Assist with overall project management, monitoring and implementation.
    Track progress of project activities and regularly inform Research Coordinator of progress.
    Coordinate field logistics, including the implementation of phone and in-person surveys with large samples of respondents.
    Manage, support and train a team of field staff.
    Implement systems to manage, clean, and analyze data related to project activities.
    Ensure smooth and timely data flow between various project activities.
    Assist with survey programming (e.g. SurveyCTO).
    Monitor indicators of staff performance (especially productivity and back-check verifications).
    Implement research protocols to ensure quality of all data collection activities.
    Prepare summary statistics and other analyses related to project outcomes.
    Keep track of project expenses and prepare financial reports.
    Work closely with PAD Kenya country office team and Principal Investigators.

    Job Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Political Science, Computer Science or a related field.
    Proficiency in STATA, Excel, and ODK or SurveyCTO.
    Strong proven quantitative skills and enjoy working with data.
    Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
    Excellent management, critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
    Ability to work under time pressure and solve problems in field.
    Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented with ability to work both independently and in groups and to be supervised remotely.
    Flexible, self-motivating, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and team player.

    Desired

    Proficiency in R, SAS or Python.
    Experience with spatial analysis and GIS.
    Experience working on agricultural issues in developing countries (particularly sub-Saharan Africa).
    Swahili language skills.
    Knowledge of statistics.
    Familiarity with randomized controlled trials.

  • Field Officer – UBI Project

    Field Officer – UBI Project

    About the Position: Reporting to the Field Manager, the Field Officer will primarily be responsible for collection of high quality data. 
     
    He/she will spend approximately 95% of his/her time in the field. 
    Duties and Responsibilities
    Timely collection of quality data by conducting surveys, interviews and other scheduled activities and by rigorously following the study protocol with minimal supervision
    Interacting with community members, respondents and project partners with the highest level of integrity and understanding
    Ensure that data integrity is maintained at all times and minimize errors in data collection and transmission
    Creating and sustaining a positive relationship with the study respondents.
    Providing study management team with regular feedback on field activities.
    On non-field day, performing office duties such as translation work, filing, phone interviews, making of phone calls to identified respondents to schedule visits, and other duties as assigned and directed by the supervisor.
    Qualifications and Experience 
    Required:
    College diploma or university degree in Social Sciences, Education, Economics, Statistics, Business or equivalent qualifications
    Excellent Oral and written communication in English and Swahili.
    Ability to handle and speak with people from diverse cultural back grounds
    Ability to work independently and as a part of the team
    Willingness to use any means of travel including walking, riding on bikes (Boda boda) and willing to travel to rural parts of Western Kenya.
    Experience with data collection using both paper surveys and CAI.
    Ability to be flexible and comfortable interviewing both illiterate and high cadre individuals while maintaining professionalism.
    Basic computing knowledge and skills – Mandatory.
    Desired
    Past Experience in electronic data collection using Survey CTO, ODK or any other CAIs.
    Knowledge and ability to communicate in local languages spoken in Bomet County.

  • Procurement Assistant – Field Office

    Procurement Assistant – Field Office

    About the Role: The Procurement Assistant under the general supervision of the Procurement Associate and within the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures, helps coordinate and facilitate the procurement activities, functions and processes.
    Below is a list of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Procurement Assistant, to be carried out as needed according to the determination of the Procurement Associate.
    Duties and Responsibilities
    Liaises with IPAK employees to determine their product and service needs
    Propose possible service/product vendors for categories not listed on the IPAK Prequalified Supplier List with the aim of sharing RFQ’s in line with the IPA-K procurement policy guidelines
    Monitor business trends and product availability to pay the best price for goods and services without sacrificing quality or delivery times
    Develops and implements strategies for procuring, storing, and distributing goods or services and maintaining stock levels
    Nurture relationships with suppliers to negotiate the best prices for IPAK
    Carry out periodic market surveys to ensure services and goods procured for IPA are competitively priced.
    Review, Prepare and share approved Purchases Orders with suppliers
    Ensure the accurate and timely delivery of requisitioned goods
    Perform general clerical duties such as maintaining procurement files, typing & data entry
    Provide support with internal procurement inquiries from projects
    Correspond with vendors regarding price, product availability, delivery terms & requisite documents required for payment process.
    Respond to inquiries regarding requisitions, purchase orders, contracts & pricing information
    Attend to any other duties as assigned by supervisor
    Required Qualifications and Experience
    Diploma in procurement or supplies chain management or its equivalent – (though degree preferred)
    Knowledge of supply chain, procurement procedures and familiarity with the Public Procurement & Disposal Act.
    Proven experience in a similar position an added advantage.
    Previous experience in providing remote support is highly desirable
    Flexible, motivated and ability to persistently drive issues to closure
    Ability to operate in a dynamic environment and communicate with various levels of staff
    Strong work ethic, team player and ability to maintain a high degree of integrity & professionalism in performing assigned responsibilities
    Good spoken and written English is essential
    Well organized and keen to detail
    Strong computer skills in Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel, and Outlook

  • Interim Human Resource Associate

    Interim Human Resource Associate

    The Interim Human Resource Associate under the general supervision of the Human Resource Manager and within the limits of Innovations for Poverty Action-Kenya policies and procedures, helps coordinate and facilitate the Human Resource Department activities, functions and processes. Below is a list of some of the general duties and responsibilities of the Interim Human Resource Associate, to be carried out as needed according to the determination of the Human Resource Manager:
    Human Resource NGO Job Responsibilities
    Ensure adherence and compliance to the organization HR policies and procedures and also interpretation of current policies to both new and existing staff;
    Assisting the Human Resources Manager and senior managers carry out delegated tasks;
    Coordinate and consult with HRM/Senior Management on any disciplinary cases and performance issues;
    Facilitate the training and staff development programs;
    Update all current forms and HR related documents that are outdated with liaison of the HRM;
    Work closely with the rest of the HR team in all other general HR duties not limited to:
    Recruitment and onboarding
    Processing of monthly staff payroll details and making all the appropriate deductions
    Creating and updating staff details on replicon system and general leave management
    Staff clearance and exit
    Contract Management
    Staff Database management
    Employee Relations.
    Qualifications for the Human Resource NGO Job
    Bachelor’s Degree in a related field with Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management;
    Member of IHRM;
    At least 3 years’ solid generalist experience in a busy Human Resources Department most preferably in a non-profit or non-governmental organization;
    Knowledge and demonstrated experience working with any payroll system;
    Substantial knowledge of Kenyan employment law/labor laws;
    In-depth understanding of HR ethics, including professionalism and confidentiality;
    Flexibility and the ability to multi-task, with a willingness to assume a range of unanticipated assignments;
    Sound leadership skills;
    Proactive with excellent anticipatory skills;
    Effective analytical and problem solving skills;
    Effective interpersonal and communication skills.