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Job Experience: Experience of 2 – 5 years

  • Security Analyst

    Security Analyst

    Description
    The Security Analyst role supports a Valar commercial client requiring security management solutions, local security analysis, other analytical support. A successful candidate must possess advanced analytical skills and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the political, security, cultural, and economic environment in Kenya to produce written analysis and oral briefings for clients and senior management. Additionally, the Security Analyst will be required to conduct physical security assessments, liaise with security managers and members of the law enforcement community, and use remote monitoring systems to support client movements. The Security Analyst is a full-time role within the Information & Analysis Department and reports directly to the Senior Analyst.
    Role Overview
    The Security Analyst will serve in an all-source analytical role, responsible for assisting in the development of information products that cover local and some regional dynamics and their assessed impact on the client’s ability to operate in-country. The Security Analyst will maintain and update extensive information databases, systems, and mechanisms including crisis management plans and new staff orientation to support the client’s activities. Additionally, they will provide local and regional situational awareness including political, criminal, environmental, and civil society-related concerns.
    Responsibilities

    Act as a primary point of contact for an international client based in Kenya on all security-focused needs, situational awareness notifications, new employee orientation, venue assessments, and journey management planning;
    Use traditional all-source analytic tradecraft and methodologies to contribute to scenario planning, analytical product development, threat assessments, situation reports;
    Support the Information & Analysis department in the delivery of tailored client reports; work closely with management to prioritize information needs; brief senior managers and executives via written and oral presentations;
    Monitor field deployments of client personnel via GPS devices to ensure compliance, safety, and potential rapid support;
    Conduct physical security assessments for hotels, conference facilities, roadways, residential areas, office locations, and range of other venues;
    Ensure uninterrupted 24/7 safety and security support for client employees involved in frequent nation-wide and Nairobi-based travel;
    Manage communication and notification channels including WhatsApp, Signal, and listservs for the client including significant security, government, and disaster advisories;
    Draft and finalize comprehensive situational, weekly, and monthly analytical products for client review;
    Maintain an impeccable professional disposition, especially for all client-facing activities, including written and in-person communication;
    Exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality.

    Education & Experience

    A Bachelor’s Degree (4-year degree) or its equivalent in political science, security, management, or in the social sciences and humanities disciplines;
    2-5 years experience in analytical, law enforcement, security management, or related roles in a Kenya setting;
    Possess a comprehensive understanding of open source research, database management, and written communication (e.g., Email, Messaging Apps);
    Demonstrated ability to write in English impeccably and without much oversight from Information & Analysis management;
    Experience working in private sector settings supporting international clients, especially NGOs, CSOs, or groups working on democracy and governance;
    Knowledge of journey management planning, travel threat mitigation, and monitoring systems like Smart24 or similar applications;
    An ability to merge traditional security management practices with analytical methods to produce bespoke client support is strongly desired;
    Fluency in Swahili is required.

  • Regional M&E Officer, Eurasia and Africa

    Regional M&E Officer, Eurasia and Africa

    HIAS seeks a Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer to provide technical guidance and support to develop and improve systems to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness, strategic alignment, cost, and overall impact of HIAS’ refugee assistance programs in Africa and Eurasia (Afr/Eur) Region, including but not limited to Kenya, Chad, Greece, Israel, and Austria. S/he contributes to the development and implementation of organization-wide monitoring and evaluation policies, systems, and tools for evidence generation in the Afr/Eur region. S/he is responsible for data analysis and database development support in the Afr/Eur region, ensuring both data quality and general compliance and results reporting on programmatic performance progress against program goals and deliverables.

    The Regional Monitoring and Evaluation Officer supports HIAS’ central M&E team both in establishing a consistent M&E practice across all Afr/Eur country offices and in strengthening the integration between country offices and HIAS HQ in order to maintain program quality and implement M&E standards. With the support and under the direction of the M&E department, the Regional M&E Officer is responsible for building the capacity of country office staff and providing in-country and remote support. S/he works closely with the Afr/Eur country program teams and HQ technical directors to deliver on essential duties.

    This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
    Essential Functions:

    Monitoring and Evaluation
    Supports the continued improvement and institutionalization of key M&E standards, processes, and systems/tools that support our organizational planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting requirements in the Afr/Eur region.
    Participates in program design and supports Programs teams to develop and refine objectives, support indicator selection and measurement, and create/contribute to M&E plans and/or frameworks
    Liaises with program and M&E staff in the region to ensure robust data collection across country offices, standardizing collection methods, results, and analysis as much as possible.
    Provides remote and on-site training for relevant office staff (including Country Directors and key staff) on best practices in data collection, program management, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategies.
    Travels to field offices across Afr/Eur region to monitor program implementation, provide operational assistance, and support compliance with program management standards. May conduct extended travel (up to several weeks) to develop M&E capacity in field offices and train relevant staff.
    At a regional and country level, supports and facilitates quarterly reflection sessions for program staff on data for programmatic decision-making and alignment
    Supports the implementation of organizational research and learning priorities in the Afr/Eur region
    Implements best practices and policies for M&E.
    Supports other M&E functions, as delegated
    Data Management and Results Reporting
    Tracks, analyzes, and regularly reports on program indicators, progress against targets, program successes, and lessons learned.
    Supports donor compliance and the submission of on-time, quality reports that clearly articulate progress against indicators and other relevant items
    Performs basic and intermediate statistical analysis from databases and through statistical programming, including developing baseline assessments and tracking data and progress against baselines.
    Develops and produces charts, graphs, infographics, and other visual representations of program activities and accomplishments; aggregates reporting at the country office and regional level; supports organizational-level reporting
    Conducts data checks to ensure data quality related to analysis and research.
    Collaborates with IT and other relevant staff to contribute to the development of data management platforms, refine database parameters and to ensure platforms accurately measure program activity data
    Participates in relevant Working Groups that are essential to perform her/his duties (e.g. M&E WG, collaboration project with IT etc.)

    Qualifications and Requirements:

    Undergraduate degree in relevant field is required; graduate degree highly preferred.
    A minimum of two to five (2-5) years of work experience and experience in M&E and/or program management strongly preferred.
    English and French fluency required (oral and written).
    Strong background in social justice, human rights and/or refugee issues is preferred.
    Ability to manage, track and report on program data; proficiency with Excel in tracking and analyzing data.
    Experience in use of data management systems and/or statistical software packages highly preferred.
    Ability to travel to all countries in the Africa/Eurasia region, as needed.
    Excellent writing and communication skills, including familiarity with writing funder reports, SOPs, and other program management documents.
    Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and meet strict deadlines.
    Excellent critical thinking skills; ability to multi-task.
    Must have authorization to work in Kenya.

  • Refrigeration Service Engineer

    Refrigeration Service Engineer

    Details:
    Our client is an international company dealing with the handling of perishables across the value chain, with clean and innovative technology. They are seeking to recruit a Service Engineer – Refrigeration for their Kenyan Branch
    Responsibilities:
     

    Solar Cold Storage
    Install and operate machinery at test sites to make sure the product is working properly and poses
    no danger to the end users
    Conduct routine or scheduled inspections of machines and equipment.
    Will need to clean, replace, repair equipment or parts to maintain smooth operation of machinery
    and equipment.
    Carry out periodic inspection on the machine, diagnose faults, and rectify any fault.
    Resolve any issues at the work site without interrupting the customer’s business or daily activities.
    Work effectively and in the shortest time possible.
    Installation of Unit
    Service and Maintenance of Installed unit
    Service Documentation and Record keeping

     
    Qualifications:

    ITI / Diploma/ BE and on-the-job training.
    Knowledge of HVAC , Brazing
    Should have advanced HVAC knowledge Cold Storage/Chiller/AHU etc.
    2-5 Years’ experience
    Electrical knowledge
    Computer knowledge/MS Office
    Specific technical skills
    Logical thinking

    Communication – English

  • Key Accounts Manager- Fresh Produce

    Key Accounts Manager- Fresh Produce

    Job Description: 
    M-shamba is a leading disruptive agricultural technology provider that works directly with smallholder farmers in supporting production processes and market access while strictly adhering to the requisite food safety standards. With a network of over 78,000 farmers across Kenya, we are the most reliable provider of fresh produce to both local and international off-takers. We are seeking a dynamic and confident Key Account Manager with extensive experience in Fresh produce or FMCG to service our local and international customers and ensure our service levels exceed our customers’ expectations.  The role reports directly to Senior Manager, Key Accounts and is integral to the strategic achievement of the organizations objectives.
    Responsibilities & Duties: 

    Maintain regular contact with specific customers locally and internationally and troubleshoot in areas if required
    Excellent customer relationship management and development of new/extended sales channels
    Provide marketing/sales/product information to existing/potential customers
    Identify and target business development opportunities in local and export markets. Visit existing/potential customers to make presentations to maintain, enhance or gain business
    To undertake all Hygiene, Quality and Environmental responsibilities to ensure that company standards on food safety are met and surpassed
    Implement and support M-shamba’s business strategy in commodity production and market access for smallholder farmers
    Contribute to business improvement initiatives with all stakeholders to ensure products are delivered in full, on time and in specification to meet our customer expectations with a focus on delivering value to the smallholder farmers.
    Experience in either supply and/or sales in the agricultural or horticulture industry, will be highly regarded

    Qualifications: 

    The role ideally requires a Fresh Produce or FMCG professional with 2-5+ years’ experience from sales, business development, and agronomy or account management. 
    Experience in dealing with the Fresh Produce Export Market and Smallholder Farmers with demonstrated success in relationship building and growing an FMCG type category in the fresh food industry will be highly regarded. It is favorable that the candidate will have food safety certifications knowledge, farms audit and commodity export experience.
    Strong influencing and negotiation skills are essential.  You will enjoy working with a peer group that is passionate about what they do within a successful culture.   It would be expected that the successful applicant will have a tertiary qualifications with a marketing/business/commerce/ horticulture or similar focus.
    This is a very hands-on role working within a highly motivated and busy Team. Enthusiasm with a positive pro-active attitude with proven problem solving skills is a must as well as being able to demonstrate strong initiative with the willingness to further develop your career in account management within the business. 
    Experience in customer-facing sales skills will be essential
    Knowledge on digital agriculture technologies is an added advantage.

  • Sales Manager

    Sales Manager

    The ideal candidate will come from a sales background, ideally from the travel industry. Experience in B2B sales is a must and the candidate must be fluent in English and Swahili communication. Resident of Nairobi and Kenyan citizen only.
    Job responsibilities

    Meeting travel companies for business development.
    Making cost sheets for proposals
    Will need to get good hold of destination knowledge (of Kenya) and costing in a short time
    Maintaining records of proposals

    Qualifications

    Self-starter and owns up responsibilities
    Excellent written and spoken English skills
    Graduate in any discipline
    2-5 years of experience in sales
    Has done B2B or B2C sales, ideally B2B
    Elementary understanding of numbers and excel to do costing

  • Manager – Health and Nutrition – Marsabit

    Manager – Health and Nutrition – Marsabit

    Reports to: Senior Manager – Health and NutritionDirect Reports: Officers Health & NutritionLiaises with: Internally – Other Programmes and Programme Support Units (PSU)Liases Externally – MoH, Local Partners, UN bodies etc.Contract DetailsOne (1) Year Fixed Term Renewable Contract Subject to Performance and Availability of FundsStarting Salary of the Pay Grade Kes 197,077Group PensionGroup Medical Cover (Principal & 2 Dependants)Group Life Assurance CoverWIBA Plus/Personal Accident CoverJob Summary: The incumbent will provide technical leadership and support in the implementation of the health and nutrition programmeMain Duties & ResponsibilitiesHealth and Nutrition Programme Management

    Participate in the assessment and selection of appropriate partners for programme implementation;
    Provide organizational and technical support to MoH and local partners in the implementation of High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI) and health services;
    Liaising closely with the County health management teams (CHMT) and Hospital Management Teams (HMT) to develop joint work plans and ensure MoH ownership and integration into the existing health systems;
    Work closely with the CHMT to oversee and review the implementation of County work plans and activities
    Support MoH and local partners to strengthen planning, implementation and review of health and nutrition programme activities at the County level
    Work with stakeholders at County level to establish health and nutrition complementary interventions while actively promoting inter sectoral linkages and integration with other programmes as necessary
    Ensure programme quality through active role in M&E of health and nutrition programme interventions including developing and utilizing context specific M&E tools, using data for decision making, field monitoring and joint support supervision
    Monitor the health and nutrition situation in the County including coordination of nutrition surveys, supporting with surveillance and assessments as required
    Contribute to the development of programme strategies and new project proposals
    Develop and implement county level health and nutrition programme budgets, budget revisions, costed work plans among other financial planning tools as required.
    Documentation of the programme process and compiling programme reports including generating lessons learnt and case studies
    Represent Concern at County and Sub County Health and Nutrition meetings and fora and support advocacy initiatives in line with the programme strategy

    Programme Support and Management/Head of Field Office Duties

    Monitor programme budget and partner grants and account for expenditure through timely financial reporting
    Provide coordination to all programme activities by channelling communication and resources to all departments at Sub County level
    Provide leadership in development of quarterly costed work plans, movement plans and activity work plans across the County.

    Responding To Emergencies

    Participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary.
    Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies

    Concern Code of Conduct & Associated Policies

    To adhere to the standards of conduct outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct & Associated Policies
    To support and promote the standards outlined in the Concern Code of Conduct & Associated Policies to their team, partner organisations and beneficiaries, and be committed to providing a safe working environment.
    To contribute to the establishment of preventive measures to reduce the potential for abuse in Concern programme

    Job Specification

    A bachelor degree in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, bachelor degree in Nursing or related field
    At least five (5) years’ experience in health and nutrition programme management in the delivery of High Impact Nutrition Interventions (HINI) and health services; with at least two (2) years’ experience in a supervisory or managerial role
    Solid understanding and experience with integrated program approaches
    Significant experience/knowledge of MoH systems, particularly at County level and working with and through local partners
    Excellent programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, interpersonal and report writing skills
    Fluent in both oral and written English and Kiswahili.
    Proficient in computer applications
    Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and supervise new staff members
    Proactive problem solver and solutions oriented management style
    Although not a MUST, having an understanding of the context, prior experience working and/or living in Marsabit is highly desirable.

    Disclaimer ClauseThis job description is not exhaustive and may be revised by the line manager from time to time.Concern has a Concern Code of Conduct & Associated Policies which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants, especially beneficiaries, from abuse and exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, partner organisations, and anyone engaged by Concern or visiting our programmes, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context all Concern staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct of their work in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern will be expected to sign the Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as appendices to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies candidates demonstrate they have understood its content and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. Any breach of the Concern Code of Conduct and Associated Policies by employees of Concern during the course of their employment will result in disciplinary action up to, and including, dismissal

  • Emergency Response Roster

    Emergency Response Roster

    World Vision’s Emergency Response Roster is comprised of highly experienced and vetted humanitarian aid professionals available for short term, medium term, and long term emergency response assignments with World Vision. This roster allows World Vision to more rapidly identify and hire for key positions in its humanitarian response offices.
    If selected, eligible applicants will first be fully vetted and then approved for the Emergency Response Roster. As vacancies arise in our humanitarian offices, roster members will be considered for employment opportunities.
    If you have the required experience and would like to work with us helping protect lives, restore dignity, and renew hope, we’d love to hear from you.
    Minimum Eligibility Requirements for all Emergency Response Roster Positions:

    5+ years of cross cultural humanitarian emergency experience outside of your home country.
    Minimum 2 years experience serving successfully in fragile or unstable environments.
    Experience directly managing staff during humanitarian emergency responses.
    Ability to work long hours in stressful environments with a variety of skilled professionals.
    Demonstrated management of budgets in emergency response settings.
    Willing to serve unaccompanied; most likely in a team house setting.
    English proficiency; written and verbal.
    Grant Acquisition Management experience in your personalized expertise.
    Strong track record in developing good working relationships with governmental institutions and multilateral agencies.

    Below are the World Vision Emergency Response Roster positions that are currently open and accepting applications. If a position matching your background and interests is not listed, we encourage you to check back often as a more appropriate roster position may be listed and accepting applications at that time.
    Director positions currently accepting applications (must have 5-7+ years’ in response leadership role):

    Response Director
    Operations Director
    Programmes Strategy & Development Director

    Manager/Specialist positions currently accepting applications (must have 5+ years’ related experience):

    Communication and External Engagement Manager
    Human Resources Manager
    Support Services Manager
    Finance Manager
    Information Management Manager
    Monitoring, Evaluation, Humanitarian Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager
    Grant Acquisition and Management Manager
    Cash Programming Manager/Specialist
    Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Manager/Specialist
    Health Manager/Specialist
    Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manager/Specialist
    Nutrition Manager/Specialist
    Education in Emergencies Manager/Specialist
    Livelihoods Manager/Specialist
    Protection Manager/Specialist
    Child Protection ManManager/Specialist

  • Manager.Global Sales Strategy

    Manager.Global Sales Strategy

    Description
    The ideal candidate will be required to lead a centralised commercial team that will drive execution of commercial actions that will transform Kenya Airways commercial policies, Global sales and account partnerships into relevant, simple and adaptable relationships that will ensure Kenya Airways grows revenues and share of wallet in global sales portfolios, is customer focussed, efficient and cost effective in a dynamic and highly competitive business environment.
    Key duties and responsibilities include;

    Drive transformation of commercial policies to ensure they are relevant, simple, adaptable and supportive of Commercial revenue and cost reduction strategies.
    To report on currency of and adherence to commercial policies across all global markets where KQ tickets are distributed.
    Drive performance management and centralization of GSA (General Sales Agents) management globally in order to ensure revenue maximization and cost efficiency when third party sales organizations are used by Kenya airways.
    To drive sales across all Global and local online Travel agents.
    To ensure constant monitoring of KQ.com against relevant online travel agencies in all global territories to ensure competitiveness of KQ.com in the online space.
    Drive implementation of an effective B2B engagement solution for non-IATA travel agents complete with commercial persuasion initiatives, easy enrolment and reconciliation procedures in order to grow revenues from this segment.
    Drive effective relationships, sales and servicing actions amongst Global corporate accounts in order to increase revenue, share of wallet and stay relevant in a dynamic and highly competitive market.
    Timely reporting on all global sales KPIs and project implementations.
    Drive team transformation, development, empowerment, collaboration and growth.

    Qualifications

    A Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field.
    At least 5 years’ experience in a commercial aviation organization.
    2 years’ experience in commercial sales management preferably in a network carrier will be an added advantage.
    Advanced user in MS office and Internet.
    Fluent in written and spoken English
    Needs to demonstrate knowledge of airline commercial policies, sales strategy and distribution systems.
    Must have strong strategy, problem solving, decision taking, negotiating, influencing and communication skills.