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  • Finance Sr. Associate Grants Manager Senior Hybrid Developer-Designer

    Finance Sr. Associate Grants Manager Senior Hybrid Developer-Designer

    About the Role
    The ESA Finance Associate is a full-time position reporting to the Regional Director and Regional Finance Manager. The Eastern & Southern Africa Hub is looking for someone with substantial experience in financial management and controls, supporting field operations and deployment of efficient and cost-effective financial operations, policies, procedures and processes.
    The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya with travel to Regional Hub priority countries approximately 10-15% of the time.
    Responsibilities

    Financial Controls.

    In consultation with the Regional Finance Manager (RFM), ensure HOT and Hub Finance and Procurement policies are adhered to and implemented in a standardized manner
    Conduct periodic field/country visits.
    In close collaboration with Country Finance Managers, facilitate month end closing of accounting books and review of balance sheet items.

    Reporting.

    On a case to case basis, support the RFM in consolidating and drafting Hub Monthly Financial Reports.
    Conduct initial reviews of all grantee Financial Reports.

    Operations and Administrative Support.

    Provide reviews on Purchase Requests, Bid Analysis, Purchase Orders, and Procurement Plans and payments to ensure completeness, budget availability and compliance to HOT Policies/Procedures & Donor Regulations.

    Capacity Building and Sub Grants Management & Support

    Facilitate training/workshops with staff and regional awardees.
    Reviewing monthly financial reports and facilitating payments to awardees.

    Other Financial Milestones:

    Assist in Annual Budgeting Processes and provide monthly budget support to hub managers
    Contribute to the development, review and revision of Hub Financial Policies and SOPs.
    Responsible for the initial review of funds transfer requests from countries/programs, 
    In coordinations with the RFO, conduct risk assessments on grantees and programs and update the risk register on a regular basis.
    Key resource in filling (Soft and Hard Copies) for both HOT and Grantee financial records.

    Qualifications

    Nairobi Based,  with ability to travel within the Eastern & Southern Africa Region
    Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Accounting (Graduate level degree in Finance and/or CPA certification a plus)
    At Least 3-4 years of professional experience in an equivalent position, preferably in the region (Eastern and Southern Africa)
    Experience working with remote and virtual teams
    Experience  training finance and non finance staff on finance and procurement processes
    Experience managing audit processes 
    Experience in donor budgeting and reporting.
    Experience in working with a diverse range of institutional donors, especially USAID/UN Agencies and many others.
    Excellent excel skills
    Excellent oral and written English / Communication skills
    Familiarity with accounting software, preferably Quickbooks
    Flexible, honest and reliable

    Closing date: 10 May 2022

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  • Marketing Operations Manager Import / Export Coordinator Merchandise Manager – Supermarkets Marketing Operations Manager

    Marketing Operations Manager Import / Export Coordinator Merchandise Manager – Supermarkets Marketing Operations Manager

    JOB PURPOSE
    The Marketing Operations Manager is responsible for working closely with Head of Performance Marketing to set up, manage and optimize campaigns for assigned channel for our different countries. The role will also be responsible for working on the search/display/paid social strategy across the markets and manage the countries assigned to help them achieve their business objectives and targets.
    Responsibilities
    Marketing Operations

    Build strategy for the respective digital marketing channel across the markets
    Liaise with publishers to make sure we have the optimal account structure in place and follow best practice when it comes to ecommerce and local trends
    Manage the digital marketing budget for the assigned countries for the respective digital marketing channel
    Optimize the performance of campaigns on a daily basis to achieve the business KPIs
    Run campaigns with strict KPI optimization (CAC, conversion rate, revenue)
    Work closely with the creative team to give feedback and guidance on the performance on creatives
    Create the monthly and yearly strategy by country for the respective digital marketing channel
    Liaise with the assigned market and act as the point of contact for respective digital marketing channel
    Have weekly and monthly calls with the markets to share channel performance
    Work with markets to help them achieve the targets and business objectives
    Run and execute BLS surveys for markets on digital marketing channels
    Create and share detailed reports as per the needs of the market
    Train and update the markets on the latest trends on digital marketing channels
    Share best practice across the markets

    Channel and budget responsibilities

    Manage the budget in excess of Millions of USD and optimize the spends
    Manage and execute the campaigns on the respective digital marketing channel
    Manage the budget on the designated channel(s) efficiently
    Optimize the campaigns on daily basis based on the business KPIs
    Have a deep understanding of the respective digital marketing channel and its capabilities for performance using different formats and targeting options
    Align and own the targets of channel on KPIs like CAC, MCIR, revenue and orders
    Have weekly calls with publishers to improve the performance

    Human capital responsibilities

    Lead team of digital marketing analysts and develop their skills
    Hire new team members in the digital marketing team
    Guide the team members and do evaluations and reviews

    Definition of Success

    Measured by KPIs against the targets (placed orders, GMV, new customers, CAC – as per the KPI glossary for digital marketing)

    Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or relevant/related course
    Master’s degree an added advantage
    Search/display/paid social channel experience (depending on the channel to be managed)
    Web and App Analytics
    Reporting and data visualization tools
    English (Full professional proficiency – Required)
    Arabic (Professional efficiency – Advantage)
    Around 3-4 years in e-commerce or other performance-based digital pure players
    Having managed performance-based social / search / display campaigns
    Clear demonstration of performance and business growth, i.e. results like incoming orders, GMV, new customers, CAC, CPO etc.

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    To apply send your CV to recruit@flexi-personnel.com by 6th May 2022. Indicating the subject tittle on the email subject.

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    recruit@flexi-personnel.com

  • Banquets Manager

    Banquets Manager

    Banquets Manager
    Reporting to the  Food & Beverage Manager, the Banquets Manager is responsible for the fulfilling the client experience in our Hotel. The Banquets Manager will oversee a large team of talented individuals and will be responsible for managing and supervising Banquet events and employees.
    What is in it for you:

    Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
    Learning programs through our Academies and the opportunity to earn qualifications while you work
    Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
    Ability to make a difference in the local community through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21 

    What you will be doing:
    Reporting to the Food and Beverage Manager, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following: 

    All areas of guest service and core standards
    Daily supervision, coordination and direction of all colleagues in the Banquet.
    Ensuring all functions maintain a first class and positive visual impact; including ambiance, cleanliness, orderliness, décor and service flows.
    Maintaining high staff morale and team spirit within the Banquet Department.
    Leading and coaching all colleagues and leaders in the banquet services department
    Overall recruiting, staffing and scheduling ensuring adequate staffing levels to satisfy guest needs. 
    Create and implement colleague-training initiatives
    Implementing meeting and conference service standards. 
    Creating and implementing a preventative cleaning and maintenance program of all banqueting areas & equipment. 
    Creating and implementing new processes and procedures to drive the department forward
    The overall financial success of the department, including day-to-day payroll control, planning yearly capital improvements and exercising control of fixed and variable expenses. 
    Partner with Meetings and Events partners, along with various Meeting Planners to produce positive Voice of the Guest scores. 
    Adhere to all budget guidelines that are established for each event. 
    Work together with the Culinary & Stewarding team to ensure that all food service exceeds guest expectations and to promote teamwork as a strong component of the daily service culture. 
    Work with the Stewarding team to ensure that all equipment needs are met and all equipment is properly maintained. 
    Finding creative solutions and proactively solving problems in order to meet a demanding client base. 
    Creation and implementation of guest preference programs. 
    Actively involved on a day-to-day basis with creative buffet décor and establishing new ideas. 
    Work with the Incentives, Conventions and Events Department in order to ensure that revenues and guest satisfaction levels are maximized. 
    Maintain high level of professional appearance, demeanor and image of self / hotel
    Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
    Any other tasks that may be assigned

    Your experience and skills include:

    Minimum 3-4 years’ experience as a Banquets Leader  within a 5 star hotel/resort 
    Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, including holidays, weekends, mornings, afternoons and evenings.
    Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities necessary.
    Must be a highly organized person with strong planning skills.
    Must exhibit command and presence on the floor
    Must have exceptional working relationships with Culinary, Stewarding, Event Services etc.
    Goal and results oriented.
    Analytical skills, strength as a developer and a leader of others are essential.
    Computer literate in Microsoft Window applications required 
    University/College degree in a related discipline preferred 
    Excellent communication and organizational skills 
    Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times 
    Wine & spirits knowledge and an understanding of Banquet Beverage is preferred

    Apply via :

    careers.accor.com

  • Legal Officer (East Africa Region)

    Legal Officer (East Africa Region)

    JOB SUMMARY:
    The job holder will assist the Head of Legal in the effective and efficient management of the Legal affairs of the organization, provision of legal advisory services and ensuring effective management of legal and contractual risks.
    MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

    Preparing and reviewing legal contracts, leases, licenses, NDAs, MOUs and other legal papers of a routine nature to prevent or avert any potential risk to the business;
    Managing contractual arrangements with suppliers and partners;
    Reviewing and formulating legal policies, procedures and regulations;
    Reviewing recent legislation, court cases, correspondence and publications pointing out matters of note or which necessitate management action;
    Liaising with other departments in managing legal matters;
    Filing of various documents/returns as required under the provisions of the Companies Law/KICA;
    Protection of brand equity through registration of trademarks and service marks
    Conducting legal awareness and education to company staff through newsletters and development of FAQs;
    Employing Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures in resolving disputes affecting the company.
    Management of the Company’s litigation file portfolio
    Researching on relevant statutes, rulings and precedents to be used as a basis for answering requests for legal opinions.
    Providing legal advice and ensure compliance with legal and statutory requirements.
    Undertaking administration and proper record keeping of departmental records.
    Conducting legal research and preparation of reliable legal opinions as and when required.

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from a recognized university.
    A registered member of the Law Society of Kenya in good standing.
    3- 4 years post-admission experience in a busy commercial department/or law firm.

    DESIRED SKILLS:

    Initiative and pro-activeness
    Critical Thinking and problem solving
    Strong management, negotiation and report writing skills.
    Computer literacy and familiarity with standard office computer applications.
    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
    Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
    Research Skills v Legal Administration Skills, Planning and organization
    Attention to Detail, Confidentiality and Dependability.

    If your background and competence meet the above requirements and you are self-driven, proactive, results oriented person, please send your application letter, CV, and relevant testimonials to The General Manager- Human Resource through careers.EA@dimensiondata.com quoting the job reference number. To be received not later than COB 27th April 2022 Please note only successful candidates will be contacted

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    careers.EA@dimensiondata.com

  • Repayments Associate (Communications)

    Repayments Associate (Communications)

    About The Role
    Apollo is seeking a creative Repayments Associate (Communications) to craft user-centered communications to Apollo’s farmers. The ideal candidate for this role has a deep appreciation for user experience design and behavioral science and possesses the ability to tailor communications to different audiences across different cultures, and for different purposes (inform, report, persuade). As the Repayments Associate in charge of all user communications, you will drive repayments by coming up with customer-tailored communications to nudge, encourage and prompt our customers to meet their repayment obligations. The Repayments Associate will introduce better documentation, process flow, smart communications that touch on field insights, culture, user behavior, user background. The role will also run a number of experiments to test the most suitable customizable communications that would result in action (payment).
    Responsibilities:

    Define the farmer repayments communication user journey
    Test, analyze and iterate different communication types (calls, SMS, IVR) that would lead to payments
    Generate insights on different farmer groups through content testing in the field. Spend 25%+ time in the field understanding the farmers in different regions, their needs, and using that information to build targeted communications
    Work on gamification of the repayment journey for the farmers i.e., a reward mechanism for reaching certain milestones
    Understand and take advantage of cultural differences and farmer behavior to develop SMART Communications
    Define a roadmap content simplification of complex topics such as insurance
    Design and delivery content through cartoons, simple to understand illustrations to the farmers
    Relook at all the scripts, content delivered through SMS, IVR, and calls and work to improve them
    Design simple fliers, posters required by the repayment team
    Continuously innovate by coming up with new ideas to improve content delivery to the farmers
    Looking into “What is new” out there and learning how that can be used to deliver content
    Work on the current content delivery mechanism and owning delivery for the repayments team
    Measuring the impact of all types of content shared to the farmers through some KPIs such as the amount of money collected etc.

    You:

    Have a Diploma or Degree in Psychology, Computer Science or Marketing
    Have a Professional Certification in UX and Behavioral Science (bonus!)
    Have 3-4 years of experience in a similar role
    Have experience working on SMART communication
    Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Are familiar with UX design principles
    Know how to define user journeys and develop different nudges across the journey
    Are a strategic thinker and a meticulous implementer and are comfortable conceptualizing and executing ideas
    Have an experimental mindset and aren’t afraid to try new things
    Are sociable and smart
    Have sound analytical skills and know your way Excel. Knowledge of SQL is an added advantage
    Are comfortable being in the field getting to know Apollo’s customers
    Have experience or are comfortable working with farmer user types

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    jobs.lever.co

  • Quality Assurance Assistant Personal Assistant

    Quality Assurance Assistant Personal Assistant

    Company Operations:
    We are a veterinary pesticides manufacturing facility looking to recruit qualified personnel to oversee activities at our manufacturing unit.
    Overall objective of the position:
    The Quality Assurance Assistant’s key role is to ensure quality compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and the company’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This function also ensures the timely release of incoming product batches into the marketplace for sale.
    Responsibilities:

    Manage the Quality Control/Quality Assurance function including but not limited to: lot management, stability review, temperature monitoring, maintenance of quality agreements, release of products for sale, product inspection (audits) and
    preparation and development of Standard Operating Procedures.
    Document management, archiving of QA/QC records and
    responding to any Compliance related issues.
    Assist Regulatory projects that involve QA oversight including stability
    changes, updates to labelling etc.
    Manage and evaluate (trending) product complaints, deviations, Corrective
    Actions and Preventative Actions (CAPAs)
    Development, review, revision and implementation of SOPs as required.
    Annual product reviews and review of stability reports for compliance with
    Registration requirements.
    Act as primary quality contact person with Third Party Logistics (3PL) and
    as qualified person for internal quality compliance matters
    Implement recall procedures if necessary and perform mock recall yearly to
    ensure recall procedures are adequate.
    Monitor QA aspects of warehousing and shipping practices for compliance
    with warehouse procedure manuals.
    Liaise with customers and regulatory authorities regarding quality matters,
    including hosting inspections and responding to observations
    Quality Control.

    Timely approval of incoming batches, batch inspection and perform release procedures according to SOPs
    Maintain appropriate documentation (i.e., CoA’s) and ensure document compliance according to GMP.

    Manage deviation reports.
    Manage customer returns.
    Managing off site retained samples according to GMP
    Maintain QC master documents for all products.
    Ensure compliance with appropriate SOP’s, policies and guidelines.
    Complete mandatory training in assigned timelines upon hire as well as
    when new policies, SOP’s, guidelines are issued.
    Execute other duties as may be required by Management from time to time.

    Key working relationships:

    Interface and cooperation with internal functions or external partners

    Experience:

    3-4 years in a similar position with busy working experience.

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    If qualified kindly send your CV to vacancies@jantakenya.com clearly indicating “Quality Assurance Assistant ” on the subject line by 15th April 2022.

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    vacancies@jantakenya.com

  • Senior Credit Portfolio Manager

    Senior Credit Portfolio Manager

    JOB PURPOSE

    To source and transform data into information as input into effective credit portfolio insights and analytics for allocated PBB AR countries across multiple products/segments for the credit lifecycle for scored lending (e.g. originations, account management, collections) in line with PBB AR objectives.
    To automate relevant production reports to improve the reporting, data extraction and information preparation processes.

    KEY RESPONSIBILITES
    Business Requirements

    Sources appropriate data and prepares meaningful and accurate management information (MIS) for allocated portfolios to support Business, Operational, Credit and Finance Reporting.
    Collects and collates the appropriate data for report generation.
    Conducts in-depth analysis of user needs and prepares the appropriate reporting where required (based on urgency and priority)
    Executes all new reporting requirements.
    Provides the necessary big data where required based on business requirements.

    Data Transformation and Reporting

    Validates data accuracy by performing standard reconciliation – remediates any data discrepancies or escalates for assistance where required.
    Optimises current reporting processes and provides input into the development of reporting processes to meet timelines.
    Automates relevant production reports to improve the reporting, data extraction and information preparation processes through using appropriate scheduling toolsets.

    Reporting and Analytics process

    Extracts, stores, manipulates, processes, analyses and provides information for standardised and bespoke reporting.
    Continuously monitors and tests processes and data to detect errors in order to improve reporting efficiencies.
    Interprets data into information following collation of large sources of disparate data.
    Writes SAS/SQL coding in line with reporting requirements and as far as possible implements automated scheduling.
    Adheres to timelines for new and existing reporting requirements.
    Stays abreast of all changes of how the Customer Decision Engine (CDE) works to qualify and non-qualify customers for lending limits.

    Trend Analysis

    Analyses portfolio trends and any changes thereof followed by a detailed investigation to determine the root cause extracts the relevant account level data as input into portfolio reporting.
    Identifies and highlights data quality issues that affect the accuracy of insights and analytics.
    Keeps up to date with insights and analytics best practice to ensure new and improved designs and products provide improved value to stakeholders.
    Identifies and reports any portfolio risk appetite breaches across the countries. Prepares reports on ROE portfolio performance for the countries.
    Reconciles all the daily/weekly/monthly reporting outputs and resolves any issues identified (such as operational issues).

    Governance

    Adheres to approved toolsets when setting up portfolio management reports.
    Adheres to data governance principles as prescribed by the Enterprise Data Office (EDO).

    Knowledge sharing

    Upskills business teams on principles of data extraction, transformation and visualisation.
    Shares knowledge and information on data coding with the Country and Head Office Teams.
    Tracks usage of measurement tools created.

    Stakeholder Management

    Proactively communicates the progress of delivery of reporting requirements, where necessary.
    Discusses and negotiates timelines on reporting requirements (as it pertains to data) whilst ensuring regular standardised monthly requirements are still delivered (i.e. data extraction, manipulation and visualisation) and seeks line management approval where required if SLA’s could be breached.
    Manages and resolves escalated queries regarding data anomalies that are detected that impacts accuracy of reporting.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    A degree in business related degree
    3- 4 years experience in credit data analytics within a personal and business banking environment with specific focus on the credit life cycle.
    Experience in (preferably credit) data exploitation and business intelligence development and implementation. Experience in the extraction, transformation and visualisation of data using bank approved toolsets e.g. SAS / SQL / Python / Qliksense.

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    www.standardbank.com

  • Consultancy for Gender Mainstreaming Training

    Consultancy for Gender Mainstreaming Training

    Accountability and Responsibility
    The trainer shall report to the Project Director or his/ her designate under whose docket the training will be conducted. In line with the organization’s core values, all trainers will be required to sign a code of conduct and child protection policy.
    JRS shall provide for:

    Guidance throughout all phases of execution.
    Approval of all deliverables including final sign-offs to make payments. Terms of payment the payment schedules shall be described in the contract.
    Make available suitable facilities for training, during the period of the Agreement.
    JRS shall make all payments herein agreed upon after making the mandatory statutory deductions and other deductions such as taxes, certificate accreditation as specified.
    The consultant will be responsible for;
    Submitting a detailed proposal in conformity with the TORs specified herein.
    Submission of all the required statutory documentation.
    Production of deliverables as per contractual requirements.
    Preparation of a detailed follow‐up plan after the training.

    Required expertise and qualifications.

    Training expertise is a pre-requisite while gender knowledge and skills are required.
    An advanced degree in the Social Sciences is preferable.
    Postgraduate qualification in gender and diversity or related areas is a clear advantage.
    Minimum 3-4 years of previous training work, knowledge, experience, and passion for gender mainstreaming and diversity work is required.
    Excellent report writing and tool development skills are a requirement for the development of the handbook.
    Good command of English both spoken and written is essential.
    Knowledge and experience of humanitarian work will be a clear advantage.
    Must be willing to abide by JRS code of conduct, Child safeguarding and PSEAH policies.

    The project seeks to identify experts that fulfill the above criteria and have demonstrated ability to provide relevant expertise and bring a wider perspective in developing contextual content.

    Scope of financial Proposal and Schedule Payments:
    The consultant will be offered a lump sum fee inclusive of travel cost
    The payments will be made in installments based upon outputs/deliverables specified in the TOR
    Payment Schedule:
    50% on signing the contract and submission of a comprehensive list of contents to be included pre-workshop to ensure that all the required contents are included
    50% on submission of training report in English.

    The required documents should be sent by email to hrkenya@jrs.net and with the words.“Consultancy for Gender Mainstreaming Training”, as the title of the mailJRS reserves the right to reject any application(s) without disclosing the reasons.The deadline for application submission is 18thApril 2022

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    hrkenya@jrs.net

  • Graphic Designer Graphic Design Intern

    Graphic Designer Graphic Design Intern

    Description

    The successful candidate will be responsible to provide assistance on creating art works for internal use and SBUs; maintain the company’s image and branding to a world class standard.
    S/he will be engaged on a six (6) months contract renewable based on performance.

    Responsibilities

    Responsible for artworks used for corporate marketing and branding.
    Ensure all events banners, brochures, adverts and all marketing and advertising materials are in line with Optiven Image. The logo, the colours and all graphics are top notch.
    Work collaboratively within a team of designers to define and support our design asset needs and requirements.
    Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand.
    Assist in keeping up to date with the latest design trends, techniques, and printing standards.
    Amend designs appropriately after feedback.
    Develop Creative content and ideas for press release for internal events and sponsored, develop innovative and creative sales media content across social media platforms.
    Work closely with the Social media, communication team and PR in all events with a keen eye on the Optiven Image and communications.
    Continuous update of all website banners, images, etc.
    Perform any other duties as may be assigned by Management from Time to Time.

    Requirements

    Bachelor’s Degree/Diploma in Graphic Design from a recognized or accredited institution.
    IT skills and experience and a qualification in graphic design.
    Proven graphic designing experience of between 3 to 4 years in digital communications and online marketing.
    Training in social media, digital marketing or online advertising will be an added advantage.
    Familiarity with design software and technologies (such as InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc.)
    A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics.

    Skills

    Excellent communication and presentation skills.
    Excellent attention to detail.
    Ability to give and receive constructive criticism.
    Ability to perform with minimal supervision.
    The ability to work methodically under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
    Ability to adopt a flexible approach to meet targets and the needs of the business.
    Good organization and administrative skills.
    The ability to analyse data.
    A strong team player.
    High level of Professionalism and integrity.

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