Usalama Reforms Forum has been involved in Security Sector Reforms since 2009 and has been championing for Police Reforms by supporting and strengthening Policing Institutions and Community-based safety forums through capacity building, security research, and creating innovative security strategies alongside advocating for Access to Justice at community level.
Usalama is offering career opportunity as Programme Manager
go to method of application »
Job Qualification: criteria in Unspecified
-
Programme Manager Finance and Administration Manager
-
Field Officers
Deadline to Apply: October 24th, 2016
Start Date: November 1st, 2016
Location: Ndaragwa, Nyandarua
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities: General
Prompt arrival to work
Completion of scheduled activities each day in a timely manner
Interact with community members and facility staff with the highest level of integrity and understanding
On non-field days, conscientious performance of office work for instance translations, per training/learning
Assist in daily survey organization and storage
Ensure data integrity is maintained at all times and minimize errors in data collection and transport
Administer facility surveys and household surveys
Visit households
Networking with the different components of the project and reporting appropriately
Help organize/invite participants to FGDs
Help facilitate at Focus Group Discussions and or help in translations during such discussions
Qualifications:
Required
Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
Experience with data collection through facility and household surveys, academic tests, exit interviews, focus groups or observations
Ability to recognize when questions are difficult or unclear to subjects
Excellent note taking ability during interviews and focus groups
Willingness to travel within the regions we are working in
Comfortable with interviewing individuals within their homes
Basic computer knowledge and skills (mandatory)
Ability to comfortably work with groups and within groups
Desired
Bachelors’ degree or college diploma in agriculture, social sciences and /or business administration
Past experience in data collection
Past experience conducting household surveys
Experience with pilot studies, especially related to improving data collection tools -
Sales Executive
Job Description
Implementing a successful field marketing & sales process to fulfil the current and future needs of the company.
Identify customer needs and match the right product for the right set of need.
Provide technical input in the identification of customer opportunities and in resolving customer/product queries.
Introduce Pet World products to the related industries by providing technical support to the current and potential customers to demonstrate product effectiveness and establish long-term relationships.
Industry mapping: continuous conduct market intelligence activities on customers/prospects (feed producers, kennels, competition, regulatory bodies, etc…
Developing new business opportunity pipeline both in the current customer base and new customers.
Manage existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied with the services.
Develop and implement special sales
Submit weekly progress reports and ensure data is accurate by tracking and recording activity customer accounts.
Reviewing sales performance on weekly, monthly, quarterly basis; with the aim of meeting or exceeding targets.
Qualifications for the Sales Job:
Self-starter; motivated, team focused, attention for detail and results driven.
Good organizational skills and ability to schedule and manage their own workload.
Self-motivated to accomplish business and personal objectives
Pleasant personality and ability to recognize sales opportunities and determine appropriate action.
Computer proficiency in MS Office tools.
Experience in a courier company shall be an added advantage.
Should be between 20-23 years of age.
Should be self-motivated, flexible and outgoing.
Ready to learn, understand and master the products.
Must be result oriented and a good time manager.
Possess excellent sales and negotiating skills.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and customer care skills.
Must have a keen understanding for business and developing market segments.
Remunerations:
Good retainer + Big Commissions -
Laboratory Technician
Requirements
Certificate in science laboratory technology from a recognized institution
Age between 30-45
Certificate of good conduct
Driving license will be an added advantage -
Procurement Officer
Requirements for the Procurement Officer Job
Diploma in Procurement and supplies Management from a recognized College / University.
Higher qualification will also be considered
Conversant with the public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act (PPADA) 2015.
Must be of high integrity able to demonstrate exemplary performance and can work with minimum supervision.
Certificate of good conduct and Tax Compliance -
Head Baker Human Resource Assistant
Responsibilities:
Ensure financial controls and fiscal performance for the Bakery department are met consistent with stated goals and objectives
Ensure that you are medically fit at all times to attend to your duties by always updating the Food handler’s certificate.
Quality standards and controls are in compliance with industry and company guidelines
Meet and/or exceed the local food handling standards to ensure that the kitchen and the food storage areas are compliant
Maintain adequate inventory levels of products to minimize bakery food product outages
Preparation and production of baked goods based on business demands and business objectives
Ensure that recipes are followed 100% of the time and that all tastes profiles are appropriate
Partner with the Client in running an efficient operation including daily briefings and weekly meetings.
Reconcile previous performance and address improvement plans
Ensure proper safety procedures are being followed
Communicate with all team members to ensure maximum productivity
Recognize team members and work together.
Ensure compliance with all Clients policies and procedures
Any other duties as directed.
Requirements:
At least 5 years working experience in busy Baking environment.
Must be excellent in cake baking and decoration, bread baking and pastries.
Experience in retail industry a plus.
Excellent supervisory, time management, organizational and prioritization skills.
Independent, self-starter capable of working well with a team, multi-tasking effectively and managing a variety of responsibilities.
go to method of application » -
Business Process Analyst
Key responsibilities;
Documentation of process information and flow charting
Identifying and analyzing business rules that govern the said processes
Re-designing processes and facilitating stakeholder groups to consensus regarding new business process designs
Testing and managing the execution of the new environment.
Monitoring and measuring effectiveness of processes to ensure consistent delivery of value.
Designing of procedure manuals and training of staff.
The position involves travel. -
Cake Baker / Decorator
Duties
Measuring ingredients to prepare dough and fillings. Mixing ingredients according to recipes to produce quality cakes.
Observes colour of products being baked and turns thermostat or other controls to adjust oven temperature
Applying glaze or other toppings to baked goods.
Decorating cakes and cupcakes
Adding decorative flowers, designs or scripts according to client requests.
Tracking product inventory, ordering supplies, cleaning equipment and providing customer service.
Creating elaborate cake decorations.
Blending different colors and hues to create unique designs on cakes.
Using specific tools, like airbrush guns, modelling tools to produce quality cakes.
Developing new recipes for cakes and other baked products.
Qualifications / Skills:
Passionate about baking
Creativity
Team player
Can do attitude
Strong work ethics
Certificate in Baking with over one year experience -
Hospital Administrator Nurse – (Nyeri) Laboratory Technologists
Hospital Administrator Job Key Responsibilities
Responsible for the smooth daily operation of the Hospital
Making wide-ranging decisions about rates for services, personnel, medical policies, and community relations.
Direct activities for the whole hospital departments, clinics, public health agencies, facilities, or outpatient care centers. Developing policies and procedures, ensuring they are followed and implementing policies created by a governing board or body.
Making sure medical histories, current health information and billing, insurance and legal documents are all being handled appropriately.
go to method of application » -
Search Wizard Android UI/Frontend Developer
Responsibilities:
Build out and improve the core search functionality of REFUNITE’s platform – we’re excited about areas like transliteration, natural language search, localized boosting based on a deep understanding of our user demographics, and more.
Innovate on our highly scalable and responsive APIs.
Architect and implement backend services that will power our web and mobile clients.
Contribute to engineering and supporting operational needs, including testing, tool building and bug fixing problems that are impacting our users and/or technical teams.
Work closely with the rest of the engineering team to bring awesome features into production.
Desired Skills and Experience:
5+ years of professional working experience.
Experience in search related technologies such as SOLR, Elasticsearch, etc.
Experience in databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc).
Preference for Python.
Able to take complex problems and break them down to smaller tasks.
Evangelizing search paradigms to rest of organization and clearly communicate decisions around search.
We expect you to:
Be a team player.
Be creative, curious and challenge us and yourself with new solutions and great ideas and present your vision for how to improve search within REFUNITE.
Be responsible and able to work independently as well as collaborate across the dev team and organisation in a hectic startup environment.
Benefits:
Being part of an ambitious, skilled and agile team.
A great and fun work environment with highly enthusiastic colleagues.
Contributing to reconnecting refugees with their family and loved ones.
Place of work: Preferably Nairobi, but we are open to remote hiring for the right candidate.
Include a link to your portfolio so we can see samples of your technical projects.
NOTE: If you are considered for this position, we’ll send you a small pre-qualification technical exercise.
go to method of application »