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  • Mechanic Job

    Mechanic Job

    Job Description
    Roles & Responsibilities:

    Examine vehicle engine and mechanical/electrical components to diagnose issues accurately
    Examine vehicle computer and electronic systems to repair maintain and upgrade
    Conducting routine maintenance work to ensure vehicle functionality and longevity
    Troubleshoot reported problems and resolve them in a timely manner & performing preventive maintenance
    Perform thorough maintenance on machinery, equipment and systems
    Clean and apply lubricants to machinery components
    Replenish fluids and components of engines and machinery
    Provide consultation on correct maintenance and preventative measures to machine or vehicle users
    Keep logs of work and report on issues

    Minimum Requirements

    Diploma in Mechanical Engineering preferably Automotive Engineering
    3 – 4 Years’ experience in reputable company with proven experience as auto mechanic
    Excellent knowledge of mechanical, electrical and electronic components of vehicles
    Working knowledge of vehicle diagnostic systems and methods
    Valid driving license
    Mature, flexible and able to work with minimal supervision.
    Good interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Chief HR & Administration Officer 

Principal Environmental Research Officer 

Senior Systems Analyst 

Senior Civil Engineer 

ICT Officer 

Accountant 

Procurement Assistant 

Motorcycle Rider

    Chief HR & Administration Officer Principal Environmental Research Officer Senior Systems Analyst Senior Civil Engineer ICT Officer Accountant Procurement Assistant Motorcycle Rider

    Vacancy Reference: RN0001
    Job Responsibilities

    Participating in formulation and review of human resource management policies, regulations and guidelines;
    Coordinating human resource services in areas such as appointment, promotion, payroll management, discipline, pension, establishment and compliment control;
    Implementing human resource management policies, strategies and programmes;
    Administering staff remuneration, Benefits and welfare programs aimed at raising staff morale, increasing productivity and enhancing organizational effectiveness;
    Implementing an effective human resource management information system for monitoring, tracking and evaluating employees’ activities, medical expenses, pension and welfare programs;
    Ensuring resolution of employee grievances and disciplinary cases in a timely manner;
    Ensuring correct interpretation and implementation of human resource management and development regulations, labour laws and other statues;
    Analyzing staff progression and making proposals for career development and succession management;
    Managing recruitment and selection process in the Authority to ensure timely filling of vacant positions within the approved establishment;
    Coordinating design and formulation of staff development and training programmes that ensure the Authority remain skilled and competent;
    Preparing and compiling reports on the implementation of performance management systems including performance appraisal systems;
    Participating in human resource planning;
    Ensuring proper accommodation of staff within the Authority;
    Coordinate preparation of human resource and administration annual budget, procurement plan, performance contract and work plan;
    Appraising, Supervising & developing staff working under him/her.

    Job Requirements

    Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- HRM/Development/Industrial Relations,Personnel Management,Public Administration,Business Administration, Social Science or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
    A Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management/Development, Industrial Relations or the equivalent from a recognized institution;
    Current membership certificate from Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM) or another relevant professional body;
    Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
    At least Ten (10) years’ working experience in Human Resource Management field, three (3) of which must be at a senior level;Counselling and Problem Solving skills.
    Demonstrated outstanding professional competence and administrative ability;
    Excellent communication, report writing and interpersonal skills
    Good exposure to understanding of computerized HR Information Systems

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  • Senior Business Analyst 

Senior Legal Officer 

Accounting & Reporting Manager

    Senior Business Analyst Senior Legal Officer Accounting & Reporting Manager

    KPOSB/ICT/4/18
    Position Function: Reporting to the office of the Manager, Systems & Alternate Channels, the position is responsible for ensuring proper and effective systems analysis and design, for maintenance of efficient business application systems.
    Key Responsibilities

    Establish the overall structure for the whole system.
    Design new computer programs by analyzing requirements; constructing workflow charts and diagrams; studying system capabilities; writing specifications and making appropriate recommendations that will positively impact operational effectiveness
    Cover aspects of the system such as the component structure, the function modularity, the deployment and the interface with other systems.
    Create and maintain project schedules by developing project plans and specifications, estimating time requirements, establishing deadlines, monitoring milestone completion, tracking all phases of the project product/service lifecycle
    Test critical programs in order to test their functionalities.
    Carryout System scoping and Identify System resources.
    Coordinate outsourced relationship for 3rd party application development and programming consultants.
    Maintain computer systems and programming guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
    Supervise, appraise, guide mentor and train staff while ensuring maximum staff productivity.

    Qualifications

    B.SC in Computer science or an equivalent degree course.
    Development of Oracle applications, use of PL/SQL
    DBA skills using MSQL and Oracle RDMBS
    Proficiency in programming languages like HTML5, C, C++, iOS, Java, Objective-C. etc. is the main qualification. Basic knowledge of interface design and development will be an added advantage.
    Web service technologies, specifically REST APIs, Service oriented designs and technologies (AJAX. XML/JSON).
    Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel
    Experience on Electronic transacting Platform (switch)
    Experience on Mobile Banking Gateways.
    2 Years in a busy ICT environment

    Terms of Service and Remuneration: The appointments will be for a contractual period of three years, renewable for a similar period of time subject to satisfactory performance and delivery of set performance targets and outcomes.

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  • Field Sales Representative 

Direct Sales

    Field Sales Representative Direct Sales

    Our client in a microfinance company is looking to recruit field sales representatives to join their dedicated team.
    Job Responsibilities

    Generate sales to the company.
    Be able to design and come up with new ways of bringing about sales.
    Meeting sales targets set upon by management.
    Sourcing for new clients through different means including cold calling.
    Delivering of products to the clients.
    Selling of the company products.
    Maintaining business relationships with the clients.

    Requirements

    Customer Service Skills: You will need to be able speak in a friendly way to customers and potential customers, listening to their needs and helping communicate options for them.
    Communication Skills: You will need to speak to customers about a product’s different features, and answer any questions they might have.
    Flexibility: You might have to work long hours and outside of town.
    Persistence: Not every customer is going to be a sale. Being able to bounce back if you lose a sale will be key for this job.
    Fresh graduates and ongoing students are also encouraged to apply.

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  • Financial Advisor Jobs- Mount Kenya Region 

Unit Manager 

Jobs Clerk Of Works

    Financial Advisor Jobs- Mount Kenya Region Unit Manager Jobs Clerk Of Works

    Job Type: Full Time
    In order to better service our clients, we are looking for highly motivated, self-driven, team players to work on full-time basis with the distribution team as financial advisors based in the Mount Kenya Region. The Financial Advisor will report to the Unit Manger and work on strategic plans and initiatives to increase relationship productivity and develop proper contact networks within the channel partners.
    Responsibilities

    Present, promote and sell our products to existing and prospective clients
    Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships
    Reach potential customers through cold calling
    Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule
    Attend prospect and client meetings to make presentations and oversee follow up
    Identifying opportunities for product development, and other product offerings
    Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

    Requirements

    KCSE grade C- and above
    Diploma or Degree holder in any field
    Proven work experience as a financial advisor
    Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales
    Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills
    Prioritizing, time management and organizational skills
    Ability to create and deliver presentations tailored to the audience needs

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  • Linux and Networking System Administrator

    Linux and Networking System Administrator

    Job description
    To support our global IT team, we are looking for a
    The System Administrator is responsible for effective provisioning, installation and configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related infrastructure at Mobisol. He or she participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure.
    YOUR TASKS

    Engineering of system administration related solutions for various project/operational needs
    Installing new and rebuilding existing servers and configuring hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
    Installing and configuring Linux systems to defined specifications
    Developing and maintaining installation and configuration procedures as well as system standards
    Researching and recommending innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks to leverage resources and provide economies of scale
    Performing daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups
    Performing regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
    Performing daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary
    Performing regular file archival and purge as necessary
    Creating, changing, and deleting user accounts per request
    Providing Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies; Investigating and troubleshooting issues
    Repairing and recovering from hardware or software failures; Coordinating and communicating with impacted constituencies
    Applying OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities; Configuring / adding new services as necessary
    Upgrading and configuring system software that supports Mobisol infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications per project or operational needs
    Maintaining operational, configuration, or other procedures
    Performing periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
    Performing ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required; Configuring CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
    Maintaining data center environmental and monitoring equipment

    YOUR QUALIFICATION

    Bachelors in Information Technology or a related field
    CCNA / MTCNA Certification
    At least 2 years experience in a similar Systems Administration role
    Expert in Linux Systems and Server Administration (Ubuntu 16.04)
    Expert in WAN / LAN Networking / Routing / VPN and related technologies
    Familiarity with open source mail servers (Postfix / Dovecot)
    Familiarity with LDAP authenticatioin
    Familiarity with Mikrotik Routerboard OS 6
    Familiarity with Asterisk PBX / Telephony
    Familiarity with all major Operating System Clients (OSX, Windows, Linux)
    Familiarity with Server Monitoring Systems (eg: Zabbix, Nagios, Solarwinds)
    Proven team player
    Ability to work on own initiative
    Self-starter with a passion for Mobisol and its mission to plug in the world
    Willingness to travel within the region and internationally
    Fluency in English, fluency in Swahili is a plus

    YOUR PERSPECTIVE
    The position offers you the chance to build and shape a global player in the off-grid energy market with strong commitment to product quality, design, user friendliness and environmental sustainability. You will be part of an outstanding international, highly motivated team of individuals who combine professional expertise with personal passion.
    If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please upload your application (motivation letter, CV, certificates, salary expectation) through the button below.
    As an equal opportunity employer, Mobisol offers all of its employees and applicants full equal opportunity irrespective race, ethnic origin, sexual identity and disability, religion or beliefs.

  • Field Service Engineer

    Field Service Engineer

    Job description
    You will have the overall responsibility for providing a high level of technical support to private Importers workshops and customers when necessary and continuously communicating and periodically visiting the network to obtain maximum customer satisfaction level.You will report to the Business Team Director South East Africa and be part of the Africa and LAPAC Aftermarket, in close contact with Aftermarket at Sales Region International level.
    In This Role, You Are Expected To
    Main activities and responsibilities

    Support importers to keep their customers uptime to a maximum
    Delivering technical support to the Network (importers) or end customer, primarily on location
    Ensure that Volvo Group rules are applied on : way of working , customer approach, technical knowledge and workshop equipment
    Keep the Network informed about the latest information (FST, BST, etc)
    Secure the availability and updates technical documentation within the Network
    Drive and Monitor Technical Campaigns if problems related to Product Quality, in close contact with the Quality and Warranty manager.
    Report the quality issues via Volvo Group Tools (Argus/MQR)
    Judgment on exceptional warranty and goodwill claims
    Check and analyze exceptional parts replaced within warranty
    Delivering technical support to other internal departments within Africa and LAPAC Market organization
    Product quality follow up
    Create, maintain and publish local service information
    Ensuring the private Importers workshops are implementing the correct repair procedures and performing correct repairs by periodically visiting these workshops, by making evaluations of competence levels of the private dealer workshop Technicians, service equipment and special tools and giving feedback (with dealer visit report).
    Providing information to the Uptime Manager of International Region, by communicating all technical product related faults through systems such as MQR, ARGUS, P Codes and etc. and following up the cases.
    Ensuring the effective usage of warranty and goodwill budget by evaluating and inspecting the cases
    Compiling quality reports for high-frequency failure cases and organizing shipment of parts for further investigation together with following up of connected quality journals.
    Provides helpdesk function to workshop network by administering Impact, VOSP, ARGUS dealer, parts info and etc.
    Develop strong technical skills in area of responsibility
    Identify technical training skills of importer staff
    Coordinating 24/7 Roadside Assistance operations when applicable
    Ability to use Optifuel Infomax and advise customers on driver behaviour, areas for improvement, driver training needs.
    Supporting the Sales team when they need technical knowledge support.

    Critical competencies for the position

    Under graduation degree in engineering such as; Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, etc.
    Min. 5 years of experience on the aftermarket department.
    Strong technical knowledge at processes.
    Technical knowledge of heavy transport vehicles
    Good knowledge of English, French, both in written and verbally
    Good knowledge / understanding of products and services
    Commercial set
    Good technical knowledge of the Volvo Group Trucks products and procedures
    Analytical and aimed to solutions
    Highly target-driven, self-motivated and willing to take responsibility
    Autonomous, confident, reliable and inspired by working in a fast changing international environment
    Good communication skills, highly motivated, result oriented, open to team work, good presentation skills
    Learns quickly when facing new problems; open to change; analyses both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks

  • Results Measurement Specialist

    Results Measurement Specialist

    Job description
    FSDA seeks to recruit a motivated and ambitious individual to support the Monitoring and Results Management team which, in close collaboration with other staff, aims for effective measurement, demonstration of performance, and adaptive management of FSDA’s fast-expanding programme.
    Specific objectives and activities will include, but will not be limited to:

    Support FSDA’s project due diligence initiatives. This task will involve assessing potential Implementing Partners data management and results measurement capacity, and defining the technical support that FSDA may need to provide to enhance the effectiveness with which project performance is measured. The task will also involve carrying out baseline studies and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) risk assessments – robustness of which will vary from project to project.
    Participate in the design and implementation of an outcome monitoring strategy. FSDA is increasingly seeking to routinely monitor, rather than just periodically evaluate the financial market system changes resulting from the interventions it is supporting/has supported. The Results Measurement Specialist in close consultation with the Head of MRM, will design an innovative outcome monitoring strategy and participate in its implementation. This task will sometimes entail managing externally-contracted evaluation experts, ensuring timely delivery of quality evaluation initiatives.
    Support Value for Money (VfM) and ESG risk monitoring initiatives. VfM and ESG risk management are integral components of FSDA’s programming. The MRM unit’s mandate includes measuring the organization’s performance on these, and there are guidelines in place to facilitate the same. The Results Measurement Specialist will contribute to the refinement and enhanced implementation of these guidelines.
    Work with partners to establish and implement MRM plans.
    To carry out its work, FSDA engages with many diverse partners. These include training institutions, development organizations, financial service providers and financial sector regulators. There is shared responsibility between FSDA and its partners in measurement of results.
    The Results Measurement Specialist, in close consultation with relevant FSDA staff, will provide technical support to partners in the development of practical MRM plans that are aligned to FSDA’sprocedures. Such plans should facilitate effective and timely reporting, learning, and adaptive management at partner level.
    Facilitate both internal and external learning.
    Knowledge generated by FSDA’s results measurement initiatives should inform continuous improvements in the design and delivery of financial sector development initiatives. In this regard, the Results Measurement Specialist will actively participate in the dissemination of such knowledge, and support utilisation of the same by FSDA, its implementing partners, and other financial sector development actors.
    Contribute to the review and refinement of FSDA’s MRM approach. FSDA’s MRM approach must be sufficiently versatile to respond to the information needs of its complex financial sector development work.The Results Measurement Specialist will participate in reviewing FSDA’s results measurement approach and contribute to its refinement. Therefore, the Results Measurement
    Specialist’s job description will continue to evolve to meet emerging needs.
    Full TORs available on the application website.

  • Inside Sales Representative for English Africa

    Inside Sales Representative for English Africa

    Job description
    Responsibilities

    Provides sales support and with greater account responsibility in an assigned territory/account.
    Conducts field visits.
    With little supervision, proactively contacts customers and sells services.
    Completes lead follow-up within assigned area of responsibility.
    Establishes professional working relationships with the client and seeks out new opportunities in account Proactively sells services contract renewals on existing medium business accounts to achieve highest levels of customer satisfaction (direct and indirect customers)
    Proactively reviews account activities in pursuit of new business or up-selling opportunities.
    Owns personal order target
    Customer contact for all contract enquiries, negotiating and closing for all assigned contracts.
    Partner with Sales Team to develop and execute account plans through the management and coordination of sales activities.
    Demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge to position and map the company’s capabilities that align to client business objectives and initiatives.
    Execute campaign follow- up and lead management.
    Responsible for pipeline and forecast responsibility in accordance with business process. Consistently maintains a 6- month rolling pipeline and meets Inside Sales Rep led goals set by segment management.
    Collaborates with BU delivery organizations to support client engagement and service in the account.
    Proactively manages key partner relationships to strengthen overall solution capabilities and drive greater client value.
    Ownership and accountability for Pointnext Services order management activity, order acceptance and revenue management to ensure renewal/conversion management in value & time.
    Acts as a point of escalation and collaborates with other functions to drive resolution of operational issues of high complexity, in support of the customer/partner requirements.
    Education And Experience
    Four year university/ Bachelor’s degree preferred or equivalent experience.
    Typically 2+ years of selling experience (within IT industry is an advantage)

    Knowledge And Skills

    Proven results in clearly articulating the company’s value propositions and solution discussions with customers that have led to multiple wins or success for the company.
    Consistently demonstrates proactive activities within accounts to uncover new business and take ownership for new opportunities.
    Experiences in managing end-to-end sales processes in deals.
    Demonstration of ability to present value solutions to customers.
    Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills
    Excellent communication skills (e.g. written, verbal, presentation); mastery in English and local language

    Competences

    Strong ability to collaborate and network with other groups and functions to reach business objectives, in support of the customer/partner requirements
    Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with external customers/partners
    Impact/Scope
    Works independently on medium to larger deals (direct and indirect deals)
    Account responsibility with quota.
    Works in assigned territory/ account.
    Works with partners and direct customers mainly from the office, occasionally expect to carry out customer visits

    Complexity
    Works under limited supervision.
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.