Hot Jobs Kenya

Contacts: How to get them and to treat them.
The Corporate World: All the blunt truth
Legal Intern Career in Kenya – WRAP
Country Manager Job Vacancy in Rwanda
Commercial Manager, HR Manager and Internal Auditor Jobs in Kenya
What Happens To My CV After I Send It?
Assistant Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.
UN Jobs Kenya. Driver Vacancy.
Receptionist at Titan Distribution
Accountant at Titan Distribution

Contacts: How to get them and to treat them.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:09 PM PDT

When our parents were growing up, their lives were all planned out. They went to school, got good grades and asked uncle Peter working at Ministry X to get them a position at the registry and it worked.

Fast forward to the present day, and the situation changes. You must compete more aggressively to get a job. In addition to good qualifications, having a wider and solid network of individuals who could link you up with opportunities useful. Thanks to technology, you can stay in touch via email, Facebook, Linkedin, text messages, video chats, and more.

Whether you schooled with someone five years ago or met one time at a holiday party, you have several ways to add to your network of people who might help you land a job.

Legal Intern Career in Kenya – WRAP

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:06 PM PDT

Advertisement for Internship Programme

Women's Rights Awareness Programme (WRAP) is a non – governmental Organization based in Nairobi and whose core objective is to provide shelter for abused Women and Children.

Wrap is seeking to recruit a?legal intern?who is interested in the field of Human Rights of both Women and children.

The applicant should have:

Degree in Law or should be in the final year of completion in the University.
Computer literate
Good communication and report writing skills
Organized and good analytical skills
Have the ability to multi task.
Aged between 25-35 years

Applications accompanied by copies of relevant certificates and the names, contact and email addresses of their referees.

Applications should either be dropped at Wrap offices Mvuli Lane, Opp. Muthaiga Police Station, or mailed to jobs.wrapkenya@gmail.com

or sent to:

The Director,
Women's Rights Awareness Programme,
P.O Box 3006 – 00200,
Nairobi

Closing date: 27th July 2011.

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Country Manager Job Vacancy in Rwanda

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Job Title:?Country Director, Rwanda

Reports to:?Chief Operations Officer, Africa

Location:?Kigali, Rwanda

Start Date:?January 2nd, 2012

Background of the Company:

Nuru Energy is a leading social enterprise in the energy space established in 2009. We have offices in Rwanda, South Africa and India and we are currently expanding to other countries in East Africa.

Nuru Energy is looking for an experienced CFO to strengthen our management team and to lead the finance activities and oversee all internal and external financial and commercial activities of Nuru Energy. He/she will be responsible for planning, organizing, implementing and controlling Nuru Energy's overall financial performance.

Description of Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the COO, the Country Director will have the responsibility of managing the day to day operations of the Rwanda Country Office. The candidate will be responsible for engaging with in-country partners to ensure rapid scale-up of operations.

Specifically, the Country Director will:

Drive Revenue:

In collaboration with the management team and local key stakeholders, develop the Rwandan yearly operational business plan, which will include a marketing strategy and plan for each sales channel, competitor and customer analyses.
Establish, secure and manage relationships with in-country partners including microfinance institutions, institutional donors, retailers and distributors
Ensure that Nuru entrepreneur sales tracking software is updated regularly.
Develop a sales forecast and ensure that revenue targets are being met on schedule.

Manage Staff:

Hire and oversee local staff and international/local volunteers or interns
Evaluate the performance of all local staff and recommend needed staff changes
Manage and support international volunteers and interns to assure they are productively engaged.

Oversee Logistics:

Manage the movement of products/equipment/materials into, around and out of Rwanda in accordance with organizational policy and procedure and with relevant local, country and international law and processes.
Ensure that all necessary documentation is in order so that goods are imported/exported in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Maintain and share with colleagues as appropriate, personal knowledge of all relevant import/export laws and procedures; tariffs and duties; licenses and restrictions.

Manage Finances:

Comply with the appropriate financial management system.
Assure that budgets are being met and supplies and equipment/supplies are purchased within the approved budget.
Create and submit quarterly financial reports, annual audit report.

Communicate with Management Team:

Create and submit required status reports regularly. These status reports will include all key performance indicators tracked by Nuru entrepreneur software.
Participate in weekly status meetings with the Management Team.
Provide company senior management with monthly sales report,

Core Competencies

Strong interpersonal and negotiating ability
Ability to work as a team member
High integrity
Ability to read and write effectively
Presentation Skills
Strong ability to organize and prioritize workloads, meet deadlines and targets
Additionally, the following attributes are essential:
Critical thinking & problem solving
Planning and organizing
Performance focus
Teamwork
Communication skills
Leadership
Delegation
Conflict management
Commercial orientation

Educational and Work Requirements

Must have a post-graduate degree preferably a MBA
At least 5 years of work experience in a managerial role in a business in East Africa preferably in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) or other consumer products industry.
Knowledge of and experience with the carbon market is desirable.
Position is open to all nationalities

All interested candidates please send a CV and cover letter to hsloan@nurulight.com with the subject line "Application for Country Manager- Rwanda" before August 19th 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.”

You can now click on this link www.kenyanvacancies.com to visit our sister website for more vacancies.

Commercial Manager, HR Manager and Internal Auditor Jobs in Kenya

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Nakuru Rural Water and Sanitation Company (NARUWASCO), a rural water service provider within Nakuru County seeks to fill the following vacant positions in its establishment;

Commercial Manager

The Commercial Manager reports to the Managing Director.

Key Responsibilities

Managing and supervising commercial aspects of the Company's operations, particularly as they relate to revenue generation;
Ensuring complete, accurate and timely meter reading and billing;
Developing departmental policies, procedures and actions plans in line with overall company mission and objectives;
Promoting new ideas and business solutions that result ¡n improved service delivery to existing and new customers;
Ensuring generation, provision and maintenance of comprehensive commercial information including up-to-date customer database, to achieve the overall Company revenue objectives;
Developing and implementing short, medium and long-term business strategies and operating systems that enhances profitability of the company and continued customer satisfaction;
Carrying out customer surveys, proposing and implementing improvements arising from feedback received;

Key Qualifications and Skills

Bachelor of commerce (accounting/Finance option) or equivalent from a recognized university.
CPA(K);
Post graduate qualification in a business related field/marketing experience will be an added advantage;
At least 5 years working experience in a service utility environment with at least 3 years in senior management, preferably in a water sector organization;
Computer literate and proficient in standard office computer applications;

Human Resource Manager

The Human Resource Manager reports to the Managing Director.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing and implementing Human Resource policies and procedures in the Company including terms and conditions;
Coordinating performance Management process including staff appraisals training and development, career plans and succession plans;
Administering payroll, benefits, pensions and insurance schemes;
Handling labour relations, discipline, grievances and all Union related matters;
Advertising the compensation and incentive schemes in a way that enhances employee motivation;
Ensuring custody and update of staff records.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

A degree in Social Science, Human Resource or Business Administration;
Masters or post graduate diploma in HR for those whose first degree is not in Human resource;
More than 5 years experience in a busy service provision organization at senior level;
Good communication and interpersonal skills;
Computer literate and proficient in standard office computer applications;

Internal Auditor

The Internal Auditor reports to the Audit Committee functionally but to the Managing Director administratively.

Key Responsibilities:

Undertaking regular transactions and systems review to confirm that internal control systems are in place and are working;
Advising Board of Directors on the sufficiency/adequacy of internal controls and systems;
Drawing up annual audit plan based on risk assessment;
Undertaking financial audits on the operations of the company;
Completing assigned tasks in a timely, accurate and well documented manner;
Ensuring that audit findings and recommendations made during the course of the audit are promptly communicated to the Board;
Performing follow-up audit work as necessary subsequent to the audit.

Key Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelor of Commerce (accounting option) or equivalent from a recognized university;
Minimum of CPA Part II;
Possess strong ICT skills;
Having minimum 5 years relevant work experience;

Interested candidates should submit their applications, enclosing detailed CV, copies of academic testimonials and names of three referees and daytime telephone contacts to:

The Managing Director
Nakuru Rural Water and Sanitation Company
P.O. Box 386-20100 Nakuru

so as to be received by 8th August 2011.

Kindly indicate current & expected consolidated salary in your application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

You can now click on this link www.kenyanvacancies.com to visit our sister website for more vacancies.

What Happens To My CV After I Send It?

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Once you submit your CV and cover letter to an employer, it can feel as if your precious career documents have been sucked into a vortex, never to be seen or heard from again.

At best, you might get an auto-reply email that acknowledges your application (but promises nothing). Wouldn’t it be nice to know what’s happening to your CV after you send it?

After your CV leaves your computer, the typical screening/hiring process will go something like this:

Pouring is the operative word. Janerose is a HR manager for a medium-sized firm in Industrial Area, where they rarely get fewer than 200 Cv’s for any job posting; 200 to 400 is the norm. (Four hundred!) And these numbers are not unusual. No one can review that many Cvs, so the vast majority of them will have to be eliminated.

Depending on the organization, the initial decision maker might be the manager for the open position, a HR person, or a senior staff. Many people use hard-copy printouts of the CV’s and cover letters; but larger companies are probably still keeping it electronic at this stage.

TIP: Make your CV attractive and organized, with plenty of white space so it’s easy to read on screen or on paper.

We talk a lot about the 10-second rule (you have only 10 seconds to pique the reader’s interest). The first visual scan of the cover letter and CV lasts at least 45 seconds. At other companies, it might be a computer doing the scan, searching for certain keywords.

TIP: Don’t apply promiscuously; if you’re not qualified (or at least almost qualified), you’re wasting your time.

At this point, if you’re still in the running, someone will take the time to fully read your cover letter and CV. (Yay!) But in the end, more applicants will be eliminated. (Aww.) The final candidate pool might be as few as 3 or 4 people, or as many as 10 or 15.

TIP: Previous steps were all about first impressions; this step looks for substance to support those impressions. Without it, you’re gone.

This is where things start to vary from employer to employer. Some employers will conduct a phone interview, other request for a demonstration and some will go the aptitude test route.

TIP: If you’re asked to do some homework, do it, and follow the instructions to the letter. If you balk, you walk.

At this point, the process becomes familiar, because you (the job seeker) are back in the picture. It’s the usual sequence of in-person interviews (possibly 2 or 3), reference checks, and eventually – when you and an employer find the right fit – a job offer, negotiations, a handshake, and a starting date.

Now that you’ve got some insight into what happens on the dark side (wink, wink), I hope it’s clear how incredibly important it is to make your CV and cover letter shine with a summary of your specific, relevant qualifications targeted to that employer.

Have you had any particularly good or bad experiences with the hiring process? Please share by posting a comment below.

Assistant Monitoring & Evaluation Officer.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 09:59 AM PDT

I Choose Life-Africa (ICL) is an NGO which carries out HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support intervention among students in institutions of Higher learning.

The Assistant M&E Officer will provide support to the assigned program, directly overseeing and implementing all M&E systems using planning, monitoring and controlling processes. The Assistant M&E Officer will in consultation with the program use data to develop new ideas for research based or project
expansion. He/ She will be involved in competitive proposal development and concept development for programming and research. The specific tasks of the officer include the following:

Plan projects in consolidation with the PM in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards

Schedule tasks, deadlines and milestones for all stakeholders and resources

Create Program and departmental work plans

Create detailed chart of milestones for all program Outputs

Develop and maintain relevant database of data and serve as a hub of data that may be required by the engaged Auditors and or other stakeholders
General Monitoring and Evaluation on assigned projects

Participate in the Design, data collection and analysis of surveys and routine data

Support end of Project Evaluation focusing on M&E aspect of projects close out

Participate in innovative and standardized research

Spearhead and coordinate the development and timely submission of monthly reports for the donor, as well as other required reports by synthesizing the project activity reports from all the project activities.

Track progress of Project implementation and make recommendation to the Management

Synthesize, analyze data and write summary reports by program based on the M&E results and provide a monthly M&E report to the project manager

In accordance with donor requirements, create or maintain procedures for capturing and publishing monthly, quarterly, and annual project reports

Ensure evaluations of trainings and outreach activities are conducted and reports written and submitted to the Project Manager and the relevant persons

Participate in the training of Healthy Choices facilitators and Family Matters Programs

To work closely with M & E colleagues to design activities to strengthen the capacity of ICL staff in Project M&E methodologies through provision of technical support e.g. skills assessment, training and appraisals. Hence, the M& E Officer will be expected to conduct internal capacity-building programs for ICL staff on Monitoring & Evaluation.

Execute M&E activities included in the Annual Work Plan, with particular focus on results and impacts as well as in lesson learning.
Grant proposal writing

Work with the Program team to estimate costs & budgets

Obtain, discuss and follow-through with feedback from Head office and partners

Work with head office and Partners to keep project focused within scope

Ensure Partners' expectations are met and exceeded in terms of quality of product and service delivered.

Bachelors Degree in Statistics, or other related fields

Minimum two (2) years experience with participatory monitoring and evaluation which may include designing and conducting survey exercises, data collection (key stakeholder interviews, focus groups, surveys, and secondary data analysis techniques), and data management

Experience in donor-funded projects

Demonstrable experience in performing statistical analysis and interpreting results correctly

Excellent command of computers and statistical software, especially experience with MS Access and SPSS or STATA. Ability to manipulate large data sets.

Ability to work independently and to take initiative

Service-oriented attitude towards work– providing positive and timely feedback to colleagues and staff of partner institutions

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including the ability to present materials in meetings and at conferences and to write project documents (including evaluation design plans, results frameworks, data collection and data analysis plans, and progress reports)

If you feel you are the right candidate, please send your CV and cover letter quoting your current and expected salary to hr@ichooselife.or.ke to reach us on or before 25th July, 2011 .The subject line of your application should be 'Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation Officer' only.

UN Jobs Kenya. Driver Vacancy.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Within the framework of UNOCHA workplan, and under the direct supervision of the head of sub-office, the driver will perform the following key functions:

Provision of reliable and secure driving services

Proper use of vehicle

Day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle

Availability of documents/ supplies

Ensures provision of reliable and safe driving services by

Drives the head of the Sub-office and other authorized personnel as directed,

Drives office vehicles for the transport of authorized personnel and delivery and collection of mail, documents and other items,

Meets and escorts senior UN officials to and from the airport and facilitates immigration and customs formalities as required.

Ensures cost-savings through proper use of vehicle through accurate maintenance of daily vehicle logs, provision of inputs to preparation of the vehicle maintenance plans and reports.

Ensures proper day-to-day maintenance of the assigned vehicle through timely minor repairs, arrangements for major repairs, timely changes of oil, check of tires, brakes, car washing, etc.

Ensures availability of all the required documents/supplies including vehicle insurance, vehicle logs, office directory, map of the city/country, first aid kit, necessary spare parts in the assigned vehicle.

Ensures that all immediate actions required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in accidents.

Meets and escorts senior UN officials to and from the airport and facilitates immigration and customs formalities as required.

When necessary, translates into local language for the head of the office and/or other official personnel using the car

The key results have an impact on the accurate, safe, cost-effective and timely execution of the UN OCHA services.

Corporate Competencies:

Demonstrates commitment to UNDP's mission, vision and values.

Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Knowledge Management and Learning

Shares knowledge and experience

Provides helpful feedback and advice to others in the office

Demonstrates good knowledge of driving rules and regulations and skills in minor vehicle repair

Demonstrates good knowledge of security issues

Focuses on result for the client

Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude

Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure

Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of views

Education: Secondary Education. Valid Driver's license.

2 years work experience as a driver with a safe driving record:

Valid and clean driving license

Knowledge of basic vehicle mechanics desirable.

Good knowledge of Duty station and surrounding areas,
Good level of spoken and written English

Interested and qualified candidates should send their application, P11 form (attached) and curriculum vitae marked "UNOCHA Driver – Abduwaaq" by 1st August 2011 to: The Deputy Country Director (Operations), United Nations Development Programme – Somalia, P.O. Box 28832, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya, fax: 254-2 4183641, e-mail: registry.so@undp.org.

Applications may also be delivered directly to the UNOCHA Offices in Bossaso, Garowe, Hargeisa, or Galkayo respectively.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply

UNDP will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.

Receptionist at Titan Distribution

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:42 AM PDT

Location: Nairobi
Description:

Female Receptionist at Titan Distribution in Nairobi – Kenya Jobs, Careers and Vacancies

FEMALE RECEPTIONIST

2 years experience in a busy organization

If you meet the above qualifications, kindly send your CV and day time contact number to: sales@titankenya.co.ke or jobs@titankenya.co.ke

TITAN DISTRIBUTION E.A LTD
P.O BOX 39750- NAIROBI
SAMPLE VIEW APARTMENTS
Deadline for application is 20th/July/2011

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Apply to this job

Accountant at Titan Distribution

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:41 AM PDT

Location: Nairobi
Description:

Female/Male Accountant at Titan Distribution in Nairobi – Kenya Jobs, Careers and Vacancies

FEMALE/ MALE ACCOUNTANT with excellent knowledge of Tally

If you meet the above qualifications, kindly send your CV and day time contact number to: sales@titankenya.co.ke or jobs@titankenya.co.ke

TITAN DISTRIBUTION E.A LTD
P.O BOX 39750- NAIROBI
SAMPLE VIEW APARTMENTS
Deadline for application is 20th/July/2011

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Apply to this job

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