Total Kenya Limited, a leading multinational Petroleum Company with operations spread all over Kenya is seeking to recruit a performance-driven Legal Officer to strengthen its legal team.
Key Role: - To ensure that the Company’s interests are catered for through effective management of the litigation portfolio in line with Total Kenya’s business policies and best legal practices.
Reporting to the Legal Manager, the successful candidate’s principal accountabilities will include:- Maintaining and updating the profile of all witness statements
- Preparing case briefs and participating in drafting of witness statements
- To effectively research, prepare evidence and participate in formulating court strategies
- Ensuring that all litigation involving the company is carried out legally, prudently and cost effectively
- Elaborate risk assessment as per company operations and mitigation of potential risks
- Participation in the Company’s safety and quality programs and advising on attendant legal obligations
The Requirements: - Law degree from a reputable university
- Over 3 years post-admission working experience in a busy law firm with a bias for litigation
- Professional membership to the Law Society of Kenya
- Excellent legal and factual research skills including online sources
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Keen eye for details
Interested candidates who meet the above set criteria may send their applications enclosing detailed CVs, copies of academic certificates, testimonials and daytime telephone contact so as to reach the undersigned not later than 14th September 2011.
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Human Resources & Administration Manager
Total Kenya Limited
P.O. Box 3073600100
Nairobi.
Job Title: Legal Advisor
Location: Telkom Plaza, Nairobi
Department: Support Services - Legal Department
Reports to: Head of Legal
Role description
Provide legal support to the company related to any aspects coming out of supporting the operational activity assigned enabling compliance to the law, as per company standards and procedures. Ensure company representation in front of authorities and other third parties, in designated legal aspects.
Key Responsibilities - Support in negotiation of legal terms and conditions related to complex contracts initiated by departments assigned
- Legal support and advise regarding conclusion of complex contracts
- Legal support (identify licences, authorizations, other law requirements to be obtained) for the development of projects with impact at company level (incl transversal)
- Represent the company in Court
- Handle all appropriate litigation work
- Handle any assignments related to matters within the Legal department docket including without limitation assets management, debt collection, insurance matters.
- Liaise with external counsel in representation of the company.
- Represent the company in front of authorities regarding legal aspects
- Propose and provide update reports regarding legal enviroment (incl in contracts concluding) to Legal Coordinator
- Ensure legal support to the the assigned departments
- Negotiate with external parties the legal aspects of the contracts
- General administrative and other duties as may be assigned in the legal department from time to time
- Handling conveyancing matters for the Corporation from cradle to grave.
- Handle commercial work for the Company including contracting issues
Education Background & Experience: - University degree (Law faculty)
- After graduation legal speciality courses are a plus
- Over 3 years experience in legal practice
- Admission to the Bar as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
- Professional Knowledge:
- Deep knowledge of laws impacting TKL activity
- Knowledge of procedures regarding Court litigations
- Understanding of a telecom business
- English language - fluent
Professional Skills: - Ability to Deliver Results
- Analytical thinking
- Assertiveness
- Conflict management
- Cross-functional and collective working
- Decisiveness
- Developing and coaching others
- Initiative and pro-activity
- Leadership
- Open-mindedness
- Planning and organising
- Self-development
- Talent Management
Professional Tools Used Work conditions - Shifts work: No
- Night Shift: No
- Work During Weekend: No
- Work "On-Call": No
Deadline: 8th September 2011
Application to: Visit our career pages at www.orange-tkl.co.ke
Applicants must upload a PDF or Ms Word copy of his / her CV to be considered.
A company dealing with importation and distribution of beverages throughout Kenya wishes to recruit a highly proactive, self driven individual to fill the position of Invoicing Accountant.
Job Summary
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for: - Timely generation of invoices upon receipt of duly approved LPO’s and running accurate sales report at the end of each day.
- Maintaining a file for all invoices raised and ensure the file copy has been fully acknowledged by the customer as proof that goods have been received.
- Ensure all the invoices, credit notes or debit notes copies from the customer have been fully acknowledged and stamped before filing.
Person Specifications: - A graduate in a numerical discipline
- Ordinary level certificate
- CPA Part II
- Minimum 2 years working experience in a busy accounts office
- A self motivated individual with a ‘can do attitude’
- Ability to collate, comprehend and compute basic financial data
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, peers and seniors
- Must possess appropriate professional accounting qualifications and must be competent in the use of accounting spreadsheets
Qualified and interested applicants may send their applications and CV’s to the following address so as to be received latest by 1st September 2011:
firmrecruits@gmail.com
Our client, a national focal point for trade development and promotion activities within the East African region, COMESA, and external markets, is seeking to recruit dynamic and visionary talents with exceptional leadership and change management skills in the following positions.
Manager, Product Development
General Scope of the Job:
The Manager, Product Development will facilitate effective product development among producers. He /She will be responsible for developing product roadmaps that ensures development and testing of high quality, high value products/ services that can be successfully marketed to consumers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and undertake supply surveys and implement sectoral interventions.
- Develop and implement product design and development programs.
- Undertake product studies and implement recommended interventions e.g.: Initiate and coordinate sector specific dissemination workshops/seminars.
- Secretary to specific sector panels and in charge of developing the sector positional papers in liaison with the relevant stakeholders.
- Interface closely with the exporting community and establish programs for adaptation of existing/new products in a specific sector to meet international market requirements.
- Carry out export readiness checks to establish the state of preparedness of clients and qualify enterprises for export marketing;
- Provide or arrange for technical assistance in product design and costing;
Qualification and experience
- The ideal candidate must be a senior manager with at least seven (7) years experience in export trade development and promotion.
- Candidates must be in possession of a Masters Degree in Business Administration, Economics or other related discipline.
- Knowledge of the agricultural, manufacturing, commercial craft and services sectors is essential.
- An excellent appreciation of common computer applications is desirable.
Assistant Manager, Small and Medium Enterprise Development
General Scope of the Job
The Assistant Manager Small and Medium Enterprise Development will be responsible for mainstreaming SMEs into the export sector, champion market-led product development among exporters to facilitate effective organization and participation in export market development activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement SME support programs with special emphasis to disadvantaged groups including women and youths
- Undertake diagnostic studies and supply surveys to establish the country’s capacity for export business
- Develop and implement product design and development programmes for improved export competitiveness.
- Carry out export readiness checks to establish the state of preparedness of clients to take advantage of market opportunities
- Facilitate SMEs in developing export marketing plans for effective penetration into the export markets.
- Establish mechanism for export coaching for SMEs through smart networks
Qualification and experience
- The ideal candidate must have at least seven (7) years experience in SME development and trade promotion.
- Candidates must be in possession of a Degree in Business Administration, Economics or other related discipline.
- Knowledge of the agricultural, manufacturing, commercial craft and services sectors is essential.
- An excellent appreciation of common computer applications is desirable.
Assistant Manager Monitoring and Evaluation
General Scope of the Job:
The Assistant Manager Monitoring and Evaluation will be responsible for the operation of the Monitoring and Evaluation system at management level.
Key Responsibilities
- Revising the Council activities hierarchy and log frame matrix (activities, processes, inputs, outputs, outcomes and impact.
- Determining information needs of management, government, implementing partners, the cooperating institutions and funding agencies
- Reviewing existing social and economic data for the activities areas to assess if it can provide good baseline data for impact evaluation, identifying gaps to be filled
- Designing the format and procedures for operational monitoring
- Reviewing existing M&E and management information systems of implementing partners and identifying where support is needed
- Reviewing monitoring reports to assess interim impacts and identify causes of potential bottlenecks in implementation
- Undertaking and facilitating others to implement the M&E plan, regularly revising and updating performance questions, indicators, methods, format and analytical processes
Qualification and experience
- Degree statistics/econometrics or relevant discipline
- At least three years of experience in participatory assessment and monitoring, data processing or analysis and computer experience, training, facilitation and communication skills, and M&E design experience.
- Ability to organize and train office staff
- Good contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, government priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities.
Assistant Manager, Human Resources and Administration
General Scope of the Job
To ensure sound human resources and administrative systems are in place for smooth, efficient and effective delivery of service
Key Responsibilities
- Manage staff relationships and reinforce internal synergy to enhance performance.
- Source and develop talent to respond to company needs.
- Undertake competency modelling to satisfy evolving organizational capabilities.
- Undertake O & M and human resource planning to meet operational requirements.
- Manage labour relations for industrial harmony.
- Implement Health and Safety standards to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
- Administer staff benefits and welfare matters to boost staff motivation levels.
- Manage security and office services to facilitate company operations.
- Effect employee separation procedures i.e. dismissals, retirement and resignation to safeguard Council and employee interests.
Qualification and experience required
- Degree in Social Sciences,
- Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management, IHRM (K),
- At least 7 years in Human Resource Management in a large reputable institution
- Good communication, negotiation, counselling, interpersonal and people management skills
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