Republic of Kenya
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Advert for Commonwealth Scholarships Tenable in the United Kingdom – 2012/2013
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom is offering Fourteen (14) full scholarships for postgraduate students; masters (7) and PhD(7) for Kenyan students tenable in UK institutions of higher learning.
Priority will be given to studies that are especially along the following themes: Building our common future, Global economic growth, Climate Change, Fragile and conflict affected States, International institutional reform.
Duration of Scholarships - One (1) year taught Masters Courses
- Six (6) months of clinical training in medicine or dentistry
- Doctoral Degrees of up to three (3) years. (Candidates may undertake fieldwork in Kenya)
- One (1) year research on a split-site basis towards a PhD registered at a Kenyan university
Eligibility
Applicants must meet the following conditions: - For Masters Scholarship, be holder of bachelors degree of at least upper 2nd class honors.
- For PhD scholarship, be a holder of a very good Master’s Degree
- Are serving the country in the public sector.
- Are below 35 years for masters and 45 years for PhD
Application Procedure:
All eligible students MUST read and follow the following guidelines strictly.
1. Obtain preliminary application forms from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology offices at Teleposta Towers, 27th floor room 2702. The application forms can also be downloaded from the Ministry’s website:www.scienceandtechnology.go.ke.
2. Completed application forms with attached certified photocopies of ID, academic/professional certificates, transcripts, Birth Certificate, other testimonials and a proposal in the area of study should be sent to:
Director Higher Education,
Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology,
P. O. Box 9583 – 00200
Nairobi
Or delivered to: Teleposta Towers, 27th floor, Room 2702
3. The preliminary application forms should reach the Ministry not later than 12th September 2011
4. Only shortlisted applicants ( who shall be informed through e-mail and phone call ) shall be required to proceed with steps 5 - 9
5. Access the commonwealth scholarships 2012 prospectus from the website: http://bit.ly.cscukuk-universities to identify the participating institutions in UK and submit independent application directly to the institutions at the same time as applying for the scholarship (where formal offer of admission has been included with the application electronically).
6. Apply for the scholarship electronically by following the link http://bit.ly/cscuk-apply
7. Complete the Electronic Application system (EAS) form online BUT download and print three (3) sets before submitting it electronically to the Commonwealth Commission
8. Submit one (1) set of the hard copy of completed EAS form through your head of department to the Directorate of Higher Education on the address indicated above
9. Await an invitation for an interview. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
AMREF is the largest international health development non-governmental organization based in Africa.
Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, AMREF aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health.
Headquartered in Kenya, AMREF has programmes in Ethiopia, Uganda, Southern Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.
Employing over 800 staff and with an annual operating budget of approximately $70 million, AMREF is a knowledge resource for donors and partners.
For more information visit our website www.amref.org.
We are seeking to fill the positions of Assistant Accountants (3) – Ref: CHR/11/08-12 to be based at AMREF Headquarters
Job Title: Assistant Accountant
Directorate: Operations
Unit: Corporate Finance
Physical Location: AMREF Headquarters
Reporting to: Accountant
Main Purpose of Job
To safe guard all monies paid to the foundation and ensuring that direct collection through other departments is remitted regularly to the cash office for banking.
Range of Service Provided (Area of Operation)
For External Customers
- Reconciling/handling debtors and creditors accounts
- Communication with bank
- Communication with donors confirmations for wired funds
- Donor reporting
- For Internal Customers
- Reconciliation of staff accounts
- Maintaining of country accounts
Key Responsibilities
Payments
- Preparing and issuing receipts for all payments
- Banking all cash and cheques paid
- Preparing and issuing cheques as per laid down procedures
- Ensuring cheques are signed by signatories as per existing mandates
- Record Management
- Filing bank statements, bank credits and debit slips
- Maintain cheque register
- Maintaining debtors and prepayment files
Data entry
- Daily data entry from payment vouchers, petty cash voucher, surrender journal entries and receipts against banking credit slips
Petty/Cash management
- Maintaining Head office petty cash float
- Maintaining payment of all Petty Cash Vouchers (PCVs)
- Preparing petty cash reimbursement and requisition for replenishment
- Reconciling all cash accounts, coordination and reconciliation of all cash collection points and receipt books in various units and banking for all the units
Managing Creditors
- Maintaining up to date creditors status (matching invoices to LPOs and GRNs, checking correctness and accuracy of the invoices, preparation of payments of creditors
- Reviewing of the creditors accounts
Managing Debtors
- Maintain an up to date debtors status (print statements and circulation, verify
- Verifying that staff qualifies for imprest before passing the requests for approval
- Follow-up staff with receipts/invoices for deposits paid
- Reviewing debtors accounts
- Managing Ledgers
- Preparing inter-ledger reconciliation statements
- Operational Control
- Control and custody of cheque leaves, petty cash, receipt books and banking slips
Required Qualifications
Education and knowledge
- Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field
- CPA II
Experience
- 1 years accounting and or Cashiering exposure
- Experience handling multi-currency transactions
Skills
- Numerical
- Confidential
- Detailed
- Proactive
- Team work
- Interpersonal
- Communication skills
- Competences
- Professionalism
- Ethical
- Integrity
- Ability to work within deadlines
Mental Competencies
Problem Analysis
The job requires a professional and analytical approach to accounting
Flexible Thinking
The job requires creative problem solving within the framework of set corporate policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting standards
Decision Making
The job requires ability to make timely and well-considered decisions based on corporate policies
Communications
Oral
- Internal: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments and staff members
- External: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectively communicate with external parties including banks, debtors, creditors, country offices
Written:
- Internal: The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments and staff members
- External: The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with external parties including banks, debtors, creditors, country offices and donors
Environmental Conditions
Corporate Policies, Systems, Procedures and Methods
- The job demands a thorough understanding of AMREF’s Financial policies and procedures, corporate culture and Human Resource Management policies and procedures
Work Environment
- Normal office environment
Hours of Work
Normal working hours. Job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general
If you feel that you meet the criteria, complete the online application form here attaching your CV. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We encourage those interested to send their applications by Friday, 09 September 2011.
AMREF is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.
Due to expansion, this co-educational boarding school is in need of a secondary school teacher with at least 3 years experience of teaching IGCSE & A Level in the British Educational System.
The following posts need to be filled immediately:
Part-time Teachers of: - 1. Business Studies
- 2. Mathematics
Interested applicants are requested to email a letter of application, an updated C.V., along with
the name and contact details of two referees before Wednesday, 7th September to:
Mr Mark Durston
Headmaster
Peponi School
Email: applicants@peponischool.org
Website: www.peponischool.org
Interviews will be held late next week, and only those who are short-listed will hear from us
AMREF is the largest international health development non-governmental organization based in Africa.
Working with and through African communities, health systems and governments, AMREF aims to close the gap that prevents people from accessing their basic right to health.
Headquartered in Kenya, AMREF has programmes in Ethiopia, Uganda, Southern Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.
Employing over 800 staff and with an annual operating budget of approximately $70 million, AMREF is a knowledge resource for donors and partners.
For more information visit our website www.amref.org.
We are seeking to fill the position of Corporate HR Manager – Ref: CHR/11/08-16 to be based at AMREF Headquarters
Job Title: Corporate Human Resources Manager
Directorate/Unit: Human Resources
Physical Location: AMREF Headquarters
Reports to: Director of Human Resources
Overall purpose
Responsible for the transparent implementation of corporate HR strategies, effective delivery of HR services at HQ and support to the management HR in country offices.
Key Responsibilities
Human Resource Management strategy
- Contribute and participate to the development of the strategy
- Develop operational plans for the implementation and monitoring of the strategy
- Guide Country HR Managers in aligning their annual plans to the AMREF Business Plan
- Articulate human resource policies, systems and processes and monitor compliance across AMREF
- Manage HR budgets and ensure all plans allow for HRD investments
- Support the creation of conducive work environment
- Establish and sustain an internal communication culture that encourages availability and sharing of information while maintaining necessary confidentiality
Recruitment, Selection and Placement
- Manage timely and effective recruitment processes for various positions within AMREF HQ
- Design and implementation of induction programmes for new staff
- Manage installation logistics of expatriate staff including acquisition of work permits, visas, housing and orientation programmes
Benefits Administration
- Conduct remuneration and benefits surveys and recommend strategies to ensure competitiveness with comparable organizations
- Design and manage employee benefits schemes including local and international medical benefits, pension and provident funds, group life and personal accident insurances
Contracts Management
- Ensure timely issuance, renewal/termination of employment contracts
- Negotiate consultancy contracts, coordinate, monitor and evaluate implementation of the same
Performance management
- Contribute to the creation of a performance driven culture by recommending best practices in all HR operations as well as alignment with the organization’s strategic plan.
- Provide HR technical guidance to the performance management process in setting performance targets, performance standards, and performance monitoring processes, reviews and assessments (appraisals).
- Conduct job analysis and evaluation to ensure optimal grading structure, prepare/update job descriptions for all positions
HR records/HRMIS
- Develop and oversee the maintenance an accurate, reliable and confidential staff database, geared to support management decision making in resource utilization, compensation and performance management
Training and Development
- Develop and implement staff induction programmes
- Identify training needs and conduct/facilitate staff training
- Facilitate career/personal development for staff
- Establish and sustain an internal communication culture that encourages availability and sharing of information while maintaining necessary confidentiality.
- Maintain linkages and networks with other HR professionals and ensure skills are constantly up-dated in response to current theory/practice in the field.
- Facilitate knowledge partnerships with other NGOs, donor communities and partners.
Administration Support Services
- Support the development of policies and guidelines for the administration unit
Required Qualifications
Education and knowledge
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in HR, Business Administration, Public Administration or related field
- Membership to a professional HR body
- Knowledge of a broad range of strategic human resource management practices in the NGO sector
- Knowledge of contracting, negotiating, and change management
- Knowledge of Kenya labour and employment laws
- Ability to analyze and assess training and development needs Knowledge of organizational development theory and practices
- Ability to negotiate and manage collective bargaining agreements and alternative dispute resolution processes
- Knowledge of computerized information systems used in human resources applications
- Ability to work with diverse cultures
Experience
- At least 7 years progressive working experience as a HR generalist
- Experience in HR strategic planning and execution
- Experience in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures
- Experience in design, development and implementation of salary administration plans and benefit programmes
Skills
- Discrete
- Confidential
- Detailed
- Multi-tasking
- Coaching/mentoring
- Negotiation
Competences
- Professionalism
- Ethical
- Integrity
- Contracts management
- Negotiation
Mental Competences
Problem Analysis
- The job requires a professional approach to strategic human resource management guided by appropriate best practices
Flexible Thinking
The job requires creative problem solving within the framework of strategic human resource management
Decision Making
The job requires ability to make timely and well-considered decisions based on HR best practices and corporate business
Communications
Oral
- Internal: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments, staff members and country teams
- External: The job demands a high level of oral communication skills in order to effectively communicate with external parties including insurers, medical and pension schemes administrators, consultants and other service providers
Written:
- Internal: The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with other departments and staff members and country teams; interpret, apply, and explain rules and procedures and maintain effective relations
- External: The job demands a high level of written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with external parties including, insurers, medical and pension schemes administrators, consultants and other service providers
Environmental Conditions
Corporate Policies, Systems, Procedures and Methods
- The job demands a thorough understanding of AMREF’s HRM policies and procedures, corporate goals and strategy.
Work Environment
- Normal office environment
Hours of Work
- Normal working hours. Job holder may be required to work outside normal working hours due to the nature of the work in general.
If you feel that you meet the criteria, complete the online application form here attaching your CV. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We encourage those interested to send their applications by Friday, 09 September 2011.
AMREF is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.
