Egerton University Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Extension) Job Vacancy

Egerton University, the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya, invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals with excellent credentials to fill the above post.

Egerton University was founded in 1939 as Egerton Farm School and was upgraded to an Agricultural College in 1950. In 1986, the Agricultural College became a constituent College of the University of Nairobi. It was elevated to a University in 1987 through an Act of Parliament.

Since its inception, the University has registered significant expansion in student numbers, academic programmes and physical facilities. Currently, the University has a student population of 12, 500 and a staff of 1832 and consists of 2 campuses (Njoro and Nakuru Town).

Qualifications and Experience

The candidates should possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Be a Professor or Associate Professor of a recognized University with an earned Ph.D.
• At least 6 years of experience in senior academic and management positions (at the level of Senior Lecturer and above).
• Leadership experience in a modern university environment.
• Ability and leadership skills to effectively coordinate the research function in the University.
• Provision of research and academic leadership.
• Knowledgeable in strategic planning in research and educational development.
• Proven capacity to promote learning, teaching, research and development in a university.
• Knowledgeable in national laws and policies in education.
• Be of the highest ethical standards, integrity and professionalism.
• Should have published widely in internationally refereed journals and show evidence of attracting research grants/funds

Duties and Responsibilities

Working under the general direction of the Vice-Chancellor the successful applicant shall:-

• Have the overall responsibility of direction, organization and administration of research programmes in the University.
• Ensure that the University Senate is properly advised in the development of research programmes in conformity to ethical standards and legally recognized professional bodies.
• Ensure effective accountability to the Vice-Chancellor for the proper management of the Division of Research & Extension.
• Responsible for promoting and coordinating research, scientific publications, innovation, extension and technology transfer to industry business community.
• Mobilize and solicit financial support for research and community extension through fundraising activities from industry, business companies and donor organizations.
• Maintain collaboration and linkages with both local and international institutions of higher learning for academic, research and innovation programmes.
• Coordinate workshops and seminars on outreach programmes on technology transfer.
• Promote knowledge dissemination to meet the needs of the university and the community through publications and exhibitions.

Terms and Conditions of Service

Terms and Conditions of Service are performance based and include competitive salary, house allowance and other allowances.

In addition the Deputy Vice-Chancellor will be entitled to the following benefits:

• Medical cover as per University medical scheme.
• Leave allowance.
• A Chauffer driven official car.
• A gratuity of 31% of basic salary at the end of contract

The contract for this position will be on a five-year term and the successful candidate shall be eligible for re-appointment upon the expiry of the contract subject to satisfactory performance.

A Comprehensive CV that contains details of the current remuneration, names, addresses and e-mail addresses of three referees must accompany the application.

Applications should be sent through registered mail and marked “POST OF DVC R&E” addressed to:

The Secretary (Vice-Chancellor)
Egerton University Council
P.O. Box 536-20107
Njoro – Kenya
Tel: +254-051-2217810
Fax: 254-051-2217827

Email: vc@egerton.ac.ke

The closing date for the applications is 6th October, 2011 at 5.00 p.m.

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

Egerton University is ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Futures Group Data Warehouse Senior Technical Manager Job in Kenya

Position: Data Warehouse Senior Technical Manager

Reports To: Chief of Party

Project Description:

Established in 1971, Futures Group develops and delivers innovative, locally relevant, evidence - based solutions to improve the health and well- being of people around the world.

We have assisted governmental and non-governmental agencies, foundations, and the private sector by designing, implementing and evaluating programs in HIV, sexual and reproductive health, population and family planning, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, and gender.

Futures Group has deep expertise in policy and advocacy, research and strategic information, health markets and private sector engagement, modeling and economic analysis, patient monitoring and management/HMIS, strategic consulting, and program management.

Futures Group provides HMIS support to the Government of Kenya (GoK) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Under a new contract, the Futures team provides a range of technical assistance including: support for the continued development and implementation of the national HMIS strategy; improving information flow to guide policy and program decisions; facilitating interoperability between disparate HMIS including specific efforts to harmonize and integrate laboratory, pharmacy, and electronic medical records (EMR) sub-systems; and developing a data warehouse.

Position Summary:

The Data Warehouse Senior Technical Manager will advise and provide technical expertise to the Chief of Party, and the broader project team.

This individual will lead the project’s strategy for and implementation of the data warehouse, define the business and information requirements, resolve high-level business and information issues, coach both the HMIS/NASCOP and Futures Group team in the development of the data warehousing solution, provide continuity in all major data warehousing solution decisions, and determine how technology can be applied to meet the client’s needs.

The work requires innovation, often with very little guidance. There is an organizational reliance on the knowledge, initiative and experience of the Data Warehouse Senior Technical Manager. Work is very technical in nature and knowledge is specialized.

Minimum Qualifications, Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated technical expertise in design, development, deployment and maintaining large data warehouse (DW) or very large databases
• Deep technical understanding of data warehouse model and design methodologies, ETL, Data Marts, OLAP, OLTP,Metadata, normalization, 3NF, Dimensions, SCD Slowly Changing Dimensions,
• Experience in requirements gathering for DW, creating Use Cases, UML , Enterprise Architect, ER Diagrams, Data Dictionary, Test Cases,
• Demonstrated technical experience integrating different data sources (e.g health, finances, vital statistics, education, planning) from different databases (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle) while addressing issue of data quality;
• Strong operational experience in improving in database performance, optimization, data aggregation, SQL queries for coding for interactive dashboards, charts and reports
• A minimum of 5 - 7 years’ proven technical experience is required
• Desired Datawarehouse business intelligence (BI) experience, software tools (Business Objects, Cognos, Microstrategy) or any open source BI software tools (Pentaho, JasperSoft, SpagoBI, icCube)
• Strong understanding of public health information systems in Kenya, including EMRs.
• Oral and written communication skills, Good writing skills are required to develop and articulate data warehouse strategy and implementation plan and present ideas to various audiences
• A university degree in computer science or information technology or any related discipline is required as a minimum, post graduate qualification and /or relevant certification courses will be an added advantage

Essential Functions:

• Design , develop, test, deploy, maintain, large, robust data warehouse at MOH
• Lead technical responsibility for development of national health data warehouse and identified data sources
• Lead in design, modeling, architecture of robust data warehouse platform;
• Lead technical responsibility to integrate data from different data sources (health, finances, vital statistics, education) into data warehouse solution
• Lead the information gathering and documentation process in consultation with the Ministries of Health
• Lead in development of data warehousing standards and SOPs , and test cases
• Resolve performance, database issues associated with maintaining and enhancing large data warehouse

Additional Information

Equipment to be used: General office equipment; Computers

Physical demands: N/A

Must be available for domestic and international travel for up to 30% of the time. 

All applications for this position should be submitted online at www.futuresgroup.com via the Careers page before September 27, 2011. 

Futures Group provides equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status

Business Development Manager Career in Kenya (Salary - KShs 100,000 p.m.)

Our client,is seeking to recruit a Business Development Manager.

This position calls for a strategic thinker, expert negotiator and an intuitive marketing ability.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify, qualify and secure business opportunities by cultivating and maintaining mutually beneficial business relationships with current and potential clients.
• Leverage executive-level relationships to develop targeted sales strategies that convey a customized approach to all business.
• Actively research potential clients and pursue new business relationships.
• Work in tandem with sales executives to plan and coordinate business generation activities.
• Maintain existing business relationships through continuous client follow up, responding to client inquiries and resolving problems on their behalf.

Qualifications and experience:

• Diploma or any other business related degree
• Aggressive, ambitious and result-oriented
• Experience in FMCG industry preferred.
• Preferably 5 to 7 years experience in sales and marketing
• Presentable with good communication & interpersonal skills
• Highly polished and articulate

To apply, send your CV only to jobs@staff-kenya.com before 24th September 2011.

Clearly indicate the position applied for 

Only serious candidates need apply

Real Estate Sales & Marketing Manager Career in Kenya (Over KShs 70,000 p.m.)

Our client, a real estate development company develops exclusive (residential) real estate and has a high net worth customer base.

The company is currently looking for a Sales and Marketing Manager.

Responsibilities

• Generate leads by executing the marketing strategy through sales and marketing strategies including but not limited to organizing presence at general real estate events, advertising, website and organizing dedicated sales events.
• Follow up the leads generated and closing sales.
• Attend Sales and Marketing meetings and be responsible for the preparation of annual and monthly sales and marketing budgets.
• Develop the company’s sales and marketing strategy.
• Co-managing the communications and PR strategy for various projects.
• Manage internal and external relationships
• Coordinate the sales team through the administrative and legal processes.
• Supervise outsourced production of sales and marketing materials.

Requirements

• A business related field or a Diploma in marketing.
• Minimum of 4 years experience in a similar position with proven sales skills.
• Sales background where products or services sold have been ‘hard sell’.
• Experience in Real Estate would be an added advantage.
• Ability to network, communicate comfortably
• Ability to work independently, solve problems to achieve desired results.

How to apply:

Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by 30th September 2011.

Email: jobs@staff-kenya.com

Only short listed candidates will be contacted