RedR UK Programme Manager Job Vacancy - Nairobi, Kenya (Salary: £24-26000 p/a)

About REDR
RedR is an international charity that improves the effectiveness of disaster relief, helping save and rebuild the lives of people affected by disaster worldwide.

RedR has recently established an office in Nairobi, Kenya and is looking to establish a training programme in the country.

Initially this will focus on security training but in the longer term (funding permitting) is planned to expand to cover other training areas including Humanitarian Practice, Technical Training, Management and Co-ordination.

The Role
In this role, the Programme Manager will be directly responsible for programme development, team management, activity implementation, donor relations, and supporting the management of the Kenya office.

In addition, the Programme Manager will develop a marketing strategy to ensure that NGO’s make maximum utilisation of the training programme and also network and participate in co-ordination meetings.

Person Specification
The successful candidate will have strong project management skills, including experience in budget management.

Familiarity with humanitarian operations and experience in working in complex humanitarian situations is also required along with understanding of security management issues in the NGO sector.

Fluency in English and willingness and ability to travel within Kenya (and possibly South Sudan).

Terms
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Contract: One month initially, with possible extension for 6 months or longer

Status: Unaccompanied

Salary: £24-26000 p/a (plus accommodation and other benefits)

Start date: Immediate

Closing date for applications: 4 November 2011

How to apply:

To Apply For a full job description and person specification, please visit:

www.redr.org.uk/en/About_us/Jobs/current_staff_vacancies.cfm

If you match our criteria and wish to apply, please complete the application form available from the website and return to hr@redr.org.uk.

Please note due to the urgency of the role, we may interview candidates before the closing date

CRES Manager, Asset & Facilities Management - Standard Chartered Bank

Job Title: CRES Manager, Asset & Facilities Management

Job ID: 307251

Job Function: CRES

Location: Kenya - SCB

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Regular/Temporary: Permanent

Job Description

Reporting to the Area Head of Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES), the job holder will provide leadership to the country CRES team.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

General Country Management

• Deputize for the Head of CRES on Kenya CRES matters
• Provide oversight of CRES activity in country.
• Manage the performance and productivity of the CRES team
• Relay and implement instructions and initiatives from group and regional office.
• Conduct on-site assessments of risk management, facilities management, planned preventative maintenance, project delivery and performance in CRES activities across the board.

General Department Management

• Manage Country CRES team and provide technical support as necessary.
• Implement the Group/Regional structure (known as the Target Operating Model, or TOM) adapted for country circumstances.
• Approve business as usual operating costs within delegated authority.
• Take ownership of all premises issues in the country.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the main interface between CRES and business units at country level in order to manage and lead real estate strategic planning.
• Contribute to the development of new business initiatives.
• Develop and agree country level service level agreements between CRES and the businesses.

Asset Management

• Working with the Country Head of CRES, ensure the alignment of CRES strategic plans to the business plans.
• Implement portfolio management metrics that illustrate the financial performance of the property assets.
• Implement models to link business and real estate strategy to forecast supply and demand for space and developing master and strategic plans for utilization and development potential of land and/or buildings with the bank’s property portfolio for the country.
• Undertake real estate due diligence reviews as and when required for potential new business acquisition.
• Assume overall responsibility for the effective implementation of the Global Portfolio Management System.
• Manage leases (and the associated risks) both where the bank is lessor and lessee.
• Ensure all other databases are properly populated in a timely way.

Project Management

• Work with CRES project manager to ensure the real estate strategies and plans are correctly delivered (acting as driver of timeliness, quality and cost management).

Facilities Management

• Manage planned preventative maintenance in accordance with group standards.
• Manage Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) plans in accordance with Group CRES guidelines
• Manage a help desk and/or reactive maintenance.
• Evaluate country sourcing (procurement) strategies and agree with Area Head.
• Manage CRES procurement and supply arrangements in cooperation with Global Sourcing.

Financial Management

• Ensure submission of country financial data by the due date.
• Understand and manage the financial implications of country CRES activity
• Identify ways to save costs while optimizing the delivery of CRES services.
• Create and submit an annual budget including contributing a life-cycle replacement / capital expenditure plan.

Team Management

• Develop the capabilities of the team including mentoring, training, replacing and hiring staff.
• Manage and improve team effectiveness and engagement.

Risk Management

• Manage risk databases (such as Phoenix, ensuring risks are identified, logged, risk rated and action taken to mitigate).
• Ensure submission of data as required by region or group.
• Ensure management of Key Control Standards and Self Assessments.
• Review and ensure security management from “hard” issues such as CCTV and guarding to “soft” issues such as the presentation and behaviour of guards.
• Ensure country team compliance with all legislative requirements.

Qualifications & Skills

• A Real Estate Professional with a minimum a B.A in Land Economics or B.A in Building Economics or their equivalent. Facilities Management certification will be an added advantage.
• Extensive Facilities management experience gained in a “blue chip” corporate environment.
• A strong can-do service oriented personality
• Strategic thinker combined with a high degree of pragmatism.
• Excellent leadership skills and team management experience.
• Experience of successfully managing and delivering multiple services to internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to adapt proactively to customer requirements.
• Budgetary control and financial management experience.
• Skilled at swift problem identification, prevention and resolution.
• Using initiative to review continuously and improve services.

Diversity & Inclusion

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion.

We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage.

By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.

How to apply

For more information on the following vacancies, please log onto our website;
www.standardchartered.com/careers/professional-hires

Sales Managers and Marketing Executives Careers in Kenya

A company dealing in imported Beverages, Biscuits & Confectionery wishes to recruit individuals for the position of Sales Managers and Marketing Executives.

The candidates should posses the following qualities:

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Achieve the sales targets set by the company
• Create more avenues for sales and maintain the current ones
• Timely reporting to the Sales Manager
• Ensure compliance to the company’s policies and regulations
• Able to work long hours and willing to travel within Kenya

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Applicants must be holders of a degree/diploma in the relevant field from a reputed university
• Should have a minimum work experience of 2 years in the similar position
• Must have a thorough knowledge of the Beverages and Confectionary industry in Kenya
• The applicant must be a person of high integrity, committed and excellent communicator

Applicants who meet the above criteria may email their CV’s, copy of certificates, passport size photo and any other relevant information to juices.kenya@ymail.com, not later than 11th November 2011.

Attractive remuneration will be offered to the selected candidates

TB Service Manager - Standard Chartered

Job Title: TB Service Manager

Job ID: 306551

Job Function: Wholesale Banking

Location: Kenya - SCB

Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Job Description

To establish, develop and maintain a portfolio of Investors and Intermediaries Corporate Banking services in order to generate revenue for the Bank.

This would entail the management of client relationships with responsibility and accountability Relationships and operational risk of the portfolio.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Pro-actively establishes, develops and maintains a portfolio of corporate clients within Investors and Intermediaries target market (clients segment), ensuring that new relationships or ongoing requirements of existing clients generate maximum revenue within acceptable risk profile.
• Cross - selling of bank’s products through joint calling with product partners and accountable for pricing decisions of bank’s products offered to clients, within internally approved matrices.
• Ensures that all related administrative functions, most importantly file maintenance, regular reviews, call reports and periodic appraisals (QPR’s) are performed in a timely manner.
• Guides, counsels, and advises Assistant Service Managers in their support duties
• Provides management information to the Head of Investors and Intermediaries on a regular, as-and-when-required basis, on matters relating to their own portfolio’s status of accounts, excesses, irregular securities, defaulting accounts, and exceptions
• Ensure all fees are collected within one month of the date of the invoices.

Qualifications & Skills

• Business or accounting related degree.
• Minimum 5 years experience in a corporate banking environment of which minimum 2 years should be of managing corporate client relationships.
• Sound understanding of WB products, trade finance, personal banking and international banking products.
• Strong marketing skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial information.
• A good understanding of the general, economic, political and business environment of the region.
• Strong awareness of in-house network systems and good PC skills.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and negotiation skills.

Diversity & Inclusion

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion.

We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.

How to apply

For more information on the following vacancies, please log onto our website;
www.standardchartered.com/careers/professional-hires