Tullow Kenya BV - Cost Engineer Job Vacancy

Our client; Tullow Kenya BV is an independent oil and gas company with over 90 licenses in 25 countries.

The company is principally engaged in the oil and gas exploration, development and production and the sale of hydrocarbons and related activities.

Tullow Kenya BV also operates within four geographical markets: Europe, Africa, South Asia and South America.

Through successful exploration and consistent delivery of major projects, the company has become Africa’s leading independent Oil Company.

The company seeks to recruit a Cost Engineer to provide cost engineering services to the exploration and development team responsible for execution of Technical Projects.

The Position

The position holder will be reporting to the Senior Cost Engineer, Operations Manager and the Project Controls Manager.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Preparation of Technical Project Approval documentation both internal and external.
• Maintains the job-specific code of accounts, in accordance with the approved project WBS.
• Preparation of project specific Cost Control procedures and Work Methods where required.
• Develops and provides project variances, trending and analysis of expenditures, and completion reports. The cost engineer maintains the change control systems, evaluates change notices, and determines cost impact of all affected areas. This activity is carried out in accordance with the Group Change Management process or the project specific change management process.
• Reviews project costs incurred by category, calculates future costs based on labour productivity, material price increases, subcontract, wage rates and risk analysis.
• Interfaces with the procurement and subcontracts to provide cost budgets for material requisitions and subcontract work packages for bid evaluation where appropriate.
• To prepare cashflows and currency distribution forecast.
• Under general supervision, performs assignments requiring experience and knowledge of standard concepts within project controls.
• Management of project change including relevant trending project costs.
• Preparation and presentation of Project Control Reports on a monthly basis in line with a Project Reporting Calendar.
• Preparation of Monthly Reports which includes interfaces with the various project team members to obtain the relevant data where applicable.

Key objectives may include;

• Timely and accurate submission of all deliverables
• Management of Costs within acceptable performance indicators.

The Ideal Candidate should have;

• The incumbent must have a high level of technical competence in Cost Accounting. The work requires a high degree of computer literacy.
• Minimum 5 years cost engineering or quantity surveying or materials and logistics experience is required.
• Undergraduate degree is a requirement.

The Ideal Candidates Skills and Business Behaviour should be and portray:

• Preferably experience of industry standard cost control systems such as Kildrummy or Cobra
• Advanced skills in Microsoft products such as Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Preferably 5 years experience in cost control, cost estimating, quantity surveying or materials and logistics within upstream oil & gas
• Preferably experience of delivering major EPC projects in the oil & gas sector, typically managing a Capex spend
• Preferably experience of managing costs associated with a 2 or 3 rig program
• Excellent verbal, written and aural communication skills
• Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Excellent verbal, written and aural communication skills
• Able to work effectively as part of a team
• Takes a proactive approach
• React quickly & flexibly to changing circumstances
• Use initiative to ensure issues are overcome
• Seek ways to find and apply best practice
• Adopt a pragmatic, fit for purpose, approach
• Open, honest & reliable
• Takes a proactive approach to all responsibilities

If you are qualified and up to the challenge, please send an updated Curriculum Vitae (Ms Word version) to careers@altimaafrica.com clearly stating the job position (Cost Engineer) in the subject.

Include your daytime contact, Current & Expected remuneration as well as your Notice Period in your application cover letter.

Deadline for application is Thursday 8th December, 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

H Young - Foremen (Heavy Equipment Workshop)

The following positions are available and individuals seeking to be part of H Young’s team are encouraged to apply.

Foremen (Heavy Equipment Workshop)

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintenance of heavy equipment. These include excavators, bulldozers and motor graders.
• Ensure full utilisation of workshop available labour and resources to achieve planned operational targets.
• Supervise subordinates to produce quality work.
• Assist the staff technically and train them.
• Ensure that the technicians carry out the jobs within the allotted time.
• Ensure the most effective use of available time and equipment.
• Give practical assistance, on-the-job training and technical advice to subordinates.

Requirements

• Diploma/Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Proven record of at least 8 years in supervising maintenance of heavy equipment. Makes include CAT, Hitachi, Volvo and Komatsu.
• Leadership skills.
• Flexibility to varying working hours.
• Customer service oriented.
• Effective communicator.

Interested candidates should submit their application and detailed CV to jobs@hyoung.co.ke or send via post to;

The Human Resources Manager,
H. Young & Co. (E.A) Ltd.
P.O. Box 30118 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya

Clearly indicating the position on the email subject or the envelope

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

mothers2mothers (m2m) - Training & Education Specialist - Nairobi, Kenya

mothers2mothers (m2m) is an international non-governmental organisation headquartered in Cape Town, SA, dedicated to providing education and support to pregnant women and mothers living with HIV, and preventing mother-to-child transmission.

m2m empowers HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers to become role models in their communities by promoting AIDS awareness, testing and services. m2m currently operates in 8 countries in Africa and receives funding from a diverse set of funders.

For further information please visit www.m2m.org.

Training & Education Specialist

Purpose: To lead the external training activities of m2m in Kenya related to national scale-up of the Kenya Mentor Mother Program (KMMP), with the aim of promoting participant learning and program quality at all levels.

The position is based in Nairobi and liaises with m2m Kenya management colleagues and relevant staff at m2m HQ in Cape Town, South Africa. The position reports to the Country Representative.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

• Coordinate the development of the national KMMP curriculum package aligned to national standards and guidelines, including oversight of a dedicated consultant, in consultation with the MOH, other key stakeholders, and m2m HQ
• Develop and lead a KMMP TOT plan to capacitate national and regional KMMP trainers in a phased approach aligned to the national KMMP roll-out plan, including the co-facilitation of TOT sessions
• Lead the development and support the delivery of capacity building training activities for local implementing partners, co-facilitated with m2m program staff
• Act as a thinking partner to develop and propose continuous training and education approaches for engaging with partner organizations beyond initial orientation activities
• Integrate quality improvement approaches to support quality service delivery and successful learning, including reflection and evaluation
• Track and report on achievements and activities in training and education areas related to the KMMP

Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Minimum of a masters degree in public health, instructional systems design, health education and/or a related field
• 5 years senior level work experience in a training and education capacity; experience with USG-funded NGOs a distinct advantage
• Experience with the national TOT cascade in the health sector in Kenya
• Previous experience with the training and education component of organizational capacity building program(s)
• Experience coordinating or overseeing national curriculum development

Competencies Required:

• Expert Trainer of Trainers with excellent demonstrated training skills, including participatory methods
• Experience designing training on maternal health and/or HIV related topics for health professionals, and for peer health educators and lower literacy participants
• Comprehensive understanding of adult learning methods and behavior change models in the African context
• Familiarity with various training and educational approaches related to organizational capacity building in the health sector
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing training materials for adult learners
• Proven ability to interact professionally and effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders including senior managers, decision-makers, government officials, and public and private donors, including experience working in or with the MOH
• Strong organization, coordination and planning skills
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced formatting in MS Word (working with master documents)
• Dynamism, creativity and flexibility
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili
• Enthusiasm to work on behalf of m2m’s mother and infant clients

To Apply:

Interested applicants should submit their Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to the mothers2mothers Human Resource Department via email to kmmprecruitment@m2m.org by December 11, 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

If you do not hear from us by January 20, 2012, please consider your application unsuccessful

M-KOPA Kenya - Asterisk PBX Installation and Implementation - Request for Proposal

Request for Proposal (RFP)


Purpose

M-KOPA Kenya is seeking proposals from consultants (individuals or companies) with expertise in installation, configuration and customization of the Asterisk PBX system for their customer care call center.

This call center solution is core to our customer centric business, and we seek to implement it in January 2012.

Background

M-KOPA (M = mobile; KOPA = to borrow) is a new mobile venture based in Nairobi, Kenya. Our mission is to help Kenyans acquire productive assets through simple and secure mobile technology.

Following successful product trials with customers in 2011, M-KOPA is preparing for commercial launch in 2012.

Requirements

The following is an indication of what we would like to achieve with our Asterisk installation. This list is not exhaustive, though it should be noted that apart from Computer Telephony Integration, we will be pursuing a standard Asterisk installation.

1. Support for one E1 line and several mobile lines connected via a GSM gateway.
2. Support for both soft phones and SIP phones.
3. Dynamic and mobile extension numbers for different agents.
4. The installation should be implemented in a way that will enable and facilitate Computer Telephony Integration with third party systems such as our CRM system.
5. Allow record of Busy and Out of Hours Messages amongst other configurable messages.
6. Support for call logging, monitoring and recording.
7. Support call hunting e.g. whereby incoming calls are directed to agents that have been idle for the longest time.

Note: The selected consultant may propose to also provide the related hardware (E1 Card, GSM Gateway, SIP phones, Server). However, this will be taken as an optional component of the proposal.

Selection Criteria

Candidates must meet the following Selection Criteria:

1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience with VoIP networking and implementation of the Asterisk PBX systems in production environments.
2. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) for Asterisk in order to facilitate integration with third party systems.
3. Must be available to implement the solution in the month of January 2012 at our offices in Kilimani.

RFP Process

The following is the process that M-KOPA project team will follow in reviewing and approving proposals, as well as preliminary information on the process that will take place once a proposal is selected.

1. Consultant to send a concise proposal to contact@m-kopa.com on or before 7th December 2011. This proposal should outline the relevant technical qualifications and a financial proposal for the initial installation. The proposal should also provide options for future maintenance and support accompanied by an SLA for the same.

2. Once reviewed, one or more of the consultants will be shortlisted and contacted for further discussion.

3. We will base our selection mostly on competitive qualifications and cost.

4. The successful candidate will begin work in January 2012