Technical Sales Trainee Job Vacancy

Technical Sales Trainee

Minimum requirements:-

Bsc Chemistry

Must be computer literate and prepared to undertake safaris in promoting sales and service

Experience in Industrial Chemicals would be preferable

Marketing and Industrial Water Management knowledge will be an added advantage

Closing date 16th December 2011

Send your application to:-

TS:2143
P.O. Box 49990-00100
Nairobi

Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) - Senior Project Technical Officer

Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resource

Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP)

Project Management Unit (PMU)

The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR) is implementing the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP). The AAP is funded by the Government of Japan, through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The main objective of AAP is to steer Kenya towards climate change resilient development by strengthening institutional and systemic capacity and leadership to address climate change risks and opportunities through a national approach to adaptation.

It has been designed to support the long-term efforts of Kenya to further develop her capability to successfully identify, design and implement holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction programmes that are aligned with national development priorities.

The MEMR would wish to recruit a project staff to support the programme implementation.

The incumbent will join an existing dynamic project team based at the Project Management Unit (PMU) that is housed at the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD).

The PMU is embedded in the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources and headed by a National Project Manager (NPM).

The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources therefore wishes to recruit a project staff to fill the following position for a period of one year.

Job Title: Senior Project Technical Officer

The Senior Project Technical Officer will focus on the implementation of the project work-plan and will work with the partners to ensure effective implementation of the activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Technical Project Officer will support the National Project Manager in overseeing implementation of project activities.

His duties and responsibilities will include but not limited to the following:

• Providing technical support on climate change adaptation, policy mainstreaming, and strategies for up scaling of climate change adaptation for the MEMR under the AAP;
• Contribute in generating intelligence and innovative strategies for program re-design, fund raising and establishment of sustainable partnerships for climate change resilient development in Kenya;
• Development of periodic policy advisories, news articles, reports and infomercials on the climate change adaptation terrain in Kenya based on accurate data and information from partners in the AAP;
• Coordinate the planning and implementation of the project's pilot activities in collaboration with the focal point at the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
• Take part in regular field visits to the project sites and work closely with the project team of the partner organizations to advice and guide on the quality and progress of implementation
• Coordinate and advice partners on project implementation
• Get involved in accurate and realistic planning of project activities through preparation of work-plans and budget
• Facilitate the implementing partners in their activities to ensure quality and timely progress in the activities
• Liaise with the project's International UNV on the monitoring frame-works and progress reporting to thp National Project Manager
• Monitor the outputs as well as risks and assumptions and, in case of deviations, recommend remedial actions to be taken by the project management
• To track one contribution of the AAP results to the MEMR Performance Contract.

Required Entry Qualifications and Competencies

Formal education

• An advanced degree in environmental management or other field relevant to the programme's goals;

Professional Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of working experience in the area relevant to climate change
• Good understanding of climate change and sustainable development issues;
• Be knowledgeable and have hands-on experience on vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) issues
• Have a solid understanding of the gaps and needs for developing/improving vulnerability assessments, and technical expertise in the formulation of adaptation strategies
• Have solid understanding of Carbon Financing Frameworks
• Sound and broadly-recognized scientific expertise on climate change research relevant to the different sectors and generation of technical papers and articles
• Familiarity with climate models and their application, including understating and application of the Kenya's T21 model;
• Demonstrate having experiences in project management cycle

Other Qualifications

• Experienced in technical report writing and presentation
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Good IT-know-how (MS-Office, Access or other database program)

The Senior Project Technical Officer will report to the National Project Manager.

Those meeting the requirements of the above position should submit their typed application letter, including a detailed CV, details of present position, names and addresses of three referees, copies of professional/educational certificates and contacts by 16th December, 2011 to the following address:

The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources,
P.O. Box 30126-00100,
NHIF Building, 12th Floor
Nairobi

GBSH Consult - Marketing Intern – Kenya

GBSH CONSULT is Hiring!!

GBSH Consult Marketing Intern – Kenya

GBSH Consult is seeking an energetic, savvy, curious Marketing Intern to assist the Senior Executive team Kenya region, in an intensive, fun-filled, and creative 3 month project where intern creates and implements strategic outreach campaigns to develop GBSH’s brand in various target segments.

Duties and activities include maintenance of media database, research and development of new relationships with local /regional print/electronic media, online market research, Eblast campaigns, GBSH blog support, GBSH twitter feed support, GBSH flickr support and other ancillary needs with regard to New Media marketing to develop the GBSH brand identity.

The internship is 3 months in length and runs between Dec and 1st March.

Strongly Prefer:

• Experience successfully creating and/or modifying processes
• Bachelor’s degree ongoing or finished
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Organized, reliable and a team player
• Customer Service or Marketing experience a plus.
• Position is ideal for someone pursuing a career in marketing

Duration: Full-time

Location: Kenya office in Nairobi

Your job responsibilities will include…

• Work in project development and implementation (local, regional, and national)
• Develop detailed marketing plans
• Interact with clients
• Develop a strong understanding of company’s products and services
• Sell to current customers and prospect for new business
• Coordinate with internal departments to respond quickly to customer needs, requests and problems
• Perform market research through interviews, focus groups and surveys
• Assist in various duties as needed
• Become proficient in the use of our Customer Relationship Management database program to retrieve key information, facilitate client mailings, and to manage various prospective client lists.
• Facilitate Social Media/Networking Web site activities and promotions using LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.
• Assist with the ongoing enhancements to our Web site including coordination of posting audio/video files.
• Assist with the ongoing development of our Internet and Search Marketing initiatives.
• Work to build our media contacts database to enhance our public relations efforts.
• Contact reporters and editors to arrange media interviews for our financial advisory team and clients.
• Create E-mail announcements to promote advisor appearances on TV and radio.
• Write and deliver press releases and story pitches for the media.
• Assist in the creating, editing and proofreading of articles, letters, E-mails, and speech presentations.
• Assist with writing, proofreading, and delivering our Monthly Client Letter/mailer.
• Assist with the coordinating of our direct mail campaigns.
• Research potential new marketing services.
• Update various prospective client and new client lists and charts to track referral sources and new revenue.
• Assist in the building of a marketing database of potential high net worth clients.
• Help in the development and preparation of marketing letters and materials for prospective clients.
• Aid in the maintenance of our marketing material

Note: All expenses will be at the intern’s own.

If interested please contact: Ms. Dhara Shah dshah@gbshconsult.com  

Logistics Coordinator

Job Title: Logistics Coordinator

Start Date: As soon as possible

Location: IPA-Kenya Nairobi Office

Reporting To: Program Director

Introduction

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a rapidly growing, global non-profit organization with operations in over 40 countries. We are dedicated to discovering what works to help the world’s poor. We design and evaluate programs in real contexts with real people and provide hands-on assistance to bring successful programs to scale.

IPA-Kenya (IPAK) is IPA’s oldest and largest country office and the site of many of its most influential research projects. IPAK is also the site of IPA’s largest scale-up initiatives including Kenya’s National School-Based Deworming Programme and Safe Water Programme. The IPA-Kenya office was established in 2006 in Western Kenya and now employs over 200 people.

About School-based Deworming

Parasitic worms are a widespread global problem, affecting an estimated 400-million school-age children. These infections have immediate and long-term negative impacts on children’s health, mental and physical development, education, and adult earnings. Leading researchers have demonstrated that deworming through schools is one of the most cost-effective methods of increasing overall school attendance and participation.

Our Scale-up Efforts

The Deworm the World Initiative (DtWI), led by Innovations for Poverty Action and the Partnership for Child Development, actively supports the scale-up of school-based deworming programs worldwide to improve children’s health, education, and long-term development. To date, DtWI has helped to treat 35 million children across 27 countries.

Roughly half of these children were treated through the scale-up of brand new programs for which DtWI provided advocacy and/or in-depth technical assistance to plan, implement and evaluate. The Kenya program is a flagship program of the Initiative.

Role Description

Deworm the World seeks a qualified applicant for the position of Logistics Coordinator a National School-based Deworming Program in Kenya.

The Logistics Coordinator is part of a team responsible for providing support to the Kenyan government to scale a successful school-based deworming program to the national level. The program aims to provide deworming medication to over five million children in Kenya in 2012.

The Deworm the World team and the Kenyan government will accomplish this task by initiating a training and drug distribution cascade that will ultimately train thousands of teachers to deliver deworming medication through Kenyan schools. The program will operate in four provinces, 66 districts, and approximately 10,000 schools. There is a significant monitoring and evaluation component to this program that will also require complex logistics management.

The Training and Drug Distribution Cascade starts at the national level and extends down through several intermediate steps to the school level. As a significant part of their work, the Logistics Coordinator will, together with government personnel,create logistical and operational systems to optimize the work done at all levels of this training and distribution cascade.

This could include, but is not limited to, designing and overseeing systems to track travel arrangements for participants and trainers; arranging and optimizing training schedules;creating and managing systems for arranging venues, food and accommodations at training sessions; and planning for distribution of materials at training events.

The Logistics Coordinator will also manage procurement, storage, packaging, transport and distribution of pills and other materials, and will play a key role in organizing events. The Logistics Coordinator will also be responsible for managing the logistics of the Deworm the World Team at IPA-Kenya.

In addition to creating systems that track and support logistical challenges faced by many actors, both internal and external to the program,the Logistics Coordinator will play an integral role in the program’s success at reaching 5 million children.

Job Purpose

Manage all logistics related to the on-going movement of people, materials, monitoring forms and drugs sufficient to deworm5 million children annually.

Maximize efficiency and smooth operation of logistics and supply chains related to a large-scale training and distribution cascade as well as a comprehensive monitoring process.

Provide high-quality logistical support to the Deworm the World Team, including event planning and travel.

Specific Responsibilities

Logistics

• Create and maintain systems for tracking the logistical necessities at all levels from the national to the local, and use systems to efficiently support Deworm the World Initiative partners to deliver the program
• Create systems to track and support the management of venue, hotel, and transport logistics
• Manage logistics and operations for the Deworm the World Team including travel arrangements, optimizing schedules, movement of materials and information
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors and service providers such as transport companies, hotels, training venues and other vendors relevant to drug and training distribution
• Liaise with the DtW financial team to make necessary payments to vendors and other disbursements

Program Support

• Liaise with the larger DtW team to prepare for efficient delivery of program services including all training sessions from the national to the school level and distribution of important materials and drugs
• Work with finance team to maintain financial records such as receipts and procurement estimates
• Develop clear and effective systems for the management of procurement
• Plan and execute events to advocate on behalf of the program or to advance its mission such as high level meetings, press conferences, publicity events and celebrations

General Administrative Tasks

• Create and maintain effective systems for tracking the movement and supply of materials, drugs and training
• Effectively document logistics activities for future replication
• Create and maintain schedules, calendars, files, contacts, task lists, reports and tracking spreadsheets related to logistics of the Training and Drug Distribution Cascade
• Maintain clear and organized procurement records

Qualifications

Education

• Undergraduate degree or diploma in relevant field

Experience:

• 7+ years experience working in a logistics or operations role in a public, nonprofit or private sector organization
• Computer skills necessary include: thorough knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet/Email
• Experience managing supply chain or efficient delivery of goods and services to a large number of individuals across different geographical regions
• Event planning or similar experience

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to create adaptable systems of tracking and logistics management
• Proven organization skills
• Strong critical thinking and judgment skills
• Knowledge of Kenyan geography and regions
• Ability to make and execute contingency plans as program goals and process changes
• Clear understanding of the local Kenyan working environment (culture, people, geography, etc.), ability to leverage that knowledge to help the team make good decisions about operations and logistics
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong ability to develop relationships with a diverse team
• Effective communication, verbal and writing skills
• Fluent in English and Swahili

Desirable Characteristics

• Mature and professional composure
• Openness to working in a flexible work environment with fast evolving systems and procedures
• Highest level of integrity and honesty
• Eagerness to develop personally/professionally, willingness to learn, develop new skills, and take on more responsibilities
• High level of initiative in improving the organization’s working environment

To Apply

Applications can be submitted via email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.

Please ensure the subject line reads “Logistics Coordinator DtW-2011_12_01”.

Please attach the following documents:

• Cover letter explaining interest in the position and fit for the role
• CV/resume, including three references, daytime phone number(s), and email address.

Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by email for an interview.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may be filled prior to the application deadline.

The application deadline is January 10, 2012.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Logistics Coordinator.

The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.

Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant.

Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization.

Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org