Safaricom - Senior Voice Services Planning Engineer

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the VAS Technical Department within the Technical/IT Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Senior Voice Services Planning Engineer

Ref: TECHNICAL/IT _SVSPE_DECEMBER_2011

Reporting to the Senior VAS Planning Manager; the holder of the position will be responsible for evaluation of new and existing hardware, planning & design for new solutions, implementation and integration of new hardware/software, project management, optimization of existing systems and internal process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Create key performance indicators for new products/services;
• Play a lead role in marketing proposals, product & services vendor evaluation process; weighted evaluation for new hardware, features and services;
• Design messaging network, improve & update network diagram when new elements are added; analyze VAS systems network against KPI;
• Minimize network and service impact for any change and schedule all the planned work;
• Plan for software and/or hardware upgrades to cater for network growth ;
• Create and update handover system configuration documentation after software/hardware upgrade;
• Configure data for new systems with vendor engineer and create/adopt necessary work instruction for existing systems;
• Perform S.W.O.T Analysis of projects and play a lead role in internal training and transference of skills and knowledge to Engineers and Technicians;
• Provide recommendation reports to Identify opportunities for improvement and optimization of existing services and create a tool/find out method to get statistical data from the system;
• Liaise with O&M to implement recommendations to improve system performance and success rate;
• Analyze the effect of a new/improvement change before & after project implementation;
• Development and management of Project Plans, activities and project staff;
• Build internal and external relationships with key customers and suppliers to deliver continuous quality solutions to business.

Minimum requirements

• Degree in either Telecommunications, Electronic Engineering or IT (Computing) – Operating systems, databases, system development, LAN design and configuration, TCP/IP;
• 3-4 years experience in telecommunication environment with VAS (voice and data) equipments 1 year experience as lead engineer on telecommunications related projects;
• Experience of GSM Intelligent Networks will be an added advantage.
• Experience with NGN networks for voice will be an added advantage.
• Experience with 3GPP protocols is essential.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below.

The deadline for application is Wednesday, 21st December, 2011.

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi

Via email to: hr@safaricom.co.ke

Riverpool Printers - Sales Persons - Nakuru, Kenya

Sales Persons

Qualifications

a) K.C.S.E C (C Plain) and above.

b) Excellent interpersonal communication and customer relations skills.

c) Ability to work with minimal supervision.

d) Computer literate.

Requirements

a) Photocopy ID.

b) One (1) pass port size.

c) Copy of C.V and attach other documents.

d) Application letter (hand written)

*College level added advantage.

Application Procedure

Application forms are to reach us before 31st December, 2011 at China Bazzar Ground Floor Room no G18.

For more information, Contact The Human Resource Manager on - 0723 854348

ICT Intern

We are an IT company that provides IT Solutions, Consultancy and Training.

An opportunity is available for an ICT Intern.

Required qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or relevant ; completed or ongoing

Key Skills

• Web Design
• Knowledge Java, PHP & MySQL ,HTML, CSS, Joomla, Macromedia

Desirable Skills

• Jquery libraries
• Ajax libraries
• Windows and Linux environment

Apply by email to;

HR Manager
HIGHNET Technologies

itcareers@highnet.co.ke

The African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC) - Research Scientist

The African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to conducting high quality and policy relevant research on population, health, education and development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.

APHRC seeks to recruit a Research Scientist to support a six-year (2009-2015) family planning program entitled “Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) of the Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (URHI)” being implemented in urban areas of Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal.

Led by the University of North Carolina, USA, the project is using state-of-the-art methods to evaluate the impact of the URHI on modern contraceptive use and examine other related questions.

Major responsibilities: In collaboration with and reporting to the Program Leader:

1. Lead the implementation of the project in terms of data collection, data analysis and report writing, synthesis of knowledge, and monitoring and evaluation of the impact of the Interventions across target countries, among others;

2. Define and oversee the work plans and ensure quality and timeliness of deliverables of the project’s Country Managers (in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal);

3. Lead activities related to knowledge generation and sharing, documentation and dissemination of best practices across the target countries, in the region, and within the global community of practice;

4. Support the planning and implementation of country and regional dissemination workshops;

5. Support the collaboration with universities and training institutions across the region to identify capacity building needs, and the work to identify in-country partners to build country and regional capacity in monitoring and evaluation of population, reproductive health and nutrition interventions.

Qualifications and Experience

1. PhD in Demography, Public Health or a related discipline and at least five years of post-doctoral experience with focus on population, family planning and reproductive health in developing countries in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular;

2. Proven experience in conducting large, national quantitative data collection at the household and facility levels;

3. Strong writing skills and good record of publications on population, family planning and reproductive health in developing countries;

4. Proven ability to work effectively with both funding agencies and with national and local personnel; Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills;

5. Experience in capacity building to undertake measurement and evaluation of population and reproductive health programs in developing countries;

6. Strong quantitative skills and extensive familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Statistical Packages (STATA or SPSS);

7. Some level of familiarity with impact evaluation (desirable);

8. Availability to travel internationally about 30-40% of time.

Interested candidates are invited to send via email or mail no later than February 15, 2012, their letter of application (1 page); a statement of research interests and goals (1-2 pages); and their CV with contact details of three referees to jobs@aphrc.org with copy to jcfotso@aphrc.org, or to:

The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100 GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org

Please, indicate Family Planning Researcher on the subject line of the email or on the envelope.

These positions come with an attractive, internationally competitive remuneration package including employer paid medical, travel, life insurance cover and retirement benefits.

Allowances toward in-relocation, home leave travel and dependants’ education are provided. Preference will be given to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries, and females are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be notified