Construction Project Officer Job in Kenya

Construction Project Officer

Reporting to: Operations Director
Company Profile: Our client is a leading real estate firm in the country.

Main Purpose of the Job

• To provide management oversight for all phases of construction projects, including coordinating workers, materials, and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being followed, and work is proceeding on schedule and within budget.
• The incumbent is responsible for overall project planning and scheduling, resource allocation, project accounting, and control, while providing technical direction and ensuring compliance with quality standards

Main Responsibilities

• To develop a cost-effective plan and schedule for completion of project following a logical pattern for utilization of resources.
• To select and coordinate work of subcontractors working on various phases of the project.
• To oversee performance of all trade contractors and reviews architectural and engineering drawings to make sure that all specifications and regulations are being followed.
• Manage proper administration of construction contracts within contract terms and conditions and ensure all necessary permits and licenses are in place.
• To track and control construction schedule and associated costs to achieve completion of project within time and monies allocated.
• Reports to owners and architects about progress and any necessary modifications of plans that seem indicated.
• To ensure that a consistently high standard of quality control and supervision is maintained for each contract, via site visits, assessing contract implementation with due regard to building and health and safety legislation and, if appropriate, to instruct contractors to cease operations
• To ensure that current knowledge of building services legislation, standards, methods of installation and health and safety knowledge is up-to-date using all appropriate means including reading, research from the building industry lead bodies, and networking with all appropriate organisations, both in-house and consultant
• To manage the site in respect of site problems and defects in works under construction
• To participate in the arrangement for the feed-back of information from building projects
• To attend and report to pre-contract and site meetings
• To prepare schedules of defects and to certify rectification of snagging items
• To oversee the construction project from start to finish.
• To ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.
• To ensure that the project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking if team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk in the project is according to the agreed budget
• To devise the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.
• To co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include the architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.
• To monitor the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.
• Integrate health, safety, environmental and social aspects in all the project stages and ensure compliance with relevant regulatory organs’ standards and/or requirements.
• Coordinate and finalise commissioning of the projects, ensuring that the performance criteria/specifications are met.
• Wrap –up project work in line with the formalised closure of contracts to ensure that the business interests have been met and quality parameters followed.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of a four-year degree program in construction management or construction science. Graduate engineers or architects will also be considered if they have additional training in business administration and accounting.
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency.
• Project management experience
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in construction projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Thorough knowledge of legal issues and safety standards is essential.
• Ability to plan and organize a team effort.
• Good client management and goodwill building ability.
• Capacity to motivate, lead and boost morale of the teams.
• Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.
• Capacity to handle pressure.
• Willingness to travel extensively across the construction sites.
• Physical and mental fitness is a given.
• Strong focus on quality.

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Sales Executive Job in Kenya

Sales Executive

Reporting to: Marketing Director
Company Profile: Our client is a leading real estate firm in the country.

Main Purpose of the Job

This role is responsible for identifying and managing sales opportunities, building an in-depth understanding of client business drivers, and manages the sales process to a successful conclusion.

Gathering, investigating, compiling and transmitting market intelligence is a key component of the daily activities.

The holder should be willing to travel extensively and handle the pressure of meeting sales targets

Main Responsibilities

Sales

• To be able to conduct own initial product and sales presentations, detailed proposal documents, ensuring that the company’s products are matched to the identified clients needs;
• To listen to customer requirements and present appropriately to make a sale;
• To negotiate the terms of an agreement and closing sales;
• To challenge any objections with a view to getting the customer to buy;
• To cold call to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business;
• To represent Company at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations;
• To maintain up-to-date information on all customer interactions in the CRM database;
• To recruit and maintain agents, and keep track of sales from such agents;
• Delivery of set volume and revenue targets
• Provide management with regular market intelligence on competitor activities and overall demand patterns
• Prepare weekly, monthly and annual sales plans
• Analyze sales trends and variances and advise management on appropriate strategies and actions to enable the company meet its objectives

Customer Service

• Identification of customer needs and solving of customers problems – customer care
• Establishes and ensures maintenance of good relations with stakeholders both in internally and in the market
• To speak positively and enthusiastically about the company and its products and services to ensure that a professional company and brand image is provided at all times to customers and colleagues

Required Qualifications

• Degree level, diploma or equivalent education or experience.
• Experience in the real estate industry with proven track record of significantly exceeding targets and expectations
• Key Account management experience
• Proven ability in closing business to business deals
• Demonstrable self sufficiency, sales leadership, entrepreneurial relationship and business development.
• Valid Driving license
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Team player
• Able to work with minimal supervision
• Sound Commercial awareness
• Flexible and good planning and organization skills
• Good time management skills
• Integrity

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Reinsurance Executive Job in Kenya

Our client in the insurance industry is looking to fill the role of a Reinsurance Executive who will report to the Senior Re-Insurance Executive.

Overall Responsibility

• Assist in all company reinsurance matters and ensure that the company’s position is adequately protected.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review all applications for insurance –determine the profiles of risks presented to the branch/company for re-insurance and assess their acceptability or otherwise.
• Negotiating treaties, responding to queries, reconciling accounts and insuring statutory returns are made
• Timely remittance of Statutory returns.
• Contributing to the development of reinsurance business from the allocated markets.
• Soliciting and receiving business offers from existing and potential clients in line with the underwriting policy.
• Carrying out market visits regularly for collections, new business and renewal of existing business.
• Preparing quotations for new business and renewals to cedants and brokers.
• Carrying out treaty and facultative underwriting of the business.
• Translating and interpreting business offers, treaties, facultative and claims and any other documents from clients.
• Reviewing facultative acceptances regularly ahead of renewal and reviewing treaty acceptances annually.
• Ensuring the proper processing of all technical transactions.
• Maintenance of all relevant documentation.
• Timely processing of Excess of Loss Claims Recoveries.
• Any other duties assigned by management in line with the task.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized University in Business, Insurance, Marketing or any related fields.
• ACII, FCII or equivalent Qualifications.
• At least 3 years relevant work experience

How to apply:

If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is looking for, we would like to hear from you.

Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefits package to info@dorbe-leit.co.ke before close of business 25th April 2012.

Only successful candidates will be contacted. For more vacancies visit our website www.dorbe-leit.co.ke

Psychosocial Worker Job in Dadaab

Psychosocial Worker

People with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply

The Organization

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international Humanitarian organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Job Context

Handicap International is present in Dadaab refugee camps since 2007 through its development department.

In response to the recent and massive influx of refugees, Handicap International’s Emergency Response Department has launched in August 2011 a holistic approach called Disability and Vulnerability Focal Point (DVFP) to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable newly arrived refugees.

The strategy of these DVFPs is to identify most vulnerable persons and enhance their access to essential basic and specific services through different mechanisms as well as through direct services’ provision.

Handicap International is also currently launching a new activity to respond to the needs of people suffering from ARI (Acute Respiratory Infections) especially amongst malnourished children.

After a period of suspension of most of our activities due to the degradation of the security context, we are now resuming our emergency activities with new modalities.

Global Objective of the Position

The main objectives of the position are:

• To support technically the different DVFP field teams in the elaboration and implementation of activities promoting psychosocial support of conflict and/or drought affected refugee population.
• To support directly the vulnerable refugee population with psychosocial group activities tailored according to the needs identified
• To evaluate the impact of our activities on the well being of our beneficiaries.

He/she will have to help and reinforce HI’s team’s capacities in taking into account the vulnerable persons specific psychosocial needs in all DVFP activities.

Under the supervision and coordination of the DVFP Team Leader and of the DVFP Project Manager, he/she will also be responsible for implementing specific psychosocial support group activities for the most vulnerable people identified with psychosocial needs.

These specific activities, implemented through the different fixed and mobile Handicap International’s DVFPs aim at providing psychosocial support to people in need and their families. The objective is to promote expression of each individual in a secure, trustful and defined holding environment as guardian of the individuals’ suffering.

The Psychosocial worker / Psychologist will develop tools and methodologies to contribute responding to the different psychological and psychosocial needs identified through groups activities (group discussions, activities through other medium as creative activities, recreative activities, social activities, daily activities, etc…)

He/She will be responsible to evaluate and report on all psychosocial related activities implemented by him/herself or by any other member of his/her DVFP team.

Responsibilities

• Helps the DVFP team members identifying specific psychosocial needs of our beneficiaries, contributes to the assessment of these needs and/or directly assesses these needs as required
• Assesses vulnerable persons’ psychosocial and psychological issues and refer internally or externally as needed respecting confidentiality and the right of the beneficiary.
• Participates in the analysis and reporting of psychosocial issues in the refugee population
• Supports and builds DVFP team members’ capacities on psychosocial support approaches and activities according to the needs identified through field visits (analysis of training needs, elaboration of training material, etc…)
• Elaborates, proposes and implements psychosocial support group activities for psychologically vulnerable persons identified adapted to the needs identified.
• Regularly conducts specific psychosocial group activities (adapted and appropriate to each one’s specific needs and capacities) and ensure follow up of the beneficiaries.
• Supports social workers in the implementation and animation of certain psychosocial group activities when they have been identified as in capacity of implementing them
• Reports quantitative (through Follow Up Form, Data Base and reports) and qualitative data and analysis to your Psychosocial Technical Advisor / Project Manager

In specific cases, and if the beneficiary agrees, do mediation between beneficiaries and families or between families and other structures.

Required Profile

Education

• Higher degree diploma in Psychology (clinical or social psychology)
• Knowledge on Protection
• Languages
• English
• Somali (would be a great asset)
• Swahili

Experience

• Experience of minimum 2 years implementing group psychosocial activities
• Experience working with vulnerable population, displaced population and/or refugees
• Experience in Protection
• Experience in implementing short trainings on psychosocial support would be appreciated
• Working experience with an NGO or an association (would be an asset)

Skills

• Good analysis skills
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Training skills
• Computer skills (at least Word)
• Good communication and listening skills

Personal qualities

• Adaptation
• Be ready to listen
• Capacity to work both in team and autonomously
• Capacity to work in an multidisciplinary and multicultural team
• Like taking initiative and
• Dynamism, high level of motivation
• Interest for field work
• Capacity to keep professional distance with the beneficiaries / adopt empathic positioning
• Willingness to learn new skills and/or approaches
• Good capacity to interact with members of the team and community

If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, Kindly send your application along with an up to date CV indicating your salary history and 3 referees with their current contacts by email to : hr-nairobi@handicap-international-ken.org .

The email subject should be marked as 'Application for the Psychosocial Worker position. '

Closing date is 27th April 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contracted.

Chosen person will be called by phone. Thank you not to call.