Tuesday, 24 April 2012

St John Council for Kenya - Pre-Qualification of Suppliers for the Supply of Various Goods and Services

St John Council For Kenya is in the pipeline of pre-qualifying suppliers for the supply of goods and services as mentioned below

For Interested suppliers and service providers are hereby invited to apply for registration in class of goods and services they would like to be considered for.

Item Code and Class of goods and services

SJA 001/2012: Auditing Services

SJA 002/2012: Air Ticketing Services and Travel Services

SJA 003/2012: Conference facilities services

SJA 004/2012: Car Hire Services

SJA 005/2012: Repairs ,maintenance and servicing of Computers and Electronic Equipment

SJA 006/2012: Supply of Electronics equipment and computer accessories

SJA 007/2012: Motor Vehicle Insurance services

SJA 008/2012: Staff Medical Insurance

SJA 009/2012: Repairs and maintenance of offices country wide: Plumbing, Electrical, facilities management etc

SJA 010/2012: Motor Vehicle repairs in Nairobi

SJA 011/2012: Motor Vehicle repairs in Kisumu

SJA 012/2012: Motor Vehicle repairs in Kakamega

SJA 013/2012: Motor Vehicle repairs in Mombasa

SJA 014/2012: Motor Vehicle repairs in Nakuru

SJA 015/2012: Motor Vehicle tracking Devices

SJA 016/2012: General Office Stationery

SJA 017/2012: Supply of Pre-Printed materials

SJA 018/2012: Supply Of Furniture and fittings ie Lecture Seats

SJA 019/2012: Supply of First Aid Kits Various Sizes

SJA 020/2012: Supply of Medical Supplies

SJA 021/2012: Supply of Surgicals

SJA 022/2012: Supply of Medicine

SJA 023/2012: Supply of Uniforms: Askari Sweaters, Pilot Shirts, Badges, socks, Berets, Ties, Jackets

SJA 024/2012: Pest Control and fumigation

SJA 025/2012: Supply of Sugar

SJA 026/2012: Supply of beverages and toiletries

SJA 027/2012: Supply of Cleaning materials , soap and detergents/ cleaning services

SJA 028/2012: Supply of telecommunication equipment maintenance and repairs

SJA 029/2012: Supply of trophies, awards, plaques etc

SJA 030/2012: Supply of Drinking water

SJA 031/2012: Archiving Services and Document management systems

SJA 032/2012: Fueling stations and minor servicing

SJA 033/2012: Supply of Tents

SJA 034/2012: Waste management including medical waste,sanitation and garbage disposal

SJA 035/2012: Maintenance and supply of fire fighting equipment

SJA 036/2012: Supply of T-shirts, caps, & promotional materials

SJA 037/2012: Supply and delivery of gas

SJA 038/2012: Supply of T-shirts, caps, & promotional materials

SJA 039/2012: Supply of security services

SJA 040/2012: Building and renovations including office space

SJA 041/2012: Printing services including staff ids and business cards, letterheads,manuals etc

SJA 042/2012: Videography and photograpy services for Events

Specifications of the above items may be obtained from St John House off Parliament Road or our Regional offices on payment of a non refundable fee of Ksh 3,000 ( Three Thousand Shillings Only) payable by cash or bankers cheque to St John Council For Kenya

St John Ambulance staff, volunteers, their family members and relatives are not eligible to tender

Copies of the following must accompany the application for pre-qualification

i) Business/ Company Registration

ii) VAT Registration

iii) Pin Certificate

iv) Capacity of Ability to provide good/services on credit

v) At least three business referees

vi) Physical Location

vii) Company Profile

Completed documents to be returned not later than May 31st 2012 to St John Ambulance Kenya and marked

St John Council for Kenya
Procurement Committee
Ref: Indicate Item Code
P.O Box 41469-00100
Nairobi

G4S Security Officer Job in Kenya

Security Officer

Job Reference: G4S/TP/28961/1
Number of Positions: 200
Job Category: Security / Protective Services
Contract Type: Full Time
Salary: £0.3 - £0.3
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
G4S Region: UK, Ireland and Africa
Country:Kenya
G4S Business Unit:Guarding
Closing Date: 30/04/2012
Package Description: Medical Scheme, Social Security, Protectetive Kit

Job Introduction:

G4S is the world's leading security solutions group, which specializes in outsourcing of business processes in sectors where security and safety risks are considered a strategic threat.

G4S is the largest employer quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has an additional stock exchange listing in Copenhagen.G4S has operations in more than 125 countries and more than 635,000 employees.

G4S operates in over 25 countries in Africa and employs over 110 000 people on the continent.

At G4S Africa, our vision is to be recognized as the leader in providing security solutions. We therefore endeavour to build and maintain a motivated, capable workforce who are proud to work for our region and able to deliver our commercial strategy.

We continue to build on the excellent people management practices which are in place across the Group in order to fully engage our workforce.

Our employees are the public face of G4S and we recognize and respect the value they add to the business by delivering excellent service day after day.

G4S is an organization which is defined by its values, which are:
  • Customer Focus
  • Expertise
  • Performance
  • Best People
  • Integrity
  • Collaboration & Teamwork
One of the G4S Group’s core values is to ensure we employ the Best People. We strive to develop our employees’ competence and inspire them to live our values.

G4S ensures that we provide our employees with opportunities for growth and development within a dynamic and challenging business environment.

At G4S Africa, we place great value on attracting and retaining the best people at all levels, to ensure the continued success of the organization.

At G4S Kenya, an opportunity has arisen for 200 to join our team of Security Officers. These form part of our frontline team offering protective security services at various customers sites.

As frontline staff, the Security Officer has a day to day interaction with our customer and is relied upon to provide excellent service and deliver beyond the customer promise.

Role Responsibility:
  • Provide protective security at various G4S customer sites in line with established operating procedures for each site
  • To ensure proper access and egress control as per the requirements of the customer at each site
  • Ensure proper documentation of site occurrence book and handover notes at all times in line with established procedure
  • To ensure that in the event of an incident, a report is escalated immediately to the relevant authorities and all necessary measures taken to preserve evidence
  • Provide immediate and accurate feedback regarding site incidents and occurrences and make initial incident reports
  • Any other duties as may be varied from time to time depending on the requirements of each particular assignment
The Ideal Candidate:
  • Have attained the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education or its equivalent
  • Be literate to the extent of reading and understanding printed regulations, detailed assignment instructions, training instructions and be able to compose reports that convey complete information
  • Be able to demonstrate that he/she has no past criminal record by producing the Kenya Police Certificate of Good Conduct
  • Be physically fit and of reasonable height desirable for the role of a Security Officer
  • Be able to produce a minimum of two referees letters from traceable referees who will be contacted as part of our new employee screening process
  • Be the holder of a Kenyan National ID Card which is not defaced in any way
  • Be of a minimum age of 26 years
To apply, click on below link.

Monday, 23 April 2012

British-American - Relationship/Sales Manager, Portfolio Manager, Investment Associate, Risk Associate, Legal & Compliance Assistant Jobs in Kenya

British-American is a leading financial services Group in the country offering a wide range of Insurance and Asset management services to individuals, small businesses, corporations and government entities.

As part of our growth strategy and to strengthen the team to achieve ambitious performance objectives, the Company wishes to recruit experienced, dynamic and innovative individuals to fill the following positions at British-American Asset Managers
Company Limited.

Relationship and Sales Manager

Reporting to the Managing Director, the jobholder will be responsible for driving production of all products through all distribution channels.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide overall leadership, training and support for asset management product sales through the single distribution channel and the independent financial advisory channel;
  • Partnering with the management of the single distribution channel to drive production of asset management products while complimenting the production of other lines — life, general, etc.
  • Lead origination of segregated, discretionary and pension scheme mandates with focus on the possibility of selling alternative products such as property and private equity;
  • Institutional sales of both fund management and cash management to key institutions;
  • Managing relationships for property and private equity and origination ofnew opportunities;
  • Placement of property and private equity products;
  • Origination of wealth management clients and managing these client relationships;
  • Responsible for coordinating the independent financial advisor network;
  • Responsible for affinity group marketing to chamas, Saccos, etc.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
  • Bachelor of Commerce degree or equivalent;
  • Professional certification;
  • At least S years experience in related field;
  • Experience in managing a team in achieving and exceeding stated objectives;
  • Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment;
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
  • Business to Business relationship management experience;
  • A demonstrated track record of sales dealing with high caliber clients;
  • Customer focus and orientation.
Portfolio Manager - Fixed Income

Reporting to the Managing Director, the jobholder will be responsible for analyzing investment portfolios to determine asset allocation opportunities to maximize return or minimize investment risk.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Ensure delivery of superior risk adjusted returns to client portfolios;
  • Analyze trends in global and local markets to manage primary risk factors in client portfolios and produce meaningful long term returns;
  • Ensure adherence to the company’s investment strategy and detailed processes;
  • Execute asset allocation decisions amongst client portfolios and general management of all publically traded asset classes;
  • Serve as representative of the company in client servicing;
  • Coordinating the dealing team to ensure timely and efficient execution of investment decisions.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
  • Bachelor degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics or Mathematics with strong academic record (masters degree in a quantitative discipline would be an added advantage);
  • 5 to 7 years work experience in financial markets;
  • Professional qualification in Finance/Investment e.g. attained CFA status or actively studying for CFA;
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills with strong knowledge of investments;
  • Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment;
  • Excellent communications skills both oral and written.
Investment Associate - Property

Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, the Investment Associate will be involved in sourcing and analyzing of deals across the Eastern Africa region as they support the company’s efforts to tap into the Private Equity space.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and tap the existing network to create a deal pipeline;
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis to support potential investment opportunities in line with the Investment Process;
  • Evaluate the performance of potential investments;
  • Prepare materials and internal memoranda that supports the investment plans and fund marketing material;
  • Evaluate the present market conditions as well as potential alternative investment categories;
  • Perform responsibilities of generating information and analysis for the purpose of developing and supporting asset allocation decisions including geographic and sector research;
  • Prepare various investment reports, transaction documents, marketing materials and memorandums;
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the Portfolio Manager.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience:
  • Bachelor degree is a required minimum;
  • 2 to 3 years work experience in financial services with prior hands on experience in Real Estate, Project Management and/or program management with regards to property investments;
  • Extensive knowledge of analyzing property deals & developing financial models with strong analytical and conceptual skills and comprehensive knowledge of Real Estate Valuation techniques;
  • Knowledge of the practices of private equity including financial tools and theories;
  • Goal-oriented with good verbal and written communication skills;
  • Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
Risk Associate

Reporting to the Managing Director, the jobholder will be responsible for identifying and analyzing the areas of potential risk threatening the company assets.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Conduct research on current and future events on the economy and anticipate their possible effect on the financial success of the business;
  • Identify and find out the potential areas of risks that threaten the success and working of the company;
  • Predict the future trends based on the latest developments in the market;
  • Propose methodologies and solutions to overcome the identified risks and their effects;
  • Recommend the changes to the management based on the solutions to adopt newer strategies to overcome the risks;
  • Compile the reports, presentations to highlight the effects of risks;
  • Evaluate the implementation of risk reduction strategies;
  • Monitor the post-period implementation of risk management strategies.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
  • Bachelors Degree in Finance, Economics, Commerce, Statistics or a related discipline;
  • Professional qualifications in Finance/Investments/Risk i.e. a qualified or in the process of attaining the qualifications;
  • Working experience of at least 3 years in financial markets, corporate finance, investment banking or stock broking;
  • Excellent financial modeling skills;
  • The aptitude to investigate and assess technical risks and to retain large amounts of technical knowledge;
  • Excellent communications skills both oral and written.
Legal and Compliance Assistant

Reporting to the Legal and Compliance Manager, the jobholder will provide administrative support to AU members of the Legal Department in handling the Administrative and Clerical tasks that accrue to the department.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Dealing with the various correspondence that come to the department under guidance of the Advocates;
  • Overseeing and enforcing the safe management procedures and in particular, ensuring up to date records of documents in the safe are maintained;
  • Preparing monthly status reports on the litigation matters;
  • Efficient record keeping by maintaining an appropriate bring up system, legal library sourcing for Kenya Gazettes and updating the statutes annually;
  • Attending to various legal tasks at government registries;
  • Filing and general office assistance;
  • Perform any other duties as required.
Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience
  • A Diploma in Law;
  • At least three (3) years experience in a busy law firm;
  • A team player willing to work with minimum supervision;
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to plan, prioritize and organize;
  • High integrity;
  • Demonstrated interactions with the Lands, Company’s and any other Governmental Registry
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidates. In-house training and a professional office environment will also be offered.

If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging and exciting position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to hr@british-american.co.ke.

Hard copies will not be accepted.

Applications should be received not later than 30th April 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Tullow Kenya - Asset Protection Manager, Environmental Advisor, Field Environmental Health & Safety Superintendent Jobs in Kenya

Tullow Kenya BV is a subsidiary of Tullow Oil Plc, Africa’s leading independent oil & gas exploration and Production Company.

We have a strong presence in Kenya and are looking for exciting talent to join our exciting team in these exciting times. At Tullow, T = Talent and our ‘T for Talent’ development program enables all our employees to reach their full potential. Currently, we are looking for:

Asset Protection (Security) Manager

Job Purpose:

Provide leadership through development and delivery of the Asset Protection strategy for Tullow operations in Kenya in order to ensure appropriate operational security controls are in place and corresponding emergency response preparations have been made.

Responsibilities
  • Manage the Asset Protection team and security contracts.
  • Plan and execute Tullow security strategies to protect people, assets, operations and projects within Kenya.
  • Develop and implement Asset protection standards and procedures (e.g. Security Plan, CEM plans, business continuity plan).
  • Collate and analyse security related information to allow summary reporting of relevant risk information and adaptation of appropriate security controls.
  • Oversight of travel security for visitors and journey management across Tullow operations in Kenya.
  • Oversight of the Kenya Incident Management Team and coordination of emergency response training in alignment with the Group Crisis and Emergency Management (CEM) Programme.
  • Business continuity planning and preparedness
  • Manage oversight of investigations into security breaches, incidents or loss of assets.
Qualifications and experience:
  • A degree in a relevant area of study in security risk management, disaster management, international relations or other related discipline;
  • experience and knowledge of security management crisis & emergency management, disaster preparation and business continuity planning; programme and project management;
  • experience working within the oil and gas or similar industry;
  • experience of working in Kenya or East Africa, with an active network with authorities in Kenya;
  • experience of working in remote and hazardous environments.
Environmental Advisor

Job Purpose:

To advise in-country operations on all aspects of environmental compliance by developing and managing an operational and environmental permitting and licensing plan to enable the activities of the company to proceed in full compliance with national, international, Tullow and industry based standards; and by establishing, documenting, implementing and maintaining an EMS that fulfills the requirements of ISO 14001:2004.

Responsibilities
  • Establish regulatory and permitting requirements.
  • Manage compilation of environmental reports (EIA’s) and submission of environmental permitting and licensing applications to relevant Government authority/agency
  • Compile, collate and disseminate permitting/license status reports to all relevant internal and external parties
  • Compile, collate and maintain all relevant records relating to environmental permits and license applications, and status thereof
  • In collaboration with Group Environmental Manager, establish, document, implement and maintain EMS for the Kenyan operations that fulfills the requirements of ISO 14001:2004.
  • Manage field officers to implement environment management plan and ensure compliance with all legislation.
  • Establish, document, implement and maintain project specific environmental management, waste management and oil spill response plans.
  • Support local management by establishing and maintaining relationships with Government agencies and departments
  • Provide assistance and support to Local Management.
  • Ensure Tullow compliance with all applicable environmental legislation within the organisation and contractor operations.
Qualifications and Experience:

A degree in Environmental Sciences or related field with 8-10 years working experience in environmental related practices, preferably in the oil and gas industry; working knowledge of the Kenyan environmental legislation and Kenyan ESIA assessment and approvals process; skills in environmental compliance auditing and monitoring.

Field Environmental Health & Safety Superintendent

Job Purpose:

Monitor and supervise the implementation of Tullow Kenya policies and procedures on all field operations sites for drilling and related activities. Provide advice, support and training in the development and implementation of operational safety plans and procedures in compliance with Tullow EH&S Management System including functional EHS authority/oversight over all activities.

Responsibilities
  • Support the implementation of the requirements of Environmental Health & Safety Management Systems (EHSMS).
  • Provide technical advice and support in relation to the development, implementation and monitoring of EH&S plans and procedures;
  • Advise on issues of compliance to Company EH&S policies and local regulatory Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) requirements industrial best practices;
  • Carry out monitoring, inspection, reporting and resolving audit issues.
  • Implement risk management procedure in respective operations, monitor Permit to Work (PTW), Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and maintain risk registers;
  • Active monitoring and periodic reporting on EHS activities and EHS performance indicators.
Qualifications and experience:
  • A degree in Sciences with core Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) qualifications such as NEBOSH oil and gas international/national certificate.
  • At least 5 years proven experience of managing EHS in a corporate operational environment of oil and gas operations;
  • knowledge of identification & control measures of operational risks/hazards.
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, valid email address, and the names and telephone contacts of three professional referees.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Closing date: Friday 4th May 2012

Off Muthithi Road, Tausi Court, 3rd Floor
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100

e-mail: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke

Website: www.adeptsys.biz

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