Thursday, 3 May 2012

KCA University - Internal Auditor and Management Accountant Jobs in Kenya

 Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence, supports teamwork and nurtures a high performance culture? 

KCA University is a dynamic private business university committed to quality  service and ethical practices. 

KCA University invites applications from qualified candidates to fill the  following positions.

1. Internal Auditor

Purpose:

To assist the Internal Audit Director to ensure proper internal controls are in place.

Duties and responsibilities:
  • Develop audit schedules and plans;
  • Undertaking audits - both financial and systems audits in accordance with annual audit plans ;
  • Making recommendations on improvements to areas of weakness;
  • Follow up on implementation to improve internal controls;
  • Provide support to developing strong internal controls;
  • Preparation of Audit status reports to the Audit & Governance Committee
  • Perform periodic review of the fixed assets register;
  • Review year end inventory balances in preparation for the annual external audit ;and
  • Assist the Internal Audit Director in managing the Risk Management Committee.
Academic Qualification
  • Bachelors degree in Commerce / Accounts / related field Professional Qualification
  • CPA (K)/ ACCA; qualification in CISA / CIA would be an added advantage Experience
  • 3 to 4 years work experience with at least 1 year in a similar capacity level in a busy environment
Other skills
  • Good organization, interpersonal and communication skills;
  • Ability to guide others / Assistants doing similar work;
  • Good analytical skills; and
  • Experience in resolving conflicts.
2. Management Accountant

Purpose of the Job:

Manage the general ledger and ensure accuracy and completeness of data and ensure
timely preparation of management reports for decision making.

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc management reports and accounts;
  • Consolidate University’s Budget;
  • Develop costing models and fees schedules;
  • Stock taking – monthly / annually;
  • Maintain the fixed assets register;
  • Advise on cash flow projections;
  • Prepare University financial forecasts;
  • Participate in departmental risk identification and management;
  • Supervise and coordinate the activities of the section;
  • Implement financial policies and procedures in the section; and
  • Oversee budgetary controls and update budget holder on the status of their departmental budgets.
Academic Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in Commerce / Accounts / related field
Professional Qualification
  • Professional qualification in relevant field ex: CPA-K / ACCA
Experience
  • 5 to 6 years relevant work experience
Other skills
  • Prior experience guiding a unit / others doing similar work;
  • Ability to supervise a team and deliver well under pressure and meet deadlines;
  • Time management skills and attention to detail;
  • Good report writing skills; and
  • Analytical skills.
To Apply

Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should submit an application letter indicating current and desired salary, a detailed CV, and 3 work references via email to hr@kca.ac.ke so as to be received not later than 18th May, 2012. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.

A competitive package will be offered for the right candidates.

The Director, Human Resources,
KCA University,
P.O Box 56808-00200,
Nairobi.

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Job in Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

(Dadaab, Kenya)

Description

Please note: 

This is a 3-month position; 6 weeks in July-August 2012, and 6 weeks in October-December 2012.

Background:

Working in partnership with Star FM of Nairobi, Kenya, the Dadaab Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) project aims to address communication gaps between refugee populations and humanitarian organizations by providing essential life-saving information that informs, protects, empowers, facilitates dialogue and affects behavior change in the target audiences of camp residents.

The project will also assist the humanitarian sector to be more effective by enabling communities to better understand aid operations, access relief services and communicate with humanitarian agencies. 

The project will help to establish, train, and operate a community radio station run by Star FM and staffed by youth from the refugees and host communities that is being built in the camp to respond directly to the information and communication needs of those residing and working there.

Scope of Work:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Manager will be responsible for the development, implementation and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation systems and methodologies for this 12-month groundbreaking project in the Dadaab camps that will identify, train and oversee local project staff. 

Specifically, responsibilities will include:
  • Design tools for roll out and coordination of ongoing media landscape and information needs assessments (qualitative and quantitative) in the camps, making use of SMS and other platforms as necessary, to feed immediately into program activities. This will build off of capacities and partnerships developed during an Internews-led assessment conducted in August 2011.
  • Design tools and methodology for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Dadaab HIS project, including relevant baseline, end line studies and regular monitoring, as required and in coordination with Internews M&E standards. This includes designing, conducting and reporting on learning reviews to capture lessons learned and best practices of the project.
  • Hire, train, mentor and supervise local research and assessment teams and monitoring and evaluation staff.
  • Analyze, produce, and strategically disseminate and present reader-friendly results-oriented reports on the findings of ongoing assessments, monitoring, and evaluation studies to be shared widely in country and to larger audiences.
  • In coordination with the Humanitarian Liaison Officer, share and present the results (i.e. reports) of these assessments with the humanitarian community, government officials, local media and other media development partners as required, through presentations and/or email and social media, as required.
  • Provide pertinent M&E data to the Project Director to strategically inform decisions on project implementation.
  • Assist Project Director with preparation of high quality reporting to donors that highlight project achievements and milestones.
  • Document best practices and success stories and prepare documentation for public relations purposes.
  • Any other duties as required.
Qualifications:
  • Fluency in spoken and written English; knowledge of Swahili or Somali an asset.
  • Relevant university degree in social sciences field with specific focus on monitoring and evaluation and research studies.
  • A minimum of 5 years experience in monitoring and evaluation of internationally funded programs, preferably media development programs.
  • Proficiency in evaluation design and development of indicators.
  • Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection/survey design, implementation and analysis.
  • Ability to train, mentor, and manage teams of local researchers, including newcomers to the research sector.
  • Competent in qualitative methodologies and participatory assessments.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate M&E requirements and outcomes to project colleagues and other stakeholders.
  • Proficient in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and experience using statistical programs such as SPSS.
  • An understanding of the vision/mission, core values and objectives of Internews.
  • Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
  • Willingness to work in demanding, stressful, and, at times, dangerous situations under difficult living conditions with respect for basic security rules.
  • Psychological resilience and a sense of humor.
More about Internews in Dadaab:

Over twenty years after the first Somali refugees fled the crisis that ousted President Siad Barre, more than 982,000 Somalis are now refugees in neighboring countries and some 1.5 million are internally displaced. 

Thousands continue to cross the border to North-Eastern Kenya into the largest refugee complex in the world, Dadaab. 

At their inception, Dadaab camps were intended to house 90,000 refugees; today that figure has surpassed the 522,000 mark, according to UNHCR. 

In August 2011, Internews led a joint assessment of the communication and information needs of refugees in the Dadaab camps that found that serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk. 

Results from the final report, Dadaab, Kenya - Humanitarian Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps, show that large numbers of displaced Somalis did not have the information they required to access basic aid or voice their concerns or ask questions to aid providers or the government.

Internews is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.

How to apply: 

Closing Date: 8th June 2012

Please visit Internews' website to apply:

Humanitarian Liaison Officer Job in Kenya

Humanitarian Liaison Officer (Dadaab, Kenya)

Description

Please note: this is a 6 month position, July 2012 - December 2012.

Background:

Working in partnership with Star FM of Nairobi, Kenya, the Dadaab Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) project aims to address communication gaps between refugee populations and humanitarian organizations by providing essential life-saving information that informs, protects, empowers, facilitates dialogue and affects behavior change in the target audiences of camp residents.

The project will also assist the humanitarian sector to be more effective by enabling communities to better understand aid operations, access relief services and communicate with humanitarian agencies. 

The project will help to establish, train, and operate a community radio station run by Star FM and staffed by youth from the refugees and host communities that is being built in the camp to respond directly to the information and communication needs of those residing and working there.

Scope of Work:


The Humanitarian Liaison Officer (HLO) will play a vital role in the implementation of this 12-month groundbreaking project in Dadaab, helping to link the work of a newly-constructed radio station with the humanitarian community, and visa versa. Specifically, the HLO will support the project in the following capacities:
  • Developing, maintaining, and establishing excellent working relationships with a wide range of humanitarian organizations and government representatives, ensuring they understand and participate in the project, the role of the Internews team and what it has to offer them in their daily work.
  • Representing the coordination and liaison work of the project and actively participate in all relevant humanitarian coordination fora to identify critical information needs of camp populations.
  • Propose story ideas for production as required (e.g. sourcing stories and information from different stakeholders and assisting production team in arranging interviews; helping with the production when necessary; and arranging logistics and meetings/visits for the production team, as required).
  • In coordination with the rest of the team, ensuring that feedback gained from project activities is made available to humanitarian organizations (i.e. brief presentations at coordination meetings and other relevant fora, etc), and government officials, as required.
  • Interfacing between humanitarian organizations and local journalists and correspondents from the radio station to build trust and facilitate information exchange between them according to the project objectives.
  • Ensuring the distribution of regular rundowns of HIS programs via email and other means to all humanitarian stakeholders to strengthen the liaison role with humanitarians.
  • Maintaining and updating a database with all the relevant contacts (i.e. spokespersons and focal points) from the different organizations and government departments involved in humanitarian response.
  • Compiling regular situation reports on the outputs and activities of the coordination and liaison effort and the overall Internews response.
  • Producing regular multimedia materials (i.e. blog posts, photos, podcast…) documenting the life of the project for external audiences, as required.
  • Contributing to overall written program reporting, as required.
  • Contributing to fundraising efforts including, but not limited, to PR/media exercises and proposal writing.
  • Liaising with international media and promote the project Internews' work, as required.
  • Any other duties as required.
Qualifications:
  • Fluency in spoken and written English; knowledge of Swahili or Somali an asset.
  • Experience working in relief operations in challenging environments.
  • Significant experience using media and communications in humanitarian contexts.
  • Very good working knowledge of the mandates and modalities of the international humanitarian sector.
  • Experience working in Sub-Sahara Africa will be an asset.
  • Proven interpersonal and networking skills to liaise authoritatively with figures from the aid and donor communities and host governments.
  • Sensitivity to cross-cultural dynamics in the work place.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team in a challenging and a highly fluid environment.
  • An understanding of the vision/mission, core values and objectives of Internews.
  • Understanding of and passion for the area of communications with disaster-affected communities.
  • Excellent communication and reporting skills, both written and oral.
  • Excellent administrative and organizational skills.
  • Knowledge of Ushahidi, FrontlineSMS, mobile technology and citizen journalism and familiarity with ways to leverage social media will be an asset.
  • Psychological resilience and a sense of humor.
  • Relevant university degree.
More about Internews in Dadaab:

Over twenty years after the first Somali refugees fled the crisis that ousted President Siad Barre, more than 982,000 Somalis are now refugees in neighboring countries and some 1.5 million are internally displaced. 

Thousands continue to cross the border to North-Eastern Kenya into the largest refugee complex in the world, Dadaab. At their inception, Dadaab camps were intended to house 90,000 refugees; today that figure has surpassed the 522,000 mark, according to UNHCR.

In August 2011, Internews led a joint assessment of the communication and information needs of refugees in the Dadaab camps that found that serious communication gaps between the humanitarian sector and refugees are increasing refugee suffering and putting lives at risk. 

Results from the final report, Dadaab, Kenya - Humanitarian Communications and Information Needs Assessment Among Refugees in the Camps, show that large numbers of displaced Somalis did not have the information they required to access basic aid or voice their concerns or ask questions to aid providers or the government.

How to apply:

Please visit Internews' website to apply:

Closing Date: 8th June 2012

Sales Executives Jobs in Kenya - Re Advertisement

Sales Executives-Re Advertisement

Location: Nairobi
Industry: Hospitality

Our client, a leading supplier for world class hospitality products including cutlery, branded toiletries and fine bedding is looking for Sales Executives. 

The ideal candidate should have outstanding Sales experience preferably in a hospitality related industry. 

Candidates with strong sales and no hospitality background will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities
  • Obtain adequate  knowledge on all company products
  • Visit clients as per schedule pre planned with supervisor.
  • Preparation of daily, weekly and monthly sales reports as well as filing the same
  • Adequate follow up on quotations/proforma sent to clients
  • Maintain client data base with accurate and updated sales records
  • Provide feedback from clients to enhance service delivery
  • Obtain market intelligence and competitor information
  • Liaise with the accounts department on the account status of clients in line with the company’s credit policy
  • Execution of duties related to marketing from time to time
Qualifications/ Experience
  • Outstanding sales ability.
  • At least 2 years sales experience preferably in the hospitality industry.
  • Diploma in Marketing or Business related studies from a reputable institution
  • Self driven personality with demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision.
To apply, send your CV ONLY to recruit@flexi-personnel.com by Wednesday 9th May 2012

Kindly indicate the position applied for a minimum salary expectation on the subject line.

Only serious candidates who meet above profile need apply.

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