Progamme Manager

Job Title: Progamme Manager

Division / Department / Section / Unit: Programme / Projects

Position Responsible To: Executive Director

Position Reporting to the Programme Manager: Coordinators           

Overall Responsibility: Oversight of the programme activities and the continuous development and implementation of projects that will promote the strategic plan. 

Objectives:

• Effective and efficient management of programmes and projects
• Enhanced capacity of peace building in strategic actors
• Timely development of programme/project proposals
• Promotion of positive image of the company
• Timely preparation of accurate reports

Key Tasks:

• Coordinating and directing programmes and projects activities as per the organization’s policies
• Designing and developing projects and programmes proposals and looking for financier as per the organization’s policies and procedures
• Participating in enhancing the capacity of strategic actors in conflict transformation and peace building.
• Facilitating in workshops and projects as and when required
• Carrying out mediation and negotiations functions in peace building in identified communities and as per the organization’s policies
• Providing advisory services on peace building issues as and when required
• Liaising with other institutions in Non-Governmental organizations and Government communities on issues concerning peace building in affected communities
• Preparing timely and accurate report and circulating to appropriate users
• Promoting positive image of the organisation at all time
• Preparing budgets and ensuring proper control
• Supervising, appraising staff and identifying their training needs
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Educational Qualifications: MA in Peace Studies/ Administration/or Political Science

Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Community Development/mediation or project management

Working Experience: 5 Years in Non Governmental organization working environment
 

Application Procedure: Applicants should email their applications attaching a detailed curriculum vitae and a letter indicating why they are interested in and qualified for the position and the names of three referees who can provide confidential assessment of their capabilities to a Search Committee. 

All communications relating to applications for this position should be addressed to: email address: therecexpert@gmail.com. 

Candidates earning more than KES 250,000 need not apply. 

Applications should be received by 17th September 2012. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

On the subject matter of the email please indicate the position you are applying for.

Merlin - Finance Officer

Merlin is a UK humanitarian agency which responds worldwide with vital healthcare and medical relief for vulnerable people caught up in natural disasters, conflict, and health systems collapse. 

Merlin has been working in Kenya since 1998 and currently is operational in two regions of the country: the Western Highlands and Northern Kenya.

Finance Officer – Kisii Office
 

The suitable candidate will be a Certified Public Accountant with a minimum of 4 years finance experience.  

He/she will be in charge of all administrative and finance duties, ensuring that all Merlin finance policies and procedures are adhered to; and should have excellent managerial, leadership and grant management skills.

Experience in working for an International NGO will be an added advantage.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and CV (testimonials not required at this stage) quoting current salary package to the email address below by 19th September 2012.

Email: recruitment@merlin-kenya.org 

Full-time Academic Writer

Position: Full-time Academic writer 

2 Positions
Job Description:

A person with Bachelors degree in either Business, Marketing, Management, Administration, IT, computer science and/or engineering
 

Must have  at least 6 months experience in academic writing on business, management, marketing, administration, computer science, engineering and/or IT subjects
 

A person with sufficient knowledge in writing research papers -essays, term papers, annotated bibliographies, reports and coursework
 

Ability to write unique research papers without plagiarizing
 

Ability to meet customer deadlines without failure in this respect
 

Must be conversant with MLA, APA, Turabian, Harvard, Oxford, Vancouver and Chicago referencing styles
 

Must have access to his/her own computer/laptop and reliable internet connection
 

The person will be working remotely and maintain contact via GoogleTalk and emails.
 

Must be within Nairobi
 

Successful candidate will take a sample test academic paper to evaluate his/her competency. 
 

Payment is Kshs. 250 per page (payment is bi-monthly)

If you are up to the challenge, and have the required academic-writing-experience, apply by sending your sample paper and CV

Applications will be considered on first come first serve basis and successful candidates will be expected to start working immediately.

Apply to: investatkim@gmail.com 
 

Deadline: 1600hrs on 14th Sept., 2012.

Engineering Writers Jobs

We are in need of engineering students and non students who can work on an assignment on solid modelling project.

We have such assignments and we are in need of writers with engineering background. 

The payment will range between KShs 1,200 to 2, 000 per double spaced page depending with the complexity of the topic pages to as many as 40 pages.

By becoming one of our writers, means excellent career opportunities, decent regular pay offs, interesting freelance essay writing jobs and other challenging creative tasks.

Apply  to writingwork4@gmail.com to start immediately.