Kimetrica Group Human Resource Manager Job in Naiorbi Kenya

Background to Position

The Kimetrica Group is an international company providing knowledge services primarily to the non-profit sector. Kimetrica Limited is based in Nairobi and works with clients throughout Africa. 

For more information on Kimetrica visit www.kimetrica.com.

Kimetrica seeks a Nairobi based Human Resource Manager (HRM) with overall responsibility for
the HR function of the Kimetrica Group. 

The primary objectives of the position are to ensure that Kimetrica:

• Recruits and retains the highest calibre of staff
• Complies with national and international employment laws and regulations
• Provides a highly desirable working environment with excellent opportunities for growth

Reporting and Delegation

The HRM will report directly to the Head of Finance and Operations. 

The HRM will work closely with Project Managers for all recruitments and with the Training Team.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Strategic Recruitment:

• Develop corporate systems and procedures for effective and timely recruitment of employees and consultants or outsource collaborators
• Identify staff vacancies and requirements for short term consultancy support and assist Project Managers in identifying and specifying their hiring requirements
• Oversee the evaluation, classification and rating of occupations and job positions
• Assist in hiring, including developing job descriptions and job advertisements, and screening and interviewing candidates
• In collaboration with the Technical Services, develop and apply tests for new recruits
• Maintain and update a roster and database of suitably qualified consultants and maintain and develop CVs in the correct format for different bids
• Conduct or assist in contract negotiations
• Develop contracts for employees and consultants in collaboration with the Contracts and Compliance Team

Compliance with Laws and Regulations:

• Develop, clarify and implement Kimetrica’s HR and employment policies
• Advise management and employees on employment statutes, rules, regulations and policies affecting employees
• Conduct periodic reviews of national employment and HR legislation in the Kimetrica countries of operation and inform management of significant changes
• Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
• With the Contracts and Compliance Office, review all contracts to ensure that they are compliant with national and international laws and regulations
• Ensure that contract terminations are compliant with laws and regulations

Employee Welfare and Career Development:

• Provide current and prospective employees with orientation, information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion and employee benefits
• Plan and conduct new employee and PROCAS orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives
• Inform employees of their health insurance packages and answer requests
• Foster constructive employee relations
• Lead employee in-house training and skills development
• Ensure work place safety and lead staff security awareness training
• Develop programmes for staff welfare, recreation and team-building
• Engage in conflict resolution and mediation of employee disputes

Management of Employee and Consultant Travel:

• Liaise with PM to identify travel requirements and develop timely travel plans
• Coordinate ticketing, hotel bookings, travel insurance and visas etc
• Ensure that all travel is authorised internally and externally
• Brief travelling staff on per diem rates, entitlements, procedures and documentation requirements
• Ensure staff compliance with the Travel Expense Reporting system
• Ensure that staff follow the correct procedures when travelling to insecure locations

Compensation and Benefits Administration:

• Liaise with finance to ensure that payroll and compensation accurately reflects contracts etc
• Liaise with Operations to ensure that workplace and other employee insurance is purchased
• Liaise with finance to ensure that all employees have the appropriate health insurance
• Develop and/or administer special projects in areas such as pension, savings plans and employee awards or bonuses

Performance Appraisal System:

• Ensure that all employees and managers fully understand the Performance Appraisal System
• Analyse wage rates, hiring success, employee feedback and other data relating to the HR performance of the company in order to improve service delivery
• Contribute to the improvement of the employee Performance Appraisal System
• Ensure that the Performance Appraisal System is fairly and effectively applied to all employees
• Ensure that disciplinary procedures are correctly and fairly followed by supervisors

Develop and Maintain HR Records:

• Ensure complete and timely leave recording
• Maintain secure and confidential personnel files
• Ensure that all staff and consultants submit timesheets
• Verify employment and other statutory employee documents
• Maintain complete records of all HR correspondence and transactions

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• At least five years of professional experience across all HR disciplines, including employment,
• benefits, compensation, employee relations, training and development, and conflict
• resolution
• Excellent inter-personal communication and negotiation skills in English
• Discretion and ability to handle issues with sensitivity
• Proven ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Proven commitment to voluntary sector or community work
• Right to work in Kenya

Qualifications Preferred

• HR certification or MBA with HR focus
• Experience working with a diverse workforce or internationally
• Knowledge of US labour laws would be a plus
• Networking abilities and existing network in Kenya

Terms and Conditions

• Opportunities for specialised training in relevant HR areas
• Nairobi based with infrequent international travel and some travel within Kenya
• Competitive salary and benefits
• The position is full time with some flexibility to work from home
• Opportunities for rapid career development in a young and growing company

To Apply: Submit a detailed CV and a covering letter explaining why you are suited for the position and recording your most recent month net take home salary. 

Submit to jobs@kimetrica.com by the 1st May 2013. 

Do not include scans or copies of certificates and references. 

Phone calls and solicitation will invalidate applications.

Alcoholic Drink Distributor Sales Analyst Job in Kenya

Company Profile: Our client is an authorized distributor of alcoholic drink

Job Title: Sales Analyst

Reporting To: Country Sales & Distribution Manager

Job Profile: A sales analyst is a professional, who collects data related to sales, analyzes it, and finally reports it to the management, in order to increase the sales of a company.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the analysis of territory alignment and optimization.
• He or she has to analyze the business operations to determine profitability as well as to create a baseline for operational changes and action.
• Provide administrative support to the sales team
• Providing detailed analysis of various revenue, expense and headcount reports.
• Manage specific projects from start to finish representing the interests of Sales Management and Operations.
• Work to ensure processes truly enable sales and fit effectively into our overall sales management program.
• Analyzes and formulates data to depict the business trends and advice the country sales and Distribution manager.
• Collect and analyze the data from m-track, sales capture to compare with the SDR’s daily sales report and journey plans.
• Coordinate with the supply chain team to advice on the daily stock positions.
• Develop weekly and monthly reports on sales activities

Other related tasks

• To ensure that effective administration supports the area sales administration department.
• To ensure that all documentation is dealt with immediately
• To ensure that all invoices/ credits/ licenses are issued on time.
• To ensure that all customer queries are answered immediately.
• To ensure lowest cost to dealership in all transactions.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or Accounting, or any related field.
• Three (3) years’ experience in related field
• Good IT knowledge and data analysis
• Excel experience in Vlookup and pivot table preferable

All interested candidates should send their applications to mycv@myjobseye.com. 

Only interested candidates will be contacted

I Choose Life – Africa (ICL) Jobs in Kenya

I Choose Life – Africa (ICL) is one of the leading Non-Governmental Organizations that has contributed greatly to HIV prevention efforts among the youth in Kenya today. 

ICL's vision is to see a ‘Healthy Africa, Empowered People!’ 

ICL's mission is to create a movement of individuals that enhance the quality of life for communities through health initiatives, economic empowerment, academic & career mentoring and improved leadership & governance. 

The organization has programs around four pillars: Health, Economic Empowerment, Academic and Career mentoring and Leadership and Governance (HEAL). 

The organization has programs spread across 13 Counties around the country.

We invite applications to for the following positions:

1. Project Monitors (2 positions)

2. Grants Manager (1 position)

3. Project Manager ( 1 position)

4. Grants officer (1 position)

5. Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Manager (1 Position)

6. Resource Mobilization officer (1 position)

7. Human resource Manager (1 Position)

8. Project Officer (2 Position)

9. Assistant Project Officer (5 positions)

10. Finance officer (1 position)

11. Monitoring and Evaluation officer (1 position)
 

For full job descriptions and application procedure details, please check our website www.ichooselife.or.ke

Techbiz SAP Functional Consultant, Technical Consultant and Project Manager Jobs in Kenya

Techbiz is a dynamic company with a vision to provide excellent services and bring new global technologies at our customers doorstep.  

Our approach in providing ICT and Software solutions to our customers begins in clearly understanding the customer’s needs and maintaining an infrastructure that will respond to those needs.  

At Techbiz we work inter and intra dependently with very little supervision and no micro-management, enabling true breakthrough results. 
 

We are looking to fill the following positions with focused and target oriented talent.
 

SAP Functional Consultant
 

Responsibilities

• Build a strong relationship with business experts and translates business requirements into system requirements and system settings.
• Document business requirements, analyze impact of the changes, prepare functional specifications, technical specifications, develop, configure and perform unit tests.
• Involve in implementing solutions, advising and supporting system users.
• Involve in project rollouts and implementations and in improvement projects to facilitate better usage of the system, as well as maintenance and support e-business environments by providing techno functional support of operational business implementations.   
• Mentors Functional Consultants to up skill themselves in their domain of functional expertise.
• Map requirements to SAP functionality, Create project Documentation, Develop and conduct testing as per testing methodology
• Should manage the relationship and any contractual issues between consultants and client on a day to day basis
• Should implement SAP per approved schedule and recommend effective solutions to the ERP system, processes and customization to suit company’s needs & implementation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Candidates with the Bachelor’s degree in the related field will be preferred
• SAP Business One certification preferred
• Should have experience in implementing SAP and ERP

Skills & Competencies

• Should have strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, analytical & problem solving skills
• Strong Interpersonal, verbal, writing and communication skills
• Be adaptable and have a high stress tolerance

Technical Consultant
 

Job summary
 

The primary responsibility is to provide support and successful implementation of all aspects of projects related to SAP while ensuring client satisfaction.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Successful delivers of SAP projects while working on a highly pressurized environment
• Deliver excellent customer service
• Provide accurate information to the SAP customer base and in depth technical assistance

Required skillsets:

• Experience with MS Visual Studio .NET VB, C#, C++,ASP or similar
• Experience in creating and developing reports in XL Reporter, Crystal Reports and PLD layouts
• Strong knowledge of SQL Server DBMS, writing SQL Queries, and stored procedures
• Experience in applying patch level upgrades and service packs to SAP Business One customer Installations
• An advanced understanding of ERP software applications
• Experience with B1i framework
• Developed and deployed add-ons for customers based on the SAP B1 SDK framework
• 3+ years of experience implementing software, preferably ERP systems
• SAP Business One certification preferred
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills both written and oral
• Ability to work on different Software Technologies and platforms
• Taking and dealing with incoming technical related client calls.

Project Manager
 

Job Summary
 

Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing and managing specific task/projects and to bring about its completion with Excellency.
 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Work with Sector leads to ensure compliance with quality at entry requirements regarding: budgets;  indicators and targets; Integrity Due Diligence (IDD) and other relevant areas prior to Concept Review discussions;
• Coordinate a schedule of upcoming project discussions – pre Concept Review Meeting (CRM), pre Project Supervision Reports (PSR), and pre Project Completion Reports (PCR);
• Provide high-level review of pipeline projects to ensure key elements to project success are included during design, and managerial review. Such elements include baseline survey, budget, work plan, monitoring framework, risk and mitigation plan;
• Implement an effective system that identifies real time portfolio maintenance tasks on: Periodic monitoring reports on budgets and performance; PSRs; Client Survey reports; PCRs and Project termination/droppage as needed.
• Work with project teams to ensure approved projects remain aligned to Techbiz strategic objectives;
• Monitor projects approaching closure and provide tactical support to transaction leaders to ensure projects close out smoothly. Moreover, ensure financial and operational closure requirements are satisfied.
• Collate the current data quality requirements, standardize requirements and communicate with management team to ensure consistent application;
• Work with Task Leaders to ensure that at project level, accurate data facilitates timely project review and meaningful interpretation;
• Design an alert system that identifies and monitors projects that fall out of Process and Information Quality (PIQ) requirements. Work with task leaders to remedy the shortcomings.
• Coordinate and recommend quarterly portfolio reviews and ensure lessons drawn are effectively shared for real time portfolio improvements;
• Monitor on a monthly basis portfolio performance against projected targets. Business Line score card should be designed and used to track among other attributes financial and development impact achievement;
• Prepare scheduled portfolio reports as well as occasional ad hoc reports as may be required and electronically publish reports and or others as needed.
• The Project Manager may be required to undertake occasional field visits for portfolio monitoring purposes.

Education & Experience

• Minimum of a degree in relevant field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Project development and management.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong skills in project management, financial projections, scenario analysis as well as a good knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to demonstrate autonomy and initiative.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced high-performance environment, to manage multiple tasks, and to deliver under tight deadlines with very short notice.
• Excellent communication skills, analytical skills, problem solving skills and ability to develop and sustain good interpersonal relations.
• Good report writing skills

Applications:
 

Please send an up to date CV, stating your current salary, accompanied by at least 3 referee telephone numbers/email addresses to: recruitment@techbizafrica.com by 30 April 2013.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.