Elective Africa Position :: Intern, Accounts and Business Development

Elective Africa

Position: Intern, Accounts and Business Development

Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Summary: Elective Africa ‘’EA’’ is seeking to recruit an Intern to support our Accounting and Business Development teams.

Elective Africa is an organization in the education travel industry.

The intern will gain experience and training in many aspects of accounting and business development while also assisting with various upcoming projects to be undertaken by the company in the last quarter of 2015. 

This will be in addition to gaining a good understanding of working with a diverse team of people.

To succeed, you will need to be good at numbers; keen attention to detail is required with a creative and entrepreneurial mindset.

 

This opportunity is unique because it gives you a chance to excel in the context of meaningful travel in a company led by young, dynamic and creative executives with worldwide exposure.

If you exceed our expectations you will be offered a position in the company at the end of your internship.

Responsibilities

• Assist in accounts receivables and accounts payables task.
• Prepare financial documents such as payment vouchers and invoices and capturing of transactions in the accounting software.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and projects costing.
• Monitoring spend and provide reconciliations with comparison to budget.

Working with the Business Development (BD) team, he/she will be expected to:

• Develop in-depth knowledge about the business, marketing activities, prospective clients and industry trends.
• Assist in coming up with the business and marketing plans in coordination with BD team to achieve revenue goals.
• Analyze the current and past budgets, expenses, sales, revenues and product deficiencies in order to provide recommendations for business growth and problem resolution and to realize adequate ROI.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in a accounting or related field with a minimum of second class honors upper division
• Professional qualification such as CPA or ACCA will be an added advantage.
• A grade B+ and above in KCSE (or equivalent).
• Good computer skills (MS Office).
• Willingness to work long & odd hours to complete assignments with little or no follow-up.
• Good organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• A creative and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Detailed oriented, keen attention to details and willing to work as a team player.
• Proactive and results oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

To apply, send your application pack to hr@electiveafrica.com with the following to be received by September 3, 2015

1. A resume with three referees
2. A cover letter
3. Copy of degree certificate and KCSE certificate is required in the application to be successful.

Subject line to read: Application for the Position of Intern Accounts and Business Development

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Elective Africa :: Communications and Public Relations Officer

Elective Africa

Communications and Public Relations Officer

Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Summary: Elective Africa ‘’EA’’ is seeking an enthusiastic Communications and Public Relations (PR) Officer to join our unique Expedition Company.

Elective Africa is a leading organizer of education travel opportunities. Elective Africa (EA) believes it is most effective when it is in communication and in good relations with its various stakeholders from written communications to social networking engagement.

To succeed, you will need to have very good writing skills, energetic, hard working, social media and web-savvy and with creative ideas on how to engage audiences in the various platforms.

This opportunity is unique because it gives you the opportunity to excel in the context of meaningful travel in a company led by young, dynamic and creative executives with worldwide exposure.

 

Responsibilities

• Developing Publications that communicate the organization's activities and products.

1. Developing, writing and editing publications and materials.
2. Gathering articles for publication from various sources as desired.

•  Media Relations: Use relevant forms of media to build, maintain and manage the reputation of EA.

1. Informing our stakeholders about any recent developments in the organization.
2. Manage inquiries from different media regarding the activities of the organizations. He/she will speak on behalf of the company.
3. Manage EA contacts database.

• Graphic Design: Develop handouts, publicity brochures, direct mail leaflets, multimedia programs and videos.

1. Will be required to do a minimal level of in-house graphic design work.
2. Managing outsourced designing work by ensuring high quality design output.

• Community Relations: Uphold the reputation of the organization within the community with accurate information that portrays the organization in the correct way.
• Social Media Management: Updating social networking as per each media usage.
• Webpages Content Management: Ensure that the information on the organization’s online web presence is up to date.
• Research: The CO will conduct research on the perceptions and attitudes of the target audience for EA to enable EA develop and maintain effective communication programs.
• Communication Policy: Fine-tune the communication and PR policy to meet desired level of productivity for the team and organization.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Communication and/or Public Relations with a minimum of second-class honors upper division.
• A grade B+ and above in KCSE (or equivalent) with similar grades in languages.
• Minimum of one and a half years work experience is required.
• Evidence of outstanding communications and presentation skills at the current position.
• Good writing skills is essential with keen attention to detail.
• Evidence of basic graphic design skills is essential.
• Willingness to work long and odd hours to complete assignments with little or no follow-ups.
• A creative, detailed oriented person and a team player.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Social media and web savvy.

To apply, send your application pack to hr@electiveafrica.com with the following to be received by September 3, 2015

1. A resume with three referees
2. A cover letter
3. Copy of degree certificate and KCSE certificate is required for the application to be successful.

Subject line to read: Application for the Position of Communications and PR Officer

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

WorkForce Training and Operations Manager

WorkForce Training and Operations Manager

A CloudFactory (CF) WorkForce Training and Operations Manager position contributes to Cloud Factory’s success by fulfilling dual, but intertwined, roles as a training specialist and operations manager.

As a training specialist this position designs, develops, implements, and evaluates scalable, multi-platform instructional and communication programs to improve performance levels across the global organization. 

In addition to the above, CF seeks to find a representative responsible in using learning (and eLearning) development principles, theories, experience, and strategies acumen to complement organizational objectives, meet client expectations, and support worker needs in positional, professional, personal, and relational areas.

As  an operations manager this position is responsible for operational components that work together to bring project completion to fruition. 

 

These include, but are not limited to: worker payout, accuracy, throughput, onboarding, reporting, turn-around-time and efforts in strategies towards efficiency and scalability. 

Additionally, this position requires the individual to own capacity planning; thus, meeting client demands through hiring, training and/or retiring workers.

In summary, this role is about managing and supporting the delivery of multiple projects. It requires managing people and teams - helping them grow and excel in their areas. It requires open mindedness to work in cross functional team and think beyond oneself and your team.

Responsibilities
 

The four core values of this role are below, including brief descriptive of expected outcomes for those who seek to fulfill the role of a WorkForce Training and Operations Manager.

Proactive Ownership

• Ramp up planning/ownership including worker selection, delivery model (online vs. in-house) consultant, worker onboarding scheduling, and in-house worker management.
• Continuous task vitals review including following components: accuracy, volume, turn-around-time, and worker activity.
• Fosters good rapport with other functional roles/ divisions.
• Maintains and facilitates team communication.

Enhance UX

• Offers task form critique and suggestions, which include form enhancements such as task tools, input view, layout/structure, and instruction modifications.
• Reviews and modifies client business rules for greater simplification.
• Offers workflow critique and suggestions.

Analytically Active

• Supervises task analysis to better understand productivity and efficiency.
• Executes continual worker analysis for both overall and individual reporting.
• Responds to worker analysis and, offering conclusions and/or addresses: inactivity, carelessness, maliciousness, or great work.

Equipping + Engaging

• Supervises, designs and develops a training plan that is goal-centered, engaging, and hyper informative.
• Offers insights to create and execute valid training assessments.
• Offers continual training opportunities.

Abilities / Skills

• People management
• Ability to communicate information clearly
• Strong data analysis + management skills
• Project scope design and execution experience
• Collaborative management style
• Proactive in strategic planning

Characteristics

• Humility
• Servant leadership

Requirement

• Graduate with 3-5 years experience in operations or training

Qualified interested candidates are requested to send resume and a cover letter to jobs@cloudfactory.com, with the subject - WorkForce Training and Operations Manager - CF Kenya.

The Office of the Controller of Budget :: Research Officer

The Office of the Controller of Budget is an independent Office established under Article 228 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

Its core mandate is to oversee implementation of the budgets of the National and County governments, approve withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund (Article 206), County Revenue Fund (Article 207) and Equalisation Fund (Article 204) and report on Budget Implementation to Parliament every four months.

Pursuant to Article 252 (1) (c) of the Constitution, the Office seeks to recruit a highly qualified and competent staff to fill the following vacant position:
 

Research Officer
Grade COB 7
1 Post

Reporting to the Principal Research & Planning Officer, the officer will be responsible for implementation of the research policies, systems and procedures considering best practices for research.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Implement research and planning strategy, policies, systems and procedures on budget implementation;
• Implement the strategic plan of the institution;
• Collate and analyzes macro-economic, socio-economic and fiscal data;
• Undertake objective research and analysis on budget implementation in policy issues with the ultimate goal of advising on improvement in budget implementation;
• Collaborate with external research institutions, policy makers and other stakeholders;
• Implement the organization’s research and planning assignments;
• Prepare and implement the departmental work plans;
• Prepare research and planning reports;
• Research and carry out presentations as required by the Controller of Budget.

Requirements for the position

• A Bachelors degree in either Economics, Statistics, Commerce, Business Administration, Social Science or its equivalent from a recognized university
• Must have at least 2 years relevant work experience.
• Must be versed with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010;
• Broad knowledge of Research and project management.

Required Skills and Personal Attributes

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Integrity
• Team player
• Knowledge of Public Finance Management Act

Terms and Conditions of Service: Successful candidates for the above positions will be offered a competitive remuneration package and will be appointed on a three (3) year contract term.
 

Application Process
 

Qualified interested candidates should submit their applications quoting the job title on both the envelope and the cover letter.

Enclose a detailed and up-to-date curriculum vitae, indicating your current remuneration, Home County, e-mail address and reliable daytime telephone contacts, together with copies of your certificates, testimonials and national identity card. 

You should also give the names of two referees who must be familiar with your previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email addresses.

Applications should be addressed to:

The Controller of Budget
Bima House 12th Floor, Harambee Avenue.
P.O Box 35616-00100 

Nairobi

The closing date is 15th September, 2015. 

Only complete applications received by this deadline will be considered. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

The Office of the Controller of Budget is an equal opportunity employer.