Friday, 13 November 2020

Legal Advisor at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Human Resource Manager at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Programme Developers at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Marketing and Partnership Relations Officer at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Thursday, 12 November 2020

Submit CVs – New Recruitment at Generation Action Africa

Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

1. Social Media Strategist

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2. Legal Advisor

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3. Human Resource Manager

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4. Programme Developers

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5. Marketing and Partnership Relations Officer

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6. Content Editors

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7. Fund Raising Manager

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8. Relations Officer

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9. Programme Analyst

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10. Researchers

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Data Officers at Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO)

Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO). KANCO is a membership organization established in the early 1990sin Kenya with operations in the eastern Africa

KANCO is recruiting Two (2) Data Officers- Kakamega.

She/ he will ensure data summaries and Drop in Center reports are complete, accurate and timely.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Ensure all required data summaries and Drop in Center reports are complete, accurate and timely
  • Participate in data collection for program, monitoring and learning.
  • Reporting for the Drop in Centre through DHIS
  • Ensure there is proper patient record, support file retrieval and tracking
  • Enter data from source documents into the cohort register database in real time
  • Comply with data integrity and security policies
  • Prepare and submit quality and timely monthly reports

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in statistics, health records and information or an equivalent in a related field.
  • At least 2 years work experience in a similar position and preferably in an NGO
  • Experience in the use of data processing and analysis software particularly Ms. Excel SPSS.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Federation Of Kenya Employers

The Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) is the voice of employers in Kenya and the umbrella body that brings together enterprises from all sectors of the economy. The Federation’s mandate is to promote the interests of employers and to influence labour and social policy to support enterprise growth and competitiveness in a dynamic global environment.

Job Description:

The organization is seeking to recruit an experienced CEO with a passion for palliative care to deliver the vision of the organization. The successful candidate will be an exceptional leader with superior knowledge of the healthcare environment in Kenya and proven fundraising ability.

This is a great opportunity for the interested candidate to join Kenya’s leading Hospice.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, continually review, and effectively implement the strategic plan and policies for the organization.  that facilitate the attainment of its mandate; this includes guiding departmental heads in the development of annual work plans and targets aligned to the strategy.
  • Long term financial management planning including a sustainable fund-raising strategy and the building and maintenance of appropriate relationships with financiers and donors to ensure financial sustainability  for the organization.
  • Develop partnerships with various parties in the public and private sector, communities that are aimed at enhancing service delivery in the palliative care and education.
  • Network effectively within and outside the sector with the aim of influencing national policy and programs that impact various stakeholders and partners of the organization.
  • Lead in the development of a communication strategy that leverages the organization’s brand and its ethos and appropriately positions the organization as a first amongst equals providing palliative care.
  • Develop/guide the development of organization structures, operating systems, process, and procedures aimed at ensuring effective and efficient  resource management, service delivery and good governance of the organization.
  • Manage the overall performance of the organization through effective and efficient monitoring of the core activities, financial records and/or projects, and provision of periodic reports to the Board of Directors and other stakeholders, as necessary.
  • Lead the organization’s new initiatives including their identification, cost benefit analysis, resourcing, and effective execution.
  • Participate in Board meetings as an ex-officio member and secretary and communicate Board decisions appropriately to the organization staff and other relevant stakeholders.
  • Provide leadership in ensuring effective Human Capital management through  sourcing, placement, performance management, training and development, motivation, and retention.

Mandatory Skills and Experience

  • A Degree/Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Sciences/A Diploma in Palliative Care.
  • 10 years’ working experience; at least 3 years’ experience in senior management, preferably in palliative / home based care.
  • Proven experience of strategy development and implementation.
  • A demonstrable passion for development/social work.
  • Experience in operational systems development and implementation.
  • Demonstrate understanding of Financial reports and ability to interpret figures.
  • Strong Leadership skills with proven record of having managed high performing teams.
  • Strong communication skills: experience of brand building and/or promotions, public relations etc. would be an advantage.
  • Strong interpersonal skills that include relationship building and maintenance, networking

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AutoCAD Draftman at Chandaria Industries

Chandaria Industries is the largest company within Chandaria Group’s portfolio and was established on 1st May 1964. The company started out as a small Tissue Converting operation and today is the largest Tissue and Hygiene products manufacturer in Kenya, East and Central Africa. It is also the only Tissue and Hygiene products manufacturer in Kenya that manufactures its products 100% in Kenya and therefore living by one of the company’s core values of “Buy Kenyan, Build Kenya!”. Chandaria Industries is also the largest recycler of paper waste for tissue manufacturing, making it one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable businesses in the region . The company has saved over 22 million trees by recycling paper waste over the last 31 years. It’s state of the art recycling and waste management systems, processes and technology have made it a global case study with leading international education institutions and an outstanding example of corporate sustainability for other corporates worldwide. The business is managed by the Group Managing Director, Mr. Mahesh Chandaria and his 2 sons Darshan Chandaria (Group CEO) and Neer Chandaria (Group Sales & Marketing Director). By purchasing Chandaria Industries products you get value for money, protect the environment and you are also supporting more than 20,000 people who work in the paper waste collection and distribution sector.

Qualification

  • Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
  • Minimum of relevant years of experience in design and manufacturing setup
  • Conversant with 2D and 3D design setup
  • Good knowledge in the use of presentation and rendering setup
  • Excellent communication skills

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Strategy Associate at Twiga Foods

Twiga is a mobile-based supply platform for Africa’s retail outlets, kiosks, and markets stalls.

We are looking for an associate to join our Strategy & Insights team. You will be joining a dynamic environment with skilled, friendly, and dedicated colleagues and will be supporting Twiga with strategy planning and management and enabling data-driven decision making.

The Strategy & Insights department is responsible for managing the overall strategy for the company, driving strategic discussions internally with management and respective departments and externally with investors and other stakeholders, and providing data analytics and insights to support business objectives, strategic initiatives and decision making.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare decks and reports that articulate strategy; translate complex concepts and analyses into clear and simple presentations
  • Develop structures/frameworks to understand business problems and think through ideas and initiatives critically to solve the problems
  • Support the Strategy & Insights Lead in driving strategy planning and management processes for management and respective departments
  • Support the Strategy & Insights Lead in crafting and conveying Twigas equity story and strategic narratives to engage investors
  • Lead the market intelligence team to collect and analyze data on business opportunities, customers, competitors, products, and prices; design quantitative and qualitative market research projects to address business needs and provide actionable insights

Qualifications

  • Two or more years of experience in Management Consulting or Corporate Strategy – preference for experience in top global consulting firms and/or multinational corporations
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Business Administration, or other relevant fields
  • Outstanding quantitative/qualitative analysis and critical thinking skills, with emphasis on strategic thinking and creativity to solve complex problems
  • Excellent command of Excel and PowerPoint
  • Working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods (surveys, polls, focus groups, etc.)
  • Project management skills; agile and hands-on, committed to making an impactStrong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to management
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and in a rapidly changing environment in order to meet deadlines; highly driven and self-motivated
  • Attention to detail; highly organized

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Full Stack Engineer at 159 Onlineshop

159onlineshop,is Kenyan Multinational Technology Company based in Nairobi Kenya, that focuses on E-commerce, Cloud Computing, Digital streaming and Big Data. It’s considered one of the Big Four Technology Companies along with Google and Apple.

Are you an experienced Full-stack Developer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, or DevOps Engineer who is ready to work with us?

We are looking for experienced tech professionals motivated to join 159onlineshop. We are looking for great tech experts who have

  • Strong Technical Background: a Full-Stack Developer, Data Scientist, Machine Learning Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or a researcher with deep domain expertise.
  • Grit and inner drive: We look for people who will run to the ends of the world to achieve their goals. Your resilience and ability to fail, learn, and bounce back is a key determinant of success.
  • Problem-solving skills: We look for those who have a unique and creative way to approach the problems they see around them.
  • A clear spike: We look for individuals with a clear spike – deep expertise in their fields of work, a personality trait, or a passion.

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Senior Product Manager at Maisha Meds

At Maisha Meds, we believe all patients have a right to appropriate and effective healthcare. Across sub-Saharan Africa, private sector pharmacies play a major role in providing primary care, yet they remain largely separate from and unrecognized by the health system, lacking the technology, data, and support to make the highest quality healthcare widely accessible. Maisha Meds develops technology solutions that leverage the pharmacy point of sale to increase visibility up and down medication supply chains and ensure evidence-based care. Better information and insight enables pharmacies, suppliers, and medication manufacturers to track inventories, forecast drug demand, purchase quality medicines, and provide patient follow-up and advice.

About The Role

Maisha Meds is looking for an experienced, creative, and growth-oriented Senior Product Manager to lead the team to codify a product vision that will improve care for patients in low- and middle-income countries and help transform the incentives for healthcare delivery. This person will partner with global health funders, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance providers to provide radical transparency and program cost-effectiveness. We need this person to enable the company’s growth and user engagement by leading product discovery, design, delivery, evaluation and iteration.

Products at Maisha Meds are typically a combination of clinical strategy, tech enablement, process improvement, incentives design, and outcome impact analysis. With our team of engineers and designers, these products are presented for Maisha Meds’ network of pharmacies and clinics to support programs that drive patient access and behavior change. We are looking for a strong leader and analytical thinker to help us build this into a flagship program demonstrating the potential of data-driven healthcare delivery for the bottom of the pyramid.

Our Senior Product Manager Will

Lead product development

  • Lead development of holistic solutions: Collaborate with experts to evaluate opportunities and develop products to reduce cost and improve quality of care.
  • Develop internally facing tools used to scale and manage provider incentive systems
  • Deliver those solutions with a laser focus on outcomes: Make the vision a reality nationally through effective delivery, high likelihood of adoption, and impact for patients.
  • Iterate to make existing solutions better: Drive continuous improvement to existing products and discovery and rollout of new initiatives via data-driven processes.

Grow our user base

  • Develop and test multi channel customer acquisition strategy with an emphasis on growing month on month via referrals and organic growth, decrease CAC, and increase LTV
  • Develop a customer journey map and core value proposition and messaging through data and qualitative research (i.e. acquisition analysis, customer interviews, etc)
  • Identify channels to test, run test, perform customer segmentation analysis, and optimize channels and presence
  • Partner with business analytics and data science to generate insights and use them to make operations more intelligent to improve user satisfaction and increase retention

Build processes

  • Develop a roadmap: Establish and maintain an integrated company product roadmap through collaboration with company leadership, key stakeholders, performance against targets, and through deep customer research
  • Prioritize resources and considering tradeoffs: Develop the frameworks needed for this through agile best practices and evaluate value delivered, customer acceptance, and impact
  • Measure success: Measurement and optimization of key process indicators around product delivery, team engagement and value creation
  • Help us develop best-practices: With the CTO, implement and optimize agile processes and move our team towards two week sprints for product development

Strengthen our team

  • Recruit: Recruit and retain a stellar team across technology, product management, clinical innovation, impact study design, ux/ui design and population health strategy
  • Coach and educate: Invest in and oversee talent management of the team including career-pathing, coaching, and establishing a highly-engaged product culture
  • Collaborate: Be a strong collaborator across the company, including anticipating new needs through continuous communication

We’re looking for a candidate with demonstrated success in:

  • Product Management: 5+ years technology product management in world class high growth, cloud-based environments. Delivery of MVP + Iterations, lean/agile approaches and fluency with different models for tech delivery
  • A “Full Stack”: Ability to combine diverse skill sets to operate a holistic strategy including technology enablement, healthcare services design, clinical interventions, and data and analytics
  • Data Literacy: Evaluation methods and study design to measure the effectiveness of clinical and operational interventions including piloting. Proven track record evaluating a pipeline of potential ideas and moving them through a product discovery process
  • Design: A strong ux design ethos and delivery of products that are easy to use, with high utilization and high customer NPS
  • Customer Empathy: Meeting the needs of our pharmacies, clinics, and patients with respect to population health. High customer empathy and track record of driving change in user behavior
  • Product Marketing: leading demos, being the face of the company’s products to internal and external stakeholders. Strong presentation skills and credibility with customers, prospects and strategic partners
  • Operating Efficiency: Enabling process improvement through automation and iteration
  • Health IT: Familiarity with health data, HIT standards, emerging trends and informatics strategies for maximizing data sources

Why You Should Join Us

Maisha Meds aims to leverage technology to solve problems that affect millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa. Though we can’t offer you catered meals like in Silicon Valley, we can promise you an opportunity to drive real, quantifiable change that literally saves lives. We are dedicated to our work and care deeply about our product’s impact. You’ll join our small and friendly team to grow Maisha Meds into a company serving tens of millions of people.

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Regional Commercial Manager at Saint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, designs, manufactures and distributes building and high-performance materials, providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection. Whether people are at home, at work or on the move, Saint-Gobain materials contribute to individual wellbeing and to our collective future. Our mission? To create great living places and improve daily life.

Job purpose

To plan, execute and manage business development activities in order to achieve profitable sales growth, assist merger and acquisition targets, sales growth and account penetration within East Africa by being responsible for customer satisfaction and market share within the region.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement sales and business development strategies for complex, solutions-based sales within East Africa in order to achieve profitable growth
  • Participate in important negotiations with key stakeholders and assist in negotiations with difficult customers.
  • Provide direction and assistance to the sales team in soliciting new customers, preparing bids, and customer retention strategies.
  • Assess opportunities for and driving new product introductions across the Group offering to meet customer requirements and achieve revenue targets
  • Develop markets for new and existing products to attain revenue targets
  • Assist with mergers and acquisitions as well as toll manufacturing and making recommendations for the region so as to attain acquisition targets
  • Analyse growth drivers in the respective markets and align the business to capitalise on opportunities around such areas as projects versus Route-To-Market
  • Develop marketing and sales collateral in order to capture targeted market and or/accounts
  • Identify business growth/ promotion platforms around the markets and liaising with the respective internal stake holders to enhance and optimise growth opportunities
  • Analyse current business and RTM to highlight gaps and recommend avenues for improvement to maintain/ grow current business – customers, product categories
  • Manage key accounts relationships to enhance the retention thereof
  • Work with internal and external stakeholders to align the business towards servicing the key accounts to enhance customer service and customer retention
  • Grow customer base
  • Grow products portfolio with local/regional/cross-trade products.
  • Diversify cross-trade sourcing while developing Exports from SSA Entities
  • Understand market segments and propose differentiated strategy for each
  • Strict enforcement, control and follow up of credit policy to limit risk of late or no payment.
  • Explore business development opportunities with key accounts and execute for attainment of revenue targets
  • Manage key accounts debtors to ensure timely payments.
  • Explore opportunities for partnerships with key accounts and ensure implementation for business growth
  • Participate in Habitat platforms and sector platforms to ensure that the BU broadens SG solutions and offers solutions according to segments/ sectors
  • Craft and drive the implementation of business growth strategies and activities so as to meet revenue targets
  • Manage systems and processes for acquisition target identification, opportunity mapping and implementation through the Group Business Development function.
  • Develop, manage the regional budget and also provide input and make recommendation on the budget
  • Develop and implement action-orientated monthly reports
  • Manage key accounts relationships and processes so as to enhance service levels and attain revenue targets

Required skills and knowledge

  • 8 years’ experience in sales, key accounts management and business development
  • Knowledge of construction industry especially the built environment
  • Knowledge of construction and technical products
  • Sound business acumen
  • Thorough understanding of the East African markets
  • Strategic orientation
  • An understanding of project management
  • Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment including ability to influence and establish effective networks.
  • Profound negotiation Skills
  • High-level of Emotional Intelligence (Influencing skills, Interpersonal awareness, Resilience and Composure)
  • Ability to create and manage a team of direct reports
  • Good planning and self-organisational skills to ensure workloads are managed effectively
  • Ability to conduct service forums, hosting key stakeholders
  • Competent user of MS Office, MS Projects, MS Teams, CRM Tool
  • Analytical, with ability to resolve queries
  • Ability to create, manage and develop a team remotely.

Qualifications

  • Tertiary qualification (B-Degree) in Sales/ Marketing/ Architecture
  • Post-Graduate qualification is an added advantage

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Principal Investment Officer at Women’s World Banking

Women’s World Banking designs and invests in the financial solutions, institutions and policy environments in emerging markets to create greater economic stability and prosperity for women, their families, and their communities. With a global reach of 53 partners in 32 countries serving more than 30 million women clients, Women’s World Banking drives impact through its scalable, market-driven solutions; gender-lens private equity fund; and leadership and diversity programs.

Reports to: Chief Investment Officer – WAM

Classification: Full-time

Location: Asian capital city; (African capital city may be considered)

Start Date: Immediate

Summary

WWB Asset Management (WAM) is seeking an experienced, highly motivated principal investment officer (“PIO”) with strong private equity experience in inclusive and / or specialty finance sectors – such as fintech, insurance, agriculture finance, education finance or housing finance – to join its impact investment team. Experience within the Asian financial sector is strongly preferred. The PIO will be responsible for sourcing, structuring, closing and monitoring investments in inclusive financial service providers focused on women. The PIO position to be located in an Asian capital city, (African capital city may be considered) and will report directly to the Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”).

About Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM)

WAM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Women’s World Banking, Inc., headquartered in New York City. It manages the Women’s World Banking impact investment program, including a co-managed USD 50M private equity fund, WWB Capital Partners, LP, and a solely-managed USD 75M private equity fund, WWB Capital Partners II (“WWBCP II” or “the Fund”). WAM is continuing to fundraise for the latter fund, which is a Mauritius-based blended finance limited partnership, with a dedicated, grant-funded, side-car technical assistance program. WWBCP II will make direct minority equity investments ranging between USD 1M – 15M in high-performing, women-focused inclusive finance institutions worldwide, and will provide technical assistance to improve client and staff gender diversity, in accordance with the impact investment program established by Women’s World Banking.

Responsibilities

  • Source investment opportunities in line with the objectives of WWBCP II, with a specific focus on inclusive and specialty finance sectors such as micro-enterprise finance, small business finance, housing finance, micro-insurance, fintech and smallholder agri-finance located principally in South and Southeast Asia, but opportunistically also Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Latin America.
  • Conduct initial vetting of pipeline opportunities against the Fund’s investment criteria
  • Gather data, analyze financial statements, prepare initial valuation analyses and draft first stage investment proposals on vetted opportunities to determine suitability for on-site due diligence
  • Prepare and defend first stage proposals to the first stage committee
  • Lead and support deal teams to conduct on-site due diligence on Fund investment opportunities together with at least one other WAM investment officer, either as lead or as second, to gather further information and undertake risk assessments.
  • Manage deliverables of WAM analysts, and technical consultants, if any, accompanying the due diligence team.
  • Perform valuation analyses, develop meaningful scenarios, prepare and defend investment proposals as a team to the Investment Committee
  • Negotiate transaction terms and review transaction documents as team lead or second
  • Monitor and manage portfolio of investments, which may include board member responsibilities, to achieve Fund objectives.
  • Advocate for and oversee delivery of Women’s World Banking technical assistance to improve client and staff gender diversity
  • Prepare financial and social performance reports on portfolio companies
  • Identify high-return exit opportunities for investments and lead or support exit process

Success

Within the first 90 days:

  • Embrace Women’s World Banking’s and WAM’s core values and desired behaviors
  • Develop familiarity with the Women’s World Banking and WAM organizations, policies and procedures
  • Take ownership of pre-identified pipeline of specialty finance opportunities in South and Southeast Asia, and develop sourcing strategy for additional investment opportunities. Identify at least two new prospects for the pipeline.
  • Lead first stage proposal preparation of at least one new pipeline opportunity
  • Act as lead or second investment officer for at least one investment proposal, including preparing for and conducting due diligence and preparing to present prospect to investment committee.
  • Support capital raising activities as needed for subsequent Fund closing

Qualifications

  • Minimum 6-9 years’ private equity experience with proven success; preferably across different Asian or African countries
  • Familiarity with operation and regulation of financial institutions; preferably with experience in one or more of the following sectors: housing finance, insurance, fintech, smallholder agri-finance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related major; CFA, MBA or Master in Economics/Finance preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, setting vision for others, owning and implementing a strategic agenda, organizing others toward a common goal, overcoming obstacles / solving problems and setting new ways forward.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply strategic and analytical thinking to decision-making, problem-solving, data/information analysis; key issue identification and deal progression
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively exchange information clearly and appropriately with all levels in an organization and with external stakeholders through verbal and written communication
  • Excellent financial modeling capabilities and the ability to manage multiple projects with a keen attention to detail;
  • Demonstrated negotiation and transaction documentation management skills
  • Multi-lingual – English required; French strongly preferred, Asian, Arabic or African languages a plus;
  • High level of comfort with team projects and global team engagement, with strong interpersonal skills
  • Self-motivated, self-directed with a positive attitude
  • Strong work ethic appropriate for a small, fast-paced, team-oriented organization;
  • Passion for inclusive finance and women’s empowerment
  • Willing to travel 30-35% of the time throughout Asia, Africa and Middle East / North Africa, plus 2 – 4 visits to New York per year

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Finance and Administration Manager at Article 19

ARTICLE 19 defends freedom of expression and information. Established in 1987, ARTICLE 19 fights for all hostages of censorship, defends dissenting voices that have been muzzled, and campaigns against laws and practices that silence. We take our name from article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

Responsible to: Regional Director, Eastern Africa

Key relationships: International Finance team (in London), Heads of Teams, Treasurer

Line Managing: Finance Officer, Admin and HR Officer, and Communications Officer

Contract: 1 year (renewable)

Salary: Competitive KSH

Role Summary

The Finance & Administration Manager provides strategic and operational leadership and oversight of ARTICLE 19 East Africa’s finances, administration, human resource and procurement.

He/she ensures regulatory requirements are met, and reporting is timely and accurate.

Key Responsibilities

Planning, budgeting, and reporting:

  • Work with Treasurer to ensure regular reporting to Board and Finance Committee;
  • Produce organisational budget, in liaison with International Office;
  • Oversee the production of monthly management accounts with supporting narrative on the organisation’s financial performance;
  • Manage organisational cash flow;
  • Review budgets for funding applications, ensuring compliance with full cost recovery principles;
  • Produce financial reports in accordance with donor requirements and ensure coordination with the International Office’s Projects Team on grant compliance.

Financial policies, procedures, systems and controls:

  • Ensure adherence to financial policies to ensure compliance, and where necessary (re)develop policies to address identify gaps;
  • Regularly review of organisation’s processes and policies for control improvements, ensuring segregation of duties and appropriate oversight of expenditure;
  • Ensure policies and processes are in place to achieve value for money for the organisation’s spending;

Financial Management: 

  • Oversee the production of year end accounts and liaise with auditors for the effective and timely production of the audited financial statements and accounts;
  • Work with project auditors as required, supplying all documentation, including timesheets and receipts;
  • Maintain accurate records and transactions manually and within finance system (Access Dimensions) and any other system that is applicable.

Administration:

  • Ensure that the office and all activities run efficiently and effectively as they should;
  • Ensure that the team is facilitated to run its operations effectively and efficiently with all HR matters handled within the policy and legal mandate;
  • Ensure that all communication is handled effectively and efficiently.

Other: 

  •  Undertake other duties commensurate with the role as may reasonably be assigned by the Regional Director.

Person Specification

Essential:
Education and Qualifications:
  • Bachelors’ Degree level in Finance or Accounting or Business Management;
  • Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (CPA)(K), ACCA or its equivalent;
  • Registered member in good standing of an established accounting body such as the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAK);

Experience: 

  • At least 7 years’ experience in Finance Management (including but not limited: leadership, communication, interpersonal, organizational, negotiation, problem solving, strategic management);
  • Experience of budget proposal development and managing a budget in a complex, multi-currency environment;
  • Experience of financial reporting to donors such as DfID, FCO, EC, USAID, etc;
  • Experience in the charity and/or development sector;
  • Knowledge of charity regulations;
  • Experience of working with partner organisations;
  • Experience of working in a cross-cultural environment.

Knowledge: 

  • Familiarity with human rights, freedom of expression and/or democratization issues in Eastern Africa;
  • Familiarity with international and regional mechanisms for promoting and protecting human rights;
  • Knowledge of politics and societies in Eastern Africa.

Other requirements:

  • Commitment to ARTICLE 19’s values and objectives;
  • Commitment to equal opportunities;
  • Ability to travel extensively.

The incumbent should also possess the following skills:

  • Able to operate on own initiative with demonstrable time-management skills;
  • Excellent written and spoken English and Kiswahili;
  • Analytical and strategic planning skills;
  • Excellent project management and administration skills (including financial management and reporting);
  • Excellent research and report writing skills
  • Excellent writing and presentation and advocacy skills;
  • Excellent communication skills and sensitivity in working with people from various cultural and social backgrounds;
  • Excellent organizational and logistical skills;
  • Excellent skills in word-processing and working with spreadsheets;
  • Familiarity with the use of e-mail and the internet;
  • Ability to work under pressure, with little administrative support and to meet strict deadlines.

Desirable:

  • Knowledge of French;
  • Experience of working in an NGO environment;
  • Experience with civil society capacity-building, including training;
  • Experience in the human rights advocacy field;
  • Research experience; and
  • Experience of writing/editing publications.

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Manager, Land Accelerator Africa at World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute is a global research non-profit organization that was established in 1982 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation under the leadership of James Gustave Speth. WRI is a global research organization that turns big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well-being.WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.

Job Summary

In this role, you will foster entrepreneurship and innovation in support of landscape restoration in Africa. You will have the ability to take on the challenge of a new, fast-growing, and innovative body of work. You will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and will be comfortable with working in a global organization with geographically dispersed teams.

Job Responsibilities

Development of the Land Accelerator network

  • Grow the Land Accelerator program in Africa. Entering its third year in 2021, the Land Accelerator provides training, mentoring, and networking to entrepreneurs focused on restoring degraded farmland and forests. For more details, see thelandaccelerator.com
  • Build and cultivate a pipeline of entrepreneurs for the Land Accelerator
  • Initiate and lead on new ideas to boost entrepreneurship. Outreach partners may include country-level incubators, local academic institutions, and government bodies to educate youth around the restoration economy
  • Screen and evaluate online applications, interview shortlisted entrepreneurs, conduct reference and other checks regarding each cohort
  • Engage investors around restoration and support entrepreneurs to connect with investors
  • Design and launch a Land Accelerator alumni support program Knowledge creation and management
  • Develop and implement a world-class curriculum to be delivered in-person or virtually (depending on the pandemic). Recruit and vet speakers and mentors for the Land Accelerator, organize panels and event logistics, etc.
  • Design and implement a new Land Incubator pilot program for Malawi, which may serve as the model for implementation in other African countries as the opportunity arises. The incubators are short programs held at the national level, as opposed to the continent level
  • Manage the 4-6 month virtual mentorship component of the Land Accelerator Africa to help entrepreneurs identify and achieve key milestones
  • Plan interactive cross-regional virtual events between the three Land Accelerator geographies: South Asia, Africa, and Latin America
  • Design and implement monitoring & evaluation (M&E) surveys in order to capture the impact of the Land Accelerator

Other activities

  • Collaborate with WRI communications team to translate the business case into compelling storylines. This may include writing and editing material including blog posts, op-eds, e-blasts and other communications that translate technical material for various audiences
  • Support on fundraising, which may include drafting and refining proposals, responding to questions from donors, and completing impact assessments
  • Liaise with the AFR100 initiative (afr100.org) and TerraMatch (terramatch.org) to ensure entrepreneurs from the Land Accelerator network can benefit from these initiatives
  • Support with implementation of the upcoming Rural Prosperity Bond pilot in Africa. The Bond will help selected Land Accelerator alumni to access financing with incentives to benefit smallholder farmers (https://ift.tt/3km3U3q)

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
  • Minimum of 5 years of work experience in the environment, agriculture, or development sectors
  • Passion for and experience in supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in Africa
  • Extremely strong project management skills with an ability to stay organized and pay attention to detail
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

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Head of Finance at Girl Effect

Girl Effect is a non-profit working with girls to change their lives, empowering them to navigate the pivotal time of adolescence, so they are enabled to live a healthy life, participate in school, and prepare for their future financially. They inspire and equip girls with information and support, to help them see a different future for themselves, make impactful decisions in their lives, and drive greater demand for the opportunities and services available to them. Girl Effect works on the deep-seated psychological drivers that influence adolescent girls decision-making, building their intrinsic motivation to act, to achieve sustainable behaviour change. Girl Effect is able to reach millions of girls, in more than 50 countries, by delivering their work via the technology girls use everyday, including mobile phones, TV and radio as well as pioneering developments in artificial intelligence, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), chatbot and mobile technology to find innovative ways to reach and engage girls more personally, at scale, and cost effectively. Girl effect works across the world in places where girls are marginalised and vulnerable, including Malawi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Indonesia, Tanzania and India.

Context of Role

Girl Effect is an ambitious organisation in transition. We’re building on our solid foundations to evolve how we deliver our work – including through a growing team in Nairobi.

As our new Head of Finance you’ll help us build that team in Nairobi, strengthening our systems and processes as we do so. You’ll directly lead a team of five colleagues based in Nairobi or London, as well as providing coaching and direction to finance professionals in each of our country offices.

It’s an exciting time to join Girl Effect and we’re looking for high-potential candidates who are keen to sharpen their skills and bring fresh thinking to our work.

What You’ll Do

Your primary responsibility will be to help further transform our global finance function. Working closely with the Interim Chief Finance & Operations Officer you’ll help us ensure we’ve got the right people, processes and systems in place to provide first-rate business partnering, robust financial controls, and excellent insight to our colleagues and stakeholders. Coaching and supporting the finance team, as well as working collaboratively with colleagues in other teams is critical for this role.

Further, you will:

  • Design and help to deliver our budgeting and forecasting processes, integrating with our business planning cycle
  • Steer the roll-out of a a new Global Finance Manual, with refreshed core processes and training for different user groups
  • Provide leadership and direct input into the global year-end and audit cycle, including owning the relationship with our group audit firm
  • Help craft our treasury strategy, including working with external firms and producing clear policy papers for consideration by our Board
  • Lead of internal reporting process, including engaging with our leadership team and the Board Finance Committee
  • Provide thought leadership to colleagues in the programme design and donor proposal development processes, acting as a critical friend and ‘commercial’ thinker

Who You Are

  • Experienced within a charity or foundation – whether national or international
  • Chartered Accountant with a CPA/ACCA, likely with 5+ years of post-qualification experience
  • Experienced (and enthusiastic) when it comes to coaching and mentoring colleagues – whether as an existing team lead or as a confident line manager
  • Demonstrable experience across a mix of financial accounting, management accounting, and financial transactions
  • Involvement or oversight of finance transformation/systems implementation
  • Effective communicator at a senior level, written and verbal
  • A positive and solution-oriented strategic thinker
  • A collaborative problem-solver, able to work flexibly as part of a global team in a fast-paced and changing environment – with a willingness to directly support the team
  • Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, able to manage conflict and handle sensitive issues, particularly in cross-cultural and cross-departmental contexts

What Else You Should Know

As we continue to scale and grow – we are hugely ambitious for our future and we are looking for people who are driven by this to change the world for girls.

Our teams are a diverse mix across sectors (non-profit and commercial) and specialisms (from Brand and Creative through to Gender and Insight). You’ll learn and grow in an environment that will challenge you to think and work with a fresh perspective.

Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organisational values at the interview stage. The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our safeguarding policy. We encourage candidates to read and understand our safeguarding policy, the executive summary of which can be found here. We have zero tolerance to all forms of violence against children, beneficiaries and staff.
At Girl Effect, you can expect to work somewhere where you will be stretched and developed in your role, a place where you can build your career and work with talented, engaged people committed to our cause to create a lasting impact.

This role is being recruited as a 12 month fixed term contract.

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Individual Contractor (IC) – Arabic Language Editor at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the United Nations’ global development network. Headquartered in New York City, UNDP advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. It provides expert advice, training, and grants support to developing countries, with increasing emphasis on assistance to the least developed countries.

Background

The Knowledge Project (KP) is a partnership between UNDP and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF). Originally established in 2007, the partnership resulted in the production of a series of reports known as the Arab Knowledge Reports [1] that document key challenges and opportunities to building effective knowledge-based societies in Arab countries, with a particular focus on youth and skills development.

Aiming to widen the partnership’s scope of impact and reach, as well as support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted globally in 2015, UNDP and MBRF reinforced their strategic collaboration for five additional years (2016-2020). In this new phase, KP launched the Arab Knowledge Index (AKI) to assess the state of knowledge acquisition, dissemination and production across the Arab region. The index is designed to cover the most important pillars of development reliant on knowledge: Pre-university education, higher education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET); information and communications technology (ICT); economy, and research, development and innovation (RDI), in addition to the enabling environments. It builds on data obtained from globally-recognized institutions including UNESCO, World Bank, OECD, ILO, World Economic Forum, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and IEA Data Processing and Research Center, while taking into consideration the specific socio-cultural context, needs and challenges of the Arab region. The KP has also developed Knowledge4all digital portal, which contains previous Arab Knowledge Reports, the Arab Knowledge Index in its two versions, and the Arab Reading Index; as well as the K4all mobile application to provide easily accessible data on knowledge within a development framework.

Throughout 2019, the KP has been preparing to produce the Knowledge Index, which is a global measure of knowledge accumulation and production covering more than 140 countries internationally. The Knowledge Index was launched in its Arabic and English versions in November 2017 during the fourth Knowledge Summit organized by MBRF in Dubai. The Global Knowledge Index 2020 will be released during the seventh edition of the Knowledge Summit 2020 scheduled in the month of November of this year (2020).

Also, for the Future of Knowledge Report 2021, it will be released in the month of April 2021. The KP is, also, in the process of drafting the said report to present relevant technical notes, as well as the country profiles. The Future of Knowledge Report 2021 is being drafted in English, will be translated into Arabic and will consist of sections on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, blockchain, cybersecurity and future skills. The report is not expected to exceed 250 pages (including the Forwards, Table of Contents, References and Annexes) and not exceeding 66,000 words.

To this end, UNDP is seeking consultancy services for editing the Arabic version of the Future of Knowledge Report as well as proofreading the final text to ensure a coherent narrative. Qualified candidates should have experience working on similar projects with leading international institutions, organizations, and research centers – preferably the United Nations.

[1] AKR 2009: Towards Productive Intercommunication for Knowledge”; AKR 2010/2011: “Building Future Generations for Knowledge Society”; AKR 2014: “Youth and Localisation of Knowledge.”

Duties And Responsibilities

Responsibilities

S/he will be responsible for undertaking and performing the following tasks

The selected individual will work under the general guidance and direct supervision of the Arab Knowledge Project (AKP) Chief Technical Advisor and in close coordination with the said project team members.

  • Edit publications sections with a professional view to ensure:
  • The spirit of the original text;
  • The consistency in text, data and bibliography;
  • The structure and organization of the publication in a format consistent with UNDP standards (relating to grammar, punctuation and spelling);
  • Conduct a second round of technical editing and copy-editing for readability, including the sequencing, consistency (especially integration of text and boxes), style and punctuation, spelling and grammar;
  • Proof-read final reports in layout form, checking spelling, country and city names as well as acronyms and other abbreviations (making sure that they follow official U.N. terminology and conventions), style consistency, callouts, layout problems, references, etc.

Expected Outputs And Deliverables

Expected No. of Working Day(s) for each deliverable

Targeted Due Dates

Review And Approvals Required

Deliverable 1.1: Edit 275 pages and not exceeding 72,000 words of the Future of Knowledge 2021 Report;

Up to (30) working days from contract signature date

No later than 30 April 2021

Hany TORKY (Mr.), Chief Technical Advisor, Arab Knowledge Project (AKP)

Deliverable 1.2: Perform a second round of proofreading revisiting the edited text as required attending to UNDP’s remarks

Competencies

Corporate

  • Demonstrates integrity and fairness, by modeling the UN/UNDP’s values and ethical standards;
  • Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.

Functional

  • Time management and organizational skills, with the ability to undertake multiple tasks and deliver under pressure;
  • Strong analytical and synthesis skills;
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and present practical solutions to complex problems;
  • Ability to work independently and achieve quality results with limited supervision and within tight schedules;
  • Experience in reports production;
  • Ability to write in a clear and concise manner;
  • Good teamwork and interpersonal skills;
  • Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks and work under pressure;
  • Excellent computer skills especially Word, Excel and Power Point

Leadership

  • Demonstrated ability to think strategically and to provide credible leadership;
  • Demonstrated flexibility in leadership by performing and/or overseeing the analysis/resolution of complex issues;
  • Ability to conceptualize and convey strategic vision from the spectrum of development experience.

Managing Relationships

  • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strategic partnerships;
  • Demonstrated well developed people management and organizational management skills;
  • Excellent management skills in navigating and working with diverse range of partners, stakeholders, including senior and high-level policymakers.
  • Excellent negotiating and networking skills with strong partnerships in academia, technical organizations and as a recognized expert in the practice area.

Managing Complexity

  • Ability to address global development issues;
  • Demonstrated substantive leadership and ability to integrate knowledge with broader strategic, policy and operational objectives.

Knowledge Management and Learning

  • Ability to strongly promote and build knowledge products;
  • Promotes knowledge management in UNDP and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example;
  • Seeks and applies knowledge, information and best practices from within and outside of UNDP;
  • Demonstrates a strong capacity for innovation and creativity in providing strategic policy advice and direction.

Judgment/Decision-Making

  • Mature judgment and initiative;
  • Proven ability to provide strategic direction to the project implementation process;
  • Independent judgment and discretion in advising on handling major policy issues and challenges, uses diplomacy and tact to achieve result.

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Tech Business Partner Nairobi/Agbara at GlaxoSmithKline

We are a science-led global healthcare company that researches and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare. As one of the few healthcare companies researching both medicines and vaccines for the World Health Organization’s three priority diseases – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, we are very proud to have developed some of the leading global medicines in these fields. Our product portfolio also includes a range of consumer brands, many of which are household names around the world, including Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Horlicks, Panadol and Tums. Specialties Pharmaceutical products, Vaccines, Consumer healthcare products

Role Purpose

With overall leadership of the site IT team and accountability for IT within a site, this role will ensure alignment between business and IT strategies through working closely with Site and IT Leadership.

Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for IT at a single medium or small GMS site
  • IT Business Partner for Site Director & Site Leadership Team (SLT). Represent IT in site governance forums
  • Implement GMS IT strategies at site – operating model, strategic controls, governance
  • Ensure site exploits IT strategies and has plans to move to strategic standards
  • Generate, maintain and deliver an IT Roadmap for site and drive site/business requirements into central planning and delivery through liaison with IT Business Partners.
  • Engage with site tiered accountability process and participate in IT Performance Management processes.
  • Site point of contact for all IT requests and escalations.
  • Line-manage site IT team, ensuring capability is enhanced and on-going development takes place
  • Align central project delivery to site strategies and plans
  • Drive simplification and standardization for IT systems at site
  • Ensure exploitation of systems to drive & embed value
  • Management of IT OPEX and CAPEX
  • Ensure inspection readiness of IT
  • Build Site Business Process knowledge and Technical knowledge of supporting Strategic IT Applications
  • Ensure site IT risks are identified and mitigated appropriately

GSK Behaviours

  • Flexible Thinking – level 3 – Being able to understand and state different perspectives, or develop at least two different options for the way forward simultaneously.
  • Continuous Improvement – level 3 – Seeking to raise levels of performance by establishing an improvement process, or setting specific, measurable targets and goals linked to GSK business needs.
  • Customer Driven – level 3 – Taking a one-off, specific action to raise value to customers by meeting a specific customer request or solving an immediate customer problem.
  • Developing People – level 3 – Supporting the efforts of others to develop. Using relevant training options to enhance the skills and knowledge of self and others. Recognising the achievements and efforts of others to develop themselves.
  • Enable & Drive Change – level 2 – Implementing plans and holding self and team fully accountable for delivering short and medium-term goals.
  • Building Relationships – level 2 – Aiming to see issues through the ‘eyes of another’. Being nonevaluative and non-judgmental about understanding the views of others, even when this view conflicts with own.

Interpersonal Skills

  • Leadership of site IT roles such as Site IT Delivery Lead, and Site IT Service Lead where such roles exist
  • Ability to produce and deliver presentations to site and central management e.g. Site Leadership Team;
  • GMS IT Projects Approval Board (PAB); GMS IT Project Review Board (PRB)
  • Strong influencing, communication, team-working and stakeholder management skills at all levels
  • Strong facilitation skills
  • Ability to communicate IT issues in business terms; strong business acumen
  • Ability to tailor communications to requirements e.g. remote working, one-way, two-way, one-to-many, one-to-one
  • Ability to take ownership of issues, and see through to resolution
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks, adjusting priorities at short notice
  • Develop and maintain effective relationships with external service providers where appropriate.
  • Develop and maintain network of contacts with the wider GSK IT organisation e.g. GMS IT, Application
  • Services, End-user & Infrastructure Services; shared services

Accountability

Lead and develop the site IT organisation to ensure the provision of effective IT services to the site:

  • Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and guidance to staff
    • Support individual staff PDPs, provides feedback on staff career development and training
    • Set clear direction and objectives by defining and establishing team performance measures and standards which underpin overall objectives
    • Work with staff to ensure that skills and knowledge are developed to meet individual and team needs
  • Liaise with other roles within and outside the site IT organisation, to ensure alignment between IT and

Business Strategy Deployment

  • Develop a thorough understanding of site and supply chain strategic goals, processes and workflow
  • Develop and gain approval for an IT Roadmap containing aligned Business Unit and IT objectives for site by working with site leadership teams and other key stakeholders
  • Identify business sponsorship then partner to develop and agree project proposals with appropriate return on investment
  • Discuss site requirements / gaps / opportunities with IT Business Process Partners to influence strategic direction of IT services
  • Partner with Shared Service management to align service strategy with site and supply chain requirements. Assist in planning, delivery, and operation of required services.
  • Broker and negotiate effective IT services by understanding and communicating business context and drivers to IT service / support teams.

Create an effective relationship with IT Shared Services to ensure optimum use is made of IT solutions and that the overall support provided is fully effective

  • Regular Service Reviews
  • Carry out ongoing monitoring of business processes and legacy applications to ensure strategic Target Architecture Landscape is adopted
  • Ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with regulatory, statutory, health and safety and other
  • appropriate company standards, including local and corporate IT policies and procedures.
  • Key role in promoting good information practice, utilising technology and improving business processes.

Budgetary Control: Manages the IT budget allocated to site represented. Must be aware of site process for raising CapEx projects / requests, and how this relates to IT project processes, and may have
opportunity to manage site-based IT spend / cost centre where agreed.

  • Overall accountability for Site IT Quality, Risk & Compliance

Impact of Decisions

  • Must be able to present IT strategy to site leadership teams, assessing the impact to the business of deploying IT solutions versus alternative options
  • Requires the ability to observe and understand business processes, to determine whether the introduction of IT solutions may provide savings to GSK

EHS Responsibilities

  • Follow the rules, speak up, be mindful of risks and get involved.
  • Cast the right shadow & lead by example.

Quality Responsibilities

  • To be aware of and understand appropriate commitments/requirements of the Quality Management
  • System (QMS) & Information Technology Management System (ITMS).
  • Understand and follow the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice.
  • Take action to rectify or report deviations from GMP or the QMS.
  • Perform duties in accordance with the Site and Company Procedures
  • People Management Responsibilities
  • Number of direct reports: Dependant on location; May have Site IT Service Lead and Site IT Delivery
  • Lead as direct reports. This may also require remote management skills, dependant on location.
  • Ability to work in matrix relationship with staff from across the enterprise.
  • Develop skills, knowledge, and behaviours to effectively lead, manage, coach and develop employees
  • Recruit suitable candidates as required
  • Effectively manage and develop talent of employees

Problem Solving

  • Ability to carry out gemba sessions to coach and solicit “Voice of the Customer” and “Voice of the
  • Process” feedback, then to take appropriate actions to close gaps, make improvements, drive strategy, etc.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships within the business areas supported, and to participate as required in the relevant business management meetings.

Specialised Knowledge

Basic Requirements

  • Must have experience or knowledge of a manufacturing environment with a strong understanding of manufacturing principles and practices
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of IT systems (in particular SAP) and how they apply, or could be applied, to supported business process areas.
  • Good understanding of business area strategic goals, processes and workflow, and of the IT tools deployed in support
  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle and Project Management methodologies
  • Familiar with the concepts, standards, technology, tools, processes, procedures, hardware, software and services in use for delivering information services
  • Well-developed analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly
  • Must be able to work with minimal supervision. Ability to plan own work to meet objectives, and to work independently.

Preferred Requirements

  • Knowledge and experience working with Six Sigma/Lean Sigma processes and tools.

Contact Information

You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button.

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Social Media Strategist at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Legal Advisor at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Human Resource Manager at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Programme Developers at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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Marketing and Partnership Relations Officer at Generation Action Africa

Generation Africa is the partnership initiative with a vision to strengthen the ecosystem for youth entrepreneurs in the agri-food sector across the continent. Founding partners are Econet, a global telecommunications, media, energy and technology group founded on the African continent, and Yara International, a global crop nutrition company, founded in Norway.

Apply today to be part of a team that embarks on amplifying and sparking change in Africa !

Requirements :

  • Minimum of Bachelors Degree or its equivalent
  • Applicant must be 20 years and above
  • Must be a citizen of an african country

Work will be done remotely.

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2021 Engineering Graduate Program, Nairobi at Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is the global specialist in energy management and automation. With revenues of €26.6 billion in FY2015, our 185,000 employees serve customers in over 100 countries, helping them to manage their energy and process in ways that are safe, reliable, efficient and sustainable. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Our connected technologies will reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. At Schneider Electric, we call this Life Is On.

Our Schneider Electric East Africa Graduate Program is open for applications from 2 November 2020 with aim to attract the most talented, innovative and creative engineering minds. We are looking for Engineering Graduates who have completed their studies in 2018, or 2019 . We encourage both males and females to apply

Our Offering?

  • Competitive package with opportunity for future employment
  • An opportunity to work for the Global leader in the Energy industry
  • Continuous learning and development.
  • On the job training and mentorship programs provided by senior experts in the industry
  • Buddy who will help you to smoothly find yourself in our company
  • Exposure to working in a multi-national and multi-cultural environment, as well as the most recent trends of global technology
  • Relaxed, fun and engaging environment – we’re not just about business volunteering, extra projects, integration events
  • Real business experience and client interactions preparing you for the job market expectations

Role Requirement

  • Minimum education level required Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering( Minimum 2nd Class Upper) doubled with a minimum of a B+ in KCSE
  • Newly graduated in 2018 & 2019 with the above-mentioned qualifications are preferred.
  • Internship experience from technical or techno-commercial roles is advantageous but not a must.
  • This is a full-time graduate program.

Desired profile

  • Broad Technical Acumen
  • Problem Solving Ability
  • Creative Thinking
  • Good planning and organizing skills
  • Creating & Innovating
  • Entrepreneurial & Commercial thinking
  • Presentation & Communication (written and verbal) skills
  • Teamwork & collaboration skills
  • Basic financial Understanding

Why is Schneider a great place to work?

We empower everyone to make the most of our energy and resources, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. Along the way, we create and provide equal opportunities for everyone, everywhere. We continuously create an inclusive environment and welcome people from all walks of life. We are empowered to do our best and innovate, while living our unique life and work. Together, we dare to disrupt and turn our bold ideas into reality.

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Executive Assistant at World Bank Group

The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and most famous development bank in the world and is an observer at the United Nations Development Group. The bank is based in Washington, D.C. and provided around $61 billion in loans and assistance to “developing” and transition countries in the 2014 fiscal year. The bank’s stated mission is to achieve the twin goals of ending extreme poverty and building shared prosperity.

Job Summary

  • Technology and systems knowledge – Exhibits excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and proficiency of technology or/and systems relevant to functional area. Able to coach less experienced staff on relevant technology and systems.
  • Project and task management – Able to undertake diverse and complex assignments with minimal supervision and resolve competing demands. Demonstrates good organizational skills, can plan and prioritize own work and work of internal clients (e.g. manage Manager’s calendar).
  • Institutional policies, processes, and procedures – Demonstrates relevant functional knowledge and understanding of institutional priorities, policies, operational and administrative procedures, and people. Able to practically apply and guide others in policy application.
  • Versatility and adaptability – Demonstrates initiative and motivation to proactively learn new developments in relevant policies, procedures and technology. Is able proactively identify, prevent and/or solve problems. Able to participate in change activities and initiatives.
  • Team Leadership (ACS) – Able to provide support to team members, giving instructions when necessary to improve work performance and promote collaboration within team. Able to organize and/or conduct training for team members on procedures, policies and work activities.
  • Office Administration – Exhibits good understanding of unit’s portfolio. Able to organize, prioritize, coordinate, and monitor distribution of unit’s work activities to ensure that work program is properly carried out and delivered in a timely and collaborative manner.
  • Client Orientation – Able to interact with clients with discretion and diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to resolve complex client related issues. Displays understanding of relevant internal and external factors and their impact to the client.
  • Drive for Results – Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results and has the personal organization to do so.
  • Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion – Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
  • Knowledge, Learning and Communication – Able to communicate in a constructive and professional manner. Can assist in the preparation of written materials in accordance with WB administrative guidelines and best practices. Able to contribute to unit’s knowledge sharing. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English (required); ability to draft correspondence on a range of topics; ensure quality of documents requiring Country Manager’s approval and/or signature.
  • Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making – Able to effectively and independently provide general research support. Demonstrates ability to assess situation and make sound judgment on action needed.
  • – Minimum Education: High School diploma. Candidates with bachelor’s degree in business administration or social sciences with at least 5 years’ relevant direct experience will have an advantage.
  • – Proven ability to lead, coach and oversee administrative and client support staff

Responsibilities

  • Undertakes representational duties on behalf of Country Manager, to include serving as first point of contact to the office of the Country Manager and liaison with an extensive network of contacts, both internal and external clients and officials (including coordination with Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, Washington based staff and management; other country offices), and outside the World Bank Group, as needed.
  • Manages the Country Manager’s schedule by effectively prioritizing and resolving related time conflicts and competing demands.
  • Plays a leadership role with respect to all issues related to ACS staff, being accountable for the smooth operation of the office support work and related system, assuming primary responsibility for organizing and coordinating workflow. Participate in the ACS cross-regional initiatives as well as in institutional/corporate activities outside the Liaison Office.
  • Supervises the ACS staff including participating in recruitment and selection, onboarding, coaching, mentoring and training.
  • Assess and evaluate the training needs for ACS staff, through the information and Learning Plans, and coordinates with other stakeholders as appropriate.
  • Provides primary feedback to the performance evaluation of ACS staff by providing primary input to their performance evaluation in liaison with the Task Team Leaders and Country Manager.
  • Effectively provides general research support and utilizes all relevant computer software to retrieve, maintain and manipulate data as needed.
  • Independently responds to diverse inquiries and makes decisions when multiple courses of action are possible.
  • Coordinates and monitors multiple and diverse work processes and activities to ensure that management decisions are properly carried out and products are delivered in a timely manner.
  • Acts as Secretary to the staff meetings and follows up with staff on key actions.
  • Facilitates official processes including signing ceremonies, ensuring that signing packages are properly presented and ready on the day of signing.
  • Ensures adherence to administrative guidelines and overall quality of outputs by ACS. Ensures quality of documents requiring the Country Manager’s approval and/or signature.
  • Maintain effective operation of the Somalia Front Office, manage correspondence flow and specifically WBDocs/Records management. Works closely with and supports the Senior Operations Officer whenever needed.
  • Keeps others informed by providing relevant information, reports or status updates.
  • Drafts/finalizes correspondence on a range of topics on behalf of the Country Manager and prepares minutes of meetings, as required.
  • Supports and works collaboratively with members of the immediate work team as well as with others in diverse work groups/teams/task forces, across World Bank Group offices, in particular acts as the liaison person with the Kenya Country Office.
  • Handle any other tasks that may arise.

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