Assistant Director, Civil/ Structural Engineering at Judiciary of Kenya

The Judiciary is one of the three State organs established under Chapter 10, Article 159 of the Constitution of Kenya. It establishes the Judiciary as an independent custodian of justice in Kenya. Its primary role is to exercise judicial authority given to it, by the people of Kenya. The institution is mandated to deliver justice in line with the Constitution and other laws. It is expected to resolve disputes in a just manner with a view to protecting the rights and liberties of all, thereby facilitating the attainment of the ideal rule of law.

Requirements

Job Requirements: Academic and Professional Qualifications:

For appointment to this position, the applicant must have: –

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Structural Engineering or its equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Professional Registration with the Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) or any other recognized professional body with Good Standing;
• A Senior Management Course or its equivalent from a recognized Institution;
• Proficiency in Computer Applications; and
• Meets the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.

Duties and Responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring construction and architectural integrity of projects
• Coordinating a review of structural-civil, electrical and mechanical engineering designs and drawings;
• Supervising structural-civil, electrical and mechanical engineering infrastructural projects;
• Initiating formulation of structural – civil, electrical and mechanical engineering design standards and implementation of approved projects;
• Supervising engineering consultants engaged by the Judiciary;
• Ensuring testing of soil and materials to determine adequacy and strength of foundations and building structures is done;
• Providing technical advice on related structural projects;
• Overseeing feasibility studies and preparation of reports;
• Ensuring compliance with the regulations and guidelines for infrastructural projects; and
• Ensuring that geotechnical and topographical surveys are conducted on sites.

Work Experience:

• Minimum Nine (9) years relevant work experience;
• At least three (3) years at Middle Management level;

Job Core Competencies:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Leadership & Good interpersonal skills;
• Professional and Technical competence;
• Confidentiality, High Integrity, attention to details and accuracy;
• Analytical & Negotiation Skills; and
• Organizational, planning skills and Results-oriented

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Officer – Test Management – KRA Business Systems at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisions to be implemented by KRA Management. The Chairman of the Board is appointed by the President of the Republic of Kenya . The Chief Executive of the Authority is the Commissioner General who is appointed by the Minister for Finance. PURPOSE OF KRA Assessment , Collection, Administration and Enforcement of laws relating to revenue.

Job Summary:

Responsible for conducting performance testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing and other required test and recommend for production deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct user acceptance testing with all relevant stakeholders to evaluate that delivered solutions are fit for use and purpose
• Conducts load, stress and performance testing for identified test exercises.
• Carry out vulnerability assessments on network, databases, business systems and services using various tools and personal knowledge
• Conducts regression tests to ascertain that identified issues or bugs have been resolved and new defects are not introduced
• Conducts smoke tests on environments prior to test exercise to validate readiness for user acceptance testing,
• Ensure compliance with the approved policy, best practice, security requirements and set minimum baseline standards
• Develop test cases that conforms to established software testing standards indicating priority areas
• Document defects according to testing standards.
• Generate test data fit for purpose.
• Documents results of completed testing assignments
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Required

• Should have a combination of the following:
• Good command of SQL language
• Good command of unix/linux/windows
• Good command of Java, java scripts, VB scripts, python

Relevant Work Experience Required

Work experience of at least one (1) year in related IT field.

Conversant with a good combination of JBOSS, Tomcat, Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL , MySQL

Key Competencies:

• Organisational skills
• Computer proficiency
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Innovative
• Leadership Skills
• Problem solving skills
• Results oriented
• Able to work towards attainment of targets within agreed timelines.
• Team player.

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Officer – Test Management – KRA Business Systems at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisions to be implemented by KRA Management. The Chairman of the Board is appointed by the President of the Republic of Kenya . The Chief Executive of the Authority is the Commissioner General who is appointed by the Minister for Finance. PURPOSE OF KRA Assessment , Collection, Administration and Enforcement of laws relating to revenue.

Job Summary:

Responsible for conducting performance testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing and other required test and recommend for production deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct user acceptance testing with all relevant stakeholders to evaluate that delivered solutions are fit for use and purpose
• Conducts load, stress and performance testing for identified test exercises.
• Carry out vulnerability assessments on network, databases, business systems and services using various tools and personal knowledge
• Conducts regression tests to ascertain that identified issues or bugs have been resolved and new defects are not introduced
• Conducts smoke tests on environments prior to test exercise to validate readiness for user acceptance testing,
• Ensure compliance with the approved policy, best practice, security requirements and set minimum baseline standards
• Develop test cases that conforms to established software testing standards indicating priority areas
• Document defects according to testing standards.
• Generate test data fit for purpose.
• Documents results of completed testing assignments
• Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Required

• Should have a combination of the following:
• Good command of SQL language
• Good command of unix/linux/windows
• Good command of Java, java scripts, VB scripts, python

Relevant Work Experience Required

Work experience of at least one (1) year in related IT field.

Conversant with a good combination of JBOSS, Tomcat, Oracle, MS SQL, PostgreSQL , MySQL

Key Competencies:

• Organisational skills
• Computer proficiency
• Analytical skills
• Communication skills
• Innovative
• Leadership Skills
• Problem solving skills
• Results oriented
• Able to work towards attainment of targets within agreed timelines.
• Team player.

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Senior Manager, Client Support at KCB Bank Kenya

Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation and all associate companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in management of subsidiaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively monitor all critical systems in the Bank and communicate to business in a timely, concise, and effective manner for service outages, service interruption and service improvements.
• ITIL V3.0 is fully implemented and maintained.
• Definition of Service Level agreements (SLA’s) in relation to contracted services, ensuring the SLA’s are achieved: service quality and client expectations are met or exceeded. Ensure that any SLA breaches are investigated, and corrective action taken to improve service delivery.
• Management of the IT Client Support Team including but not limited to; responsible for Service Desk & Monitoring Centre, I.T Call center, responsibility for the team career development and appraisals.
• Build and Maintain client relationships both internally & externally.
• To provide reports to periodically (or on request) on System Monitoring and Service Desk.
• Attend client service review meetings covering performance, service improvement, quality, and processes
• To ensure that systems, processes and methodologies as specified are followed to ensure effective monitoring, control and support of IT services.
• Manage, support & guide on all issues logged on IT Service Management tool system, Issues reported on emails, social media and support issues from Subsidiaries / internal helpdesks.

Requirements

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• University degree in Information Technology or related field of study.
• Master’s degree will be added advantage.
• 6 years’ supervisory experience in Information Technology with hands on experience in Information Technology Service Management.
• Certification in ITIL is required.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Excellent planning, organization and problem-solving skills.

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Access Management Engineer at KCB Bank Kenya

Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation and all associate companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in management of subsidiaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish stringent access control management on user account creation, maintenance and termination on operating systems, applications, and databases to ensure information systems security, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Conduct timely exits on all systems as per HR exit notifications.
• Assess and implement actions resulting from periodic user recertification exercises across the KCB group landscape.
• Investigating, diagnosing and resolving all first level user management incidents assigned within the agreed timelines in the Service Level Agreement.
• Provide input and feedback in gaps and enhancements to user Management of all mission critical systems and roles, automation platforms, and processes.
• Escalating more complicated and technical problems to the 2nd level support within the Technology departments.
• Ensures that daily status reports are compiled and continually modified to meet the needs of the business as well as reporting to senior managers on any issue that could significantly impact the business.
• Define, create, and deliver user management appropriate documentation to the defined Technology team standards and ensuring that new procedures are documented in an efficient and timely manner and that suitable version control is employed.
• Create and deliver Service Catalogue, Client Support technical documentation and Knowledge base content and ensure they are disseminated to users.
• Conduct research and development on new areas in identity/privileged access management and perform knowledge sharing with Technology Security team across the group.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• University degree from a recognized institution.
• At least 4 years Information Technology experience with at least 2 years User Management experience.
• Demonstrated consistent high performance in role(s) held in the last three years
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent planning, organization, problem solving and analytical skills.

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Director, Marketing & Communications at KCB Bank Kenya

Kenya Commercial Bank Limited is registered as a non-operating holding company which started operations as a licensed banking institution with effect from January 1, 2016. The holding company oversees KCB Kenya – incorporated with effect from January 1, 2016 – and all KCB’s regional units in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia and South Sudan. It also owns KCB Insurance Agency, KCB Capital, KCB Foundation and all associate companies. The holding company was set up to among other things to enhance the Group’s capacity to access unrestricted capital and also enable investment in new ventures outside banking regulations, achieve operational and strategic autonomy for the Group’s operating entities and enhance corporate governance across the Group and oversight in management of subsidiaries.

The Position:

Reporting to Group Chief Operating Officer the position directs and executes the overall marketing and digital marketing programs and is responsible for the Bank’s brand and image in liaison with internal stakeholders. The role includes developing brand positioning, values and messaging that are unique and differentiated encompassing strategic growth areas. The position holder is responsible for providing market information and recommendations to the respective business units to aid in product development and customer service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct the Marketing function, guide strategic planning and develop new product commercialization programs intended to deliver revenue by driving customer recruitment, frequency & retention metrics.
• Define the KCB brand and develop a powerful affinity brand in consumer minds.
• Develop & implement marketing strategy-led annual plans in line with the business strategy and ensure flawless execution to meet set brand & financial metrics within approved budgets.
• Provide oversight for development of regional marketing budgets and programs that ensure consistent brand messaging across the Group Regional markets.
• Oversee firm’s digital marketing efforts and management of digital assets including supervision of assets – websites, apps, social media as well as drive content strategy development & rollout to deliver highly engaged communities.
• Drive business innovation from ideation, conceptualization & commercialization to deliver consistent growth of the product pipeline & optimization of the existing portfolio.
• Develop a deep understanding of client preferences and trends, based on research – customer satisfaction surveys, mystery shopping and focus groups.
• Administration of direct marketing initiatives to leverage the Bank cold databases and prospect information to deliver both performance and excellence in customer experience.
• Embed strong risk management and ensure internal controls are in place and effective with respect to all Marketing activities.
• Effectively inspire, teach, coach and develop the Marketing & Communications Team.

Position Qualifications/Requirements:

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• University degree in a Business, Marketing or a similar discipline from an institution recognized by Commission of University Education is required.
• Professional qualification in CIM is an added advantage. Master’s degree in is added advantage.
• Minimum 15 years’ Marketing experience with at least 8 years’ experience in senior management with proven performance in Brand management, Product & Process innovation and execution, and Loyalty program management.
• Business acumen, an entrepreneurial mind-set and approach to business; willingness to take commercial risks and mitigated operational risk.
• Have strong relationship and communication skills; excellent interpersonal, and negotiation skills with the ability to network, generate new business and develop strong business relations.
• Good appreciation and knowledge of the relevant Operating Industry, latest market trends as well as challenges.
• Excellent Cross-Cultural People Management skills, team motivation and leadership competencies.
• A good understanding of Banking Law and Practice as well as Corporate Governance Principles.
• Sound IT proficiency.
• Proficiency with online marketing and social media strategy.

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Economist (Food Security and Early Warning) at FAO

FAO’s Subregional Office for Eastern Africa is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). It assists the FAO Representations (FAORs) in the subregion with addressing subregional food security, agriculture and rural development issues at country level. The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO’s Regional Office for Africa.

FAO has a clear mandate for, and comparative advantage in, supporting early warning and early action to protect food security and agriculture. As part of FAO’s overall goal of ending hunger and poverty, Strategic Programme (SP) 5 aims to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises. Under this objective three organizational outcomes prioritize FAO’s role in early warning, prevention and mitigation as well as preparedness and response. FAO already supports or directly manages a range of early warning systems at global, regional and national levels, which are key to resilience programming and has a substantial portfolio of work in supporting nationally led response and, where necessary, directly manages humanitarian and resilience interventions in this sector.

The post is located in the Nairobi, Kenya

Reporting Lines

The Economist will report to the Agriculture Officer of the Resilience Team for Eastern Africa (RTEA) , and will work in close collaboration with staff from the Early Warning Early Action Global team, Office for Africa (RAF), and food security experts of the Subregional Office for Eastern Africa (SFE), and country offices

Technical Focus

Development of tools, capacities and systems for Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) for countries in the Eastern Africa region.

Key Results

Comprehensive technical, statistical, analytical and/or policy analysis services and the development of specialized tools, methodologies, systems and/or databases to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programme of work and related products, projects, publications and services.

Key Functions

• Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams and short-term work groups, leads and/or participates in divisional teams, participates in Organization-wide committees, project teams and working groups and provides specialized expertise on international technical networks and/or technical policy and standard setting bodies;
• Develops technical, statistical, analytical, monitoring and reporting frameworks, and related tools, methodologies, systems and databases to support the planning, implementation/delivery and monitoring of the programmes of work, products, projects and services;
• Designs and conducts research, data collection, validation, analysis and/or reporting activities to support the development of technical standards, international instruments, innovative tools and methodologies, flagship publications/technical reports and/or policy proposals as well as the provision of technical specialist and/or policy advice and expertise;
• Responds to requests and provides technical/policy advice, assistance and solutions to country offices and provides technical backstopping to field projects;
• Promotes international cooperation and collaboration, advocates best practices and increased policy dialogue and provides technical expertise at international meetings and conferences;
• Collaborates in capacity development activities involving knowledge sharing, the organization of training workshops, seminars, and meetings as well as the development of related materials and online tools and information kits;
• Participates in resource mobilization activities in accordance with Corporate strategy and divisional plans.

Specific Functions

• Oversees the mainstreaming of EWEA in FAO offices in the region/subregion by providing phased capacity building support and training support to Decentralized offices (DOs);
• Leads regular integrated risk analysis of natural disasters, socio economic risks, conflict, food insecurity and animal health;
• Monitors and consolidates data from external EWS to cross reference and supplement the warnings generated by FAO systems;
• Facilitates discussions by bringing together early warning analysts and response planners within FAO as well as other stakeholders working on early warning and resilience analysis in the East Africa region to consolidate early warnings and develop strategic response recommendations;
• Oversees the implementation of impact analyses and learning of early action projects in the Eastern Africa region, and uses these results to advocate for EWEA policy and programming and assisting in conveying the relevance for responding to food crisis;
• Organizes outreach initiatives and events to increase awareness of EWEA by decision makers;
• Serves as FAO focal point at the Resilience Team for Eastern Africa (RTEA) level to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD) the Food Security, Nutrition and Resilience Analysis Hub (IFRAH) and provides technical and coordination support, as well as assists the hub in the development and implementation of its strategic direction;
• Supports FAO participation in relevant key United Nations (UN) coordination mechanisms with the aim to ensure FAO plays a prominent role in the integration of EWEA in key Inter Agency processes.

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CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in economics, natural resources management, food security, agricultural economics or a related field;
• Seven years of relevant experience in food security and resilience analysis, economic and quantitative analysis of food and agricultural issues, natural resources and/or disaster management or related areas;
• Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable
• Extent and relevance of experience in the establishment, development and implementation of food security early warning systems preferably developed in protracted crises or emergency context;
• Extent and relevance of experience in conducting analysis and synthesis of diverse early warning, food security and resilience related analyses and communicate results clearly;
• Demonstrated ability to mobilize resources.

 

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