Short Term Vacancies
(1 Year - Renewable)
A State Corporation is
seeking to fill in short term vacancies in the following fields:
2) Social /Community
development (10)
3) Finance (10)
To fulfill
expectations applicants will need to demonstrate the following attributes:
- Team
players with an understanding of how teams work and ability to influence a
group while ownership and responsibility rests with others;
- Project
management skills;
- Commitment
to capacity building and experience in training, particularly coaching;
- A
willingness and freedom to spend over 80% of contracted time in project
areas;
- Proficiency
in computer applications;
- Strong
analytical skills;
- Good
communication skills with excellent report writing ability;
1) Engineering
Duties and
Responsibilities:
The Engineer will act
as an advisor on a range of engineering activities during project planning,
implementation and operation.
As such, there will be
involvement with, but not necessarily limited to, design preparation,
assessment of the adequacy of water supply, procurement, site visits,
compliance with technical drawings, reporting and development of maintenance routines.
The Engineer will be
specifically involved in:
- Preliminary
project planning, design assessment and financial planning;
- Public
procurement for projects;
- Site
visits to ensure compliance of projects to quality, time, cost and set
work specifications;
- Contract
management to ensure value for money in projects;
- Contractor
management;
- Facilitating
the technical audits in projects;
- Capacity
building on a range of engineering and non-technical activities;
- Reporting
the progress of projects;
- Final
inspection and commissioning of projects;
- Operations
monitoring of projects and development of maintenance routines.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Civil Engineering or Water Engineering;
- A
relevant higher degree or post-graduate diploma in engineering or project
management will be an added advantage;
- At
least 3 years relevant experience with water and sanitation projects;
- Registration
with IEK and/or ERB will be an added advantage;
- Proficiency
in computer aided design software (AutoCAD);
- Experience
of working with water and sanitation projects in urban areas will be an
advantage.
2) Social / Community Development
Duties and
Responsibilities:
The Social person will
act as an advisor on a range of sociology activities during planning,
implementation and operation.
As such, there will be
involvement with, but not necessarily limited to community sensitization and
mobilization, recruitment and training of water and sanitation facility operators,
social marketing of sanitation services, public health and hygiene promotion
and reporting.
The Social person will
be specifically involved in:
- Preliminary
project planning and formation of the project task team;
- Developing
participatory methodologies for project design, implementation and
evaluation;
- Selecting
viable project sites for the projects;
- Participating
in community sensitization and mobilization;
- Conducting
social marketing of sanitation services;
- Public
health and hygiene promotion;
- Recruitment
and training of water and sanitation facility operators;
- Capacity
building on a range of social activities in projects;
- Capacity
building the partner organizations and communities on post project
implementation operations of the projects;
- Mainstreaming
of crosscutting issues during project implementation like gender, HIV
AIDs, disability and environment;
- Reporting
the progress of projects;
- Final
inspection and commissioning of projects;
- Operations
monitoring of projects and development of maintenance routines.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelors’
Degree in Social Sciences (Sociology, Environmental Studies or Community
Development);
- A
relevant higher degree or post-graduate diploma in social sciences or
project management will be an added advantage;
- At
least 3 years experience in working with communities on water and
sanitation projects;
- Experience
working with communities on water and sanitation projects in an urban
setting is an added advantage.
3) Finance
Duties and
Responsibilities:
The Finance person
will act as an advisor on a range of financial, commercial and management
issues during the planning, implementation and operation of projects.
As such, there will be
involvement with, but not necessarily limited to procurement, budget control,
financial reporting and project closure.
The Finance person
will be specifically involved in:
- Conduct
an assessment of the implementing partners in respect to organization
structure, set up of the finance department, putting in place the
accounting system and procurement processes;
- Advice
on the adequacy of the above and provide feasible recommendations on
necessary improvement;
- Procurement
and financial planning;
- Oversee
the partner’s procurement process to ensure compliance with the public
procurement and disposal Act 2005;
- Budget
control and financial recording of projects;
- Monitoring
project accounting procedures and financial spending and their compliance
to financing agreements;
- Monitoring
project compliance to taxes, duties and other levies;
- Contract
management to ensure value for money in projects;
- Facilitating
the financial audits in projects;
- Capacity
building on a range of financial, accounting and commercial activities;
- Reporting
the progress of projects;
- Final
inspection and commissioning of projects;
- Closure
of projects implementation phase including closing of project bank
accounts
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration, Economics, Commerce or other relevant
financial management qualification;
- • CPA
Part 2 (or equivalent accounting qualification), a relevant higher degree
or post-graduate diploma will be highly desirable;
- • At
least 3 years demonstrated experience in development projects;
The application should consist of:
- Cover
letter (one page);
- Curriculum
vitae (max. 3 pages);
- References
(max. 3 referees: 1 academic and 2 professional);
- Copies
of relevant certificates.
Candidates who are invited for an interview will be asked to
bring their original certificates. Applications in hard copy should reach the
DN.A/1370,
P.O. Box 49010 - 00100,
P.O. Box 49010 - 00100,
GPO Nairobi
on or before the 28th
September, 2012.
Only the short listed
candidates will be contacted.
