The International Rescue Committee
(IRC) in Kenya serves vulnerable populations in the Turkana and Garissa regions
as well as in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
The IRC implements programs in the areas of comprehensive primary health care, nutrition, protection, peace building, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH), HIV/AIDS prevention, response to gender based violence, disaster risk reduction (DRR), livelihoods and governance.
Applications are invited for the following position: The IRC implements programs in the areas of comprehensive primary health care, nutrition, protection, peace building, water and sanitation and hygiene (WASH), HIV/AIDS prevention, response to gender based violence, disaster risk reduction (DRR), livelihoods and governance.
Temporary HRIS Assistant (Nairobi)
Sector: Human Resources
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Temporary
Employee Category: Full Time
Description: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds
to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and
rebuild their lives.
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Scope of Work: The IRC Kenya Human Resources team is responsible for supporting data entry in the IRC’s HRIS system (workday) to its completeness.
Workday is the single, authoritative, global source Human Resource Information System for all IRC HR information.
The primary objective of this HRIS (Workday) Intern position will be to support the data entry efforts of the Kenya country program HR team.
To deliver effective data entry support to the Kenya country program HR team, the intern will need to quickly build a working knowledge of Workday.
A strong understanding of the HR
context for these transactions and data will be important in the delivery of
high-quality data entry support.
This position requires solid organizational and analytical skills, with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail. Strong proficiency in at least one HR or payroll system and in MS Office, especially Excel, is advantageous.
The position will work under the direction and supervision of the Human Resources Manager also based in Nairobi.
Responsibilities:
This position requires solid organizational and analytical skills, with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail. Strong proficiency in at least one HR or payroll system and in MS Office, especially Excel, is advantageous.
The position will work under the direction and supervision of the Human Resources Manager also based in Nairobi.
Responsibilities:
- Working with the HR Manager, develop a data
entry and cleanup plan
- Analyze and produce a gap-analysis tool that
will inform the data clean up exercise.
- Develop, with the support of the HR Manager, a
data clean-up monitoring tool
- Accurately perform data entry tasks in Workday
as directed by the immediate supervisor and based on the gap analysis
report.
- Occasionally assist in the administration of
day-to-day transactions in Workday as needed
- Collaborate with HR and HRIS colleagues to
ensure any data entry challenges are addressed in a timely way and set
targets achieved within the set time
- Produce a final report on the data quality
that will inform future Workday Data integrity and quality improvement
efforts.
- Perform other HR duties as needed
Qualifications:
- Diploma in Human Resource Management
- Strong proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel,
Outlook, PowerPoint, Access);
- Excel ability to create macros, pivot tables,
vlookups, analytical capabilities and workbooks required
- Strong organizational skills are required,
with a focus on accuracy and attention to detail
- Self-motivated with the ability to work both
independently and in a team environment
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and
troubleshooting abilities as well as strong data analysis acumen are
considered a plus
- Demonstrated ability to work professionally
and discreetly with confidential information
- Flexibility in daily schedule and ability to
understand and react quickly to changing priorities
How to Apply
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Finance Manager - Roving
Sector: Finance
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full
Time
Job Purpose / Objective: The Financial Manager- Roving provides technical assistance to field programs and staff in matters of financial processes & procedures and will therefore be deployed to IRC field offices on a temporary basis.
Job Purpose / Objective: The Financial Manager- Roving provides technical assistance to field programs and staff in matters of financial processes & procedures and will therefore be deployed to IRC field offices on a temporary basis.
This position includes constant move from one office to another and requires high flexibility in terms of physical movement.
The position will be responsible for budgets preparations and budget monitoring, cash flows and cash forecasts, financial reporting, staff training and capacity building and assisting the field finance office.
Key Responsibilities
1. Finance responsibility
- Temporarily assume the position of the field
office/Nairobi office’s finance manager until a permanent manager can be
identified and trained;
- Provide training and support to financial and
non-financial staff regarding IRC financial procedures and internal
controls;
- Work with the Finance Controller, Finance
Manager, field coordinator and field team to develop the job descriptions
and Terms of Reference (TOR) of various finance field position;
- Meet with the respective field coordinator and
Finance manager at the beginning and end of each assignment to discuss to
discuss the terms of reference and the findings;
- Prepare a trip report for each assignment and
submit to various stakeholders;
- Participate in and facilitate finance training
and conferences as required;
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in
IRC financial policy and financial systems;
- Assist the Finance Controller with other
duties as required.
- Assist field finance manager on salary map
allocation and tracking of staffing budget
- Work with field finance manager to clear long
outstanding advance
- Liaise with the sub-grant manager in
identifying gaps for capacity building of the partners
2. Training & Staff Management
- Develops and implements a training program for
the country’s international and national finance staff to ensure staff
development and minimize IRC’s exposure when staff are absent or depart.
- Maintains current job descriptions for all
positions within the finance group.
- Ensures comprehensive and constructive performance
reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitates discussion of
performance and career options with all country finance staff.
- Oversees training and technical support to
country program, logistics and administrative staff for skills improvement
in the areas of accounting, reporting and internal control.
3. Field office monitoring &
reporting
- Prepare a standard field visit schedule and
conduct field visit
- Prepare field monitoring report and update
finance controller the visit
- Asses field office internal control system and
advise FC if any gap
Key Result Areas: Strengthen and maintain the integrity of finance
systems, ensuring smooth financial operations for supporting program work,
updating and generating timely financial information to the management, donors,
partners and other organizational levels.
Required Qualifications:
- A Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business
Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognized professional
certificate in accounting such as CPA, or ACCA.
- A Masters degree with a Finance concentration
will be an added advantage
- Not less than 3 years at a senior level within
the Finance Department of an international organization. Experience in the
humanitarian sector will be an added advantage
- Current or previous experience within IRC in a
similar role will also be an added advantage
- Extensive experience in working with
computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database
programs
Required Experience &
Competencies:
- Good written and verbal skills in the English
language.
- Must be comfortable in being a proactive
member of the top-management team.Must seek to identify and communicate
potential problems and propose solutions to the level of management
appropriate to effect solutions.
- Must be able to function effectively in a
loosely structured, but complex work environment and to set appropriate
priorities and deal effectively with numerous simultaneous requirements
- Ability to carry out responsibilities
independently with minimal technical support from within the program
organization.
- Must be a patient and good communicator who
can function in an organizational environment involving a diversity of
cultures, languages, and personal interests and agendas.
- Good at role of facilitator and team player in
solving problems.
- Committed to staff training and development
Kenyan nationals are encouraged to
apply.
International allowances are not
available for this position.
Salary and employee benefits are
compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
How to Apply
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apply online
Clinical Officer - Pediatrics
Sector: Health
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full
Time
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the Medical Officer In Charge of Hospital, the Clinical Officer Pediatrics is directly responsible for the overall medical management of children below 12 years in pediatric and special clinic.
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the Medical Officer In Charge of Hospital, the Clinical Officer Pediatrics is directly responsible for the overall medical management of children below 12 years in pediatric and special clinic.
Key Responsibilities
He or she will specifically be responsible for:
He or she will specifically be responsible for:
Programming
- In coordination with the Medical Officer in
Charge of Hospital, formulate pediatric department goals, objectives and
intervention and strategies.
- Ensure all emergencies in the ward are managed
with laid down ETAT guidelines and other conditions managed inline IMCI
protocols.
- Ensure that the pediatric unit has all
necessary equipment and supplies needed to manage emergency conditions and
carry out successful resuscitation in line with laid down protocols.
- Participate in daily ward rounds in the
pediatric and stabilization ward and review of newly admitted children in
the wards.
- Incharge of the pediatric outpatient clinic
for children with chronic conditions like Diabetes, Ashma, sickle cell
e.t.c.
- Ensure high quality of patient care by
conducting regular quality of care assessments of pediatric care and
implementing recommendations thereof in the pediatric unit
- Report notifiable diseases immediately and
follow-up to ensure they are isolated as appropriate and necessary
investigations collected or confirmation and treatment.
- Evaluation of services through monitoring
morbidity and mortality rates through monthly statistical reports.
- Participate in and ensure that weekly
departmental meetings are held at the ward and
- Participate in the Hospital Call system.
- Arrange a rotation schedule with fellow
clinicians to ensure pediatric ward stabilization wards and pediatric
outpatient clinic are well covered
- Prepare monthly work/activity plans for
him/herself for review by the M.O I/C of the hospital.
- Ensure a participatory and inclusive
atmosphere by fostering good relations with all stakeholders including the
pediatric ward staff and members of the refugee community.
- Ensure high quality programming at the clinic
with mainstreaming of the principles of protection (safe programming),
disaster risk reduction and environmental awareness activities.
- Participate in camp health surveys and
campaigns e.g. Nutrition, Immunization as may be required.
Human Resource Management
- Overall In charge of the staff both national
and incentive at the pediatric unit
- Monitoring and supervision of the medical
staff; both national and refugee to ensure that work is done properly and
efficiently.
- Routinely monitor staff performance according
to their job description and set objectives.
- Evaluation and appraisal of staff through the
IRC Performance Management process especially for national staff.
- Develop ongoing education programs for clinic
based health staff as well as identifying their training needs in line
with set pediatric protocols
- Review personnel issues and concerns of
medical staff and assist with determining and implementing solutions.
- Determine personnel needs for field level
activities and in coordination with the Human Resource office take part in
recruitment of incentive staff.
Operations
- Ensure that all statistical reports are
accurate and submitted weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually as may be
required.
- Maintain an updated record and compile and
submit monthly inventory reports of all hospital assets and equipment.
- Review, authorize and keep accurate records of
all requisitions, duty rosters and applications for leave.
- Monitor and ensure the proper usage of program
supplies.
- Participate in annual program planning process
and budget implementation. Recommend budget revisions to focus on priority
areas and assist with rising of fresh bulk supplies orders every
trimester.
Communication and Reporting
- Monitor closely morbidity and mortality trends
relating to the pediatric age group and act accordingly
- Convene/attend integrated facility staff
meetings.
- Ensure adequate flow of information for all
supervisees with constant feedback as may be required.
- Carry out other relevant or requested duties
as may be required.
Key Result Areas:
- Ability to provide overall leadership in
proper clinical care of the pediatric age-group with and aim of reducing
child mortality.
- Ensure timely and quality health care services
to refugee in line with IMCI. IMAM and ETAT guidelines.
- Maintain accurate inventory of all
resuscitative equipment and supplies and ensure in good working condition
Required Qualifications:
- Higher Diploma in Clinical medicine from KMTC
or any other renowned institution.
- Be registered and have a valid license from
the Clinical Officers’ Council.
Required Experience &
Competencies:
- At least two years work experience in a busy
pediatric unit
- Experience working with a non-profit
humanitarian organization.
- Ready to work in difficult environmental
conditions
- Be a team player
- Flexibility at work
- Cultural sensitivity
- Knowledge of Turkana or Somali languages will
be an added advantage.
Kenyan nationals are encouraged to
apply.
International allowances are not
available for this position.
Salary and employee benefits are
compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
How to Apply
How to Apply
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apply online
Laboratory Technologist
Sector: Health
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full
Time
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Laboratory Technologist, the Laboratory Technologist will be directly responsible for;
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Laboratory Technologist, the Laboratory Technologist will be directly responsible for;
Key Responsibilities
Programming
Programming
- Ensure adequate supplies of blood at all
times. In the event of low stock organize for blood donation campaigns and
ensure all collected blood is screened before use.
- Maintain adequate buffer stocks of diagnostic
kits for diseases of public health importance.
- Supervision of the incentive staff working in
the laboratory
- General running of Laboratory activities in
the absence of the Senior Laboratory Technologist.
- Participate in the weekly hospital
departmental meetings, quality of care committee meetings and monthly
staff meetings.
- Prepare monthly work/activity plans for
him/herself for review by the Senior Lab technologist.
Operations
- In liaison with the senior laboratory
Technologist, ensure that all statistical reports are accurate and
submitted weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually as necessary.
- Maintain an updated record and compile and
submit monthly inventory reports of all laboratory assets and equipment.
- In liaison with of the senior laboratory
Technologist, review, authorize and keep accurate records of all
requisitions, duty rosters and applications for leave of the incentive
staff.
- Monitor and ensure the proper usage of program
supplies.
- In liaison with the senior laboratory
Technologist, participate in annual program planning process and budget
implementation.
- Recommend budget revisions to focus on
priority areas and assist with rising of fresh bulk supplies orders every
trimester.
Human Resource Management
- Monitoring and supervision of the laboratory
incentive staff; to ensure that work is done properly and efficiently.
- Routinely monitor incentive staff performance
according to their job description.
- Review personnel issues and concerns of
incentive laboratory staff and assist with determining and implementing
solutions.
- Conduct regular training sessions (OJT and
refresher trainings) for refugee staff.
Communication and Reporting
- Ensure adequate flow of information for all
supervisees with constant feedback as may be required.
- Carry out other relevant or requested duties
as may be required.
Key Result Areas:
- Ensure timely and quality laboratory services
to beneficiaries in Kakuma refugee camp.
- Maintain accurate inventory and ensure
rational use of laboratory supplies.
Required Qualifications:
- Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology.
Required Experience &
Competencies:
- At least two years experience working in a
busy laboratory unit.
- Computer literate
- Team player and cultural sensitivity is
required.
- Ability to work in hardship areas (Previous
experience in a Camp setting will be an added advantage).
- Fluency in Turkana/Somali will be an added
advantage
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Kenyan nationals are encouraged to
apply.
International allowances are not
available for this position.
Salary and employee benefits are
compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
How to Apply
How to Apply
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apply online
Clinical Officer - Anesthetist
Sector: Health
Location: Kenya
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full
Time
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the M.O I/C of KMH, the anesthetist will be directly responsible for;
Job Purpose / Objective: Working under the guidance and supervision of the M.O I/C of KMH, the anesthetist will be directly responsible for;
Key Responsibilities
- Provide safe anesthetic services to patients
both from the local community and those referred from the IRC main
hospital for surgery.
- Maintain updated anesthetic records of all
referral cases from the IRC camp hospital and submit required reports on
the same.
- Participate actively in organization of major
camps that require theatre services including, cataracts camp, AMREF
surgical and gynecological camps, IRC organized surgical camps.
- Maintain inventory of major equipment in the
theatre and maintenance track sheet to ensure all equipment are well
maintained and functional at all times.
- Participate in daily ward rounds as will be
assigned by the supervisor
- Assist with OPD consultations.
- Participate at health meetings as required by
the organization to give updates on the functioning of theatre unit
- Organize regular on-the-job training sessions
for the camp hospital staff in coordination with your supervisor and/or
Clinical Services Manager.
- Carry out other relevant duties as may be
assigned by the catholic diocese/ Supervisor or Clinical Services Manager.
- Participate in ordering of anesthetic drugs,
supplies and major theatre equipment
Key Result Areas:
- Provision of safe anesthetic services to
patients both from the local community and those referred from the IRC
main hospital for surgery.
- Coordinate with visiting consultants and
theatre team for successful completion of thetheatre camps
- Maintain accurate inventory and ensure rational
use of anesthetic supplies.
Required Qualifications:
- Higher Diploma in Clinical Anesthesia from
KMTC or any other reputable institution.
- Certification in ACLS and ATLS.
Required Experience &
Competencies:
- At least two years experience working in a
busy theatre unit.
- Computer literate
- Team player and cultural sensitivity is
required.
- Ability to work in hardship areas (Previous
experience in a Camp setting will be an added advantage).
- Fluency in Turkana/Somali will be an added
advantage
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Kenyan nationals are encouraged to
apply.
International allowances are not
available for this position.
Salary and employee benefits are
compliant to the Kenyan NGO Sector.
How to Apply
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Please apply on or before 4th March, 2015
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How to Apply
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Please apply on or before 4th March, 2015
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
IRC considers all applicants on the
basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion,
sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
IRC leading the way from harm to home.
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