A local professional corporate body
with offices in Nairobi wishes to fill the vacancies below.
Examinations Officer
Job purpose: To support delivery of examinations administered
nationwide
Responsibilities
- Support review of syllabuses
- Liaise with examiners in the development of
examinations
- Support publication of professional materials
for training and examinations
- Plan and organize seminars for examiners and
trainers
- Participate in marketing of the examinations
- Participate in accreditation of training
institutions
- Support the administration and supervision of
examinations
- Coordinate appointment of supervisors, chief
invigilators and invigilators
- Support the marking of examinations and
related activities
- Liaise with training institutions and colleges
in the arrangement of examination centers
- Coordinate processing of examinations and
release of results
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in education or
business related field
- Diploma in purchasing and supply management is
an added advantage;
- Computer literate and experienced in use of
standard spreadsheet and Word Processing software packages
- Member of a professional body
- Minimum 3 years experience coordinating
examinations or similar projects
- Skills in business strategy development
- Team player with excellent interpersonal,
communication and presentation skills
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
- Honesty, integrity, high levels of commitment
to tasks assigned and able to work long hours
Procurement Officer
Job purpose: Manage and support the organisation’s purchasing
and supply function within existing policies and procedures to achieve set
strategic goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Plan, implement and monitor procurements
within established frameworks
- Manage inventories
- Analyze and manage spend
- Provide guidance to and coordinate
teams/committees involved in procurement
- Manage relationships with suppliers
- Document and report on procurement and supply
chain activities within the organization
- Advise the organization on procurement and
supply chain management issues
- Support professional training programs
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in procurement and supply
chain management; or
- Bachelors Degree in business related
discipline and professional certification in procurement;
- Masters Degree in procurement is an added
advantage
- Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience;
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Document management skills;
- Familiarity with public procurement processes
- Knowledge of working with ERP systems is an
added advantage
- Knowledge and experienced in use of Excel and
Microsoft Word software
- Membership to a professional body - Kenya
Institute of Supplies Management
Regional Officer
(2 Positions)
Job purpose: to encourage, promote and facilitate partnerships, projects and activities in regions across the country, in line with the organizations goals and objectives.
These are full-time positions that will be based in Mombasa and Kisumu.
Responsibilities
- Support to member recruitment activities at
regional level — this includes disseminating information, organizing
talks/presentations to organizations and institutions, responding to queries,
collecting filled/completed forms and forwarding them to the center,
coordinating with the center to host events in the region
- Support to programs
(examinations/curriculum/workshops/other) in the respective regions — this
includes, liaison with relevant authorities/offices (government/private
etc) event coordination support, market intelligence and marketing
support, prospecting for clients
- Offering advisory services to professionals in
the region and/or coordinate the delivery of advisory services to professionals
in the region
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelors degree in procurement or Bachelors
degree in business related discipline and professional certification in
procurement
- Qualifications and Experience in Marketing
will have an added advantage
- Holders of Master degree will have an added
advantage
- Minimum of 7 years experience in procurement
and supply chain management three of which should have been in the public
sector
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
NB: The Regional Officer Position is a two year
contract with possibility of extension.
ICT Administrator
Job purpose: to
oversee overall maintenance (hardware and software) of information and
communication technology facilities, equipments, and systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to requests from the
staff team in relation to PC hardware, software and associated
peripherals.
- Log support requests and document their
outcome to facilitate the resolution of common queries.
- Pro-actively provide information to the staff
team on the progress of outstanding support enquiries.
- Deploy PC’s and associated peripherals
including new installations and redeploy existing equipment as necessary.
- Install and configure operating systems to an
agreed standard.
- Install and configure software to an agreed
standard.
- Maintain the existing ICT equipment to an
agreed standard, through upgrades, new installations and routine
procedures.
- Compile and maintain an accurate inventory of
hardware and software.
- Maintain and support website and the
co-ordination of social media platforms such as face-book and twitter.
- Assist in the development of marketing
materials and web content including materials to be used offline.
- Assist team members to develop skills and
knowledge in basic use and maintenance of ICT equipment and social media.
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in ICT; Computer Science or
related field
- Relevant network and routing certifications
- Working knowledge of ERP systems
- Over 2 years experience in managing routing
and networks
- Over 2 years in Systems administrations and
Windows Server administration
- Good working knowledge on information security
management
- Information Security certifications will be a
distinct advantage
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
Interested candidates who meet the
above requirements may send their application to the below address by 16th
October 2015.
DN/A 1855
P.O Box 49010 - 00100, GPO
Nairobi.
