HR Intern Job in Nairobi, Kenya

M-KOPA is seeking:
 
Position Title: Human Resource Intern
 
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
 
Position Start: Immediate

Overall Purpose: M-KOPA Kenya Limited seeks a HR Intern will be responsible for the execution of a pro-active and comprehensive range of HR support and advisory services to internal (HR) and external (business) clients, plus ensuring that policies and procedures are applied consistently and the delivery of best practice at all times.  

The HR Intern will be involved in all administration across the full employee life-cycle including support with the recruitment process, managing changes and amendments to employee data and the relevant letters involved and managing the onboarding and exit processes, ensuring accurate measures are taken and necessary parties informed.

About M-KOPA Solar: M-KOPA Solar, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, is the global leader of "pay-as-you-go" energy for off-grid customers.  

Since its commercial launch in October 2012, M-KOPA has connected more than 240,000 homes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to solar power, and is now adding over 500 new homes each day. 

The success of M-KOPA (M= mobile, KOPA= to borrow) stems from making solar products affordable to low-income households on a pay-per-use installment plan. 

Customers acquire solar systems for a small deposit and then purchase daily usage "credits" for Kshs 40, or less than the price of traditional kerosene lighting.  

After one year of payments customers own their solar systems outright and can upgrade to more power. 

All revenues are collected in real-time via mobile money systems (such as M-PESA in Kenya) and embedded GSM sensors in each solar system allow M-KOPA to monitor real time performance and regulate usage based upon payments.  

This connected design means that M-KOPA is processing vast amounts of data (i.e. over 10,000 mobile payments per day) via the company's proprietary cloud platform, M-KOPAnet.

As of January 2015 M-KOPA employs over 500 full time staff across East Africa and sells through a network of 1,000 direct sales agents. It has also commenced licensing its technology to partners in other markets.  
 
M-KOPA has been recognised for its pioneering business mode and scale, notably winning the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize, being selected as the top New Energy Pioneer at the 2014 Bloomberg New Energy Finance awards and earning the 2013 FT/IFC Excellence in Sustainable Finance Award. 
 
Role Profile
 
Key Accountabilities
  • Provide assistance in Recruitment, Selection and On-boarding processes
  • Maintaining employees details on the HR database
  • Monitoring and managing employee records
  • Updating information to enable payroll to run efficiently
  • Dealing with employee relations
  • Managing and tracking of contracts 
  • Provide HR Administration support
Requirements
 
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource or Business Administration. IHRM Certificate.

Experience: None required.

Knowledge / Skills:
  • Personable, able to comfortably and pleasantly deal with a variety of people
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Problem solving capabilities necessary to accomplish the duties and tasks of the position
  • Ability to correctly make decisions involving client issues/ problems including when to escalate the problem to a more senior consultant
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills
  • Ability to effectively learn and acquire new knowledge and skills.
  • Ability to share knowledge and work in a strong team oriented environment.
  • Detail oriented
  • Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and e-mail
How to Apply
 
To apply, send an updated detailed copy of your CV and a cover letter expressing why you feel you would be an excellent candidate for the role to careers@m-kopa.com with the subject EV-HRI-2053

Deadline for applications 5pm on Tuesday 1st December, 2015.

Please Note: Due to the large number of applications received by us, we regret that you will not be contacted unless you are short listed for the post and invited for an interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from M-KOPA within 4 weeks of the date of the deadline your application, you should assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.

This measure has been taken in the interests of efficiency and cost effectiveness and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.