Kenya Ordinance Factories Corporation
is a State Corporation established under the State Corporation Act (Cap 446)
Legal Notice No. 125 of 1997. The core mandate of the Organization is
manufacture of Small Arms Ammunition and related hardware.
The Mission of KOFC is to enhance National Security though guaranteed production of small arms ammunition and related auxiliary products for the nation.
To achieve this mandate, the
Corporation seeks to recruit a dynamic and competent person in the following
position:
Chief Accountant
The Mission of KOFC is to enhance National Security though guaranteed production of small arms ammunition and related auxiliary products for the nation.
Chief Accountant
Job Scale: 6A Chief
1 Post
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The Chief Accountant shall report to
the Corporation’s Finance Manager and will be responsible for overseeing the
implementation of sound financial management and control system in the
Corporation while ensuring compliance to Government and International Financial
Rules and Regulations.
Specific duties and responsibilities are as follows;
(i) Responsible for Direction,
control, co-ordination and management of accounting units both routine and
non-routine accounting matters covering Budgeting, revenue/expenditure controls
and financial returns.
(ii) Develop and update policies for
all KOFC accounting system in consultation with the Finance Manager.
(iii) Co-ordinate safeguarding of
KOFC funds and assets in line with the laid down procedures.
(iv) Supervise and maintain accounts
showing the current position of KOFC financial transaction as well as ensuring
timely preparation of annual accounts within set deadlines.
(v) Responsible for reviewing KOFC
financial policies in line with Government guidelines and regulations.
(vi) Responsible for ensuring proper
maintenance of subsidiary ledgers and that expenditures and payments are
properly authorized.
(vii) Ensure KOFC Tax compliance in
all its operations.
(viii) Ensure proper management of
cash through implementation of appropriate controls.
(ix) Ensure supplier and customer
accounts are reconciled on regular basis and prepare reports for management
decisions.
(x) Responsible for reviewing of Bank
reconciliation on weekly basis.
(xi) Prepare, negotiate and sign
performance contract with the Finance Manager and cascade to employees within
the Division.
(xii) Training, Appraisal, motivation
and resolving of personnel grievances within the Division.
Academic and Professional Qualifications
The applicant must have the
following:
(i) Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting
Option) or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
(ii) Attained full accounting
qualifications (CPA final) or its equivalent.
(iii) Served satisfactorily for a
minimum of Three (3) years in the grade of Senior Accountant or comparable
senior position in a Manufacturing Organization. Relevant work experience in a
state owned organization will be an added advantage.
(iv) Be a registered member of ICPAK
in good standing.
(v) Meet the provision of Chapter Six
of the Constitution of Kenya.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
The candidate must possess the
following skills and competencies;
(i) Proficiency in Financial
Management based computer applications skills
(ii) Excellent communication and
report writing skills.
(iii) Proven leadership and
management skills
(iv) Sense of urgency to manage work
within tight time scales.
(v) Demonstrated a high degree of
work professional competence and ethics, administrative capability required for
effective planning, direction, control and coordination of Accounting Division.
In addition Interested candidates
must obtain clearance from the following Institutions: –
(i) Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
(ii) Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB)
(iii) Ethics and Ant-Corruption
Commission
(iv) Criminal Investigation
Department (Certificate of Good Conduct).
(v) Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Terms of Service and Remuneration
Basic Salary: Kshs. 70,762.00
House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000.00
Medical Allowance: Ksh. 9,500.00
Risk Allowance: Kshs. 8,500.00
Responsibility Allowance: Kshs 6,000.00
Transport Allowance; Kshs 31,000.00
Leave Allowance: Equivalent to Basic Salary (Paid yearly)
House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000.00
Medical Allowance: Ksh. 9,500.00
Risk Allowance: Kshs. 8,500.00
Responsibility Allowance: Kshs 6,000.00
Transport Allowance; Kshs 31,000.00
Leave Allowance: Equivalent to Basic Salary (Paid yearly)
Terms of Service: Permanent, subject
to a maximum Probation period of 12 months, effective performance and delivery
of set targets.
Chief Procurement Officer
Job
Scale: 6A Chief
1
Post
Main
Duties and Responsibilities
The Chief Procurement Officer shall
report to the Corporation’s Procurement and Stores Manager and will be
responsible for supervision and effective Management of Procurement Division.
Specific duties and responsibilities
are as follows;.
(i) Responsible for efficient and
effective organization, planning and control of Procurement Division.
(ii) Manage and control all functions
and activities of Procurement Division in compliance with business plan, Public
Procurement and Disposal Act 2015 and other legislations.
(iii) Establish and maintain proper
procurement documents and proceedings in line with Government regulations.
(iv) Formulate and implement policy
regarding procurement; contract and agreement management and supply chain
management.
(v) Develop, formulate and implement
make or buy policy analysis and decisions, rent or buy evaluation and
decision/recommendations to ensure that the Corporation’s works towards
achieving self-sufficiency in conformance with the KOFC philosophy, mission,
strategy, and annual goals and objectives, and within agreed budget and
timescales.
(vi) Ensure source surveys are
conducted continuously to establish credibility of suppliers of goods and
services and assure effective management and control of suppliers, costs,
quality and delivery performance in accordance with business plan, and in
compliance with legal requirements, quality and safety standards.
(vii) Direct, develop and implement
procurement annual and strategic plans, and coordinate all Corporation-wide
procurement requirements.
(viii) Negotiate, manage and control
all contracts and agreements for procurement and ensure the Corporation’s
compliance with statutory regulations, business plan, agreed budget and
timescales.
(ix) Develop and implement
appropriate information systems to track all KOFC procurement and supplies
activities and programs from quotation to delivery.
(x) Establish and Coordinate the
activities of Procurement Committees in line with Government/legal
requirements.
(xi) Responsible for drawing of KOFC
Procurement Contracts and ensure that the contracts are duly executed.
(xii) Prepare, negotiate and sign
performance contract with the Procurement Manager and cascade to employees
within the division.
(xiii) Training, appraisal,
motivation and resolving of personnel grievances within Procurement Division.
Academic
and Professional Qualifications
The applicant must have the
following:
(i) Bachelors Degree in Purchasing
and Supplies Management or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
(ii) Served satisfactorily for a
minimum of Three (3) years in the grade of Senior Procurement or comparable
senior position in a Manufacturing Organization.
(iii) Current Registration
Certificate from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management.
(iv) Meet the provision of Chapter
Six of the Constitution of Kenya.
Knowledge,
Skills and Competencies
The candidate must possess the
following skills and competencies;
(i) Must be well conversant with
Government regulations and Procurement laws.
(ii) Excellent communication and
report writing skills.
(iii) Proven leadership and
Management skills
(iv) Sense of urgency to manage work
within tight time scales.
(v) Demonstrated a high degree of
work professional competence and ethics, Administrative capability required for
effective planning, direction, control and Coordination of Procurement
Division.
In addition, Interested candidates
must obtain clearance’s from the following Institutions: –
(i) Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
(ii) Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB)
(iii) Ethics and Ant-Corruption
Commission
(iv) Criminal Investigation
Department (Certificate of Good Conduct).
(v) Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Terms
of Service and Remuneration
·
Basic Salary: Kshs. 70,762.00
·
House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000.00
·
Medical Allowance: Ksh. 9,500.00
·
Risk Allowance: Kshs. 8,500.00
·
Responsibility Allowance: Kshs
6,000.00
·
Transport Allowance; Kshs 31,000.00
·
Leave Allowance: Equivalent to Basic
Salary (Paid yearly)
Terms of Service: Permanent, subject
to a maximum Probation period of 12 months, effective performance and delivery
of set targets.
Chief Quality Control Officer
Job
Scale: 6B Chief
1
Post
Main
Duties and Responsibilities
Chief Quality Control Officer is
responsible to the Quality Control, Research and Development Manager for
supervision and effective Management of Quality Assurance Division.
Specific
duties and responsibilities are as follows;
(i) Formulate and implement KOFC
policies regarding standards, procedures and quality management in compliance
with National and International quality standards and management systems within
the agreed budget and timescales.
(ii) Manage, control and coordinate
all aspects of KOFC quality programs and activities including documentation,
controls, inspections, testing measuring calibration as well as modifications
in compliance with Corporation’s quality policy and standards, and within the
agreed budget and timescales. This will entail close liaison with production
Department to ensure continuous quality control services at every stage of
production process.
(iii) Develop and maintain quality
control systems to measure performance against established standards, including
NATO Mil standards, Non – NATO standards, ISO standards, Kenya Bureaus of
standards, FN standards and procedures and general ammunition industry
standards within the agreed budget and timescales.
(iv) Formulate, implement and
maintain quality standards for all products manufactured by KOFC and devise
mechanisms for ensuring feedback on whether the standards are adhered to or not
and taking corrective action in conformance with the Corporation quality
policy, procedures and timescales.
(v) Monitor standards created and
maintained by external bodies, and integrate within the internal quality
management systems in compliance with KOFC quality policy and procedures and
within the agreed budget and timescales.
(vi) Monitor and report as necessary,
changes in standards both internally and externally initiated for performance
improvement of KOFC products.
(vii) Liaise and cooperate with
quality management and standards bodies (e.g BSI, KBS, NATO Mil standards, Non-NATO
mil standards, ISO, Government Departments, and other Quality Management
Institutions).
(viii) Formulate review and implement
KOFC Research & Development programs and activities including continuous
product research and development, product improvement, new product development,
new production design within KOFC set budget and time scales.
(ix) Prepare negotiate and sign
performance contract with the Quality Assurance Research and Development
Manager and Cascade to employees within the Quality Assurance Division.
(x) Training, Appraisal, motivation
and resolving of personnel grievances within Quality Assurance Division.
Academic
and Professional Qualifications
The applicant must have the
following:
(i) B Sc. degree in Chemical,
Electrical, Electronic or Mechanical engineering from a recognized institution.
(ii) Served satisfactorily for a
minimum of Three (3) years in the grade of Senior Production/Quality Control
Officer or comparable senior position in a busy Production/Engineering
Organization.
(iii) Must be a registered member of
Engineers Registration Board of Kenya.
(iv) Must be corporate Member of the
Institution of Professional Engineers of Kenya or be a Corporate Member of a
professional engineering body recognized by this institution.
(v) Meet the provision of Chapter Six
of the Constitution of Kenya.
Knowledge,
Skills and Competencies
The candidate must possess the
following skills and competencies;
(i) Excellent communication and
report writing skills.
(ii) Proven Technical, leadership and
management skills
(iii) Sense of urgency to manage work
within tight time scales.
(iv) Demonstrated a high degree of
professional competence, administrative capability required for effective
planning, direction, control and coordination of Quality Assurance Division.
In
addition, Interested candidates must obtain clearance from the following
Institutions:-
(i) Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
(ii) Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB)
(iii) Ethics and Ant-Corruption
Commission
(iv) Criminal Investigation
Department (Certificate of Good Conduct).
(v) Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Terms
of Service and Remuneration
·
Basic Salary: Kshs. 75,264.00
·
House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000.00
·
Medical Allowance: Ksh. 9,500.00
·
Risk Allowance: Kshs. 9,500.00
·
Responsibility Allowance: Kshs
6,000.00
·
Transport Allowance; Kshs 31,000.00
·
Leave Allowance: Equivalent to Basic
Salary (Paid yearly)
Terms of Service: Permanent, subject
to a maximum Probation period of 12 months, effective performance and delivery
of set targets.
Chief Commercial Service Officer
Job
Scale: 6A Chief
1
Post
Main
Duties and Responsibilities
(i) The Chief Commercial Service
Officer shall report to the Corporation’s Commercial Services Manager and will
be responsible for supervision and effective Management of KOFC Marketing and
sales operations. Specific duties and responsibilities are as follows;
(ii) Formulate, review and implement
policy on sales, distribution and marketing of the Corporation’s products and
services.
(iii) Plan, develop and implement
KOFC sales strategy and customer retention and development within the agreed
budget and time scales.
(iv) Plan, develop and implement KOFC
sales promotion programs including visits and trade shows within the agreed
budgets, timescales and in compliance to the business plan.
(v) Formulate and implement credit
control regulations and procedures regarding sales and marketing according to
the Corporation’s standard financial controls and statutory regulations.
(vi) Manage external sales and
marketing agencies and ensure their activities meet the Corporation’s targets
of sales volume, product mix, budget and timescales.
(vii) Plan and carry out market
research, competitor and customer surveys within the agreed budget and
timescales.
(viii) Plan and carry out direct
sales and marketing activities, so as to maintain and develop sales of the
Corporation’s product range and services to local major accounts and
international markets in accordance with the business plan.
(ix) Monitor, control and report on
results of sales and marketing programs and activities and corrective measures
taken to ensure that achievements of marketing objectives are within the
designated budget; and provide relevant information for management decision.
(x) Prepare, negotiate and sign
performance contract with the Commercial Services Manager and cascade to employees
within the Department.
(xi) Training, appraisal, motivation
and resolving of personnel grievance within supervision.
Academic
and Professional Qualifications
The applicant must have the
following:
(i) Bachelors Degree in Sales and
Marketing or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.
(ii) Served satisfactorily for a
minimum of Three (3) years in the grade of Senior Commercial Services Officer
or comparable senior position in a Manufacturing Organization.
(iii) Current Registration
Certificate from Kenya Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK).
(iv) Meet the provision of Chapter
Six of the Constitution of Kenya.
Knowledge,
Skills and Competencies
The candidate must possess the
following skills and competencies;
(i) Excellent communication and
report writing skills.
(ii) Proven leadership and management
skills
(iii) Sense of urgency to manage work
within tight time scales.
(iv) Experience in negotiating, and
closing complex business transactions.
(v) Outstanding sales and marketing
skills.
(vi) Demonstrated a high degree of
work professional competence and ethics, administrative capability required for
effective planning, direction, control and coordination of Procurement
Division.
In
addition, interested candidates must obtain clearance from the following
Institutions:-
(i) Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)
(ii) Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB)
(iii) Ethics and Ant-Corruption
Commission
(iv) Criminal Investigation
Department (Certificate of Good Conduct).
(v) Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Terms
of Service and Remuneration
·
Basic Salary: Kshs. 70,762.00
·
House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000.00
·
Medical Allowance: Ksh. 9,500.00
·
Risk Allowance: Kshs. 8,500.00
·
Responsibility Allowance: Kshs
6,000.00
·
Transport Allowance; Kshs 31,000.00
·
Leave Allowance: Equivalent to Basic
Salary (Paid yearly)
Terms of Service: Permanent, subject
to a maximum Probation period of 12 months, effective performance and delivery
of set targets.
How
to Apply
Candidates who meet the above
requirements are requested to make their applications by completing One
Application Form available HERE.
The Application Form may be
downloaded from the Corporation’s website www.kofc.co.ke.
Completed Application Form together
with certified copies of Certificates and National ID Card/Passport can be sent
to:
The Managing Director
Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation
P.O Box 6634 – 30100,
Eldoret
Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation
P.O Box 6634 – 30100,
Eldoret
OR hand delivered to KOFC
Headquarters along Eldoret-Kitale Road, on or before 3rd January 2019 clearly
stating the vacancy applied for on the envelope
Only shortlisted applicants will be
contacted.