Practical Action has an exciting
opportunity for a HR and Administration Officer in the East Africa office.
Practical Action has an exciting opportunity for a Finance and Administration Officer in the East Africa Office.
The Human Resources officer will
manage the day-to-day operations of the human resources functions and duties.
The HR officer will carry out
responsibilities in some or all of the following functional areas:
administrative tasks, meeting coordination and scheduling, travel arrangements,
other support services as required, including management of our people
according to PA Policy and Kenya Labour Law, leave administration, orientation
among other responsibilities.
This position reports to HR &
Admin Coordinator and works closely with the Area Coordinators in field
offices.
The HR and Administration Officer is
responsible for:
·
Recruitment and selection
responsibilities
·
Employee and consultancy contracts
management
·
On-boarding, staff exits and
separation
·
Records management and internal HR
communications
·
HR administrative responsibilities
An experienced professional, you will
have at least 3 years’ experience as a human resources generalist in an
international organization
In return, you will get an
opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to
the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with
values driven and highly engaged colleagues – these are just some of the
reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
In addition, we offer the following
benefits:
·
Work week of 35 hours
·
The opportunity to work remotely
·
25 days annual leave, in addition to
public holidays.
·
A pension scheme that new employees
join immediately on employment – employer contributes 12.5% of gross salary.
Employee contribution is voluntary
·
Life assurance (5x annual salary).
You can access the detailed JD
via: https://practicalaction.org/hr-and-administration-officer-kenya.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates are invited to submit
their application letter, CV and a filled Standard Job Application to
recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke with subject line “HR and Administration
Officer” so as to reach Practical Action on or before Monday 1st July 2019.
We treat all applications for
employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that
are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender,
gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action are committed to
safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such
candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
The successful applicant must have
the pre-existing right to both live and work in Kenya.
Practical Action has an exciting opportunity for a Finance and Administration Officer in the East Africa Office.
The
Finance and Administration Officer is responsible for managing the day-to-day
finance and administration activities for Practical Action’s field office in
Kisumu, Kenya.
S/He
will ensure that all financial and administrative activities are carried out in
line with Practical Action’s group/local financial policies/procedures and will
work under direct supervision of the Regional Finance Coordinator based in
Nairobi.
The
post holder will provide support to Lake Basin project teams on compliance to
donor rules and regulations providing budgetary oversight on project
activities.
The Finance and Administration Officer will be responsible for:
·
Accounting, book-keeping and
financial process management
·
Financial planning, management
reporting, analysis and proposal development
·
Treasury, risk management and tax
·
Donor audits and reporting
·
Assets management and administrative
functions
An
experienced professional, you will have at least five (5) years relevant experience
and at least three (3) years of which should have included financial budgeting,
implementation and accounting responsibility up to final accounts and reporting
to donors.
Sound
knowledge of IT will be an added advantage.
In
return, you will get an opportunity to work for an organisation that is making
a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and
supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues –
these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place
to work.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
·
Work week of 35 hours
·
The opportunity to work remotely
·
25 days annual leave, in addition to
public holidays.
·
A pension scheme that new employees
join immediately on employment – employer contributes 12.5% of gross salary.
Employee contribution is voluntary
·
Life assurance (5x annual salary).
You
can follow the link for a detailed JD of this post: https://practicalaction.org/finance-and-administration-officer-kenya.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested
candidates are invited to submit their application letter, CV and a filled
Standard Job Application to recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke with subject line
“Finance and Administration Officer” so as to reach Practical Action on or
before Monday 1st July 2019.
We
treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into
consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability,
race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical
Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable
adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
The
successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in
Kenya.