Admin Assistant Job in Kenya

Administrative Assistant 

Description

The administrative assistant shall be responsible for administrative and operational support in the execution of Health programs, initiatives, and activities in-line with the Foundation’s mission of championing access to affordable quality healthcare services. He/she shall:

Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for procuring venues, organizing meals, stationery, accommodation bookings, vendor contracts, transport, and other logistical components of the main events.
  • Coordinate and work with vendors/suppliers to ensure they provide proper services.
  • Coordinate guest lists, food service arrangements, menu planning, decorative and table set up.
  • Monitor event registration and manage guest participation with guidance from the programs manager
  • Provide general administrative support during conferences, workshops, and various trainings.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining filing system and data base for managing Program documentation, including concept notes, project proposals, project agreements, contracts etc., ensuring easy retrieval of the same.
  • Maintain files for the Foundation and updating Health Pillar’s policies and procedure manuals (PnPs).
  • Improve/tighten storage/retrieval systems; update and manage indexes.
  • Ensure purchase requisitions for all goods and services are well documented and in line with the group’s policies
  • Work closely with EGF finance department to ensure that all invoices are correct, and the service providers are paid within one month from the date of the invoice
  • Ensure supplier creation into the ERP system to facilitate payments
  • Handle correspondences for the program
  • Respond to queries from walk in visitors about the health program
  • Organize transport for staff going for field visits, meetings; both locally and internationally.
  • Schedule program meetings and taking minutes
  • Stationery control for the program
  • Maintain an asset record for the program
  • Handle dispatch for the program
  • Handle new staff onboarding- work station allocation, set up on emails and all systems in conjunction with HR and IT.

 Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university
  • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
  • Prior experience & demonstrated ability in administrative functions for programmatic work
  • Experience handling donor requests and funding related documentation and reports. Experience working with development / funding partners presents an added advantage
  • Ability to prioritize and take initiative
  • A team player with strong organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Creative, open-minded, flexible, able to analyze and make decisions
  • Able to set clear objectives, coordinate multiple tasks, trouble shoot and & work across teams to meet short-and long-term deadlines
  • Results driven

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