Position: Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Employer: Nuru Kenya
Location: Isibania, Kuria West District, Kenya
Job Type: Full Time, Contract
About the Organization: Nuru Kenya is a non-governmental organization
currently working in Migori County, Kenya.
Nuru Kenya’s mission is to end
extreme poverty in remote, rural areas of Kenya. To this end, Nuru implements a
holistic development model working with programs in Agriculture, Financial
Inclusion, Healthcare, and Education.
About the Position: Reporting to the Country Director, the COO will
be responsible for managing key operations within the Administration department
of Nuru Kenya. The COO will oversee Operations in, Human Resources, Finance,
Procurement and IT departments.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the Finance, Procurement, IT
and Human Resources departments
- Oversee staff management: recruitment and
selection, training and development of all staff
- Manage professional development, succession
planning, career tracks, and performance reviews of all direct reports
- Identify and implement operational process
improvements to ensure high organizational efficiency and compliance as
Nuru Kenya scales to other areas
- Manage the attraction, retention, and
development of a high-performance workforce
- Oversee the purchasing (tendering &
procurement) and disposal of assets procedures within the organization
- Oversee the development and implementation of
the various policies as well as the operational and financial systems
required for the effective management across programs/departments
- Provide strategic recommendations to enhance
financial performance based on detailed analysis and projections, cost
identification and allocation as well as revenue/expense analysis
- Perform on-going analysis and develop
replicable processes and systems that ensure the financial sustainability
of Nuru’s operational model
- Manage the delivery of accurate monthly
forecast reports to management and have a strong understanding of the
organization’s overall financial position
- Collaborate with the Country Director, Deputy
Country Director and Finance Manager in creating Nuru Kenya annual budgets
- Create and submit financial reports as
requested by donors and the NGO Board
- Oversee payroll and associated statutory
deductions to ensure full and timely compliance with all governmental
obligations
- Lead and manage the finance team to create and
implement processes and procedures, including the regular review and
improvement of the Financial Manual and associated forms and procedures
- Oversee implementation and compliance with
initiated or proposed internal controls within Nuru Kenya
- Oversee financial systems and procedures for
monitoring expenditures to assure that fiscal activities comply with
government regulatory authorities e.g. the NGO Board, KRA, etc. and keep
the organization on budget
- Communicate and build commitment to
organizational policies and procedures among key internal and external
constituents
- Manage the documentation of critical
processes, functions and protocols within the organization
- Maintain custody of funds, insurance policies,
contracts, land title deeds and other similar documents relating to business
operations
- Preparation of quarterly reports and timely
submission accordingly
- Preparation and execution of a mentorship plan
for immediate staff being supervised as per the Nuru Kenya succession
policy
- Reports directly to the Country Director
- Perform the duties of the Deputy Country
Director when absent
- Perform any other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- Kenyan citizen or the ability to work in Kenya
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or
Finance
- Professional qualification e.g. CPAK/CPSK will
be an added advantage
- MBA in any of the following areas; Strategic
Management, Operations Management, Human Resource Management or Finance is
preferred
- Seven (7) years working experience three (3)
of which you must have worked at a Senior Leadership Level either as an
Operations Manager or Head of Finance and Administration preferably in an
NGO setting
- Excellent computer skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Good interpersonal and rapport building skills
- Knowledge and commitment to the principles and
ideologies of servant leadership
- Strong commitment to ending extreme poverty in
rural communities
Core skills / competencies
- Strategic planning skills
- Strong in technical skills and in process
manufacturing
- Financial planning & management skills
- Leadership and management skills
- Problem solving & decision making skills
- Superior change management skills
- Staff supervision (experience supervising more
than 10 direct reports), training and performance management skills
Working Conditions: Work
will be performed in the office, and sometimes in the field. Some work is also
expected from the computer at home during evenings and weekends during busier
seasons.
Remuneration: Commensurate
with demonstrated skills and experience.
Position:Procurement Manager
Employer: Nuru Kenya
Location: Isibania,
Kuria West District, Kenya
Job Type: Full Time, Contract
About the Organization: Nuru Kenya is a non-governmental organization currently working in Migori County, Kenya. Nuru Kenya’s mission is to end extreme poverty in remote, rural areas of Kenya.
About the Organization: Nuru Kenya is a non-governmental organization currently working in Migori County, Kenya. Nuru Kenya’s mission is to end extreme poverty in remote, rural areas of Kenya.
To this end, Nuru implements a
holistic development model working with programs in Agriculture, Financial
Inclusion, Healthcare, and Education.
About the Position: The person shall directly report to the Chief
Operating Officer Nuru Kenya
Specific Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing, implementing and
reviewing of the procurement strategy of Nuru Kenya
- Accountable for the development and
implementation of change management processes to shift Organizational
procurement behavior to a shared process which optimizes Organization’s
leveraging opportunity
- Building of strategic supplier alliances that
adds value to the Organization’s procurement process, and establishment of
a reliable supplier database
- Liaise with Nuru Kenya programs and
departments from time to time in order to ensure that there is a
consistent approach to strategic sourcing
- Managing the supplier and relevant stakeholder
relationships and negotiating supplier agreements on behalf of the
Organization
- Provide procurement training to the upper
level staff on procurement processes
- Developing policies, procedures and plans that
are in line with the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 and other
related regulations
- Review and monitor compliance with the
Organization’s procurement policies across all programs and departments
- Advise and guide staff on procurement cycles
- Ensure that best practice frameworks are in
place in order to deliver value for money, and subsequently be able to
identify and secure savings for the Organization
- Developing and monitoring risk management
strategies for the division and advising senior leadership accordingly and
on timely basis
- Designing and implementing an effective,
efficient and up- to- date procurement and disposal systems for the Organization,
both standard and electronic systems
- Form, manage and constantly develop the
capacity of both the procurement and tendering committees
- Liaise with all programs and specific
departments in organizing for specification of goods and services for
procurement, coordinate purchases requirements from user programs and or
departments
- Supervise the collection of quotes from
pre-qualified suppliers by the logistics officer
- Compile quotation data and convene either a
procurement or a tendering committee
- Participate in the process of evaluating the
quotes and selecting of vendors
- Vet all assets received from suppliers and
approve issuance of those assets to user departments or programs
- Conduct periodic stock/assets taking and be
able to investigate any discrepancies between inventory records and
physical inventory holdings for reconciliation
- Overseeing the effective storage and issuance
of procured goods
- Ensure proper care and usage of generators,
visual equipment and any other regularly used assets
- Collaborate with relevant programs and
departments to prepare annual assets disposal plans and coordinate for the
disposal of unserviceable, obsolete and surplus assets
- Conducting a market research on prices of
different items used by Nuru Kenya and creating/updating the price list to
aid programs and departments in budgeting for such items
- Managing and developing the procurement team
to ensure that they are effective when executing their mandate
- Formation of various procurement form and
ensuring that training on their use is provided to user staff
- Reports directly to the Chief Operating
Officer
- Preparation of monthly, quarterly reports and
timely submission accordingly
- Preparation and execution of a mentorship plan
for immediate staff being supervised as per the Nuru Kenya succession
policy
- Perform other duties as may be assigned to you
from time to time.
Qualifications:
- Kenyan citizen or the ability to work in Kenya
- A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Procurement
and Supplies Management from an institution recognized in Kenya or any
other related field
- At least five (5) years working experience
three (3) of which you must have worked as a Senior Procurement Officer.
Experience practicing procurement in an NGO setting will be an added
advantage
- Working knowledge of the Public Procurement
&Disposal Act, 2005 and the regulations, 2006. Knowledge of NGO/Public
Benefits Act (asset management) will be an added advantage
- The applicant should be a registered member of
CIPS/KISM (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supplies/ Kenya Institute
of Supplies and Management)
- Should be conversant with procurement systems
and processes in public institutions
- Excellent computer skills
- Strong negotiation skills
- Good interpersonal and rapport building skills
- Knowledge and commitment to the principles and
ideologies of servant leadership
- Strong commitment to ending extreme poverty in
rural communities
Working Conditions: Work
will be performed in the office, and sometimes in the field. Some work is also
expected from the computer at home during evenings and weekends during busier
seasons.
Remuneration: Commensurate with demonstrated skills and
experience.
Nuru Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we give equal opportunity to all qualified candidates.
Application Process:
Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter supported by at least two known references.
Nuru Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we give equal opportunity to all qualified candidates.
Application Process:
Interested applicants should submit their resume and cover letter supported by at least two known references.
Kindly quote your current and
expected salary. Please complete your application in English, include your
phone number, and email it to proma@nuru.co.ke by the 3rd of April, 2015 at
5pm.
Please outline how your skills and
experience meet the qualifications of the position. Indicate the job title as
the Heading/subject of your application.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
See www.nuruinternational.org for
further information about the organization.
