Career Opportunities in City Rydes Limited Kenya

City Rydes Limited, an errand and logistics company, is recruiting an Administrative Assistant (Intern). 

We are seeking a well organized, ambitious, resourceful, customer focused, energetic and self motivated individual, with excellent communication, organization and planning skills and with ability to multitask, keen on a career enhancing opportunity, to fill this position.

Job Title: Administrative Assistant (Intern)

Industry:
 Logistics

Location:
 Kisumu

Compensation:
 Transport and lunch allowance

Key Responsibilities
  • Handling office operational support duties
  • Answering the telephone, giving relevant information to callers and routing calls to appropriate individuals
  • Scheduling appointments and meetings for company's directors
  • Typing correspondences, reports and other documents
  • Making copies of printed documents, and filing correspondences, reports and records
  • Greeting visitors, determining nature of business and directing to concerned person
  • Giving accurate and detailed information to visitors
  • Regularly updating and managing the company's blog and social media accounts and ensuring increased traffic to these sites
  • Responding to client inquiries and needs at the office
  • Co-ordinating and tracking dispatch and client errand requests and updating the clients on the progress of the same
  • Minute taking and compiling during company meetings
  • Compiling and typing statistical reports and charts
  • Arranging travel schedules and reservations
Requirements
  • Minimum diploma in Business Administration or related courses.
  • Adaptable and ambitious individual with good problem solving and team working skills.
  • Versatile and well organized individual with deep knowledge of making administrative and procedural decisions, with the aim of running an infallible office system.
  • Excellent writing skills and with good command of English
  • High energy with ability to manage administrative duties in a fast-paced marketing environment.
  • Tenacious and resourceful with a great talent for blending creativity and administrative abilities to achieve outstanding results.
  • Ability to perform a wide variety of office work.
  • Reliable and methodical with exceptional ability to manage both staff and office issues by exercising tact and good sense.
  • An accomplished and results-oriented individual with a strong aptitude for organization and office administration.
  • Committed to the highest levels of professional excellence
  • Highly analytic thinker with demonstrated talent for planning, initializing and implementing operational procedures and streamlining complex work procedures.
  • Computer literate and extremely proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Professionally trained administrative assistant with a broad range of skills in office administration, operations and clerical work.
  • Proven ability to handle crises situations with delicacy by employing perception and situational discernment.

Job Title: Sales Representative (Intern)

Industry:
 Logistics

Location:
 Kisumu

Compensation:
 Transport and lunch allowance

Key Responsibilities
  • Spearheading proposals and pitching presentations to potential clients
  • Maintaining a thorough knowledge on products and services to provide accurate information to customers
  • Achieving set sales targets
  • Actively seeking new accounts/ clients
  • Evaluating customer needs and making recommendations
  • Making presentations of company products and services to current and potential clients
  • Responding to client inquiries
  • Conducting market research on competitor activities
Requirements
  • Minimum Diploma in Sales and Marketing or a business related field
  • Good communication, presentation and networking skills
  • Strong understanding of customers and market dynamics
  • Knowledge of Kisumu region
  • Must be a results oriented team player
  • Should be able to work independently and as a team
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision
  • Must demonstrate ability to multi-task and work under pressure
  • Clean and valid driving licence is a must
  • Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
  • Previous marketing experience is highly desirable

If you possess the necessary qualifications, send your CV with 3 referees and cover letter quoting the job title on the email subject to info@cityrydes.com by 19th June 2015.