Background: Jacaranda Health is a social venture that aims to
set a new standard for maternity care in East Africa.
We are combining business and
clinical innovations to provide affordable maternity and reproductive health
services to low-income urban women.
Vacancy: Procurement Assistant
Job Summary: We are seeking to hire a procurement assistant to work in our Maternity Hospitals.
Job Summary: We are seeking to hire a procurement assistant to work in our Maternity Hospitals.
Reporting to the Director of Finance
and Impact Evaluation, the procurement assistant will primarily be responsible
for overseeing the day to day running of the JH stores, purchase orders,
receive goods, distribute and ensure security of stock.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Preparing or editing purchase orders from
various departments.
- Checking if there is enough stock in the
inventory to meet requirements.
- Placing orders with suppliers or vendors and
ensuring that documentation is in order, with terms and conditions being
clear.
- Maintaining a filing system in the finance
department and updating appropriate records when required.
- Evaluating costs of purchasing from various
suppliers to arrive at the best deal.
- Inspecting orders to verify if they are in
order and as per agreed terms.
- Interacting with suppliers in case of delay in
delivery of supplies, receipt of damaged or incorrect quantity of goods.
Requirements:
- Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies
- CPA part 1
- At least 1-2 years’ proven working experience
in purchasing and supplies.
- Computer knowledge and ability to work with
Microsoft office tools.
- Familiarity with procurement systems.
- Strong communication and organization skills
Vacancy: Cashier
Job Summary: We are seeking to hire a cashier to work in our
Maternity Hospitals.
Reporting to the Director of Finance
and Impact Evaluation, the cashier will primarily be responsible for receiving
and disbursing money at the point of payment.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards,
vouchers, or automatic debits.
- Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change
due to customers.
- Count money in cash drawers at the beginning
of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate
change.
- Maintain correct cash balances at cash
registers.
- Establish or identify prices of services or
admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or
optical price scanners.
- Calculate total payments received during a
time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
- Compute and record totals of transactions.
- Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and
numbers of transactions.
- Post charges against patients' accounts.
Requirements:
- Minimum CPA part 1.
- At least 1-2 years’ proven working experience
as a cashier
- Basic computer knowledge and familiarity with
electronic equipment (e.g. cash register, scanners, money counters etc)
- Strong communication and time management skills
- Attention to detail and mathematical skills
How to Apply
Interested candidates may apply by
sending application letters and CVs to jobs@jacarandahealth.org with the
subject line Cashier.
Submission should be received by July 27, 2015.
Submission should be received by July 27, 2015.
Unfortunately, due to the volume of
applications received, we will be unable to confirm all submissions.
