Head of Administration and Support
Location: Nairobi
Industry: Telecommunications
Salary range: Kshs.
65,000 - 75,000
Background: Our client, a highly innovative telecom company,
with the vision to enable affordable mass-market voice and data communications
in developing countries seeks to recruit a Head of Administration and Support.
- Responsible for day to day operational and
financial administration of the company.
- Supporting the General Manager and the rest of
the senior team to develop and realize the company strategy.
- Act as day to day liaison between the local
team and the COO/CFO in the UK
- Efficiently manage day to day relationships
with suppliers and business partners
- Ensure all monthly financial and
administrative tasks are completed on time, including timely monthly
management accounts
- Manage any direct reports and act as first
level of escalation for any financial and operational aspects.
- Plan the team to ensure proper execution of
the support functions within the given time frames.
- Manage the day to day aspects of the office to
ensure the other teams are able to complete their work without issues.
- Manage day to day relationships with all
suppliers and business partners
- Set targets for the direct reports; track
progress, monitor, evaluate and adjust where necessary
- Assist in enabling and empowering the team to
get the work done
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Operational & Finance Administrative
expertise
- IT literate, ideally with IT service
management expertise
- Excellent (project) management or demonstrable
organizational skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple
projects simultaneously
- Desirable experience working across multiple
geographies with virtual teams
- Desirable experience working within early
stage start up organizations
Behavioral Competencies
- Proactive, Problem Solving, “Can Do” attitude
- Results driven, hands-on and able to
work autonomously
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Maturity to be the face of the company with
suppliers and partners,
- Ability to working under pressure, with challenging
timelines and targets
- Capable of delivering against KPIs
- Flexible, change embracing in rapidly evolving
work and market environment
- Ability to relate to and work with a wide
variety of stakeholders
Education & Experience
- Business Management or Finance skills /
background
- 2-3 years’ experience in multifunctional
support roles
- Telephony and/or ISP experience is preferable
- Excellent knowledge of administrative and
support tools
To apply, send your CV only to
cvs@flexi-personnel.com before 22nd February 2016.
Clearly indicate the position applied
for and your minimum salary expectation on the subject line.
Only successful candidates will be
contacted for an interview
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