The
Kenya Investment Authority (KenInvest), the successor organization of the
former Investment Promotion Centre (IPC) was created by the Investment
Promotion Act 2004.
The
Authority’s mandate is to promote and facilitate investment for both domestic
and international investors.
Job
Title: Senior
Investor Services Officer (Aftercare) - Mombasa
Reports
to: General
Manager or Regional Manager
Division
/ Section / Unit: Investor
Services
Responsible
for:
- After
Care Officer
- Project
Analyst Officer
- Administrative
and Office Assistants
- Interns
- Temporal
staff
Location: Mombasa Regional
Office
Job
Purpose: To
catalyze business creation to achieve economic development.
Roles
and Responsibilities
- Providing
business development and advisory services to investors;
- Providing
effective and efficient After Care services to new and existing
investments;
- Coordinating
creation of Investment Clubs and Committees in various Counties;
- Coordinating
tracking of approved projects;
- Ensuring
regular reports are updated with a log of investors visited and action
taken on issues raised;
- Developing
business linkages and joint venture partnerships in the County;
- Developing
an inventory of collapsed projects to facilitate their promotion and
revival in the County; and
- Performing
any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Job
Specification:
Education
and Qualifications:
- A
Degree from an accredited University with an emphasis in Economics and
Business Studies or in a related field.
Skills
and Experience:
- Minimum
of 5 years’ experience with 3 years in management position in areas of
investment, marketing and business advisory;
- Knowledge
in project management, identification, selection, appraisal,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
- Proven
knowledge and experience of marketing strategies and action plans;
- Conversant
with Government economic recovery programmes and economic integration
initiatives (EAC, COMESA, WTO, EU, AGOA, NEPAD, etc);
- International
exposure in related field;
- Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills;
- Excellent
analytical skills;
- Computer
literacy;
- Team
player.
Key
Performance Indicators
- No.
of new or existing investment projects registered with KenInvest.
- Number
of enquiries responded to and percentage of those responded to on time.
- Projects
approved and volume of investments.
- Joint
venture partnerships actualized.
- Stakeholder
feedback
- Level
of re-investment/expansion
- Average
time taken to resolve issues raised by investors.
- Timely
submission of monthly progress reports.
- Teamwork
spirit among staff being supervised.
Job
Title: Procurement
Manager
Reports
to: Managing
Director
Division
/ Section / Unit: Procurement
Responsible
for:
- Procurement
Assistant (s)
- Stores
Assistant (s)
Location: Head Office Nairobi
Job
Purpose: To
ensure efficient and effective supply of goods and services; and value for
money at all times.
Roles
and Responsibilities:
- Prepare
monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports showing achievement of the
procurement and logistic functions and providing justifications for
performance variance;
- Establish
key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to supply chain planning
and forecasting;
- Review,
design, interpret and implement supplies policies, regulations, procedures
and systems in line with Government policy;
- Ensure
materials procured for the Authority are as per the specifications,
quality, are within budget, and maximize value for money;
- Monitor
and produce reliable statistics and market analysis of price trends to
improve the purchasing planning and budgeting process;
- Ensure
disposal of unserviceable stores in line with Procurement regulations;
- Undertake
market surveillance on process of good/services, approving re-order levels
and maintaining supplies;
- Supervise
in receiving and opening of tender documents, prepare tender documents in
liaison with user departments and prepare contract documents in line with
award decisions;
- Respond
to queries from contractors, suppliers and staff in regard to procurement
practices as per the Procurement and Disposal Act 2005 among others;
- Prepare
procurement plans and comply with PPOA requirements;
- Serve
as Secretary to the Tender Committee;
- Maintain
complete, accurate and meticulous records of all procurement activities in
a secure and easily retrievable manner; and
- Undertake
any other duties that may be assigned to you from time to time.
Job
Specification:
Education
and Qualifications:
- A
minimum of a Master’s Degree in Commerce, Business Administration or other
related field with bias in Procurement, Supply Chain or Logistics;
- Diploma
from Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supplies (CIPS), Kenya
Institute of Supplies Management (KISM) or its equivalent;
- Membership
to Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM).
Skills
and Experience:
- Five
(5) years’ work experience as Head of Procurement in a public entity;
- Good
analytical skills;
- Meets
all the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya;
- Computer
literacy;
- Good
interpersonal and communication skills;
- Leadership
and Team player.
Key
Performance Indicators:
- Adequate
stock;
- Quality
goods and services;
- Optimal
reorder levels;
- Well-maintained
stores;
- Timely
supplies and issues;
- Competitive
prices (value for money);
- Clean
audits; and
- Level
of customer satisfaction.
Job
Title: Accountant
Reports
to: Manager,
Finance
Division
/ Section / Unit: Finance
& Administration
Responsible
for:
- Accounts
Assistant (s)
- Accounts
Clerk
- Interns
- Temporal
staff
Location: Head Office
Nairobi
Job
Purpose: Compiling
and posting general ledger information and summaries concerning various
financial transactions in order to ensure accurate and timely maintenance of
accounting records in accordance with prescribed financial policies
Roles
and Responsibilities:
- Compile
and post general ledger information and summaries concerning various
financial transactions;
- Prepare
general ledger journal entries to record cash, revenue, and expense
activities;
- Carry
out bank reconciliation, selected account reconciliation, including cash
reconciliation as well as prepare other appropriate schedules as required;
- Prepare
and close monthly entries, analysis and reconcile all balance sheet
accounts; prepare monthly financial statements and other accounting
reports;
- Check
and verify expenditure before preparing payment vouchers, cheques and
remittance payments;
- Prepare
tax returns to ensure compliance with tax payment requirements and other
statutory requirements;
- Proper
maintenance, storage, security and filing of all financial and accounting
documents in order to ensure that they are properly kept and accessible
for action;
- Receive
and issue receipts in respect of all cash paid in;
- Make
cash payments in respect of staff claims;
- Maintain
and regularly reconcile assets register with the general ledger;
- Analyze
cash paid in, out and cash balance; and
- Perform
any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Job
Specification:
Education
and Qualifications:
- A
minimum of a Degree from an accredited University with an emphasis in
Commerce (Accounting) option or in a related field.
- Hold
CPA (K) qualification Skills and Experience:
- Minimum
of 3 years’ experience in the Public sector in an equivalent position
- Knowledge
of accounting and budgeting principles, financial management and banking
- Good
interpersonal and communication skills
- Outstanding
integrity
- Good
analytical skills
- Proficiency
in computer applications such as MS Office and financial packages
- Team
player and good interpersonal relations
Key
Performance Indicators:
- Timely
payment of creditors
- Meticulous
financial records and filing of documents
- Timely
preparation of tax returns
- Feedback
from stakeholders
Job
Title: General
Manager, Legal & Corporate Services
Reports
to: Managing
Director
Division
/ Section / Unit: Legal
& Corporate Services
Responsible
for:
- Manager,
Legal Services
- Corporate
Affairs Officer (s)
Location: Head Office Nairobi
Job
Purpose: To
ensure protection of KenInvest against legal risks and enhance a positive
corporate image of KenInvest to investors, customers and stakeholders
Roles
and Responsibilities
- Taking
and keeping custody of minutes of Board meetings ensuring that the Board
receives relevant information on time;
- Overseeing
the legal function by regularly advising Board and Management on legal
issues professionally;
- Ensuring
provision of quality legal and corporate secretarial services by liaising
with the Attorney General Chambers and other parties;
- Formulating,
reviewing and following up on the Authority’s legal policies, contracts,
Memorandums of Understanding and all other legal documents;
- Ensuring
contracts, agreements, treaties entered into are properly drawn and are in
the best interest of the organization;
- Ensuring
compliance with all legal requirements by the Authority;
- Being
in charge of public relations and customer relations at the Authority;
- Providing
strategic guidelines and leadership in developing Public Relations and
Communication Strategy; and Coordinating the Authority’s stakeholder
consultations including public events, exhibitions, etc;
- Advising
the Authority on communication matters and acting as a link between the
media, key stakeholders , the Government, etc;
- Producing
promotional and communication resource packages;
- Producing
a steady flow of written and photographic resources on investors;
- Instilling
corporate governance ethos and principles in all departments of the
Authority including by spearheading implementation of Mwongozo;
- Developing/reviewing
the Authority’s Service Charter and Corporate Governance protocols;
- Conducting
research on legal issues falling within the Authority’s mandate;
- Performing
any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Job
Specification:
Education
and Qualifications:
- A
minimum of a Master’s Degree from an accredited University with an
emphasis in Social Sciences, Public Administration/Commerce/ Humanities or
in a related field;
- Minimum
of 5 years post admission experience in legal practice with focus on human
rights, labour related litigations, equality and inclusiveness;
- Certified
Company Secretary (CPS) (K). Skills and Experience:
- Minimum
of 10 years working experience with at least 7 years in a senior
management position;
- Excellent
management and organizational skills in a public/private organizations in
Corporate Governance and Administration;
- Demonstrated
thorough understanding of National goals, policies and development
objectives as in Kenya Vision 2030;
- Conversant
with public sector reform or corporate change management;
- Demonstrated
professional competence and administrative ability as shown in work
performance and results in a challenging environment;
- Meets
all the requirements of Chapter six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya;
- Well-developed
communications, interpersonal and motivational skills;
- High
level of computer literacy and applications; and
- An
advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Key
Performance Indicators
- Sound
legal advice and contractual agreements;
- Reduced
labour related litigations;
- Informed
Board; and
- Favourable
corporate image.
Submission
Instructions
Qualified
candidates should submit their application letters together with copies of
Curriculum Vitae, certificates and testimonials, names and addresses of three
referees (one of whom should be present or previous employer) including a
reliable telephone contact, to be received on or before 10th June 2016 to the
address below.
The
Managing Director
Kenya
Investment Authority
P.O
Box 55704-00200
Nairobi
Please
quote the position you are applying for clearly on the envelope.
Only
short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.
Canvassing
will lead to automatic disqualification.
KenInvest
is an Equal Opportunity employer and candidates from minority groups are
particularly encouraged to apply.
