Kenya
Red Cross Society is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in Kenya.
Its mission is to be the leading humanitarian organization in Kenya delivering
excellent quality service of preventing and alleviating human suffering.
The Society seeks to fill the following positions:
Position Title: Regional Logistics Officer
(4
Posts)
Reporting
to: Regional
Manager
Job Location: Isiolo,
Kisumu, Eldoret & Nakuru
Overall
Purpose: Responsible
to the Regional Manager for developing strategic plans and budgets for
responsive distribution and transportation system to ensure timely delivery of
materials, goods and supplies within the Region and Branches according to order
specifications aimed at supporting programme implementation.
Other
responsibilities include effective maintenance and repair of the Society’s
fleet of motor vehicles and related machinery to ensure optimum utilization of
motor vehicles.
Also
responsible for investigating motor-vehicle accidents, providing estimates for
repair and maintenance costs as well as following up with garages and insurance
companies to ensure the availability of high quality motor-vehicle transport
fleet.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop,
implement and evaluate strategic plan and budget for the acquisition,
repair and maintenance of the Society’s fleet of motor-vehicles and
related equipment in order to ensure efficiency and economy of operations.
- Develop
and implement adequate logistics preparedness through contingency planning
and continuous review of logistic operations
- Coordinate
the implementation of a computerised transport fleet management
information system aimed at maintaining motor-vehicle inventory as well as
monitoring, tracking and controlling operating costs.
- Coordinate
loading of materials, goods and supplies from the headquarter warehousing and
storage for distribution according to order specifications
- Coordinate
deployment of motor-vehicle drivers to provide efficient and safe
transportation as well as obtain optimum use of transport resources.
- Initiate
investigations into causes of accidents in conjunction with traffic
police, examine and inspect motor-vehicles to identify extent of damage,
evaluate and estimate repair costs and recommending appropriate action
- Coordinate
the repair and maintenance of motor-vehicles in authorized garages against
approved requisitions. Also follow up to ensure that motor-vehicles are
repaired to the highest standards of quality and within budget limitations
- Analyze
monthly motor-vehicle returns and maintain a record on fuel and oil
consumption, repairs and maintenance as well as accidents and safety.
- Develop,
coordinate and implement the registration, insurance and licensing of
motor vehicle transport systems
Minimum
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration or equivalent qualifications plus membership
to a relevant professionally body in Transport Fleet Management
- Over
three (3) years experience in logistics and transport management
Key
Competencies
- Knowledge
of a computerized Fleet Management Information System.
- Proficiency
in word processing, database, spreadsheet applications and computerized
procurement and stores software packages
Position
Title: Risk &
Compliance Manager
Reporting
to: Head
of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance
Job location: Headquarters
Overall
Purpose: Reporting
to the Head of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance; the Risk and Compliance
Manager will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing all risk management
activities and assessing compliance with internal policies, relevant
contracts/agreements and all legal and regulatory requirements.
In
addition, the Risk and Compliance Manager will be responsible for assessing
effectiveness of controls, accuracy of financial transactions and efficiency of
operations of the Global Fund programmes.
(S)He
will review controls and financial records of Sub Recipients (SRs) to identify
risk factors, prepare audit reports and develop recommendations for improving
service delivery systems for SRs.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Participate
in development and implementation of a risk management framework for the
organization
- Lead
regular review and updating of the risk management plans for the PR and
SRs implementing the Global Fund programme
- Support
staff in aligning departmental and programs risk management framework to
the Organizational framework
- Support
the Head of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance in assessing
organizational internal controls and recommending improvements.
- Coordinate
Program audits for Principal Recipient (PR) and SRs in liaison with the
Finance and programme departments and follow through the implementation of
the audit recommendations.
- Review
internal financial records (PR) and those of Sub Recipients to ensure
reliability.
- Conduct
reviews to ensure compliance with specific donor requirements.
- Conduct
reviews to determine compliance with Organizational operating procedures
as well as make recommendations on how to improve compliance.
- Coordinate
the SR internal audits and follow through the implementation of audit
recommendations.
- Participate
and/or represent the Head of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance in
multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement and evaluate strategic
management plans to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Participate
and/or represent the Head of Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance in
Internal Audit and Risk committee meetings.
- Conduct
special audits on suspected fraud and recommend controls to mitigate
against frauds.
Minimum
Qualifications
- Post
Graduate degree in finance, business administration, commerce, economics
or equivalent qualifications plus professional accounting qualifications
such as CPA and CIA and membership to a relevant professional body
- Over
five years relevant professional experience in the areas of audits,
accounting and risk management gained in an organization implementing
country wide programmes.
Key
Competencies
- Broad
knowledge of principles, procedures, and best practices involving
accounting and financial record keeping including donor accounting
procedures;
- Demonstrate
knowledge of audit procedures, including planning, audit techniques,
testing and sampling methods typically involved in conducting audits;
- Good
understanding of risk management and ability to advice on best practices
in donor funded programs;
- Demonstrate
ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a variety of
constituents within and external to the organization, both orally and in
writing;
- Proficiency
in spreadsheets, databases, word-processing, and presentation
applications, including computerized finance, accounting, auditing, and
record keeping systems and experience working with large and complex data
sets
Position
Title: Internal
Audit Assistant
Reporting to: Internal Audit Manager
Job location: Headquarters
Reporting to: Internal Audit Manager
Job location: Headquarters
Overall
Purpose: Responsible
to the Internal Audit Manager for conducting audits and reviews in accordance
with accepted professional auditing standards to assess effectiveness of
internal controls, reliability and integrity of financial and operational
information, compliance to applicable policies, laws and regulations and
efficiency of processes.
Duties & Responsibilities
Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist
in performing assigned tasks as per the annual internal audit plan.
- Analyse
and evaluate adequacy of accounting systems and procedures.
- Monitor
transactions to ensure that they conform to approved policies and
procedures.
- Analyse
deficiencies in management controls, duplication of effort, extravagance,
fraud or irregularities to improve the control environment.
- Assist
external audit and law enforcement agencies in conducting audits.
- Assist
in the follow-up of recommendations made in both internal and external
audit reports.
- Undertake
in assessment of performance to ensure that individual and team
performance is continuously monitored and measured against realistic but
challenging targets.
- Review
and handle incidents of violations against organisational policy and
regulations and recommend appropriate action
- Prepare
periodic audit reports, showing findings and making appropriate
recommendations
Minimum
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in finance, business administration, commerce, economics or
equivalent qualifications plus professional accounting qualifications such
as CPA, ACCA or CIMA.
- Over
one (1) year of relevant professional experience in the areas of
accounting and audit.
Key
Competencies
- Broad
knowledge of approved principles, procedures, and best practices involving
accounting and financial record keeping including donor accounting
procedures.
- Demonstrate
knowledge of audit procedures, including planning, audit techniques,
testing and sampling methods typically involved in conducting audits.
- Broad
knowledge and solid understanding of the fundamentals of internal control
systems and the ability to properly execute audits designed to test these
controls.
- Proficiency
in spreadsheets, databases, word-processing, and presentation
applications.
Application
Procedure
Interested candidates who meet the above qualifications should send their
applications to the address below on or before 14th September 2016.
Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi
Applications should have a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three referees.
Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi
Applications should have a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names and contacts of three referees.