A local professional corporate body
with offices in Nairobi wishes to fill the vacancies below.
The organization’s core mandate is
the development of professionalism through delivery of advisory services,
continuous learning programs, professional examinations and certification,
registration and licensing, and the regulation of professional conduct and
ethics.
Examinations Officer
Job purpose: To support delivery of examinations administered
nationwide
Responsibilities
- Support review of syllabuses
- Liaise with examiners in the development of
examinations
- Support publication of professional materials
for training and examinations
- Plan and organize seminars for examiners and
trainers
- Participate in marketing of the examinations
- Participate in accreditation of training
institutions
- Support the administration and supervision of
examinations
- Coordinate appointment of supervisors, chief
invigilators and invigilators
- Support the marking of examinations and
related activities
- Liaise with training institutions and colleges
in the arrangement of examination centers
- Coordinate processing of examinations and
release of results
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in education or
business related field
- Diploma in purchasing and supply management is
an added advantage;
- Computer literate and experienced in use of
standard spreadsheet and Word Processing software packages
- Member of a professional body
- Minimum 3 years experience coordinating
examinations or similar projects
- Skills in business strategy development
- Team player with excellent interpersonal,
communication and presentation skills
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
- Honesty, integrity, high levels of commitment
to tasks assigned and able to work long hours
Procurement Officer
Job purpose: Manage and support the organisation’s purchasing
and supply function within existing policies and procedures to achieve set
strategic goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Plan, implement and monitor procurements
within established frameworks
- Manage inventories
- Analyze and manage spend
- Provide guidance to and coordinate
teams/committees involved in procurement
- Manage relationships with suppliers
- Document and report on procurement and supply
chain activities within the organization
- Advise the organization on procurement and
supply chain management issues
- Support professional training programs
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in procurement and supply
chain management; or
- Bachelors Degree in business related
discipline and professional certification in procurement;
- Masters Degree in procurement is an added
advantage
- Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience;
- Report writing and presentation skills
- Document management skills;
- Familiarity with public procurement processes
- Knowledge of working with ERP systems is an
added advantage
- Knowledge and experienced in use of Excel and
Microsoft Word software
- Membership to a professional body - Kenya
Institute of Supplies Management
Regional Officer
(2 Positions)
Job purpose: to encourage, promote and facilitate partnerships, projects and activities in regions across the country, in line with the organizations goals and objectives.
These are full-time positions that will be based in Mombasa and Kisumu.
Responsibilities
- Support to member recruitment activities at
regional level — this includes disseminating information, organizing
talks/presentations to organizations and institutions, responding to queries,
collecting filled/completed forms and forwarding them to the center,
coordinating with the center to host events in the region
- Support to programs
(examinations/curriculum/workshops/other) in the respective regions — this
includes, liaison with relevant authorities/offices (government/private
etc) event coordination support, market intelligence and marketing
support, prospecting for clients
- Offering advisory services to professionals in
the region and/or coordinate the delivery of advisory services to professionals
in the region
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelors degree in procurement or Bachelors
degree in business related discipline and professional certification in
procurement
- Qualifications and Experience in Marketing
will have an added advantage
- Holders of Master degree will have an added
advantage
- Minimum of 7 years experience in procurement
and supply chain management three of which should have been in the public
sector
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
NB: The Regional Officer Position is a two year
contract with possibility of extension.
ICT Administrator
Job purpose: to
oversee overall maintenance (hardware and software) of information and
communication technology facilities, equipments, and systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support to requests from the
staff team in relation to PC hardware, software and associated
peripherals.
- Log support requests and document their
outcome to facilitate the resolution of common queries.
- Pro-actively provide information to the staff
team on the progress of outstanding support enquiries.
- Deploy PC’s and associated peripherals
including new installations and redeploy existing equipment as necessary.
- Install and configure operating systems to an
agreed standard.
- Install and configure software to an agreed
standard.
- Maintain the existing ICT equipment to an
agreed standard, through upgrades, new installations and routine
procedures.
- Compile and maintain an accurate inventory of
hardware and software.
- Maintain and support website and the
co-ordination of social media platforms such as face-book and twitter.
- Assist in the development of marketing
materials and web content including materials to be used offline.
- Assist team members to develop skills and
knowledge in basic use and maintenance of ICT equipment and social media.
- Handle related tasks as assigned
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in ICT; Computer Science or
related field
- Relevant network and routing certifications
- Working knowledge of ERP systems
- Over 2 years experience in managing routing
and networks
- Over 2 years in Systems administrations and
Windows Server administration
- Good working knowledge on information security
management
- Information Security certifications will be a
distinct advantage
- Analytical, good planner, highly organized
- Self driven and result oriented
Interested candidates who meet the
above requirements may send their application to the below address by 16th
October 2015.
DN/A 1855
P.O Box 49010 - 00100, GPO
Nairobi.
