Position: Personal
Assistant
Job Ref: PA-281107
Location: Nairobi
A new social enterprise using state of the art technology and scientific knowledge to improve food security and income for smallholder farmers
The organisationis inviting applications for the position of Personal Assistant to the Managing Director, with an opportunity to grow with the organisation. The office is based in Nairobi.
Job Ref: PA-281107
Location: Nairobi
A new social enterprise using state of the art technology and scientific knowledge to improve food security and income for smallholder farmers
The organisationis inviting applications for the position of Personal Assistant to the Managing Director, with an opportunity to grow with the organisation. The office is based in Nairobi.
The
organisation offers its services to other businesses that provide products or
services to smallholders.
During the initial development stages, the organisation is partly funded by ‘Geodata for Agriculture and Water’ (G4AW) program, a program that focus on improving food security in developing countries by using satellite data.
During the initial development stages, the organisation is partly funded by ‘Geodata for Agriculture and Water’ (G4AW) program, a program that focus on improving food security in developing countries by using satellite data.
See also http://g4aw.spaceoffice.nl/en/.
The
Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is executing this programme, commissioned by the
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The organisation is a joint venture of ICS (Netherlands) and Manobi (Senegal), in cooperation with Agrics East Africa, Biomass Research (Netherlands) and Agricultural University of Wageningen (Netherlands).
Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Managing Director (MD), provide support with structuring the internal/ administrative organisation, support the business planning process, and be a representative of the organisation towards our client base.
Key Task
The organisation is a joint venture of ICS (Netherlands) and Manobi (Senegal), in cooperation with Agrics East Africa, Biomass Research (Netherlands) and Agricultural University of Wageningen (Netherlands).
Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Managing Director (MD), provide support with structuring the internal/ administrative organisation, support the business planning process, and be a representative of the organisation towards our client base.
Key Task
- Financial
administration: In liaison with finance, set up and manage administrative
procedures for proper booking purposes. Develop and maintain a simplified
record keeping system
- Support
with setting up legal entity LTD, bank account, HR protocols and systems.
Liaise with lawyers, accountants, and payroll advisors
- Office
management: manage the office supplies and suppliers, welcome guests.
- Assistant
with meetings, customer relations and conducting desk research for
business planning purposes.
- Support
with PPT presentations and development of marketing tools and materials
- Others
requested by MD
The ideal
candidate
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree, preferably in office administration, business administration or
accounting major
- At
least 3-5 years of relevant working experience
- Good
computer skills on Word, Excel and e-mail applications
- Fluency
in written and spoken English (and Kiswahili)
Personal
characteristics
- Good
analytical and problem solving skills, with eye for detail
- Well
organized, keeping to deadlines, pro-active
- Customer-services
oriented.
- Flexible
- Ability
to work independently and work well in a team
- Well-presented
and business-like
Interested
candidates who fully meet the above requirements should send their applications
along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating expected salary and their
daytime contact, to jobsfresh254@gmail.com (Subject of the email should be the
title of the POSITION APPLIED FOR + JOB REF)
If you are not interested in this opportunity today, please refer any friend or colleague you know that might suit the required profile.
If you are not interested in this opportunity today, please refer any friend or colleague you know that might suit the required profile.
Applications NOT MEETING minimum requirements will not be considered.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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