Taita Academy: Jobs and Vacancies in Kenya

Taita Academy is a mixed boarding secondary school situated in Mwatate, Taita/Taveta District.

The school urgently needs to fill in the following vacancies in its

1. English/Literature
2. Geography/C.R.E/Kiswahili
3. Physics/Chemistry (Readvertisement)
4. History/CRE/Kiswahili teacher. (Readvertisement)

Requirements:

1. University graduate degree in Bachelor of Education or graduate with a Post graduate diploma in Education. Must have majored in the above subjects in his undergraduate degree.
2. A committed Christian willing to positively contribute to the spiritual, social, physical and mental development of the child.
3. A hard worker, focused, dedicated and result oriented.

If you believe to have what it takes to join our hardworking dedicated and loving community of staff kindly send your application to

The school Administrator
Email: info@taitaacademy.com

BBC: Journalism Graduates

The BBC in Nairobi is pleased to announce the launch of its Work Experience Programme.

As part of its commitment to promoting excellent journalism, the BBC will be offering four week attachments to Journalism Graduates or other suitably qualified candidates.

The attachment is unpaid but a fixed stipend will be given to cover basic expenses.

Candidates will be selected once every 6 months.

To Apply:
To be considered for the period between September 2010 and February 2011, please email nairobi.forms@bbc.co.uk and follow instructions.

BBC: Studio Manager

Your main role will be to ensure that all our live and recorded programmes are broadcast at the high level of quality expected by our audience.

You will work mostly in the fast-paced environment of our Nairobi studios, but also from location when necessary.

Experience of operating modern studio equipment is essential.

An understanding of communication networks and of IT systems is also a requirement.

Excellent English and Kiswahili are essential.

You will be expected to work on shifts, with a significant amount at night and weekends.

You will need to demonstrate a highly professional approach to your work.

Punctuality, reliability, pro-activity, as well as outstanding people skills are fundamental to this role.

To Apply:
Applications to be received by Friday, 10 Sept, 2010.

For details and an application form go to www.bbc.co.uk/jobs

UNDP Kenya: Assistant Project Officer

UNDP Kenya, in partnership with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports seeks to recruit an Assistant Project Officer.

Background

In the recent years, the Government of Kenya has recognized the crucial role that young people play in enhancing development in their communities through empowerment, participation, and creating opportunities for peaceful co-existence of the citizens.

With this recognition, the Government established the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS).

One of the strategic areas of intervention for UNDP Kenya is to build capabilities of organizations and agencies to adequately empower young people.

This is done in key focus areas of livelihood creation, peace building and conflict prevention and capacity building initiatives that are relevant to the needs of the Kenyan youth.

As a part of its commitment, UNDP Kenya, in partnership with MoYAS is delivering the Kenya National Youth Development and Training (KNYD&T) Programme and desires to engage an Assistant Project Officer to support the coordination and implementation of the programme.

Qualifications:

• Completion of Secondary Education (C+ or higher) with a diploma in Education, Development Studies, Social Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Programme Management or other related fields
• A Bachelor's degree in Education, Development Studies, Peace Building, Conflict Prevention, Political Science, International Relations or other related field would be desirable.
• Additional training on conflict management and youth development issues, an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in developing and managing peace building, conflict prevention and poverty reduction initiatives preferably among the youth in Kenya.
• Minimum of 5 years in increasingly responsible working experience in the area of youth development.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
  
• Fluency in Swahili would be an advantage.

To Apply:

Interested and qualified persons should apply on the UNDP Kenya e-Recruitment portal located at http://www.ke.undp.org on or before 10 September 2010. Select "careers" and click on staff positions and select the assistant project officer vacancy which will provide you with details for applying for this post on 'erecruit.echo-systems.net'. Applications received via other means will not be accepted

Additional considerations

• Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
• Acknowledgments will be sent only to applicants who strictly meet the requirements of the post

Adept Systems: Senior Brand Manager

Our client is a global multinational Food & Beverage company, worldwide leader in most of its category portfolio. With global or local specific brands and products, the core focus is to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers all over the world.

Operating in Africa for more than 80 years, the Company has 5 markets within, the Equatorial African Region being amongst them. The regional operations are co-ordinated from Nairobi, Kenya to offer shared service across countries in Central, East, part of Southern Africa including the Island markets and Horn of Africa.

With this regional expertise, the Company aims at enhancing the business potential of this region,which is seen as an important source of future growth, and bring it up to the level of performance that the Company experiences in other regions of Africa and the world.

By reinforcing business and product categories focus, making operations more efficient, developing cross fertilization or enhancing peoples’ knowledge transfer and empowerment, this shared service expertise is expected to accelerate growth and meet the company’s high ambition for the Region.

Our client continues to be viewed as one of the leading global companies in Corporate Social Responsibility, particularly in the developing world. Being a committed leader in environmental performance, they ensure that natural resources are preserved and that waste management enjoys much attention in all operations worldwide.

The company is an equal-opportunity employer with robust talent management policies, and systems. They value and reward individual and team contributions to business results.

Job Summary
To develop and manage the implementation of the marketing program for availability, visibility,image, price as well as awareness for Nutrition segment in EAR. Continually monitoring the portfolio performance and managing the administration of the portfolio’s expenditure program.

Responsibilities
1. Optimize brand performance
•Delivery of strategic direction for the portfolio in line with Nutrition Health & Wellness (NHW) and Creating Shared Values (CSV) values.
•Delivery of recommendations and action plan (strategies), regarding consumer, competitor following the gathering, analysis and evaluation of relevant information.
•Ensure implementation of marketing program per prioritization agreed with Business Manager.
•Maximize usage occasions and explore new ones.

2. Optimize Point of purchase
•Regular contact with sales, Category Channel Sales Development (CCSD) and consumers (where allowed) and visits to markets to evaluate operational implementation of plans
•Work with sales to identify, analyze and implement alternative trade channel strategies in order to optimise distribution of product.
•With CCSD identify promotional opportunities for Cereals.

3. Pricing
•Following an agreed pricing strategy, setting master pricing and promotional pricing to meet budget requirements.
• Monitoring of pricing within agreed parameters.
• Investigation and delivery of price points to optimise product penetration in the bottom end of the market.

4. Administration
•Liaison with Finance & Control (FICO) to optimise P&L, transfer pricing, SKU performance data, bad goods analyses and any other necessary information
•Responding to queries and supplying Equatorial African Region (EAR) feedback within deadline
•Response to queries from other markets within agreed times
•Use of best practice tools to manage business Product Fixed & Marketing Expense (PFME) spend, volume projections and New Product Development (NPD) process)

5. Promotions
•Setting up, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of promotions beginning with approved briefs and meeting internal audit requirements.
•Manage the implementation and evaluation of approved Consumer Communication plan.
•Regular attendance and input at regional sales meetings.

6. People Leadership
•Oversee brand team and develop marketing competencies of junior staff members

Requirements:
•Analytical & strategic thinking skills
•Excellent Time Management skills
•Ability to effectively communicate with all divisions / groups within the organization
•Effective interpersonal and active listening skills
•Knows their way around the P&L
•Comfortable with systems & tools
•Excellent team player
•Living company principles & values

To apply:
Send your application including a cover letter indicating your desire to work with our client; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience, details of current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees by close of business September 2010.
Adept Systems
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke
Web: www.adeptsys.biz

PricewaterhouseCoopers: Human Capital Advisor

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused advisory, tax and assurance services to public sector entities and private companies, building public trust and enhancing value for clients and their stakeholders.

With more than 7,500 professional staff located in 31 countries in Africa, PwC has the largest foot-print of all professional services firms on the African continent. Local ownership of all our Africa firms assures commitment to the development of our people and economy.

We are seeking to strengthen our Human Capital team in Kenya by recruiting a highly motivated individual for the position of a Human Capital Advisor.

Reporting to the Country Head of Human Capital, the role holder will play a significant role as part of the team to help implement the human capital strategy in Kenya.

Specifically, the key responsibilities of the Human Capital Advisor will be to:

• Be part of the Human Capital team in delivering the Human Capital strategy and the PwC People Experience
• Coordinate the implementation of the Learning and Development (L&D) activities for the non-technical business skills for the firm
• Be part of the of Learning and Development community in the roll-out and monitoring of the Learning Management System
• Maintain relationships with the business leaders, staff and external stakeholders and provide support in employment legislation matters, policy issues and learning and development
• Preparation and analysis of HR management reports regularly as and when required for the business
• Support in actively reviewing the existing policies to comply with the labour legislation and best practice market trends
• Maintain relationships with the business unit leaders to provide information, investigate trends, establish L&D demands and gain feedback on non-technical training offerings
• Drive the strategy for the non-technical training offering and ensure there is consistency across the firm
• Measure and report the effectiveness and value of L&D activity across the firm on non-technical training offerings

The successful candidate will be required to have the following demonstrable skills and competencies:

• Degree in Social Sciences with a post graduate diploma in Human Resource Management
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years of demonstrable experience as a HR generalist in. a HR business partner role or in a similar role. Experience in learning & development and HR policy reviews would be an added advantage
• Knowledge of external market best practices for learning and development delivery including cost effective and efficient transactional services
• Excellent relationship management and influencing skills at different levels in the firm
• Knowledge of employment legislation and best practices in human capital practices and policies

To Apply:
To apply for this position, please send your application with a detailed CV including names of at least 3 referees to recruitment.ke@ke.pwc.com or apply online on our website www.pwc.com/ke/careers

Closing Date: 15 September 2010

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UCL Pharmaceutical Company: Jobs and Vacancies in Kenya

UCL is a growing Pharmaceutical Company in East & Central Africa with presence in 15 countries.

To strengthen our team we require to fill the following vacant positions.

Quality Assurance

• Dynamic Minimum Bsc/Pharmacy degree holder to work in our Quality Assurance Department.

Production Manager

• A highly result oriented Bsc/Pharmacy degree holder to head the production department.
• The person should be self driven and a team leader

Production Supervisors

• Leaders with a flair for production and working as Supervisors.
• Preferably in the Pharmaceutical field.
• The person should be a Diploma holder in Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Technology.

Store Keeper

• Qualified Store Keeper with hands on experience in Store Keeping.
• The person should be a graduate with a minimum of Diploma in related field.

Dispensers

• Qualified Dispensers, minimum Diploma holders in Pharmacy.

QC Analysts

• Self driven Quality Control Analysts who are minimum holders a Diploma/Bsc in Analytical Chemistry and Bsc Microbiology.

Machine Operators

• Machine Operators to operate several machines in our production department.
• The persons should be able to operate the machines, trouble shoot, repair and maintain the machines.
• Diploma in Engineering will be preferred.

Vet Manager

• A graduate in Vet Sciences with hands on experience in sales both domestic and the export market.
• The person should have at least 3 years experience in selling Vet products.
• Expertise in feed supplements will be an added advantage.

Regulatory Affairs

• Degree/Diploma in Pharmacy.
• The person should have hands on experience in registration of drugs and its documentation.

Mechanical Engineer

• Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineer.
• The person will maintain and control ail production equipment, analyze root problems, trouble shoot, commissioning of equipment and relevant documentation.

NB

For all above positions:

• Basic computer knowledge is a requirement
• State your current and expected remuneration
• Experience will be an added advantage

To Apply:

For all positions please apply through hro@ucl.co.ke stating on the Subject line which position you are applying.

You can also apply through post:

To The Human Resources Office,

Universal Corporation Ltd,

P. O. Box 2072 – 00902, Kikuyu.

Deadline: 15th Sept 2010