BOOK KEEPER
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 4th November 2011
START DATE: 1st January 2012
LOCATION: BUSIA with possibility of relocating to Kakamega/ Bungoma
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world.
The Job
We are looking for a Book Keeper to fill a position that has arisen in our – Busia
Office.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Key responsibilities include:
• Keep records of all financial transactions within the organization in an orderly
manner.
• Create and follow a filing system that is simple and easy to retrieve files.
• Post details of the daily transactions to the existing accounting software in this
case Quick Books.
• Prepare check request forms in readiness for payments as soon as the
invoices are received from suppliers and also make cash payments as per the
financial policy of IPAK.
• Arrange and prepare weekly wage payments.
• Prepare & compute withholding taxes and other statutory deductions in
accordance to the Law.
• From time to time prepare periodical financial reports as requested by the
head office.
The Candidate Profile:
• At least CPA Part I or its equivalent.
• Excellent command of accounting principles.
• Process thinker with excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
• Well-developed skills in MS-Excel, MS-Word required, accounting package
will be an added advantage
• Ability to work under pressure and under minimum supervision
• Ability to meet strict deadlines
• Confidential and self disciplined
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using
P.O Box 373,
Busia area code
50400 Kenya.
If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads: “BOOK
KEEPER.”REF NO: FK-BK-2011-10-02
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the
work being performed by the Book keeper. The statements are not intended to be
an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management
reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational
needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment
from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed
above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the
organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.
OFFICE ADMINISTATOR
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 4th November 2011
START DATE: 1st January 2012
LOCATION: Kakamega /Bungoma with a possibility of relocating to other IPAK
branch offices
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world.
The Job
The office administrator will serve as a key member of the IPA-K management and
will be responsible for functions associated with general office management, bookkeeping,
procurement, logistics and human resources assistance. We are looking for
an Office Administrator to fill a position that has arisen in our Kakamega / Bungoma
office.
TASKS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Responsibilities:
• General office tasks including supervisory role and ensuring the proper
functioning of the office.
• Assisting the procurement officers and the project leaders in the procurement
processes including sourcing for quotations, purchasing of the office supplies
and verifying the delivery of goods.
• Receive vehicle requests from project leaders and liaise with the logistics
officer to ensure that vehicles are assigned to projects as required.
• Receive projects requests and disburse cash to project leaders as may be
required from time to time in liaison with the accounts office.
• Keep records of all the projects returns, invoices, and receipts and send them
to the main office’s accounts department.
• Keep records of new project hires and send the information to the Human
resources officer as may be required from time to time.
• Make travel arrangements for the projects staff in liaison with the operations
manager as may be called upon.
• Other functions as may be specified in the JD
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
• College degree/ diploma in Business administration or any related social
sciences
• At least two years working experience in a national or international NGO in an
administrative capacity
• Accounting certificate with knowledge in QuickBooks is strongly preferred.
General Skills required:
• Excellent writing and communications skills.
• Ability to work independently, make decisions without close supervision; self
motivated person.
• Organized, accurate, efficient and capable of handling detailed work
assignments
• Demonstrate ability in Microsoft office computer packages.
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code
50400 Kenya. If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads:
“OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR” REF NO: FK-OA-2011-10-01
DISCLAIMER:
The above stat cerements are intended to describe the general nature and level of
the work being performed by the Office Administrator. The statements are not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.
Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet
organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any
form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the
information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal
information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@povertyaction.
org.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 31st October
START DATE: 1st December 2011
LOCATION: UKUNDA- COASTAL REGION
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not, to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world. The HALI (health and literacy
intervention) is an interdisciplinary study between several institutions in Kenya, the
US and UK including the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and the
College of Charleston. It is a large randomized cluster trial concerned with
assessing the most effective way of improving educational outcomes among Kenyan
primary school children. In 2012 we will add a new component to this work - the
buddy reading project. This involves an older child conducting reading activities
with a group of younger children. The project aims to evaluate how successful this
approach is in improving reading achievement among participants.
The Job
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to fill a position that has arisen in our
Ukunda Office.
Description of work:
The Senior project manager will work closely with academic researchers and field
staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: overall project
management, budget management, logistics planning, providing regular feedback
to team members and design mechanisms’ of improving work environment,
organize data collection activities and ensure that the field team produces high
quality data and that the surveys are store safely. The anticipated manager should
exhibit high standards of professionalism, have ability to train new hires and
maintain good relations with the government officials, schools and parents. This
position entails 50% Field work and 50% office work.
THE CANDIDATE PROFILE:
Required
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Education or other social sciences
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Well organized, detail-oriented, able to prioritize, and manage multiple tasks
simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate integrity consistent with the position’s significant financial and
programmatic responsibilities
• Advanced user of Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word, Power Point), and the
internet
• Experience with position responsibilities listed above
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code
50400 Kenya. If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads:
“SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.”REF NO: BR-2011-10-01
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the
work being performed by the Senior Project Manager. The statements are not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.
Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet
organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any
form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the
information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal
information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@povertyaction.
org.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 4th November 2011
START DATE: 1st January 2012
LOCATION: BUSIA with possibility of relocating to Kakamega/ Bungoma
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world.
The Job
We are looking for a Book Keeper to fill a position that has arisen in our – Busia
Office.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
Key responsibilities include:
• Keep records of all financial transactions within the organization in an orderly
manner.
• Create and follow a filing system that is simple and easy to retrieve files.
• Post details of the daily transactions to the existing accounting software in this
case Quick Books.
• Prepare check request forms in readiness for payments as soon as the
invoices are received from suppliers and also make cash payments as per the
financial policy of IPAK.
• Arrange and prepare weekly wage payments.
• Prepare & compute withholding taxes and other statutory deductions in
accordance to the Law.
• From time to time prepare periodical financial reports as requested by the
head office.
The Candidate Profile:
• At least CPA Part I or its equivalent.
• Excellent command of accounting principles.
• Process thinker with excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English and Kiswahili.
• Well-developed skills in MS-Excel, MS-Word required, accounting package
will be an added advantage
• Ability to work under pressure and under minimum supervision
• Ability to meet strict deadlines
• Confidential and self disciplined
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using
P.O Box 373,
Busia area code
50400 Kenya.
If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads: “BOOK
KEEPER.”REF NO: FK-BK-2011-10-02
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the
work being performed by the Book keeper. The statements are not intended to be
an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management
reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational
needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment
from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed
above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the
organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.
OFFICE ADMINISTATOR
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 4th November 2011
START DATE: 1st January 2012
LOCATION: Kakamega /Bungoma with a possibility of relocating to other IPAK
branch offices
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world.
The Job
The office administrator will serve as a key member of the IPA-K management and
will be responsible for functions associated with general office management, bookkeeping,
procurement, logistics and human resources assistance. We are looking for
an Office Administrator to fill a position that has arisen in our Kakamega / Bungoma
office.
TASKS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Key Responsibilities:
• General office tasks including supervisory role and ensuring the proper
functioning of the office.
• Assisting the procurement officers and the project leaders in the procurement
processes including sourcing for quotations, purchasing of the office supplies
and verifying the delivery of goods.
• Receive vehicle requests from project leaders and liaise with the logistics
officer to ensure that vehicles are assigned to projects as required.
• Receive projects requests and disburse cash to project leaders as may be
required from time to time in liaison with the accounts office.
• Keep records of all the projects returns, invoices, and receipts and send them
to the main office’s accounts department.
• Keep records of new project hires and send the information to the Human
resources officer as may be required from time to time.
• Make travel arrangements for the projects staff in liaison with the operations
manager as may be called upon.
• Other functions as may be specified in the JD
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required
• College degree/ diploma in Business administration or any related social
sciences
• At least two years working experience in a national or international NGO in an
administrative capacity
• Accounting certificate with knowledge in QuickBooks is strongly preferred.
General Skills required:
• Excellent writing and communications skills.
• Ability to work independently, make decisions without close supervision; self
motivated person.
• Organized, accurate, efficient and capable of handling detailed work
assignments
• Demonstrate ability in Microsoft office computer packages.
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code
50400 Kenya. If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads:
“OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR” REF NO: FK-OA-2011-10-01
DISCLAIMER:
The above stat cerements are intended to describe the general nature and level of
the work being performed by the Office Administrator. The statements are not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.
Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet
organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any
form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the
information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal
information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@povertyaction.
org.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 31st October
START DATE: 1st December 2011
LOCATION: UKUNDA- COASTAL REGION
Innovations for Poverty Action is a nonprofit Organization in Kenya that innovates
and evaluates approaches to solving development problems, and disseminates
information about what works and what does not, to policy makers, practitioners,
social entrepreneurs and donors around the world. The HALI (health and literacy
intervention) is an interdisciplinary study between several institutions in Kenya, the
US and UK including the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and the
College of Charleston. It is a large randomized cluster trial concerned with
assessing the most effective way of improving educational outcomes among Kenyan
primary school children. In 2012 we will add a new component to this work - the
buddy reading project. This involves an older child conducting reading activities
with a group of younger children. The project aims to evaluate how successful this
approach is in improving reading achievement among participants.
The Job
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to fill a position that has arisen in our
Ukunda Office.
Description of work:
The Senior project manager will work closely with academic researchers and field
staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: overall project
management, budget management, logistics planning, providing regular feedback
to team members and design mechanisms’ of improving work environment,
organize data collection activities and ensure that the field team produces high
quality data and that the surveys are store safely. The anticipated manager should
exhibit high standards of professionalism, have ability to train new hires and
maintain good relations with the government officials, schools and parents. This
position entails 50% Field work and 50% office work.
THE CANDIDATE PROFILE:
Required
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Education or other social sciences
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Well organized, detail-oriented, able to prioritize, and manage multiple tasks
simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate integrity consistent with the position’s significant financial and
programmatic responsibilities
• Advanced user of Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word, Power Point), and the
internet
• Experience with position responsibilities listed above
To apply:
Please send a cover letter and detailed CV, 3 references, daytime phone number(s),
and email address. Your CV should include your scores or grades and other
measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work
experience.
Applications can be submitted to any of our branch offices, or by email to jobskenya@
poverty-action.org, or by post office using P.O Box 373, Busia area code
50400 Kenya. If you submit by email, please ensure that the subject line reads:
“SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER.”REF NO: BR-2011-10-01
DISCLAIMER:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the
work being performed by the Senior Project Manager. The statements are not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities.
Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet
organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any
form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the
information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal
information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@povertyaction.
org.