ACCOUNTS / ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT JOB IN NAIROBI - LAVINGTON HOLDINGS

VACANCY: ACCOUNTS/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

We are recruiting the above named staff in our firm as part of our expansion program.

DUTIES: 

will include but not limited to perfoaming basic office functions like filling,preparing staff      payroll,reconciliation,office administration,budget preparation and appraisal,petty cash vouchers preparation etc.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Certicate in business administration,accounting or related course,good knowledge in  accounting packages,computer literate and below 30 years.

QUALITIES: 

Should be energetic,capable of working with minimum supervision,outgoing with good communication and interpersonal skills.

KRA COMMISSIONER GENERAL, COMMISSIONER OF DOMESTIC TAXES (LTO), COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS SERVICES JOBS IN KENYA

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1995 for the
purpose of enhancing tax administration and is the principal revenue collection agent for the
Government of the Republic of Kenya.
The Authority’s vision is to be the leading Revenue Authority in the world respected for
professionalism, integrity and fairness. Since its formation KRA has achieved an exemplary
record of successfully mobilizing Government revenue at minimum cost.
The Authority is committed to attaining international best practice in revenue
administration by investing in a professional team, deepening reforms and quality service
delivery to enhance compliance.
The Authority is therefore seeking high calibre, result oriented and self driven professionals
with high integrity who can adapt to this challenging task to fill the following positions:

COMMISSIONER GENERAL
The Commissioner General shall be the Chief Executive of the Authority and subject to the
general supervision and control of the Board and shall be responsible for the following:
• Day to day operations of the Authority
• Management of funds, property and affairs of the Authority
• Administration, organization and control of the staff of the Authority
• Overall leadership and strategic direction of the Authority
• Executing the Authority’s revenue administration initiatives, operations and
programmes
• Ensuring high standards of integrity, accountability and transparency are observed.
• Ensuring coordination and communication within the Authority and with
stakeholders
• Providing technical leadership in revenue administration and ensure the Authority
actively contributes to policy directions and initiatives on tax and public sector
reform
• Overseeing the overall performance of the Authority
The ideal candidate should:
• Have a passion for success
• Possess a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
• Hold a Masters degree in a business related field
• Have a minimum of ten (10) years experience with a good track record in a senior
management position in a large and reputable organization
• Demonstrate strong leadership and management skills
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate understanding of the organization and the environment
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the various revenue acts
• Possess sound IT application skills
• Possess excellent strategic, analytical, organizational and change management skills
• Demonstrate customer focus and quality orientation.
• Have a firm but pleasant personality
• Possess high integrity and be tax compliant in line with the spirit of the Constitution
of Kenya 2010
• Experience in tax administration will be an added advantage
This is a challenging and demanding role and the Authority will offer competitive terms to
the successful candidates.
Appointment will be on a three-year contract with the possibility of renewal for a further
term of three years.
If you fit the required profile, please forward your application and curriculum vitae giving
details of your qualifications, experience, present position, current remuneration, copies of
certificates including tax compliance certificate, e-mail address and daytime telephone
contact as well as names and addresses of three references to be received on or before 15th
December, 2011 to:

The Chairman
KRA Board of Directors
Kenya Revenue Authority, Times Tower, Haile Selassie Avenue
P.O. Box 48240 - 00100,
Nairobi

Note:
• Manual applications should be submitted in sealed envelopes clearly marked
‘Application for.. ..... . ...“ (indicate relevant position) and may either be sent through
the Post Office or placed in relevant boxes at Times Tower Building, Nairobi (Ground
Floor)
• Online applications should be submitted to: erecruit@kra.go.ke
• Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
• Shortlisted candidates may be required to provide additional information
• Candidates will be subjected to psychometric testing before oral interviews.

COMMISSIONER OF DOMESTIC TAXES - LARGE TAXPAYERS OFFICE (LTO)
Reporting to the Commissioner General, the successful candidate shall be responsible for
planning, managing and coordinating the registration, assessment, collection and accounting
for taxes administered in the Large Taxpayers Division of the Domestic Taxes Department
including the following:
• Developing and implementing focused taxpayer recruitment strategies in order to
broaden and widen the tax base and tax net in line with the corporate strategy
• Maintaining LTO as a centre of excellence in tax administration and ensuring that
best practices developed thereat are rolled out to other revenue departments.
• Coordinating and managing the improvement of customized systems and IT
infrastructure to improve customer service, enhance operational efficiency and
reduce taxpayers’ cost of compliance
• Overseeing the coordination and implementation of programmes for non-tax
revenues and domestic tax revenues
• Monitoring and overseeing the timely collection of tax revenues and ensuring
efficient filing of tax payers returns to achieve departmental performance targets
• Overseeing the management and evaluation of arrears recovery and resolution of
objections and appeals in line with government policy, tax laws and departmental
guidelines
• Developing and coordinating efficient systems to improve exceptional remissions
management
• Developing and implementing efficient procedures for the receipt, capture and
processing of large taxpayers payments and returns
• Managing, supervising and developing departmental staff to achieve expected
performance goals and objectives
• Overseeing the timely and efficient production of revenue reports and reconciliations
• Taking the leadership role in the development and implementation of an Integrated
Tax Management System (ITMS) and other ICT projects for the Domestic Taxes
Department

PROGRAMME OFFICER JOB IN KENYA

BACKGROUND
The Financial Sector Deepening Trust was established in 2005 with the objective of increasing
access to financial services especially amongst low income groups and small scale enterprises.
Working in partnership with the financial services industry, the programme’s goal is to
significantly expand access to services amongst lower income households and smaller scale
enterprises.
Under its recently commissioned strategy 2011-2015, FSD seeks to work with four theme areas
namely, formal financial system, poverty impact, inclusive growth and knowledge generation.
Each of the themes is headed by a theme lead with implementation support offered by a number
of technical support staff. The strategy will see an increased number of activities across theme
areas and a marked increment in the number of technical support staff is envisaged. This
necessitates additional staff to take on the administration and finance support functions of the four theme teams to enable the technical team focus on core functions.

PROGRAMME OFFICER
 
JOB DESCRIPTION
OBJECTIVES
The programme officer will support the theme leads and the technical team achieve smooth flow
of operations by providing high quality and timely administrative support. He/She will be
responsible for ensuring smooth flow of operations within the theme areas by providing efficient
administration and logistical support.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
I. Supporting the procurement process
· Manage the procurement process for the assigned theme areas
· With support from the finance function, make procurement estimates and raise payment
authorisations
· Source for quotations to during the procurement of goods and services
· Contribute to timely processing of payments by ensuring all the supporting documents are
handed to the finance function
· Proactively make follow up with the finance function on contracts and payments
II. Logistical support and document management:
· Handle all logistical support for workshops and where necessary take deliberations of the
proceedings
· Arrange meetings and diarise accordingly
· Screen calls and direct as necessary
· Handle local and international travel requirements, process advance requests and travel
claims
· Ensure easy storage and retrieval of documents in logical sequencing
· Assist the team in handling presentations and formatting documents as requested
III. Project cycle management
· Ensure timely receipt of quarterly reports by partners
· In conjunction with the finance team, track projects expenditure to ensure that the project
operates within the set budgets

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT VACANCY IN ICAP KENYA

ICAP of Columbia University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services to strengthen HIV Care and Treatment services at provincial and district health facilities.
This program is part of a US Government initiative against HIV in Kenya that receives funding from PEPFAR through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Applications are invited for the positions of Accounts Assistant to be based in Nairobi

Overall Function
Under the supervision of the Finance Manager, to assist the day to day accounting and financial activities and offer support on implementation of organization’s accounting policies and procedures, posting of Data into QuickBooks together with preparing all payments.

Key Responsibilities
1. Cash accounting & management

Maintain and control Petty cash.
Validate invoices, code all expenses, prepare payments for suppliers and calculate any tax due to the Government.
Calculate all monetary commitments monthly.
Ensure that all cash expenditures are approved by the Finance Manager and/or the departmental head.
Run day to day bank errands.
Photocopying and scanning all monthly FFR support documents for reporting to the donor.
Properly and consistently file all financial reports and support documents.
Ensure proper filing of all financial reports and support documentation for all cash and disbursements is well done.
Assist in posting QuickBooks transactions
Facilitating all audits
Review the cheque register to ensure that cheques are dispatched to suppliers.
Promptly submit all payroll statutory deductions other tax returns due to the relevant authorities
Maintain the asset/inventory register.
Track and record supply of materials procured for sites.
Any other duties as may be assigned by the Country Director and/or Department head.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES JOBS IN KENYAN BPO

Our Client, Technobrain BPO / ITES, is the BPO division of Technobrain, Africa’s leading IT Solutions provider.

Technobrain BPO / ITES offers services specifically tailored to the global outsourcing industry, utilizing new technology to offer high quality services to both local and international clients.

Job Title: Business Development Executives 

Reporting To: Business Development Manager

Job Location: Nairobi

Eligible Nationalities: Kenyans

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Increase opportunities for Sales and meet the desired Company targets on recurring Sales Revenues
• Market the brand and the Company's experience to increase Good will in the African Industry
• Enhance the confidence of potential customers to do business the Company
• Pro-actively hunt for target organizations and establish communications with those businesses that can benefit from the Company's services
• Sharing a good rapport with the clients, understanding their project requisites, incorporating changes required within project conformity and providing value addition.
• Approach such Organizations and maintain the business development dashboard with pipeline, pending, matured and closed deals
• Report Monthly business review & individual target achievement to the Business Development Manager
• Liaise with Process and Performance Manager to ensure optimized use of internal processes

Required Skills and Competencies

Education, Licensure, and Experience: 

• Degree or Diploma qualifications in Sales and/or marketing, or related qualifications from a reputable Institution of Higher Learning.
• At least Six months Experience in a call centre environment.
• At least one year experience in Corporate sales and new business development.
• At least one year experience in Customer and Operational Service.
• Should have team handling experience.

SALES EXECUTIVE VACANCIES IN NAKURU, MOMBASA AND NAIROBI

We are looking for three people to fill the position of Sales Executive in the Nakuru, Mombasa and Nairobi IAT centers.

Are you a mature and confident person?

Do you enjoy working in a growing organization with opportunity for advancement?

This challenging role requires someone who is competitive and is looking for performance based incentives and high potential earning.

Do you have strong customer care skills and take great pride in team and personal success?

Then you are the person weare looking for.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A holder of a University degree in a Business related field.
• Able to work with variety in a fast changing industry.
• Hardworking, mature, able to handle pressure with minimum supervision.
• Self-motivated, organized and driven to exceed the targets set.

CONTENT DEVELOPERS JOBS IN KENYA

Position Title: Content Developer (several positions)

Reports to: Deployment Head

Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya 

Basic Purpose: To ensure that content for training delivery is created at the stipulated time, cost and quality norms.

Expected End Results: Creation and customization of Content as per the business and people requirement of the region one is operating in. 

Major Activities

• Understand and study the business challenges and the market reality of the region operating in.
• Should create effective content on Product, Process and Skills for both Sales and CS staff working at different levels.
• Update one’s knowledge on country’s laws and regulation so as to create content that enables the sales and CS staff to sell products and service clients while complying with the local laws.
• Get an in-depth understanding of the training requirements of the sales and CS staff so as to create the content accordingly.
• Have thorough knowledge of the competition, company products, pricing and the industry so as create useful and effective content.
• Liaise with Sales and CS trainers to get feedback on the training programs conducted so that relevant changes can be made.
• Construct learning solutions while ensuring quality.
• Create facilitator and participant guides as well as other training material.
• Conduct field study as and when required to obtain ground level data.

NAIROBI HOSPITAL RADIOGRAPHERS, CASHIERS, MEDICAL OFFICERS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN KENYA

The Nairobi Hospital, a leading health care institution in Eastern Africa has the following excellent career opportunities:

Medical Officers

Ref: HRD/MO/12/11

Reporting to the Accident & Emergency Coordinator, the successful candidates will be responsible for the following amongst others:

• Management, stabilization and treatment of patients.
• Providing clinical support including admission, discharge or referral to the appropriate consultants.
• Undertaking clinical procedures in Accident & Emergency Department, Wards and Clinics.
• ICU rotation.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Participating in continuous medical education programmes.
• Participating in major disaster management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
• ACLS, ATLS, PALS qualifications will be an added advantage.
• Registered with the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board.
• Valid practice licence.
• Two (2) years post qualification work experience in an emergency setting.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to make quick and solid decisions.

Radiographers

Ref: HRD/RPR/12/11

Reporting to the Chief Radiographer, the successful applicants will be responsible for the following amongst others:

• Performing radiological procedures.
• Producing images of high diagnostic quality.
• Assisting with diagnostic imaging services in Theatres.
• Providing services in the Catheterisation Laboratory.
• Maintaining equipment, accessories and stock logs.
• Effective use of picture archiving & radiological information systems.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Diploma or Degree in Diagnostic Radiography.
• Registration with Radiation Protection Board.
• Valid practice licence.
• Two (2) years work experience.
• Computer literate.
• Detail oriented.
• Good interpersonal skills.

CREST OUTSOURCING ARTICLE WRITERS VACANCIES IN KENYA

Crest Outsourcing is looking for competent article writers who can produce 5 articles of 500 words or its equivalent on a daily basis from Monday to Friday.

We are looking for people who know what copywriting for the web is and content writers who are specialized in providing relevant text content for websites.

If you know what keyword based writing is, and are aware what SEO writing is, if you can produce 5 original non-plagiarized texts on a daily basis, if you can churn out articles that are well written and have no grammatical or spelling errors, then we are looking for you.

All our articles are from different niches or from distinctively different subjects relevant to a specific topic or category and specific details and keywords will be provided.

You must be able to write on any and all kinds of topics and must strictly follow deadlines because articles that are not submitted by the deadline will not be accepted or paid for.

We are comfortable with a weekly payment plan but must be provided with well researched simple and free flowing articles that are written in American English.

Applicants must have their own computers with an uninterrupted internet connection.

To apply for this position which is on a work for hire basis and not a full-time opportunity but an on-going daily assignments opportunity please send an email stating if you are willing to write a test article on a given topic.

2 PAYING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (750 PER DAY)

Our client is currently in search for individuals who are versatile and dynamic academic and essay writers with research experience and able to efficiently and professionally write well researched stories, articles and essays on different topics.


The client is assigning two interns to a supervisor in 5 major towns across Kenya. The first interns we will be taking should come from colleges or universities around Nairobi. They will be based at the Blessed House along Thika Road where their offices will be. They will work independently with the assigned supervisor to accomplish the client’s target.


The interns can be given time off to do their CATs and exams anytime they wish but our client will NOT pay for that time or day. This is a pay-as-you work opportunity and will be offered to even students on an equal opportunity as those who have finished their studies. You should be able to commute from your hostels to the office.


Our supervisors have been picked from very bright guys in the industry and they expect to give you a good taste of a real work environment. There will be an opportunity to extend your contract after 3 months if you perform exceptionally well.


Qualifications:

• A student in one of our local Kenyan colleges or universities.
• Must be very creative.
• Extensive knowledge in Ms Office and Internet.
• Excellent English
• Must be ready to start the job on January 1st 2012.
• Knowledge in a wide array of current affairs.
• The ability to stick to strict deadlines and work under no supervision

KENYA AIRPORTS AUTHORITY CORPORATION SECRETARY / CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER JOB IN KENYA

CORPORATION SECRETARY/ CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Managing Director the jobholder will be part of the Senior Management
team whose role includes the delivery of the Authority’s strategic objectives and specifically
providing legal services.

Main Responsibilities
• Develop legal framework to guide the organization achieve its strategic objectives
• Provides leadership to the legal department team
• Provide legal advice to management to ensure that the Authority’s statutory and
regulatory obligations are met.
• Negotiates and reviews contracts, agreements, and leases, concessions in consultation
with other departments to ensure that the organizations interests are protected and
obligations met
• Provides legal advice on matters relating claims & litigation management
• Plans the Board time table, prepares agenda and records the minutes of the Board
meetings
• Provides company secretarial services including statutory filing and compliance of
government circulars, returns and coordinates responses to government