Thursday, November 15, 2012

NDMA Senior Accountant and County Drought Information Officer Jobs in Kenya

The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) is a State Corporation, created by Legal Notice No. 171 of 24th November 2011, under the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands, with the mandate of providing leadership and coordination on all matters relating to drought management. 

The Authority’s Board of Directors intends to fill the following positions.
 
Senior Accountant 

(REF: NDMA 23) ( 1 Position)

Reporting to the Finance and Accounts Manager, the Senior Accountant will contribute to the realisation of the Authority’s goals and objectives by assisting the Finance and Accounts Manager to ensure sound financial management and to undertake field monitoring and evaluation missions to project sites to verify financial accounts at field level.

Core duties and responsibilities:
  • Maintain and control bank accounts including checking of bank statements and Bank Reconciliation Statements
  • Preparation of payment documents and ensuring they are processed in a timely manner taking them for authority to pay and issuing out cheques
  • Handling all programme daily cash transactions and keeping petty cash imprest
  • Processing of computerized payroll for the programme
  • Handling the payments of statutory and other payroll deductions and filing annual returns to the relevant government bodies
  • Accounting for all Receipts including interest earned/accrued on all bank accounts and Appropriation In Aid (AIA) received by the Authority
Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting option) from a recognized institution.
  • CPA Part II or the equivalent level in ACCA
  • 5 years of relevant experience in fully computerized government or commercial environment
  • Knowledge of Kenyan government financial, and accounting procedures
  • ICT skills – Microsoft based software
County Drought Information Officer 

(REF: NDMA 24) ( 26 Positions)

Reporting to the Drought Management Coordinator, the County Drought Information Officer is responsible for operation of the county drought information system

Core duties and responsibilities:
  • Ensure punctual quality control of data collection and analysis
  • Coordinate food security and drought management data collection and analysis
  • Responsible for timely compilation and distribution of County Drought Early Warning bulletins including the feedback of County Drought Early Warning messages to recipient communities
Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Range Management/Science, Rural Development Studies, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Sociology.
  • Applicants with a Master’s degree these specified areas will have an added advantage
  • Proven experience in conducting household surveys and managing survey data
  • Practical knowledge in use of GIS and Remote Sensing applications
  • Relevant working experience of at least 3 years
All applications with positions and reference numbers clearly indicated on the envelope should be sent to the address below by registered mail, hand delivery or by courier on or before 27th November 2012.

The Chairman
Board of Directors
National Drought Management Authority (NDMA)
P O Box 53547-00200
Kenyatta International Conference Centre, 17th floor, Door No 1710
Harambee Avenue
Nairobi

The National Drought Management Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.