CDC KENYA BIOSAFETY TECHNICAL ADVISOR JOB - EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BIOSAFETY TECHNICAL ADVISOR
Opening: September 19, 2011
Closing: October 6, 2011
Work Hours: Full-time; 40 hour work week
Salary:
Not-Ordinarily Resident: JOB Position Grade: FP-4
Ordinarily Resident: JOB Position Grade: FSN-501-11
(A higher step and salary may be granted based on superior qualifications).
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nairobi has an opening for the position of a Biosafety
Technical Advisor. The position will be available immediately.
Basic Function:
The incumbent will serve as the Technical Advisor of Biosafety for CDC-Division of HIV/AID in Kenya. She/he
will support CDC, the Ministries of Health and PEPFAR Implementing Partners plan and implement biosafety,
biosecurity and infection prevention control (IPC) measures in Kenya. Under the direction of the CDC Division of
HIV/AIDS Laboratory Branch Chief the incumbent will ensure the integration of biosafety/ Biosecurity and IPC
measures into the national laboratory systems; National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) and all PEPFAR
comprehensive prevention, care and treatment programs.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Technical Advisor for Biosafety/Biosecurity and IPC Initiatives - 45%
• Guide MOH and partners in implementation and monitoring of biosafety/Biosecurity interventions.
• Develop a long-term strategy for specimen archiving and security.
Establish protocols and systems conforming to national and international guidelines for best practice in all aspects of biosafety and IPC that will ensure biosafety, pathogen security and optimal work place safety at DGHA laboratories and all PEPFAR TB/HIV diagnosis and care and treatment sites in over 5000 locations countrywide.

Conduct routine support supervisory visits to Implementing Partners and the national program to ensure that
appropriate safety standards are applied in specimen collection, transportation, laboratory testing and disposal
of biomedical waste.
Provide expert technical assistance in the development and implementation of biosafety and IPC policies,
standards operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines from overseeing writing draft documents and tracking
the national review and approval processes.
Develop plans, in collaboration with the appropriate GoK departments, which outline procedures to handle
accidental chemical/toxic substance spills, contamination, and investigation of laboratory accidents with
proper preventive measures.
Serve as lead person in disaster preparedness activities within the Kenya CDC Division of Global HIV/AIDS,
including the planning and implementation for occupational safety and emergency safety drills.
Develop and implement processes and tools to measure, evaluate and monitor bio-medical transmission of

FINANCE ADVISORY MANAGER/ SENIOR MANAGER JOB IN KENYA - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPER

FINANCE ADVISORY MANAGER/ SENIOR MANAGER (FINANCE, STRATEGY & OPERATIONS) 
We are seeking to strengthen our Finance Advisory services by recruiting highly motivated and qualified
professionals to fill the positions of Senior Manager/ Manager.
As a seasoned Finance Advisory manager/ senior manager, you will support clients in Finance Strategy,
Operations and Enterprise Performance Management to help build world class finance functions or address
finance transaction needs.
The job holder will lead and manage consulting assignments in strategy, operational effectiveness, financial
reviews, strategic cost management, cost analysis, business process reviews, business planning, finance
transformation, CFO strategy and feasibility studies.

Key responsibilities of  the finance manager will include:
• Undertaking business development through active identification of leads, conversion of leads to
expressions of interests, proposals and engagements
• Responsibility for delivery of client work and management of assignment economics
• Apply leading practice finance and accounting transaction processing analysis in one or more core
finance areas Record-to-Report (RtR), Procure-to-Pay (PtP), Order-to-Cash (OtC) to design and
implement new re-engineered processes in the operating model
• Work collaboratively with client team to strategize and deliver efficiency in the operating model
through shared services and outsourcing solutions
• Guide client and team through Finance Transformation initiatives (as-is documentation and to-be
design of processes, related organization/role design and enabling technologies)
• Guide client team through balance scorecard development, requirement definition for operational
reports, service level agreements, and process KPI’s
• Guide through design and implementation of shared services operating model and including business
case development, governance and service management
• Manage transitions of M&A initiatives for post-integration support for organization to target
organization - including transition management, knowledge transfer, process re-engineering
• Directly supervise the work of others on a small/medium sized team including mentoring, coaching,
and providing advice on procedures/work methods
• Develop detailed work plans, direct project teams, deliver status, meet deadlines, manage to budget,
meet or exceed quality standards
• Guide team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem
solving principles and past experience

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK DIVISION MANAGER JOB VACANCY - WATER AND SANITATION

DIVISION MANAGER - WATER AND SANITATION
Grade: PL-2
Position N°: NA
Reference: ADB/11/150
Publication date: 13/09/2011
Closing date: 15/10/2011

Objectives
The international context and momentum from past reforms have generated opportunities for the African Development Bank to expand its mandate as well as increase African Development Bank’s visibility. The Bank has taken the leadership in infrastructure(NRPAD Infrastructure Program, Infrastructure Consortium) and Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI).
African Development Bank is the trustee for the African Water Facility Special Fund and is managing other trust funds in the Water sector like the Multi-donor Water Partnership program (MDWPP) and the RWSSI Trust Fund. African Development Bank is carrying out a number of projects and studies in the Water Sector, through its public sector operation window.
The objective of the Water and Sanitation Department will be to centralize the African Development Bank’s water sector activities for better coordination, to lead the definition and implementation of sustainable solutions across the water value chain, from strategy, policy-making, institutional reform, advisory services at country and regional levels,capacity building, information and knowledge, fund-raising, project implementation and monitoring. The Department will be responsible for the Bank contribution to achieve MDGs target in the Water sector and the other related areas namely the nutrition, education, health, gender empowerment and environment. The role of the Water and Sanitation Division will be to carry out the Water Sector activities and to play a key role in the Bank’s financing, implementation and monitoring of water and sanitation projects and programs.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the general guidance and direction of the Director, Water and Sanitation Department, the Manager,
Water and Sanitation Division will perform the following duties and responsibilities:
• Undertake or supervise studies on Water and Sanitation in Africa, at the national and regional level, to identify constraints, priorities, suitable projects and programs; advise on policies and strategies for
African Development Bank’s intervention in the water sector and related areas;
• Promote and develop appropriate strategies and work programme in the water sector which are in line
with Bank Country Strategy Paper at the national level, and Regional Strategy paper for the regional
operations;
• Analyze financing requests from the RMCs and propose projects, programs and studies for Bank
support; ensure compliance with Bank group acceptance criteria and priorities, including procurement
and cross-cutting strategies: environment, gender;
• Undertake dialogue in policy formulation, institutional reform, capacity building, promotion of
stakeholder participation, and programme, on water sector development with the RMCs and the
Regional Economic organizations (REC);
• Implement the Bank support to the development of the water sector in RMCs through lending, grants,
technical assistance and water sector policy-based operations, undertake the identification,
preparation and appraisal of the operations, loan and grant processing;

GRAIN BULK HANDLERS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOB IN MOMBASA KENYA

Grain Bulk Handlers Limited is the market leader in handling bulk grain in the port of Mombasa.
We are looking for suitable candidates to fill the following vacancies at our grain terminal.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
The position reports to the Finance Director.
The incumbent will work closely with the other departments to render IT services.
Key Responsibilities:
• Plan and develop systems and procedures to improve the operating quality and efficiency of the
department
• Direct staff in the development, analysis, and preparation of reports
• Supervise staff ¡n accordance with company policies and procedures
• Monitor the LAN resources for security and performance issues
• Maintain & repair, where possible, all IT equipments
• Planning and coordinating security measures, performance monitoring and tuning of servers
• Maintain site licenses for the organization
• Plan and implement network security, including building firewalls, applying cryptography to network
applications, managing host security, file permissions, backup and disaster recovery plans, file system
integrity, and adding and deleting users
• Develop and conduct various training and instruction for system users on operating systems, relational
databases, and other applications; assist users in maximizing use of networks and computing systems
• Identify utilization patterns and their effect on operation/system availability and performance
expectations
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to the information being processed, stored or accessed by the
network
• Communicating regularly and working closely with other department Heads
• Be a Team Player with good communication and interpersonal people management skills.

Essential Qualifications and skills:

KENYAN JOBS -SIGNIFICANCE TO KENYANS

"Kenyan Jobs" has become a common phrase in the Kenyan Advertisement Environment.Finding Jobs is one of the greatest problem faced by young Kenyans fresh out of University and in dire need of    employment.

In Kenya,emphasis has been highly placed on education as a factor for attaining success.

Unfortunately while people search out different career paths with the main focus being on attaining one of the high paying jobs,the reality remains that job creation in Kenya does not go hand in hand with need for jobs or employment.

Graduate numbers are very high and jobs too less thus a very good number of Kenyans are rendered jobless for longer spells.

Is success in Kenya the only significant thing a Kenyan Job has to offer?
This question has lingered over me for a long time now I only so it best to share a few of my thoughts.
A job is handy in:

• first,to attain monetary return in the form of Kenyan Currency
• Gain valuable experience that will prove necessary to be considered for other jobs
• JumpStart your career so as to determine the path you wish to follow
• To Start off Investments in Kenya or other areas

As an alternative most Kenyans are opting to venture into businesses rather than wait for jobs that might never arrive.While this is highly commendable,the question then becomes how do you get money to conduct such a venture??