Management Positions in Nairobi Kenya

Principal / Commercial Manager Job in Kenya - Professional Cleaning Services Company

Principal / Commercial Manager
Job Description
Our client in the professional cleaning services industry seeks to appoint a dynamic Principal / Commercial Manager who will have the vision and leadership ability to take its training institute into a new and exciting phase of its development.

The Board is looking for an individual with foresight, management focus and a firm grasp of the financial realities of the sector.

The role of the Principal/ Commercial Manager is to develop a vision and strategy which keeps the Institute at the forefront of educational innovation and outstanding achievement and which
maintains its position as a key and valued partner committed to excellence.

The position holder will be expected to lead, inspire and develop the management team and staff, maintaining at all times the ethos of partnership and shared decision making which is so fundamental to the Institute’s success.

The incumbent will be expected to develop strong and purposeful working relationships with the Board, whose role is to approve the educational programs and strategic priorities of the Institute.

It will then be his/her role to implement these policies and to provide leadership to Institute staff, ensuring that they share and reflect the Institute’s mission, values and aspirations.


Reporting
The Principal/ Commercial Manager will report to the Board.

Key Areas of Responsibilities
A description of the key responsibilities of the incumbent in this key post is provided below:


1. Leadership
The Principal/ Commercial Manager will:

• Provide effective leadership to the Institute in fulfilling its mission as determined by the Board.
• Make proposals to the Board regarding the educational programs, activities and mission of the Institute, developing a suitably ambitious vision to inspire and motivate.

Administrative Assistant Job Vacancy in Kenya

Care of Creation Kenya Administrative Assistant Opportunity in Kijabe

The mission of Care of Creation Kenya is to pursue a God-centered response to the environmental crisis in Africa which brings glory to the Creator, advances the cause of Christ, and leads to a transformation of the people and the land that sustains them.

To accomplish this mission, Care of Creation Kenya (CCK) is seeking to employ a qualified individual for the following position:

Job Title: Administrative Assistant

Location: Kijabe (Care of Creation Kenya office at Moffat Bible College)

Reports To: The Executive Director

General Summary: 

This person will facilitate effective communication between program staff and amongst program partners and beneficiaries while providing competent administrative and financial oversight for the organization.

Essential Qualifications

• Mature Christian
• Unquestioned personal integrity
• Excellent administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills (both orally and written)
• Strong book-keeping / accounting skills and knowledge of payroll requirements
• Strong computer proficiency (including Word, Excel, Outlook, Quickbooks, etc.)
• Must be a self starter who takes initiative, requires little supervision, and who identifies how to advance program goals when administrative tasks are not pressing
• Minimum grade of C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination
• Diploma or Higher Diploma in Business Administration or Office Management

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience in working for a Christian NGO
• Age 25 years or older

IFC Short Term Consultant – Senior Investment Climate specialist Based in Nairobi, Kenya Job Vacancy

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in developing countries.

We create opportunity for people to escape poverty and improve their lives. We do so by providing financing to help businesses employ more people and supply essential services, by mobilizing capital from others, and by delivering advisory services to ensure sustainable development.

IFC is recruiting:
Short Term Consultant – Senior Investment Climate specialist
Based in Nairobi, Kenya

The Investment Climate Advisory Services team is looking for a Short Term Consultant (STC) to be located in Nairobi.

The STC will be expected to:

• Develop and implement reforms in the upstream regulatory and business environment for the power sector (grid and off-grid) in the following topics;
• Removing constraints/entry barriers
• Economic Regulation
• Licensing

Kenya Institute of Social Work Principal Job Vacancy

The Kenya Institute of Social Work ¡s looking for a dynamic and result oriented individual to head one of the Branches of this premier institution

We are looking for:

• A mature person.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree ¡n Education/Business Administration.
• Strong management, marketing and leadership skills
• Strong inter-personal skills.
• Highest ethical standards, integrity and professionalism.
• Excellent computer application skills.

Application should include, a detailed CV, copies of certificates, email address, telephone contacts and names of three referees and addressed to:

The Director,
Kenya Institute of Social Work,
County House, 3rd Floor,
P.O. Box 57961- 00200 Nairobi

Cell: 0713 844333/ 0724 772878

Email: Director@kiswcd.co.ke

Closing date ¡s 14th October, 2011.

Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Office Director (Nairobi Office) Job in Kenya

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) is an independent, non-profit applied policy research organisation with a focus on human security in Africa.
Its mission is to conceptualise, inform and enhance the security debate on the continent.
The ISS has offices in Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Nairobi and Pretoria, with a Head Office located in Pretoria.

Office Director - Nairobi Office

• The successful candidate will provide overall management and oversight to the Nairobi office on all matters including programme delivery, financial and human resources management, general administration and fundraising.
• S/he will work in collaboration with a team of Project Leaders and staff members, and provide oversight and support to project management, fund-raising and donor relations.
• S/he will be responsible for the overall financial and administrative management of the office, ensure effective human resource management relating to staff performance, grievance and disciplinary matters, and manage a team of finance and administrative staff.

TechnoServe Country Director, Tanzania Job Vacancy

Country Director, Tanzania
Reports to: Regional Director for East Africa
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Travel: Moderate travel within Tanzania and internationally

TechnoServe Background: 
TechnoServe is an international, non-profit economic development organization founded in 1968 out of a conviction that a vibrant private sector is an essential foundation for economic growth and poverty reduction.

TechnoServe undertakes targeted, catalytic technical assistance and other programming to increase the competitiveness of entrepreneurs, businesses and industries that in-turn provide sustainable employment, inclusion of the poor and increased incomes.

TechnoServe operates in 25 developing countries with over 900 employees. A substantial portion of our work is in agriculture, enhancing farm productivity and commodity quality and addressing gaps in processing and other agribusiness capacities.

Our programs increase smallholder access to new technologies, aggregation and storage mechanisms, markets, critical information and finance.

TechnoServe also undertakes structured programs to identify and support high potential entrepreneurs in various sectors through leadership mentoring networks, formalization support, access to capital and development of sustainable business services such as accounting, finance, marketing and human resource management.

Program Description:
TechnoServe Tanzania is an emerging flagship platform working with more than 100,000 direct beneficiaries to help them improve their incomes and livelihoods.

Our 150+ staff work across multiple value chains - including staple crops such as maize, rice and cassava, and cash crops including coffee, cocoa, cotton and tomatoes, among others - to help farmers shift from subsistence to commercial enterprise by improving productivity, establishing farmer-owned enterprises and creating market linkages with reliable buyers in local, regional and international markets.

In addition, our teams work with many of Tanzania’s agro-processors to increase the growth of their businesses and strengthen the agro-processing sector overall with technical assistance and business advisory services.

Primary Purpose & Function:
Lead all aspects of TechnoServe’s operations in Tanzania to achieve sustainable economic development in a cost-effective manner.

Impact: Strategically select areas of work, partnerships and methodologies that most effectively contribute to