Reporting to the Head – Mortgage Finance, the Head Projects & Infrastructure Finance will co-ordinate and supervise the project process from the conceptual development stage through to final stage and ensure the project is completed on time and within budget and scope by offering the relevant technical and administrative support.

The Role
The successful jobholder will be expected to:

• Monitoring quality of product, information and coordination provided by the consultants including timeliness of inspections carried out by the consultants and contractors for compliance with their contractual responsibilities and with agreed schedules.
• Reviewing the consultants with a view to manage costs by tracking data to ensure that approved loan and bill of quantities are not exceeded.
• Recommending approvals / disapproval of variation within the established authority limits.
• Preparing regular progress reports for project sponsors on each project at agreed intervals, and whenever substantive actions are required.
• Ensure the project is delivered on time and on budget by setting benchmarks, and monitoring progress
• Undertake site checks to monitor progress, evaluate and help to determine appropriate construction delivery systems and to manage the risk associated in the most effective way.
• Oversees the performance of all trade contractors, direct the work of several subordinates, such as assistant managers or project assistant and quantity surveyors and take the responsibility to ensure that all work is completed on schedule.
• Maintain regular communication and attend meetings with clients and their representatives to inform them of progress on the project, i.e. stakeholder management, enforce recommended actions for disputes & claims and deal with matters arising from stakeholders.

Skills
The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following qualifications: -

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Built environment from a recognized university.
• Minimum 7 years of increasingly responsible experience, including experience successfully managing various projects in the industry.
• Finance and IT skills, including knowledge of relevant building methods and project management software to manage information and finances during the project.
• Excellent planning and time management skills to ensure that projects are completed within set timeframes.
• Qualification  as a Certified  project manager
• Exposure in or knowledge of  Mortgage Finance
• Ability to manage finances and budget, ensuring that equipment is available throughout the building project and that the project is completed within a financial budget.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to arrange meetings and ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the project’s progress.

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Reporting to the Senior Manager, the incumbent is responsible for developing IT information models (message protocols, defined data structures, schemas, information types and workflows) and relating documentation for IT Systems in use by or to be procured by the Bank in line with Bank policy, Business Processes, Architecture and Best Practice, standards and methods

Responsibilities

• Coordinating information flow through the enterprise, eliciting business requirements and generation / development of relevant business requirements documentation.
• Translate user needs into functional requirements. Identify user requirements by researching and analysing user needs, preferences, objectives, and working methods; studying how users consume content, including data categorization and labelling, meeting with focus groups.
• Investigating the requirements of the customers for the content and structure of information deliverables.
• Perform a content inventory showing all content elements, relationships and dependencies.
• Validates information delivery by developing and completing usability test plans; evaluating traffic patterns and studying user feedback.
• Communicating with clients to understand their business requirements. Ensure documented content meets audience and organization needs as well as analysing users experience and their problems
• Developing practical plans in order to support organizational development. Identify content that helps support user goals and business goals.
• Keeps up-to-date and knowledgeable about industry trends and emerging technologies associated with Enterprise Information Architecture.
• Developing and building consensus for a strategic vision and roadmap for the organization to identify and prioritize information architecture projects and investments, consistent with the business strategies, which includes information governance policies and processes for the management and use of information.
• Lead the identification and analysis of the Bank’s business drivers to derive Enterprise business, information, technical and solution architecture requirements.
• Assess the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement in line with the Bank’s strategy and delivery priority of the IT programs.
• Lead the development of an implementation plan for the Enterprise Architecture models based on business requirements and Information Technology strategies.
• Market the Enterprise Architecture function, process and results, in particular to the business side of the Bank.
• Establish standards, guidelines, checklists and processes for architectural development and compliance.
• To build and maintain productive relations with Sector Heads/Relationship teams/Product houses/Finance/ stakeholders to drive delivery of business solutions and revenue growth for the specific sectors or portfolio.
• Ensure timely preparation of relevant reports, financial and performance metrics’ and cascade to the team in a timely manner or as per SLA.
• Ensure compliance to the Bank’s policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.

Requirements
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following minimum requirements:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field from a recognized and reputable University.
• Professional IT certifications in the following: ITIL Foundation; Prince2 Practitioner; Business Analysis e.g. CBAP
• Other relevant Technical Certifications e.g. SQL, Data Modeling, Software Development
• Minimum 5 Years of Experience in a similar business analysis related role
• Ability to perform impact analysis of new and proposed architectures in relation to the current landscape and available technologies utilized in the IT environment.
• Ability to conceptualize, formulate, and present complex business demands / requirements via comprehensible models and templates.
• Hands on experience with project methodologies i.e. SDLC processes & agile based development methodology.
• Knowledge of SOA approach and its implementation, web-based systems architecture, enterprise application integration as well as experience managing expectations and priorities.
• Knowledge of data representation in JSON, XML, XSLT mapping and usage of SOAP/HTTP, REST and JMS/MQ protocols.
• Working experience in UML.
• Good working experience with all the tiers of architecture - infrastructure, database, integration, application, UI, network and security.
• Must have a strong and proven software development background.
• Sound knowledge of various messaging architectures.
• Participation in key/large projects as an architect.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; self-motivated, dynamic, team player, result driven, relationship builder, independent worker with excellent interpersonal relation building skills.

The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidates. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

To be considered your application must be received by Monday 21st May, 2018

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

NB: In the event that you are invited to interview for any positions, we will require that you provide us with the following documents:

• National I.D.
• KRA Pin Card
• Birth Certificate of self
• Passport Photo (White Background)
• NSSF Card
• NHIF Card
• Police Clearance Certificate (less than 5 Months old)
• Academic and Professional certificates, including official transcripts
• Certificates of Service from previous employers as applicable

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Reporting to: Data Scientist

The Role:
We are looking for a hard-working, well organized, highly analytical individual to join our Risk department as a Senior Statistical Analyst. The Senior Statistical Analyst will help to develop and execute predictive models and advanced analytics, facilitate machine learning, predictive analytics, data mining, advanced analytics, statistics, workload prioritization, operations research, risk analysis, streaming analytics, anomaly detection, exploratory data analysis, ETL, event log processing, mathematical modelling, graph/network analysis, data visualization, data access, storage and retrieval.The right candidate should be personable with ability to independently research statistical techniques and their application to business.

Greenlight Planet offers numerous opportunities to grow professionally, across a variety of geographies.  This role will have exposure to all of the company’s core departments and regularly interact with Greenlighters across all levels, from field sales executives to heads of departments.  We are looking for strong performers that are innovative by nature, entrepreneurial and excited for the opportunity to progress in a high-growth business.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing predictive models and advanced analytics.
• Machine learning, predictive analytics, data mining, advanced analytics, statistics, workload prioritization, operations research, risk analysis, streaming analytics, anomaly detection, exploratory data analysis, ETL, event log processing, mathematical modelling, graph/network analysis, data visualization, data access, storage and retrieval
• Independently researching statistical techniques and their application to the business
• Monitoring existing predictive models for ongoing efficiency and stability; performing refreshes as necessary.
• Communicating findings and recommendations via written and oral presentations; conveying a clear understanding of business implications.
• Effectively handling data through quality checks and appropriate transformations; expertly and efficiently handling large datasets.
• Documenting activities in an organized manner to facilitate knowledge retention.
• Attending occasional late-night and early-morning calls with colleagues around the world
• Performing other related work as required or requested.

The ideal Senior Statistical Analyst has:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Actuarial science or any other Quantitative Field
• At least 5 years’ experience within a Fintech Company, with at least 2 years at a team leader level
• Strong analytical skills to effectively apply statistical methodologies in addressing business challenges
• Predictive modelling and analytics background, either through direct experience, or a relevant degree
• Skilled user of R or Python
• Skilled user of SQL
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to learn quickly, initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Experience using Looker, Tableau, or Periscope (an added advantage)

We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable, energy to homes in Africa and Asia.  If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.

Greenlight Planet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, martial status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/Aids, disability or any other protected characteristic as established by law.

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Reporting to: Chief Financial Officer

The Role:
Greenlight Planet offers numerous opportunities to grow professionally, across a variety of geographies.  This role will work closely with various internal and external stakeholders stake holders across functions like Sales, Marketing, Finance etc to provide seamless reverse logistics and Quality Control operations across Africa.

The role may involve travel of about four days every month.

Responsibilities
The Quality Control Manager will manage resources and daily operation of the function to ensure efficient execution of relevant reverse logistics supply chain processes and to strive for functional excellence of all activities by:

• Leading the expansion of service centre footprint across Africa
• Creating processes to service customers with a faulty light with world class service levels
• Leading the demand and supply planning activities
• Creating partner facing reverse logistics models for Sun King partners

The ideal Quality Control Manager has:

• A Bachelor’s degree or Post Graduate qualification in Operations from a Premier institution
• Relevant experience setting up after sales and quality control infrastructure  including service and refurbishment centers; spare parts management; repair and replacement policies and designing world class customer service processes.
• 3-5 years’ work experience managing after sales service in consumer durables sector (experience with companies working in rural markets preferred).
• Experience working with cross-functional, multi-country teams
• Experience handling large Microsoft Excel files
• Knowledge and hands-on experience designing and implementing unique reverse logistics processes and infrastructures.
• Knowledge of handling imports and clearance for spare parts.
• Knowledge of working and managing large and distributed network of service centres and refurbishment centres.
• Knowledge of pricing and receivable modules for customer servicing.
• Knowledge and working experience of ERP systems (SAP R3, Oracle, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Energy, drive and the ability to handle multiple challenges and rapid growth

We are looking for someone who is driven, passionate and excited about the opportunity to bring honest, affordable, energy to homes in Africa and Asia.  If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Greenlight Planet offers a competitive salary, a fun, supportive work environment and opportunities for continued professional growth within a fast-growing global enterprise.

Greenlight Planet believes in equal opportunity for all people, everywhere. It is the reason we exist! So, regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, HIV/Aids status, disability or any other protected characteristic as established by law, we will accept your application and make a decision based on your suitability for the position.

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We are seeking to recruit focused and results driven individual to fill the following position.

Job Summary

The position will be responsible for meeting and exceeding sales objectives of the assigned territory by promoting and selling the Amiran product solutions through professional sales techniques and long-term customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a proper framework for selling chemicals and fertilizers.
• Identify and develop the marketing / penetration strategies for the above products.
• Carry out field visits to meet farmers and agricultural intermediaries periodically and as and when required, and make presentations on agricultural
• Collect and analyze relevant market information regarding our agricultural products and formulate an appropriate response strategy.
• Work closely with partners to identify, develop and implement innovative agricultural products that meet current market need.
• Work closely with farmers and other stakeholders to identify ways of entrenching agricultural products offered by the Company.
• Keeping abreast of competition, competitive issues and products.
• Attending and participating in sales meetings, product seminars and trade shows.
• Preparing written presentations, reports, and price quotations.
• Provide follow-up with customers to ensure customer satisfaction with products.
• Ensure that agricultural premium income targets are achieved.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, Horticulture or Agronomy.
• At least three years’ experience working in field crops Sector in the agricultural field dealing with agrochemicals and fertilizer sales.
• Excellent communications, interpersonal, organizational and administrative skills.
• Must be computer literate.
• Valid driving license added advantage.
• Willing to travel widely.
• Able to work in a team.

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Reporting to: Pre-sales and Commercial Manager

The job holder will be required to ensure that the financial business case activities for the Enterprise department meet the Enterprise objectives with minimal risks, through management of the entire bid process and commercial activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop business cases and any escalation packs within the Telkom policies and develop commercial solutions/terms and conditions with minimum risk in accordance with the overall financial strategy
• Develop the customer solution business case as well as internal technology optimization business cases to support new technology implementation and sales growth strategies.
• Determine pricing and financial information based on internal and external costing
• Oversee the design of customer solutions to address business needs and goals while leveraging Telkom’s products and services
• Attending pre-bid meetings as per customer’s invitation to qualify and scope the bid documents to determine client needs.
• Compiles the final bid document and submits to customer.
• Deliver professional presentations to customer together with the sales team.
• Facilitate the resolution of customer bid queries through relevant stakeholders
• Report accurate, relevant and timely information on solutions and bid progress tracking.
• Responsible for ensuring all technical proposal on EOI/RFP/RFI in support of the sales team
• Manage and drive innovations within the Enterprise product offering by tailor making solutions to drive high value sales
• Supports the bid process by providing financial proposal and tender security value to be incorporated in final bid document response
• Submits and receives bid request feedback from listed partners for services not offered by Telkom
• Manage internal cross functional and inter-departmental stakeholders’ communication on bid requirements
• Identify and build relationship with internal and external partners required to build end-to-end bids
• Maintain a due diligence database to ensure Telkom is competitive with financial proposals
• Complete the Investment Committee document to go for approvals as per documented Investment Committee Management Process.
• Manage internal approval requirement for all statutory documentation requested for in bid document
• Reporting progress of all bids from initial stage to submission and post submission stages
• Produce post bid reviews and handover documentation to Implementation team

Academic/ Professional Qualifications:

• Relevant business related degree.
• 2-4 years’ Experience in Commercial Management, Sales Cycle and Procurement Laws.

Professional Skills:

• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good in commercial management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Be a natural communicator with excellent written and oral presentation skills.
• Strong planning, organization and time management skills

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Reporting to: Manager Network Implementation

The incumbent of the position will be responsible of undertaking all the actions that assure the civil work within Network Implementation

Responsibilities

• Supervision/ follow up of civil related works carried out under the Department or within the Institution as may be required from time to time.
• Interpretation of the Technical drawings and validation for implementation in the field.
• Preparation of the Bill of Quantities related Civil Works or any related works within the company
• Delegation/distribution of duties
• Validation of Bills of Quantities for issuance of PO by Finance Department
• Analysis and approval of Telkom sites’ structures for other operators’ collocation purpose.
• Preparation of weekly progress reports and schedules.
• Coordination and Participation in Technical Survey for Network Rollout
• Production of Technical Drawings where needed and as required.
• Climbing Towers for inspection to determine status and offer relevant solution to ensure all the towers meet the standard norm.
• Other duties as assigned.

Academic/ Professional Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural engineering from an accredited institution.
• Registered with the Engineers Board of Kenya/Institute of Quantity Surveyors or any other relevant and accredited Institution.
• Must have at least 5 years working experience in the Telecommunication Industry

Professional Knowledge

• Local construction industry/market
• Statutory requirements by local Authorities
• Local Authority/Building by-laws
• Construction Law
• Global telecommunication revolution and demand
• Statutory Permits requirements.
• Network Planning, Design & Implementation
• GSM and Fixed line Network rollout
• Coordination of Network rollout-Civil Works
• Adequate knowledge in Project Management, effective usage of MS Project and able to step up to the task and manage a team of professionals whilst maintaining the confidence of internal and external clients

Professional Skills:

• Must be a team player.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Be able to evaluate the work of others and ensure their work is in compliance with and is within applicable/relevant laws, regulations and standards and making sure the work is within set budgets and time frames.
• Should have adequate Communication Skills.
• Should be Creative able to innovate and improve on solutions.
• Should be critical thinker who is able to find efficient solutions for any complex problem that may arise. She/he should be able to assess the pros and cons of all possible solutions, and need to be decisive in order to choose the best one.
• Need to be skilled in design techniques and working with maps, drawings and models, as well as CAD software.
• Autonomy in a multicultural and multifunctional environment, ability to liaise with other entities and departments inside Telkom Kenya and outside Telkom Kenya

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Reporting to: Regional Team Leader FO

Execute the maintenance and operations activities on transmission equipment, ensuring the quality and continuity of the services as per the company KPIs. He/she will also execute the transmission network extensions, detect and repair dysfunctions of transmission network elements.

Responsibilities

• Periodically check/monitor booked faulty Trouble Tickets assigned
• Execute on the booked trouble tickets by repairing the dysfunctional transmission line/node within the set KPI.
• Work in Coordination with support and NMC teams while analyzing fault incidents, to ensure that accurate & timely correction is achieved and that clears are confirmed and communicated as necessary.
• Jointly perform new site commissioning tests with equipment vendors and only accept links/sites that qualify criteria set in the engineering standards & equipment factory specifications.
• Ensure transmission network functionality in the limit of KPI through interventions, corrective and preventive maintenance actions
• Establish the root cause of transmission network element failures
• Carry out implementations of work request and change request.
• Carry out post incident review and make reports.
• Perform transmission network monitoring
• Ensure that set objectives with line manager is achievable and deliverable
• Secure the tools and materials assigned
• Ensure good management of fleet assigned in fueling, maintenance and cleanliness.
• Prepare intervention reports
• Prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports to the team leader

Academic/ Professional Qualifications

• University Degree OR Higher Diploma in Engineering, Telecommunication or other related field from an accredited institution of higher learning.
• 2-3 years Experience in the design, implementation, operation and maintenance of telecommunications networks.

Professional Knowledge

• Business acumen and principles and techniques of administration, organization and people management.
• Thorough grounding in telecommunications network design, implementation, operation and maintenance (mobile and data) methods and procedures, as well as computer software systems associated with such networks.
• Extensive knowledge of equipment and software characteristics of various telecommunications networks and their integration

Professional Skills

• Proactive and dynamic.
• Efficient and results oriented
• Self-motivated person able to work under minimum supervision
• Organization and communication skills
• Networking skills to form collaborative partnerships

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KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is one of the leading research centres in Africa. The Programme engages in a wide range of research on the main causes of ill health in Africa.

In addition, KWTRP has a strong commitment towards developing local research leadership. Most of the capacity building activities at KWTRP are managed through the Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL) with funding from the Wellcome Trust and DFID. The aim of IDeAL is to strengthen research capacity in Africa through research training schemes ranging from attachments for school leavers and undergraduates, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters, PhD studentships and postdoctoral fellowships.

We are now seeking to appoint a postdoctoral statistician who will provide statistical training and support for IDeAL and non-IDeAL students and fellows based at KWRTP.  The post-holder will also be encouraged to develop their personal research interest, including new analyses of existing datasets and developing primary research in collaboration with other scientists in the Programme.  The post-holder will have the opportunity to apply for independent funding to support their work.
Description:

Reports To:  DIRECTOR, IDeAL as regards training support and to Director, KWTRP as regards independent research.
Budget Responsibility: Management of any independent project funding awarded

Responsibilities

• Provide statistical support for Programme students and early postdoctoral fellows at all stages of research projects – from proposal writing to data analysis and publication
• Work together with other statisticians at KWRTP to develop and manage statistical training packages for students and staff.
• Propose new approaches of analysing existing datasets within the Programme.
• Work with data management teams to ensure proper archiving of data arising from students’ research work.
• Support Director, IDeAL in developing linkages with statistics departments in local universities and other initiatives that are focusing on developing statistics capacity in the region.
• The post holder will be expected to develop their own personal research work, including applying for applicable funding opportunities

Qualifications

• Doctoral research degree, epidemiology, statistics, biostatistics, or other relevant subject.
• Proven record of quantitative research and analytical skills along with advanced research experience in data analysis and/or statistical methods.
• Experience of and demonstrated success in modeling using at least one of the following programming languages: Stata, Python, R.
• Experience in teaching or supervising statistics students is an added advantage

Competencies:

• Keen interest in research
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
• Excellent teaching skills with ability to simplify complex concepts
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Team working skills with the ability to work in a multi-cultural setting
  

All applicants are required to state their current/last salary.

Candidates must supply an email and telephone contact that will be used when offering interviews.  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce ORIGINALS of their National Identity Card, academic and professional certificates, original transcripts and testimonials, detailed curriculum vitae and valid clearance certificate (certificate of good conduct) during the interviews.

The application closing date is 11th May 2018.

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