Kenya Job Vacancies: General Manager Jobs In Kenya, 09 October, 2010

Kenya Job Vacancies: General Manager Jobs In Kenya, 09 October, 2010
About Us
Efex Consulting is registered by a team of multi-disciplinary East African professionals who have worked and gained substantial experiences in consultancies and other industries
Efex Consulting is a firm dedicated to strengthening the capacities of organizations in the area of human resource management. The company partners with organizations that wish to outsource their workforce or their HR functions.
The company also offers HR legal services by providing legal counsel on labour laws and employment regulation.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE
RESOURCE PLANNING: Recruitment and Selection: conducting job analysis, forecasting HR requirements, recruiting, selecting and hiring people.

HR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: Training, orientation, designing and implementing management and organizational development programmes, building effective teams, designing appraisal systems, assisting employees in developing career plans.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS: Design and implementation of compensation and benefits systems, ensuring fairness and consistency of the system.

EMPLOYEE AND LABOUR PRACTICES: Serve as an intermediary between the organization and the union, design discipline and grievance handling systems.

SAFETY AND HEALTH: Design and implement programmes to ensure employees health and safety, provide assistance to employees with personal problems that impact on their performance.
HR RESEARCH: provide a HR information base, design and implement employee communication systems.
LABOUR OUTSOURCING
We handle all responsibilities that come with employing people by becoming the legal employer of your workforce whom you essentially lease from us.
LEGAL COUNSEL ON LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT REGULATION
We have on board, legal experts in employment law and regulation. Our experts have vast experience in labour laws of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

We are available for a meeting to discuss any of your Human Resource needs.

GENERAL MANAGER
Reporting to the chairman, the General Manager will be the principal officer of the Company and will be expected to provide overall direction to the Company through planning, directing and coordinating activities of the Company.

Major responsibilities include:
1. Developing for the approval of the Board, strategic and business plans, including annual work-plans, budget and performance targets
2. Ensuring effective implementation of the Company’s Strategic Plan
3. Ensuring safe custody and management of the Company’s assets.
4. Providing strategic leadership and direction, including the management and development of the human resources of the Company.
5. Planning, coordinating and implementing all activities of the Company in line with the policies and directives approved by the Directors.
6. Ensuring proper management, operational efficiency and corporate reporting requirement of the Company.
7. Promoting the Company’s image and developing a good working relationship with all stakeholders and partners.
8. Ensuring compliance with Government policies and regulations.
9. Provide advice to the Directors on matters related to the operation of the Company.
10. Monitor and evaluate performance of technical staff and contractors

Required Qualifications and Experience
The successful candidate should have practical skills, experience and a demonstrable track record in managing a large and dynamic department or organization. Specifically, the candidate must have:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering/Water and Irrigation from a recognized Institution a postgraduate qualification in management or other relevant field will be an added advantage.
2. A minimum of 12 years experience in water and sewerage development, management and operations, 5 of which must have been in a senior management position.
3. A sound understanding of the reforms taking place in the water sector in Kenya.
4. Be registered with Engineering Registration Board
5. Computer Proficiency
6. High level of integrity, results-orientation, managerial and administrative skills backed up by a demonstrable track record.

Key skills and competencies:
1. Demonstrated initiative and creativity.
2. Excellent inter-personal, communication and negotiation skills.
3. Strong management and organizational skills.
4. Proven people management skills

TERMS OF OFFER
Attractive remuneration packages commensurate with the seniority and responsibilities of the above positions will be highly negotiated with the successful candidate.

If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities please forward a detailed CV, stating your current position, current remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts quoting the relevant position applied for as the subject of your mail/application on or by

15TH October 2010 to:- recruit@efexconsulting.co.ke