TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS, FOOD AND NUTRITION at Tetra Tech ARD
Description:
Tetra Tech ARD
During the past 33 years, Tetra Tech ARD has built a worldwide reputation for practical yet innovative consulting services. Our multidisciplinary staff is able to work with clients to plan, implement, and manage short- and long-term projects. The result: practical solutions that ensure sustained development.
Closing date: 15 Jan 2011
Tetra Tech ARD (www.ardinc.com) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a potential 5 year USAID-funded Market-based Solutions to Reduce Poverty and Improve Nutrition project in Tanzania. The successful candidates will provide long-term technical assistance to promote improved, more nutritious and affordable food products for the vulnerable groups, and value-added of targeted agricultural commodities through improvements in Tanzania’s agricultural processing sector. This project will focus on; 1) the agro- processing linkage in the rice, maize and horticulture value chains, 2) increase investment in medium- and small scale enterprises, and 3) make more nutritious process foods available and affordable to vulnerable groups.
Showing posts with label Specialist Jobs In Kenya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Specialist Jobs In Kenya. Show all posts
Friday, December 31, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at UNFPA
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist at UNFPA
Description:
UNFPA Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Job in Kenya
UNFPA is pleased to announce the above position on behalf of the United Nations Volunteer Programme. The Officer will be seated at the Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030.
Background
The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) will work to support the development of capacities for tracking and reporting on the implementation of the Medium Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030.
The officer will be involved in the implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation communications strategy to help demonstrate results to citizenry and market the M & E initiatives under the National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (NIMES).
Description:
UNFPA Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Job in Kenya
UNFPA is pleased to announce the above position on behalf of the United Nations Volunteer Programme. The Officer will be seated at the Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030.
Background
The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) will work to support the development of capacities for tracking and reporting on the implementation of the Medium Term Plan of Kenya Vision 2030.
The officer will be involved in the implementation of the Monitoring and Evaluation communications strategy to help demonstrate results to citizenry and market the M & E initiatives under the National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System (NIMES).
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wrigley Company East Africa ESH Specialist Job in Kenya
Wrigley Company East Africa ESH Specialist Job in Kenya
The Wrigley Company East Africa, a local subsidiary of Wm Wrigley Company and a leader in the global confectionery industry and the world’s largest manufacturer of chewing and bubble gum seeks to recruit a Environmental Safety and Health Specialist.
Reporting to: Factory Manager
Position Purpose:
Provide ESH support to all Wrigley activities in line with the Corporate Mission and Values statements, ESH standards and regional business activities to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations as well as minimizing the Company’s general liability and exposure to environment, safety and health risks.
Key Responsibilities:
* Influence: To implement statutory and Corporate ESH standards necessary in order to minimize Company and employee exposure to ESH risks. Works with other functions to implement behavior based safety culture.
The Wrigley Company East Africa, a local subsidiary of Wm Wrigley Company and a leader in the global confectionery industry and the world’s largest manufacturer of chewing and bubble gum seeks to recruit a Environmental Safety and Health Specialist.
Reporting to: Factory Manager
Position Purpose:
Provide ESH support to all Wrigley activities in line with the Corporate Mission and Values statements, ESH standards and regional business activities to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations as well as minimizing the Company’s general liability and exposure to environment, safety and health risks.
Key Responsibilities:
* Influence: To implement statutory and Corporate ESH standards necessary in order to minimize Company and employee exposure to ESH risks. Works with other functions to implement behavior based safety culture.
Monday, December 13, 2010
VAS Specialist job in Tanzania
VAS Specialist job in Tanzania
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: VAS Team Leader
PURPOSE:
O&M of Roaming platforms Roamsalute/Traffic Steering/LRN/Feel@home/IRS
O&M of Huawei VAS Services
O&M of all third party VAS providers
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensure smooth O&M on the VAS nodes.
Features enabling and configuring upon customer requests, short codes definitions, message broadcasting,
routing administration,SMPP configuration
Perform system backups and transferring to external media.
Review traffic management and system performance reports and coordinate with planning department if necessary
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: VAS Team Leader
PURPOSE:
O&M of Roaming platforms Roamsalute/Traffic Steering/LRN/Feel@home/IRS
O&M of Huawei VAS Services
O&M of all third party VAS providers
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Ensure smooth O&M on the VAS nodes.
Features enabling and configuring upon customer requests, short codes definitions, message broadcasting,
routing administration,SMPP configuration
Perform system backups and transferring to external media.
Review traffic management and system performance reports and coordinate with planning department if necessary
Senior CDMA IN Specialist job in Tanzania
Senior CDMA IN Specialist job in Tanzania
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Team Leader IN/VAS Manager
PURPOSE: Take care of all CDMA IN related activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Daily/Monthly Operations & Maintenance of CDMA IN
Doing acceptance tests on the IN
Doing configuration changes of IN
Troubleshooting of IN
Involved in all projects related to IN
Engaging in other IN related duties whenever required
Ensuring prompt and effective fault attendance, rectification and escalating complex faults to the supervisor or vendor
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Team Leader IN/VAS Manager
PURPOSE: Take care of all CDMA IN related activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Daily/Monthly Operations & Maintenance of CDMA IN
Doing acceptance tests on the IN
Doing configuration changes of IN
Troubleshooting of IN
Involved in all projects related to IN
Engaging in other IN related duties whenever required
Ensuring prompt and effective fault attendance, rectification and escalating complex faults to the supervisor or vendor
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Aga Khan University (AKU) Programme Specialists Jobs in Kenya
Aga Khan University (AKU) Programme Specialists Jobs in Kenya
The Aga Khan University (AKU), one of the nine agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, is committed to international standards of excellence in education, research and service.
The University strives for quality, access, impact and relevance in all its programmes and selects faculty, staff and students on the basis of merit, irrespective of gender, race, religion or domicile.
AKU is currently planning a major expansion of its existing programmes in East Africa, in medicine, nursing and teacher education. Planning is also underway for a Faculty of Arts and Sciences in East Africa (AKU-FAS, EA) which aims to be an innovative, responsive, accessible and world-class institution, partnering with major international academic institutions.
AKU-FAS, EA is seeking to recruit appropriately qualified individuals as Programme Specialists.
Reporting to the Head of Academic Planning, AKU-FAS, EA, Programme Specialists will be responsible for defining course content in key disciplines, structuring and sequencing the curriculum and identifying appropriate teaching methods in the following areas:
The Aga Khan University (AKU), one of the nine agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network, is committed to international standards of excellence in education, research and service.
The University strives for quality, access, impact and relevance in all its programmes and selects faculty, staff and students on the basis of merit, irrespective of gender, race, religion or domicile.
AKU is currently planning a major expansion of its existing programmes in East Africa, in medicine, nursing and teacher education. Planning is also underway for a Faculty of Arts and Sciences in East Africa (AKU-FAS, EA) which aims to be an innovative, responsive, accessible and world-class institution, partnering with major international academic institutions.
AKU-FAS, EA is seeking to recruit appropriately qualified individuals as Programme Specialists.
Reporting to the Head of Academic Planning, AKU-FAS, EA, Programme Specialists will be responsible for defining course content in key disciplines, structuring and sequencing the curriculum and identifying appropriate teaching methods in the following areas:
Sunday, November 7, 2010
IFC Agrifinance Advisory Senior Financial Specialist Job in Kenya, Sunday, November 7, 2010
IFC Agrifinance Advisory Senior Financial Specialist Job in Kenya, Sunday, November 7, 2010
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. In a time of global economic uncertainty, our new investments climbed to a record $18 billion in fiscal 2010.
Expanding the development impact in Africa is a top priority for IFC.
The objective of the Global Agrifinance Advisory Program is to achieve large scale impact on the availability of financing for the agriculture and food supply-chain sectors.
Leveraging IFC’s long track record of investment and advisory services, its agribusiness expertise, and large networks of financial institutions and agribusiness market participants, we provide risk mitigation products and capacity building, enabling FIs to efficiently expand lending, in particular for SME agribusinesses and farmers.
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. In a time of global economic uncertainty, our new investments climbed to a record $18 billion in fiscal 2010.
Expanding the development impact in Africa is a top priority for IFC.
The objective of the Global Agrifinance Advisory Program is to achieve large scale impact on the availability of financing for the agriculture and food supply-chain sectors.
Leveraging IFC’s long track record of investment and advisory services, its agribusiness expertise, and large networks of financial institutions and agribusiness market participants, we provide risk mitigation products and capacity building, enabling FIs to efficiently expand lending, in particular for SME agribusinesses and farmers.
Friday, October 29, 2010
CFC Life Kenya. Training Speciliast Job Vacancy.
CFC Life Kenya. Training Speciliast Job Vacancy.
JOB TITLE: TRAINING SPECIALIST
BUSINESS UNIT: CFC Life Assurance Limited
DEPARTMENT: Sales and Distribution
KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE JOB
To independently implements blended training solutions to address multi-discipline training needs & facilitates transfer of learning into the respective business units within Sales and Distribution Department.
JOB SUMMARY – LIST THE KEY TASKS IN THE JOB
• Independently starts performing the role of a training specialist in that broad spectrums of issues are considered when analyzing training needs &/or skill development solutions within the Sales and Distribution.
• Implement best approach to training delivery methods to enhance the effectiveness of the intervention.
• Facilitates potentially complex & sensitive workshops/programmes at all levels within the Sales and Distribution Department.
• Implement multi-system assessment tools in accordance with Skills Development policies.
• Provides specialist training advice to a broad & varied customer base, whilst integrating general best practice, business realities, external industry trends and research, through effective facilitation and learning
• Maintains and builds win-win partnerships with customer base to better provide feedback to T&D solutions to business challenges.
• Develops client partnerships across the group to ensure more improved team value add to the customer.
• Coaching of other team members to ensure efficiency of team outputs.
• Implement integrated BU projects across broad spectrums of Sales and Distribution in order to meet and exceed production targets, persistency and Manpower targets in assigned agencies
Academic and professional qualification
• University Degree in Business or Social Related Studies
• Insurance Certification
JOB TITLE: TRAINING SPECIALIST
BUSINESS UNIT: CFC Life Assurance Limited
DEPARTMENT: Sales and Distribution
KEY OBJECTIVE OF THE JOB
To independently implements blended training solutions to address multi-discipline training needs & facilitates transfer of learning into the respective business units within Sales and Distribution Department.
JOB SUMMARY – LIST THE KEY TASKS IN THE JOB
• Independently starts performing the role of a training specialist in that broad spectrums of issues are considered when analyzing training needs &/or skill development solutions within the Sales and Distribution.
• Implement best approach to training delivery methods to enhance the effectiveness of the intervention.
• Facilitates potentially complex & sensitive workshops/programmes at all levels within the Sales and Distribution Department.
• Implement multi-system assessment tools in accordance with Skills Development policies.
• Provides specialist training advice to a broad & varied customer base, whilst integrating general best practice, business realities, external industry trends and research, through effective facilitation and learning
• Maintains and builds win-win partnerships with customer base to better provide feedback to T&D solutions to business challenges.
• Develops client partnerships across the group to ensure more improved team value add to the customer.
• Coaching of other team members to ensure efficiency of team outputs.
• Implement integrated BU projects across broad spectrums of Sales and Distribution in order to meet and exceed production targets, persistency and Manpower targets in assigned agencies
Academic and professional qualification
• University Degree in Business or Social Related Studies
• Insurance Certification
Friday, October 15, 2010
Compensation Benefits Payroll Specialist Job Vacancy In Kenya, 15 October,2010
Compensation Benefits Payroll Specialist Job Vacancy In Kenya, 15 October,2010
Adept Systems is a Kenyan management consultancy established in 1994.
We provide a full range of management consultancy services in the areas of:-
* human resources management,
* business development,
* information management and financial systems.
We have carried out specialised assignments for private companies and multi-nationals, NGOs, government departments and ministries, parastatals and a number of donor agencies in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa.
We have a team of highly qualified and experienced consultants, and a large number of professional associates, both local and foreign, who can be called upon at short notice.
Our technical expertise is complimented by strengths that include:
* A strong focus on delivering results.
* A proven ability to work from your point of view, and in this manner, harnessing the extensive knowledge and skills that exists in your organisation. We are thus able to deliver home-grown solutions and build the capacity of in-house personnel to independently undertake similar assignments in the future.
* A keen understanding of the market place, acquired through employment and the execution of consultancy assignments.
Our client is a global multinational Food & Beverage company, worldwide leader in most of its category portfolio. With global or local specific brands and products, the core focus is to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers all over the world.
Operating in Africa for more than 80 years, the Company has 5 markets within, the Equatorial African Region being amongst them. The regional operations are co-ordinated from Nairobi, Kenya to offer shared service across countries in Central, East, part of Southern Africa including the Island markets and Horn of Africa.
With this regional expertise, the Company aims at enhancing the business potential of this region, which is seen as an important source of future growth, and bring it up to the level of performance that the Company experiences in other regions of Africa and the world.
By reinforcing business and product categories focus, making operations more efficient, developing cross fertilization or enhancing peoples’ knowledge transfer and empowerment, this shared service expertise is expected to accelerate growth and meet the company’s high ambition for the Region.
Our client continues to be viewed as one of the leading global companies in Corporate Social
Responsibility, particularly in the developing world. Being a committed leader in environmental
performance, they ensure that natural resources are preserved and that waste management enjoys much attention in all operations worldwide. The company is an equal-opportunity employer with robust talent management policies, and systems. They value and reward individual and team contributions to business results.
Adept Systems is a Kenyan management consultancy established in 1994.
We provide a full range of management consultancy services in the areas of:-
* human resources management,
* business development,
* information management and financial systems.
We have carried out specialised assignments for private companies and multi-nationals, NGOs, government departments and ministries, parastatals and a number of donor agencies in East Africa, Southern Africa and West Africa.
We have a team of highly qualified and experienced consultants, and a large number of professional associates, both local and foreign, who can be called upon at short notice.
Our technical expertise is complimented by strengths that include:
* A strong focus on delivering results.
* A proven ability to work from your point of view, and in this manner, harnessing the extensive knowledge and skills that exists in your organisation. We are thus able to deliver home-grown solutions and build the capacity of in-house personnel to independently undertake similar assignments in the future.
* A keen understanding of the market place, acquired through employment and the execution of consultancy assignments.
Our client is a global multinational Food & Beverage company, worldwide leader in most of its category portfolio. With global or local specific brands and products, the core focus is to meet the diverse needs and preferences of consumers all over the world.
Operating in Africa for more than 80 years, the Company has 5 markets within, the Equatorial African Region being amongst them. The regional operations are co-ordinated from Nairobi, Kenya to offer shared service across countries in Central, East, part of Southern Africa including the Island markets and Horn of Africa.
With this regional expertise, the Company aims at enhancing the business potential of this region, which is seen as an important source of future growth, and bring it up to the level of performance that the Company experiences in other regions of Africa and the world.
By reinforcing business and product categories focus, making operations more efficient, developing cross fertilization or enhancing peoples’ knowledge transfer and empowerment, this shared service expertise is expected to accelerate growth and meet the company’s high ambition for the Region.
Our client continues to be viewed as one of the leading global companies in Corporate Social
Responsibility, particularly in the developing world. Being a committed leader in environmental
performance, they ensure that natural resources are preserved and that waste management enjoys much attention in all operations worldwide. The company is an equal-opportunity employer with robust talent management policies, and systems. They value and reward individual and team contributions to business results.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Public Health Specialist - Statistician - CDC Kenya Jobs
Public Health Specialist - Statistician - CDC Kenya Jobs
The United States Embassy – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Kenya has two vacancies in Nairobi and Kisumu for Public Health Specialist - Statistician.
The statistician will be responsible for all statistical tasks of assigned project or program under the supervision of a more experienced senior statistician but with increasing autonomy.
The statistician will assist in the creation/extraction of datasets for the analysis and in programming, execution, presentation and reporting of analyses.
The statistician will also assist in developing the data analysis plans in collaboration with non-statistical staff team members with the support of the senior statistician.
Requirements:
* Masters degree in the field of Statistics or Biostatistics/Medical statistics is required.
* At least two years working experience in a supervisory data management, programming and analysis position in the health related field and advanced analysis using either SPSS, SAS, STATA or any other statistical software is required.
The United States Embassy – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Kenya has two vacancies in Nairobi and Kisumu for Public Health Specialist - Statistician.
The statistician will be responsible for all statistical tasks of assigned project or program under the supervision of a more experienced senior statistician but with increasing autonomy.
The statistician will assist in the creation/extraction of datasets for the analysis and in programming, execution, presentation and reporting of analyses.
The statistician will also assist in developing the data analysis plans in collaboration with non-statistical staff team members with the support of the senior statistician.
Requirements:
* Masters degree in the field of Statistics or Biostatistics/Medical statistics is required.
* At least two years working experience in a supervisory data management, programming and analysis position in the health related field and advanced analysis using either SPSS, SAS, STATA or any other statistical software is required.
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