EAST AFRICAN JOBS: April 2012

Saturday 21 April 2012

Sample Cover Letters

456 College Hall

Normal, IL 67890

February 16, 20XX

Ms. Jane Doe
Partner-In-Charge
Big Public Accounting, Inc.
123 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 12345

Ms. Doe:

I was referred to you by Mr. Dave Zbecki, a Partner with your New York office, who informed me that the Chicago office of Big Public Accounting is actively seeking to hire quality individuals for your Auditor Development Program.

I have more than two years of accounting experience, including interning as an Auditor last year with the New York City office of Ernst & Young. I will be receiving my BBA this May from Illinois State University, graduating Magna Cum Laude. I am confident that my combination of practical work experience and solid educational experience has prepared me for making an immediate contribution to Big Public Accounting. Having interned with a leading firm in the public accounting field, I understand the level of professionalism and communication required for long-term success in the field. My background and professional approach to business will provide your office with a highly productive Auditor upon completion of your Development Program.

I will be in the Chicago area the week of March 16. Please call me at 217-222-3456 to arrange a convenient time when we may meet to further discuss my background in relation to your needs. If I have not heard from you by March 9, I will contact your office to inquire as to a potential meeting date and time. I look forward to meeting you then.

Sincerely,

Tracy Q. Graduate

Tracy Q. Graduate

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Tuesday 17 April 2012

FHI Jobs in Kenya for Nurse, Finance, HR, Nutrition and Education

FHI 360 is a global development organization with a rigorous, evidence-based approach.

Our professional staff includes experts in health, nutrition, education, economic development, civil society, environment and research.

FHI 360 operates from 60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world.

FHI360 is seeking to fill the following positions for the APHIA plus Northern Arid Lands Project funded by USAID.

The project supports integrated service delivery and addresses the social determinants of health.

The programmatic intervention areas for the project focus primarily on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Family Planning/Reproductive Health, MNCH, Nutrition, WASH, and a number of interventions related to the social determinants of health (household

Technical Officer, Nurse /Midwife

(2 positions)

Location: APHIAplus NAL Project (Lodwar and Wajir)

Requisition ID: NAL-001

Job Summary:

S/he will mentor health service providers on the high impact integrated maternal, neonatal and newborn care nursing interventions including documentation and review of records.

In addition s/he will provide policy updates and facilitate effective referral systems to increase access to integrated services.

The position holder will report to the Senior Technical Officer.

Minimum Requirement Standards:

The Nurse /Midwife should preferably be a KRCHN –Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse with 7-9 years’ work experience or MPH with 3-5 relevant years of experience.
Demonstrated knowledge in clinical training skills with knowledge and skills on the following basic approaches: Focused Antenatal care, EONC, FP, Targeted Postpartum care, Comprehensive Post Rape Care.
Demonstrated knowledge in common cross cutting principles such as: infection prevention practices, support supervision, QA/QI approaches.

Friday 13 April 2012

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi Jobs in Kenya

The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH, N) invites applications from suitably qualified individuals for the following positions:

Manager, Medical Records

The Manager, Medical Records will be responsible for management and effective service delivery in the mobilization of documents in the Medical Records Department.

S/he will enhance and maintain effective systems for electronic medical records, medical transcription, resource utilization, release of information to authorized persons, regulatory compliances, data integrity, and processing, retention and retrieval of electronic patient health records.

Applicants should posses a Masters Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Health
Information Technology and a minimum of five years experience and supervising a Medical Records Department.
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Wednesday 11 April 2012

Nation Media Sales Agents Jobs in Kenya

Job Ref: HR-AGBE-04-12

The Nation Media Group, the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media. It attracts and serves unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

We are seeking to partner with other established businesses to develop our sales agency business model.

The Role:

You will be our regional business representatives who will have the overall responsibility of initiating and executing sales while promoting and developing effective service to our regional customers to maximize sales volumes and revenue.

Key Requirements:

An existing business with a premise
Results oriented,
Excellent client service skills,
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
A good understanding and experience in the media industry will be an added advantage.

Opportunities are available in: Garissa, Embu, Muranga, Kitale, Bungoma, Narok, Kericho, Kisii, Malindi.

If you meet the above criteria, please send your application and a detailed CV.

Remember to state the area you would like to represent in your application online to http://careers.nationmedia.com before 18th April, 2012.

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

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Nation Media Latest Jobs in Kenya April 2012

The Nation Media Group, the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations ¡n print, broadcast and digital media.

It attracts and serves unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

We are seeking for qualified and experienced persons to fill the following positions.

Daily Nation Reporter

Job Ref: HR-DNR-04-12

Nation Media Group Ltd wishes to recruit result-oriented, dynamic and self-driven reporters to join the Newspaper Division.

Key result areas will include:

Strong news gathering and writing skills and demonstrable knowledge of topical socio-economic and political issues;
Mastery of language and demonstrable organisational skills, forward planning and team work.

Sales Executives Jobs in Kenya (KShs 30K - 40K )

A leading furniture provider to commercial and residential customers, seeks to recruit a qualified and experienced individual to fill the 2 positions of Showroom Sales Executives.

Station: Nairobi

Salary: 30-40K plus commissions

Age: 25-28 years

Job Purpose

To maximize sales and disseminate relevant and up to date information on our clients’ products.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain business relationship with individual and corporate clients handle their queries, and report on any significant/persistent concerns to management
Identify potential customers solicited business, monitor customers’ enquiries and production, and work with them to identify appropriate needs
Introduce new products to clients in the showroom and investigate any needs that are not being satisfied by our client and report to the management appropriately
Note customer's specific requirements/suggestions for discussion with the sales and management team
Continually monitor competitor activities and report to the Head of Sales and Marketing for action.

Sales Coordinator Job in Nairobi Kenya

A leading furniture provider to commercial and residential customers, seeks to recruit a qualified and experienced individual to fill the position of Sales Coordinator.

Salary: 30K - 40K + Commissions

Location: Nairobi

Job Purpose

To maximize sales and disseminate relevant and up to date information on our products to assigned clients and within sales territory.

Manager Job in Kenya (KShs 75K - 100K + Commissions)

A firm selling imported furniture and is looking forward to hiring a Branch Manager

Department: Sales & Marketing

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director

Supervises: Sales Coordinator, Office Administrator, Finance Officer, and Branch Showroom Sales Executives

Age: 33 years and above

Salary: KShs 75K - 100K + Commissions

Job Purpose

Effectively manage the showroom staff, implementation of operational policies and requirements, handling customer concerns, and developing strategies to ensure branch accessibility and visibility.

Sales and Marketing Job in Kenya (KShs 150K - 200K + Commissions)

A firm selling imported furniture and is looking forward to hiring a Head of Sales and Marketing

Department: Sales & Marketing

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

Key Responsibilities

Targets and maximizes profitable sales while promoting sustainable business relationships with customers.

Develop and implement the sales and marketing strategy and budget based on the organization’s objectives as outlined in its strategic plan. This will include effective budget management.

Develop and implement an effective marketing communication strategy that ensures that both current and potential customers are kept informed of the company client.

Prepare the market for new product introductions and a smooth roll out of such new products while sustaining profitable sales of the old products.

Set and drive the implementation of high quality customer care standards so as to help develop/maintain the company's image in the market as a supplier of first class products and service and maintain first class relationships with customers.

Actively seek marketing data through formal and informal research, feedback from the sales team, etc to support the planned sales and marketing activities; where and when necessary review planned activities to ensure they are well focused to achieve the highest impact.

Using market data and continually review the company's product offering to ensure that it remains relevant.

Maintain close liaison and on-going communication with the Head of Procurement and Logistics so as to ensure that customers supply requirements are met.

UAW Writers Jobs in Kenya

UAW article writers wanted

Apply only if you are good in writing in English or have experience as a UAW writer and have intense knowledge on rewriting.

You need to be fast in typing.

You should also be able to write at-least 5 articles per day (300 words each).

Here’s what you need to work as a freelance UAW article writer

A good internet connection.

Good internet research skills

Unmatched English grammar skills. Able to write flawlessly.

A computer

Ability to write 100% original content. No duplicate articles.

Associate Writers Jobs in Kenya

We are an academic and professional research writing firm specializing in assisting students in completing their assignments and business process outsourcing.

We work on papers such as dissertations, thesis, term papers, proposals, etc and have been reputed amongst our clients to offer nothing but premium services with many of them providing a constant stream of work for us.

The Job:

We are expanding and seeking to immediately fill in positions for 5 associate writers. Most of the work will entail writing assignments related to business & research proposals, term papers, dissertations, thesis, assignments and article writing. There will also be work based on data entry, data mining and analysis, etc.

Business Relationship Manager Job in Kenya

Position: Business Relationship Manager (Retail) - Medical Sector

The purpose of this job is to:

The position responsible will be for developing, growing and managing customer relationships and for increasing the Banks revenue through marketing of the banks products and services to identified medical sector customer

Develop and maintain positive customer relationships, oversee the marketing of the Bank’s products and services and ensure maximum profitability.

Grow the Bank’s share of the Medical sector business by developing and maintaining relationships with top Medical institutions.

Primary responsibility for the management of own portfolio of customers ensuring that they receive the appropriate level of service and advice to meet their specific needs with guidance from HO Retail banking

Participate in the budget preparation, annual marketing plans and strategies for the business offices to achieve targeted growth objectives with guidance from HO Retail banking

Playing a key role in client acquisition and management of existing Medical sector clients relationships consistent with the Bank’s strategy in –order to achieve desired quality business growth.

Enhance client retention by providing one –stop point of contact for all client’s needs and requirements while providing world class customer service.

Maintain, acquire and reactivate customer relationships to improve deposit liability growth and mix.

Personal Assistant Job Vacancy in Kenya

Position: Personal Assistant

We require a competent and highly organized individual with exceptional foresight and a fairly high stress tolerance.

The candidate should be a Highly motivated and self driven, Self organized pro-active individual that will be able to respond quickly and positively to all manner of situations efficiently.

Main Duties

Attend to telephonic conversations and process the received inquiries to bring desired outcome perfectly.
Responsible for doing the assistant works such as e-mails, monitoring and responding to the principal's email,- answering calls and handling queries,- preparing correspondence on the principal's behalf,- commissioning work on the principal's behalf,- liaising with staff, clients, etc

Chuka University College Legal Officer Job Re-Advertised

Chuka University College, a Constituent University College of Egerton University, seeks to recruit a suitable candidate to fill in the position of a Legal Officer Grade 13.

The legal officer will provide assistance in the provision of expert legal advice to the University College and provide general legal counsel to staff.

Key Responsibilities

Provision and handling of all in- house legal matters of the University College
Protecting the University College from possible litigation by offering legal counsel to the management and staff
Preparation of briefs and documents to be used as evidence in Courts.,
Preparation of updates to the management in relation to the reviews and interpretation of University College statues
Crafting of charges for staff and students violating the regulations governing the conduct and discipline of staff and students.
Exercising due diligence and research to ensure the University College complies with applicable law
Formulation and guidance on the preparation of documents such as Memoranda of Understanding and Collaboration agreements

Family Bank Agents Wanted

Agents Wanted

Family Bank one of Kenya’s leading banks whose vision is to positively transform lives of the people of Africa is rolling out its Agent Banking Business in line with its business growth strategy.

We are recruiting Agents to run our Agent Banking business countrywide.

Interested businessmen and businesswomen are requested to collect the Agents Application forms from the nearest Family Bank branch.

The applications shall be duly reviewed and approved in accordance with the Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking as well as Family Bank’s Terms and Conditions.

The eligible applicants who meet the set criteria will be contacted for further vetting before appointment.

Food Security Specialist Job in Kenya at Chemonics International

Chemonics International Inc., a leading international consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., seeks experienced professionals for USAID’s Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET III), the world’s premier provider of high quality food security analysis and early warning.

Created in response to the 1984 famines in East and West Africa, this $200 million, five-year activity (2012-2016) aims to collaborate with international, regional, and national partners to provide timely and rigorous early warning and analysis of potential, emerging, and/or evolving food security issues in order to inform appropriate humanitarian response.

The project currently covers 31 countries, with plans to expand over the coming five-year phase.

This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Chemonics International Inc. is looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world and demonstrate leadership, versatility, and integrity in their work.

Crane Operator / Driver Job in Kenya

Holder of K.C.S.E certificate, crane operator certificate / license with at least 3 years experience
in working with cranes in highrise buildings and precast bridge works.

The candidate must hold a valid driving license, age between 28 and 40 years and ready to work long hours.

Application to reach by or before 27th April 2012.

Apply to

DN/A 1266
P.O Box 49010-00100
Nairobi

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Investment Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya

Business Partners International, a leading risk financier of small and medium enterprises, manages the Business Partners International Kenya SME Fund, as an innovative approach to financing and providing technical assistance to SMEs in Kenya.

In this regard the company is wishing to attract a person of high caliber for the position of Investment Officer.

Key result areas will include

Marketing Business Partners’ investment solutions; undertaking viability studies (i.e due diligence, cash flow analysis and industry analysis) on targeted entities; negotiating and structuring investment projects on these entities; managing and optimizing the returns of the investment portfolio; and providing business expertise to portfolio companies, as well as adding value to their overall performance.

The successful candidate will have a relevant tertiary qualification.

S/he will be results focused, with a concern for client service, excellent communication skills and solid negotiation skills.

This position will report directly to the Chief Investment Officer, based in Nairobi.

If you are interested, please send your CV and reasons for interest to recruit@virtualhr.co.ke before 30th April 2012.

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