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JOB DETAILS:
Area Manager

About the job
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Management
• Enable an effective team through result-oriented management systems, providing leadership, on-job capacity building and designing staff development strategies.
• Provide direct management of senior program, support and security staff; provide oversight and management of the entire team in Turkana County.
• Ensure programs are developed, implemented and evaluated within clear monitoring frameworks with a focus on programme quality and in adherence to DRC and donor regulations and the core humanitarian principles.
• Provide on-site support through frequent visits to project sites and conduct briefing with the team on key findings and agree on actions
• Ensure that the learning from the DRC programmes in Kakuma, Kalobeyei, Lodwar & other parts of Turkana County are shared and disseminated accordingly.
• Frequent consultations with sectors lead to determine key issues in Turkana County and obtain common positions around these issues
Security
• Proactively ensure that the team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of DRC Policies
• Ensure team members are following security and contingency plans as outlined by safety department in DRC
• Focal point person for pandemics e.g COVID 19 (DRC, MOH Turkana and UNHCR)
• Ensure a safe and secure environment for DRC staff, beneficiaries and assets through: operationalizing DRCs security procedures, providing safety and security analysis, recommendations and follow-ups.
• Organize for regular staff training on the use of DRC safety and security systems/procedures.
• Closely work with DRC Safety and Security team – to collaborate on operational plans such that they are grounded in sound analysis and backed by appropriate feasible mitigation measures.
Support Services
• Ensure that the Support Services Processes in Finance, IT, Supply Chain, HR & Admin are cost effective, efficient and responsive to the growing needs of the programme in the North Rift (Kakuma and Kalobeyei, Lodwar & its environs).
• Keenly ensure that the Support Services Processes/systems in the North Rift are compliant to DRC, donor and national policies, rules, regulations and systems;
• Ensure a diverse and professional workforce through efficient, effective and transparent recruitment, evaluation and disciplinary processes.
• Ensure procurement is carried-out in a fair, transparent, effective and well documented manner.
• Supervising all financial reporting and financial procedures, including the monthly schedule for financial reporting, donor reporting and audits, cash flow and liquidity management plus ensure Master Budget is regularly updated and discussed with Country office
• Ensure that DRC Dynamics (ERP) system is fully used in the area office used in managing Supply Chain, Finance, HR and Grant Management.
• Ensure smooth flows of daily administrative, program support and operations work of the team
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
Program
• Ensure that program designs are responsive to the community and donor identified needs and that resources of the targeted population, are well coordinated with those of other aid actors address lessons learned (from DRC and other actors) and steered towards ensuring accountability to the people to whom the services/inputs are indented to serve.
External relations
• Establishes and maintains open and productive dialogue with the County Government, relevant line ministries, community leaders, power brokers and relevant aid agencies, private businesses and donors.
• Attends and contributes to discussions, workshops, working groups and other forums where operations and other issues that may impact operations or the people DRC serves are discussed.
• Host external delegations and dignitaries on work related field visits in the North Rift (Kakuma & Kalobeyei refugee camps as well Lodwar and other field operation areas in Turkana County.
• Consistently demonstrate flexibility, resilience and ability to maintain positive relationships and compose, even under difficult circumstances.
• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders in the area of operations
• Proactively participate in relevant informal and formal coordination meetings with County, National government, District County Commissioner, RAS and donors based in the field.
• Ensure full participation of DRC in Working groups meeting and represent DRC in Interagnecy meeting in Kakuma and Lodwar level. The AM is also expected to attend Protection working group as a passive participant and later discuss with SGBV and CP team leaders on key discussion points which require action from DRC.

About you
To be successful in this role we expect you to possess the following:

Required
• A recognized University degree in relevant field (Emergency, economic recovery, protection, peace building.
• Minimum 5-years relevant experience; with at least 4-years’ experience managing large-scale multi-sector programming
• Proven experience in strategic development and program design & writing, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
• Practical and extensive financial, HR and administration management experience with extensive knowledge of budget development/management and finance documentation, tracking and archiving; understanding of HR and administration principles and ethics.
• Result-oriented management experience of a large, diverse and dynamic team, and a commitment to good leadership.
• Must have a proven ability to foster teamwork and commitment to on-job training/support.
• Practical and proven skills in negotiation and conflict resolution with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience in security and safety management in highly dynamic security environments
• Analytical and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently and as a team.
• Experience in a refugee setting and a good knowledge of refugee issues.
• Proven excellent communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English essential. Excellent report writing skills is a must.


JOB DETAILS:
Grants and Capacity Building Officer, USAID Nuru ya Mtoto Project

Job Responsibilities:
• Manage all the phases of the project’s sub-granting processes from award through close-out, including pre-award assessments, preparing sub-award agreements, and securing internal approvals, reviewing requests for disbursement of cash requests for accuracy and compliance with the sub-agreements and monitoring and evaluating sub-grantees performance.
• Determine capacity building needs for sub-grantees and work with various stakeholders (project leadership, programs, office of grants and contracts, finance, etc.) to design customized training packages, including post-training follow up and associated documentation.
• Develop and execute a targeted, risk-based, compliance review and monitoring plan for sub-grantees.
• Monitor sub-award periods and spending trends for sub-grantees and work with project teams to request and secure any modifications on a timely basis.
• Ensure that all required sub-grantees documentation is filed in the sub-awards management Information System (Salesforce) and ensure that copies of supporting documents for sub-grantees expenses are available for audit.
• Review monthly financial reports from the sub-grantees for compliance, accuracy, and completeness and make reimbursement requests.
• Support sub-grantees audit process and take action to resolve findings contained in audit reports, such as cost items questioned or unresolved.
• Prepare regular and ad hoc sub-awards management reports and analysis that are useful, efficient, and effective in supporting and informing decision making.
• Ensure that the sub-grantees adhere to the sub-award terms and conditions.
• Ensure effective channels of internal and external communications relating to sub-grants are established and respected.
• Ensure the timely administration of all sub-award closeouts

Key Competencies required:
• Partnership
• Accountability
• Stewardship
• Integrity
• Communication

Required Experience
• A bachelors degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Management, Auditing, Economics, or related field plus a full CPA qualification.
• A masters degree will be an added advantage.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills
• Detail oriented; high degree of accuracy and strong analytical skills.
• Ability to develop and implement training programs for multi-faceted audiences
• Ability to interpret funding regulations and develop implementing procedures.
• Experience in providing technical assistance to build organizational capacity of local organizations using tools such as organizational capacity assessments and Non-U.S. Organization Pre-Award Survey.
• In depth knowledge of United States Government grant and procurement regulations, systems, and procedures for managing complex grant programs with many partners and beneficiaries
• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in the NGO sector.
• Outstanding communication skills including interpersonal communications, problem solving, strong writing skills and fluency in English.
• Advanced Knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook, Business World, Salesforce, and other Microsoft Office products highly desirable.


JOB DETAILS:
Tax Embedment Project Lead

About the role
This role is critical in delivering the embedment of the end to end customs & excise (C&E) process redesign in Africa. The role sits in Global Tax and works closely with the Africa FC team and GBO.
Having completed a comprehensive end to end C&E process map for all Africa markets, several process gaps were identified. This role is pivotal in the implementation of the necessary process changes that are required to ensure accurate and efficient C&E related processes are operated across Africa.

This role requires:
• effective planning and project management of individuals to deliver the desired outcomes, working with a number of teams (Global Tax Team, the Africa Market teams, GBO).
• Proactive thinking to identify ways to deliver improvement of C&E related processes and the drive to put those changes in place.
• Understanding of needs of stakeholders and effective and timely stakeholder management

Accountabilities
• Drive resolution of process/control/system gaps diagnosed by Tax Embedment 2.0 project
• Design processes within Tax and in the enabling process areas in a way, to ensure correct and accurate input is provided for Tax upstream
• Drive process change within Tax and enabling process areas and ensure change is sustained
• Oversee document retention work by the BAU functions

What you'll bring
• Tax and/or Finance Experience
• Ability to mobilise people, work with teams across multiple cultures, and communicate effectively with management
• Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• Good judgement
• Imaginative thinker of capable of devising solutions to complex issues
• Ability to communicate effectively a technical area to a non specialist.
• Self motivated and well organised approach to work.

Benefits
• Unique Family Leave opportunity
• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world
• You will deal with world class brand portfolio
• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities
• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop
• We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym
• Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

Flexibility
This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.


JOB DETAILS:
Purpose Of The Job:
Our Client a leading retailer in tools and Equipment e.g. water pumps, drills, power tillers, Block splitters, hydraulic and bottle jacks e.t.c.is Looking to hire in the position of Accounts Clerk to perform a variety of accounting, bookkeeping, VAT and financial tasks the holder shall be based in Industrial Area in Nairobi.

Responsibilities:
• Provide accounting and clerical support to the accounting department.
• Type accurately, prepare and maintain accounting documents and records.
• Prepare bank deposits, general ledger postings and statements.
• Reconcile accounts in a timely manner.
• Daily enter key data of financial transactions in database.
• Prepare and raise Eslips, PRNs etc for statutory payments.
• Research, track and restore accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies
• Inform management and compile reports/summaries on accounts activity areas.

Qualifications:
• ATD/CPA or in related field.
• 1-year Experience as Accounts Clerk.
• Knowledge in Accounting software.

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