Research Officer vacancy

Research Officer vacancy

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization that carries out policy relevant research on population, health, education and development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.The Center seeks to recruit a Research
Officer to work in a newly funded research project “Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardio-metabolic diseases in Africans”.The project aims to conduct a genetic association study with obesity, body fat distribution and cardiovascular diseases in Kenya as part of multi-country initiatives

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the process for obtaining ethical approval
• Develop study tools, training manuals and field guides to use for data collection
• Coordinate the recruitment and training of the field team
• Coordinate field work and be responsible for data quality
• Organize for the procurement and inventory management of study equipment,
• Oversee the collection, transport of blood samples from the field to the laboratory
• Oversee the processing, storage, and handling of specimens for genetic testing and phenotyping
• Preparing regular field and project reports
• Participate in data analysis and scientific writing
• Other duties as required.

Required:

• Masters’ degree in Public Health, epidemiology, biological sciences or related disciplines
• Training in laboratory sciences or demonstrated experience working in a laboratory setting
• Familiarity with laboratory management and sample tracking systems
• At least two years’ post- graduate experience, preferably in a research setting
• Experience conducting field research and managing a research team
• Knowledge of computer programs, including Microsoft Word and Excel Evidence of scientific writing (e.g.peer-reviewed publications, technical reports, books, etc.)
• Experience using statistical packages such as STATA, SAS,SPSS, Epi-Info 
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks, meet tight deadlines

Candidates who meet the requirements above should submit their applications enclosing a detailed CV, quoting current and expected remuneration and providing contact details of three referees to the address below. Online applications should be sent to jobs@aphrc.org by 10 February 2014.

Please, indicate “Research Officer - HCS” on the subject line of the email application or on the envelope.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

The Human Resources Officer
African Population & Health Research Center
P. O Box 10787-00100 GPO, Nairobi
www.aphrc.org 

Human Resource Assistant Job vacancy

 Human Resource Assistant

FAO Somalia Human Resource Assistant Job in Nairobi Kenya
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsVacancy Announcement No: FAO/06/2014
Issued on: 30th Jan 2014
Deadline for Application: 12th Feb 2014
Position Title: Human Resource Assistant
Grade Level: SC-5
Contract Type: National Personnel Project
Duty Station: Nairobi
Organizational Unit: FAO-Somalia
Duration: 3 Months, with possible extension
Eligible Candidates: Kenyans
Anticipated start date: Immediately

General Description of task(s) and objectives to be achieved

• Under the overall supervision of the Officer in Charge (O.I.C.) FAO Somalia and the direct supervision of the HR Officer to provide support to office operations performing a variety of standard administrative processes ensuring high quality and accuracy of work.

In particular, the incumbent will carry out the following duties:

• Work closely with the HR Team to support recruitment/ resourcing queries and preparation of internal or external vacancy announcements and advertising of vacancies.
• Assemble applications for screening and short-listing by recruitment panels; arrange to conduct testing and interviews of short-listed candidates.
• Prepare offers of appointment for selected candidates and draw up contracts and contract amendments on request and in line with FAO regulations.
• Carrying out research tasks using the internet and liaison with other divisional HR teams, e.g. changes to employee benefits, HR policy reviews, writing guidelines for managers, bench marking, recruitment advertising research.
• Carrying out research tasks using the intranet e.g. changes to employee benefits, HR policy reviews, writing guidelines for managers,bench marking, recruitment advertising research. Draft routine correspondence related to HR matters, internally and to HR.
• Assemble all required documentation for submission to HQ for contract extensions.
• Maintain up-to-date records of personnel, including checklists of all required supporting documentation. Ensure that all pertinent documentation is up to date in the Staff files.
• Maintain and update staff files for staff members containing(Attendance and leave records, Contract dates, Travel records, Training records Host country relations documentation)
• Obtain work permits, visas, VAT exemptions, PRO-1B, UNLPs, IDs, security cards, business cards, and other pertinent documentation.
• Ensure that all UN security- related training requirements are met and documentation is on file.
• Maintain attendance and leave records for all FAO-Somalia staff; receive monthly attendance reports and leave application copies from FSNAU and SWALIM. 
• Check leave applications against the annual leave planner for FAO-Somalia. 
• Provide general administrative support to the HR team.
• Perform any other related duties as required

Key Performance Indicators

• Minimum Requirements Education: Secondary school education. 
• Bachelor’s degree will be an advantage.
• Work Experience: Four years of Administration and Human Resources
• Management experience.
• Languages: Working knowledge (level C) of the FAO official language used for communication within the country (English,French or Spanish) and working knowledge of the local language (Kiswahili) is required.
• IT Skills:
• Ability to effectively use standard office software, such as MS Office (Windows, Word,Outlook, Excel, Exchange) etc.
• Ability to use accounting software and other information systems and databases to insert data, make enquiries, retrieve/define adhoc reports and analyses and edit results in appropriate format.
• Office Management Skills: Systematic, well structured and efficient approach to work assignments. 
• Analytical ability, accuracy and consistency.
• Exercise diligence and care in dealing with records and expenditures.
• Interpersonal Communications and Teamwork Skills:

The incumbent must possess a cooperative spirit, flexibility and openness to work in an international environment.

• Tact and courtesy.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural background.
• High degree of self-motivation and initiative.
• Willingness to learn and apply new analytical approaches.

To Apply:
Send your application to: Candidates are requested to submit a covering letter quoting the Position Title and Vacancy Announcement No. FAO/06/2014 along with their current/detailed Curriculum Vitae and
FAO Personal Profile Form (PPF) available http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/  .

E-mail is the preferred means of receipt and the application should be sent to HR-Somalia@fao.org
Applications must be received by the deadline.Late applications will not be considered.
Only short listed candidates meeting all essential qualifications will be contacted.

Safaricom Business Systems Planning Developer vacancy

Business Systems Planning Developer CRM & EAI

Safaricom Limited is the leading mobile telecommunications company in Kenya. We are at the forefront of the industry and always seek to attract and retain talented,creative and innovative team players who are excited by the opportunity of pushing the frontiers of this evolving technology, growing our services, exciting our customers and contributing to our community.
At Safaricom, we take pride in our talent and develop them to realize their maximum potential!

Ref: TECHOLOGY-BSPD-JAN 2014
We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Product & Service Development Department within the Technology Division. In keeping with our current business needs,we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

• Reporting to the Senior Manager Business Systems Planning, the role holder will be responsible for development and 3rd line  support of Safaricom Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise 
• Applications Integration (EAI) systems ranging from user analysis, design and development to implementation and maintenance.

The role holder will be expected to work with other departments within the company to identify requirements and develop solutions (database design, workflows, user/data interfaces), configure and/or customize CRM and EAI applications to meet business requirements using various database and
software tools.
In addition, assist in presentations of system functionality to new users & departments and enhance/create user & system documentation as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Systems analysis: Conduct business user requirements analysis and specification, specify computer system requirements for the solution of complex business problems and formulate designs for their solutions, perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented;
2. Software Design and Programming: Design and develop front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back- end database tier(s) for business applications, capture business applications information needs and map the same to the software and / or database components, perform data modeling to analyze and specify data structures within an application system;
3. Testing, Troubleshooting and 3rd line Support: Create test plans, test data sets and perform automated testing to ensure all components of the developed systems meet specifications, work directly with the IT support personnel and teams to resolve issues identified and escalated during daily operations, perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents, formalize test plans and implement troubleshooting procedures;
4. Research and Development: Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications, generate ideas to improve efficiency in software and application services offered to the business, and/or generate revenue for business, participate and have membership in various technical fora for the purpose of increasing the collective knowledge base of the team.

Role Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or technical related field; 
• Certification in Database systems and RDBMS systems; 
• Certification as a Microsoft
• Certified Solution Developer;
• 1 years Oracle Siebel and Tibco EAI development experience;
• 2 years development experience with Microsoft development tools e.g. Java, VB, Fox Pro, Visual FoxPro;
• 2 years development experience with low level programming C++, C;
• 2 years of work experience with RDMS preferably MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, and Informix;
• Experience in Business Systems modeling and data retrieval;4GL for programming - Visual Basic/Oracle Application builder;
• Unix user skills;Experience in processes and procedures management.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume with your cell phone contact indicating your experience and why you are the most suitablecandidate for the role clearly quoting the job title and job reference to the address below by Thursday 6th February 2014.

The Head of Talent and Resourcing,
Safaricom Limited
Nairobi
via E-mail to hr@safaricom.com