NATION MEDIA GROUP INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY,NAIROBI NEWS WEB REPORTER, ELECTRONICS ENGINEER VACANCIES

Nation Media Group Electrical & Electronics Engineer and News Managing Editor

Job Ref: HR-EE-02-2014
Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, electronics and digital media.It attracts and serves unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, and seeks to consolidate this position by recruiting an Electronics and Electrical Engineer for our Production Department.

Reporting to the Technical Manager, the Engineer will be expected to deliver on operational and technical requirements in accordance with quality standards.

Key result areas will include:-

• Annual planning and execution of maintenance tasks;
• Supervision of service level providers on equipment and maintenance;
• Problem solving during breakdowns promptly and solving problems at the shortest time; and
• Installing and commissioning of new equipment including hardware and software.

Skills, knowledge and experience requirement:-

• B.Sc. Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering from a recognized university;
• At least 3 years relevant work experience gained from a reputable organization preferably in a busy production plant or print shop;
• Knowledge of personal computers hardware and software and LAN experience;
• Knowledgeable in applying best practice in print production;
• Demonstrable capability to fit in and contribute within a technical and professional team; and
• Ability to cope with pressure, work odd hours while adhering to tight deadlines.

This position offers and excellent career growth opportunity and a competitive remuneration package.

If you meet the above criteria, please send your application and a detailed CV online to
http://careers.nationmedia.com on or before 15th February, 2014.

Managing Editor, Nairobi News

Job Ref: HR-ME-02-2014
Nation Media Group is also recruiting a Managing Editor for its newest newspaper title, the Nairobi News. Targeted at the Nairobi resident, Nairobi News is a thrice-weekly newspaper with a lively mix
of news, features and commentaries accompanied by a dynamic news website and mobile news service.
This position is for an experienced journalist with an outstanding record as a reporter or sub-editor.
He or she will have a track record of leading newsroom teams, an ability to manage stories and oversee production of pages and will boast a solid network of news sources in Nairobi County.

If you consider yourself a Nairobi native at heart and can capture the drama of life in Kenya’s largest county in a compelling newspaper package, you are the person we are looking for.
You will have a university degree or post-graduate qualification in journalism and must have worked in a busy newsroom for over six years.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY-ALL YEAR ROUND

Educational/Professional Requirements

• Candidate must already be enrolled in college or university to be considered.

• Candidate must currently be enrolled as a student in a public or accredited private institution.

• The candidate is expected to specify the department of interest.

General Requirements

The candidate:

• Should have a desire and passion to gain professional experience.

• Must be eager to learn.

• Must have oral and written communication skills.

• Must have the ability to follow directions, as well as not be afraid to ask questions.

• Must be a fast learner, committed, able to follow instructions, work quickly and accurately under pressure.

• Must be keen to learn about the markets in which the company operates.

The internship runs for three months with possibility of extension/permanent employment hire.

If you meet the above criteria, please send your application specifying which department you would like to work in and a detailed CV online to http://careers.nationmedia.com.

Please send your application and a detailed CV online to Human Resources at http://careers.nationmedia.com before 13^th February, 2014.

Business Systems Planning Developer vacancy

Safaricom Business Systems Planning Developer (Business Intelligence) vacancy

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!
Business Systems Planning Developer (Business Intelligence)
Ref: TECHNOLOGY_BSPD_FEB _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 in charge of Development and 3rd line support of Safaricom Management Information Systems (Data Ware-house and Business intelligence (BI)) and all reporting and analytics systems.
This will include, but not limited to,

• Churn management tools, Fraud management and Revenue assurance systems, Data Mining Systems,Campaign Management Systems and Dealer Incentive Management systems;
• Work with other departments within the company to identify requirements and develop solutions (database design, workflows, user/data interfaces) ;
• Configure and/or customize BI and analytics systems to meet business requirements using various database and software tools;
• Assist in presentations of system functionality to new users and departments ;
• Enhance and create user and system documentation as needed.
  

Key Responsibilities:

• 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;
• Upgrading products and applying patches as necessary;
• Maintaining and modifying reports/queries on an as- needed basis;
• Managing and supporting the security implementation;
• Troubleshooting database connectivity issues;
• Maintaining, coordinating back up and restoring the ETL and Reports repositories and other Systems binaries and source codes;
• Conduct business user requirements analysis and specification;
• Specify computer system requirements for the solution of complex business problems
  and formulates designs for their solutions;
• Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that business application systems can be effectively developed and implemented;
• Design and development of front-end tier(s), middle tier(s), and /or back-end database tier(s) for business applications.
• Capturing of business applications information needs and mapping of the same to the software and /or database components;
• Performs data modelling to analyse and specify data structures within an application system;
• Coding of all ETL and analytics processes used within the BI systems;
• Perform the necessary technical design and development functionality to ensure that reporting needs can be effectively developed and implemented;
• Research and provide input on design approach, performance and base functionality improvements for various procedures and applications;Role Requirements;
• Degree in Computer Science,Statistics or technical related field; Oracle Certified Developer; Certification in RDBMS;
• 3 years development experience with development tools e.g. Java ;
• 3 years development experience with low level programming C++, C.;
• 3 years’ experience RDMS preferably Oracle, MS SQL Server;
• 3 years’ experience in data warehousing, business analysis, knowledge in Business Systems modeling and data retrieval;
• 4GL for programming – Visual Basic/Oracle Application builder;
• SAS/SPSS Data Mining experience will be an added advantage;
• Systems Analysis and Solutions Architecting;
• Programming and Systems Development;
• SQL & Oracle database management ;
• Data Quality & Cleansing experience;
• Advanced Unix scripting and user skills;
• Experience in processes and procedures management; Communication, interpersonal
  skills and attention to details.
  

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 suitable candidate 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.co.ke

Sales Representatives Jobs vacancies 2 Posts

Regional Sales Representatives Jobs vacancies (KShs 50K)2 Posts

A leading Company in manufacturing of PVC products in Kenya is looking for Regional Sales Representatives to work in Rift Valley Region and Eastern & Central Region.

Qualification:

• Must have at least 3 years’ experience in a sales / marketing position.
• Experience gained in a hardware/construction/ agricultural company preferred.
• Minimum of a diploma in a sales course.

Responsibility:

• Establishes, develops and maintains business relationships with current customers and prospective customers in the assigned territory/market segment to generate new business for the organization’s products
• Ensuring gradual growth in sales of our existing customers
• Ensuring that new customers are targeted in their regions
• Coordinates sales effort with marketing, sales management, accounting & dispatch to make sure sales targets are met
• Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results reports
  

Monthly gross salary: KShs. 50,000/= Deadline: 15th February 2014

Applications: Send your up to date CV to: application@summitrecruitment-kenya.com

Summit Recruitment & Training, Blixen Court,
Karen road, Karen.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please indicate in your email which position you are interested in.

Please do not apply if you do not meet the requirements of the job.