Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.
Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
We now have 26 schools in Kenya, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students.
We invite applicants for the following positions to be based in Nairobi, who will be responsible for providing the highest level of services.
Chief Accountant.We are looking for an excellent systems oriented accounting and finance professional with broad skills gained in a large organization with evidence of high performance across the whole spectrum of financial and management accounting, treasury management, tax, team building and presentations to senior management teams. A combination of a strong business degree, professional accounting qualifications (CPA/ACCA/CIMA) and strong IT capabilities are required.
Multiple Positions of Senior Curriculum Specialists, Curriculum Specialists and Associate Curriculum Specialists.You will be responsible for developing and researching curricular materials, including schemes of work, detailed lesson plans, direct instruction scripts, student exercises, and student assessments. You are an excellent writer, especially in English.
Multiple positions of Training Facilitators for Teachers and School Managers.The Training Facilitator is
responsible for facilitating and implementing an intensive 7 week training program designed to develop strong future teachers. The Training Facilitator position requires a team player with initiative, problem solving skills and enthusiasm for teaching. Training occurs in a very fast-paced environment and requires a dedicated Training Facilitator.
Multiple positions of Support Managers and Support Officers:- The Support Manager will be managing a team of 4-6 Support Officers (SO’s), who in turn, would be managing 6-8 schools directly.
Support Officers:- Is directly responsible for the growth, academic performance and monitoring of a group of schools in addition to managing and mentoring the staff at these schools. Act as the liaison between schools and HQ in providing critical information and feedback to/ from the schools, thereby ensuring complete adherence to our School-in-a-box model”
Senior Construction Supervisors and Multiple positions of Site Foreman:- The Senior Construction Supervisor is responsible for the construction work activities for the allocated school site. This begins with appraisal of proposed new sites, ensuring that prior arrangements are made for effective project start up, smooth work progress, effective decision making and finalised project close-out.
Site Foremanis to provide daily supervision and guidance for construction activities in our school construction sites located in various parts of the country. The individual must be very comfortable working in low-income communities inside the slums and should be able to handle the unique challenges of the construction process in these environments.
Construction Trainer:- Will be involved in several levels of training including site foremen, construction supervisors and project managers on an already established Bridge System of delivering construction. S/he shall be responsible for preparation, review and updating of training materials from time to time. Training may be carried out in various regions in the country.
Construction Researcher:- To take up the R&D role within our construction team so as to continuously query, interrogate, investigate and improve both our construction processes and products. The individual must be very comfortable working with processes and procedures as applied in low -income settlements and should be able to appreciate the unique dynamics of the construction process in these environments
Data Manager for Teacher Training:- This person is involved in managing the training database and analyzing data in daily and weekly reports.
Overall Purpose of the position:Provide high level administrative support to the Managing Director and Sales & Admin Manager by performing routine clerical and administrative functions.
Key Responsibilities:
·Work closely with the MD and the Sales and Admin Manager.
·Communicate and handle incoming and outgoing electronic communications as required.
·Maintain effective filing and retrieval systems in the office.
·Prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, and follow through on issues in a timely manner.
·Draft, prepare, distribute and follow-up on various correspondence.
·Maintain effective communication between Departments and other stakeholders for mutual understanding and image positioning
·Create and modify documents using Microsoft Office.
·Perform general clerical duties to include but not limited to photocopying, faxing, mailing, and filing.
·Participate in other activities/ duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Educational Qualifications:
·Diploma/ Bachelors Degree in Business Administration/office management/ B. Ed Secretarial Studies
·KCSE overall grade of above C + (English-C + and above).
Working Experience:2 years relevant experience
Technical Skills/Competencies:
·Good interpersonal and communication skills
·Integrity.
·Planning and organizational skills.
·Proactive, initiative and good networking skills.
·IT Proficiency-(word and excel)
Salary:25,000/-
Suitable candidates should apply to: hr@safepak.co.ke
The National Organization of Peer Educators (NOPE) is a Kenyan NGO and a leader in comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention and Strategic Behavioral Communication (SBC) interventions with Most-at-Risk Populations, youth, workplaces and underserved populations.
NOPE works closely with the Government of Kenya and implements different donor-funded programs in collaboration with different stakeholders. These include the New Partners Initiative (NPI-SHAP), funded by PEPFAR through CDC, the USAID APHIAplus Kamili, APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde, and the Global Fund Round 7.
NOPE seeks to recruit a dynamic individual with the relevant qualifications to fill in the post of Finance Manager.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance Manager will provide financial management services for NOPE, spearheading financial management, control and forward planning for finances in line with the NOPE strategy.
Specific areas of responsibility will include;
Developing, implementing and maintaining good financial policies and systems
Managing the budgetary and forward planning systems and process including annual, quarterly and ad hoc budgets
Reviewing donor contracts to ensure that budgets are in line with donor requirements
Preparing periodic financial reports and interpreting the same to management
Monitoring donor call down requests and cash flow planning
Liaising with Internal and External auditors and responding to queries, observations and recommendations
Maintaining NOPE payroll and establishing staff payroll accounts
Managing overall work process of the finance unit by ensuring effective work assignment, supervision and staff development
The ideal candidate should have:
A university degree in accounting, commerce, business or Accountancy qualification (CPA(K), ACCA etc);
Extensive experience in business, financial administration with at least 3 years at a senior management level, knowledge of and demonstrated experience in USG government compliance requirements;
Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, spreadsheet applications and computerized accounting systems in particular QuickBooks with sound knowledge and experience of Performance Based Output Budget System;
Strong strategic advisory and analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to motivate teams and establish and implement work plan objectives;
Fluent in English with excellent communications, presentation and inter-personal skills.
Human Resources and Administration Manager
Ref:HR/2011/11-2
Reporting to the Deputy Director (Organizational Development), the Human Resources and Administration Manager will oversee all aspects of the organization’s human resources management and development.
He/she will provide leadership in all aspects of administration and ensure the sustenance of individual and organizational growth and performance.
Specific areas of responsibility will include:
Manage organizational reviews including structural, functional and staffing reviews.
Manage job analysis and evaluation exercises to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in established positions.
Manage therecruitmentprocess, coordinate induction program for new staff, and provide full briefing to staff on HR policy guidelines as well as benefits.
Manage staff performance including probation and the annual performance evaluation facilitation.
Manage staff training and development.
Administer NOPE benefits including pensions, staff life and insurance schemes.
Process all annual statutory returns including tax, national pension and hospital fund.
Manage HR and Administration resources including financial budget and staffing.
The ideal candidate should have:
Bachelors degree in Human Resource Management or in related field;
Experience in HR and administration management and leadership, staff supervision;
Ability to operate modern office equipment;
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
Understanding of NGO operations; and
at least 3 years experience in a relevant senior management position.
If you meet the criteria above, please send your details including remuneration requirements and contact details of three work-related referees, to
The Executive Director,
National Organization of Peer Educators (NOPE)
Email: hr@nope.or.ke.
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Closing Date:15th December, 2011
Please quote the position and reference number provided in the email subject matter
Reporting to the Head of Department -M-PESA Strategy within the Financial Services Business Unit, the job holder will be responsible for growing and executing M-PESA Marketing strategy through effective market brand management, trade marketing, people management and strategic communications in line with business unit objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Oversee the M-PESA brand management function and drive global recognition of the M-PESA brand.
Drive traditional marketing strategy to ensure maximum reach to unbanked and banked populous.
In liaison with the HoD - M-PESA Strategy and the Marketing Business Partner steer approved M-PESA Communications strategy.
Proactively communicate on counter fraud in liaison with Risk Business Partner.
Development of presentations for Financial Services in line with business requirements.
In liaison with the Strategic Marketing team co-ordinate M-PESA related PR activities.
Manage the approval, budgeting and prioritization of M-PESA marketing initiatives and concepts while effectively managing the product portfolio to respond to market opportunities and competitive pressures locally and abroad.
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Sales or Marketing.
At least 8 years hands on experience in marketing with at least 3 years in a managerial role.
Highly organized, conscientious and detail oriented.
Excellent Interpersonal and Communications Skills
Good Presentation, Negotiation and Leadership Skills.
Planning & Organization Skills.
Proactive results and performance oriented individual.
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter.
Please indicate your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below.
The deadline for application is 27th May 2011.
The Senior Manager; Talent Acquisition,
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi
VSF Germany is an international Non Governmental Organization, providing humanitarian aid and development assistance to pastoralists and vulnerable communities in areas where livestock is of importance. In the region, VSF Germany implements activities in southern Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
With support in animal health, agriculture, marketing, food safety but also with developing the capacity of communities and governmental institutions or initiating peace and conflict resolution we work towards food security and strengthened livelihoods of pastoralist communities.
Nuclear Power Stations is the engines that generated Power supply using Uranium, which is a metal mined in various parts of the world.
Nuclear power produces around 11% of the world's energy needs, and produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel, without the pollution that you'd get from burning fossil fuels]
How it works:
The main bit to remember:
Question 2:
Mention the Advantages and disadvantages of having power of station..
Advantages
Nuclear power costs about the same as coal, so it's not expensive to make.
Does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the greenhouse effect.
Produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel.
Produces small amounts of waste.
Nuclear power is reliable.
Disadvantages
Although not much waste is produced, it is very, very dangerous.
It must be sealed up and buried for many thousands of years to allow the radioactivity to die away.
For all that time it must be kept safe from earthquakes, flooding, terrorists and everything else. This is difficult.
Nuclear power is reliable, but a lot of money has to be spent on safety - if it does go wrong, a nuclear accident can be a major disaster.
People are increasingly concerned about this - in the 1990's nuclear power was the fastest-growing source of power in much of the world. In 2005 it was the second slowest-growing.
An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.
This idiom means that people who aren't careful with their money spend it quickly. 'A fool and his money are easily parted' is an alternative form of the idiom.
A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.eg. he said he'd done a course on home electrics, but when he tried to mend my table lamp, he fused all the lights! I think a little learning is a dangerous thing
Something or someone that can be compared to something or someone else, but is not as good is a poor man's version; a writer who uses lots of puns but isn't very funny would be a poor man's Oscar Wilde.
People say this to mean that an ambitious person is more successful than a person not trying to achieve anything. Originally it meant the opposite and was critical of people trying to get ahead.
People who are loud and talk a lot usually have nothing of substance to say. This contrasts with "Still waters run deep." Other versions are "Shallow brooks babble loudest" and "Shallow brooks are noisy."
Used colloquially to describe having sexual intercourse with someone who is not a virgin, especially when they are in a relationship. The analogy refers to a loaf of bread; it is not readily apparent, once the end has been removed, exactly how many slices have been taken.('You never miss a slice from a cut loaf' is also used.)
If something is an accident waiting to happen, there's definitely going to be an accident or it's bound to go wrong. ('Disaster waiting to happen' is also used.)
A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.
"A bad worker always blames their tools" - If somebody does a job badly or loses in a game and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to imply that this was not the case.
A baptism of fire was a soldier's first experience of shooting. Any unpleasant experience undergone, usually where it is also a learning experience, is a baptism of fire.
A battle of nerves is a situation where neither side in a conflict or dispute is willing to back down and is waiting for the other side to weaken. ('A war of nerves' is an alternative form.)
A person who calls a spade a spade is one speaks frankly and makes little or no attempt to conceal their opinions or to spare the feelings of their audience.
If something carries the day, it wins a battle (the sense is that the battle has been long and could have gone either way) or competition for supremacy.
Meaning an instance of something has just occurred that was previously discussed. For instance, a person may have told another that something always happens. Later that day, they see it happening, and the informer might say, 'case in point'.
If somebody tells you to cast your mind back on something, they want you to think about something that happened in the past, but which you might not remember very well, and to try to remember as much as possible.
(USA) When I used to ask my grandma what was for dinner, she would say 'cat fur and kitty britches'. This was her Ozark way of telling me that I would get what she cooked. (Ozark is a region in the center of the United States)
If something's dead as a dodo, it is lifeless and dull. The dodo was a bird that lived the island of Mauritius. It couldn't fly and was hunted to extinction.
If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.
Do what is required, come up to expectations. For example, Kate delivered the goods and got us the five votes we needed. This phrase alludes to delivering an order of groceries or other items. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]
When people say that the devil finds work for idle hands, they mean that if people don't have anything to do with their time, they are more likely to get involved in trouble and criminality.
When people say that the devil in the detail, they mean that small things in plans and schemes that are often overlooked can cause serious problems later on.
If something is easier said than done, it is much more difficult than it sounds. It is often used when someone advises you to do something difficult and tries to make it sound easy.
(UK) If someone, especially a politician, is economical with the truth, they leave out information in order to create a false picture of a situation, without actually lying.
If something ends in smoke, it produces no concrete or positive result. This expression refers to the boasting by a person, of having put in a lot of efforts by him, for a particular cause or to attain a result which is very difficult to be done by any person. (This mainly refers to an investigation of a crime or solving a serious offence or a mystery). But at the end, when the desired result is not obtained, his claims are found to be false and not worth mentioning. So, he looses his credibility.
(UK) A large surplus of anything: We've got enough coffee to cobble dogs with. Possible explanations: A cobblestone is a cut stone with a curved surface. These were set together to create road surfaces, in the days before the widespread use of asphalt. The image the phrase contains is that, even after all the roads have been cobbled, there are so many cobblestones left over that things that don’t need cobbling – such as dogs – could still be cobbled. A cobbler repairs shoes, so if you have enough leather to cobble an animal with four feet or that doesn't need shoes, you have a surplus.
People sometimes say that every cloud has a silver lining to comfort somebody who's having problems. They mean that it is always possible to get something positive out of a situation, no matter how unpleasant, difficult or even painful it might seem.
If people try to make fun or laugh when things are very frightening, dangerous, life-threatening or hopeless, it is gallows humour (or "gallows humor").
(UK) If someone is paid for a period when they are not working, either after they have given in their notice or when they are being investigated, they are on gardening leave.
Getting a sheepskin (or your sheepskin) means getting a degree or diploma. (Sheepskin refers to the parchment that a degree is printed on- parchment comes from sheepskin.)
If you get your hands dirty, you become involved in something where the realities might compromise your principles. It can also mean that a person is not just stuck in an ivory tower dictating strategy, but is prepared to put in the effort and hard work to make the details actually happen.
If you get your teeth into something, you become involved in or do something that is intellectually challenging or satisfying. ('Dig you teeth into' and 'sink your teeth into' are also used.)
If someone has a hair of the dog, they have an alcoholic drink as a way of getting rid of a hangover, the unpleasant effects of having drunk too much alcohol the night before. It is commonly used as a way of excusing having a drink early on in the day.
Hand in hand= work together closely When people in a group, say in an office or in a project, work together with mutual understanding to achieve the target, we say they work hand in hand. There is no lack of co-operation and each synchoranises the activity with that of the other.
Women have a great power and influence because they have the greatest influence over the development of children- the hand that rocks the cradle. ('The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world' is the full form.)
A hangdog expression is one where the person's showing their emotions very clearly, maybe a little too clearly for your liking. It's that mixture of misery and self-pity that is similar to a dog when it's trying to get something it wants but daren't take without permission.
This is an expression meaning that if you are going to get into trouble for doing something, then you ought to stop worrying and should try to get everything you can before you get caught.
