Lands Clerk Job in Kenya - Bridge International

Job Title: Lands Clerk

Employer: Bridge International Academies

Job Location: Kenya

About us

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 have launched our first 25 schools in Kenya, have 15 more opening in January and plan to rapidly scale the Company to serve more than 1 million students across continents.

About the job position

Bridge International Academies is looking for a Lands Clerk who will be responsible for doing land searches in Land Registries across the country to establish property ownership, tenure and any encumbrances thereon and the authenticity of such Titles.

They should also be able to attend various land registries for the stamping of documents, registration of transfers, leases and agreements for sale and anything in connection with the registration of land transactions in Kenya.

In addition they should have the ability to handle and lodge applications for the change of users, amalgamation, subdivision and extension of leases for leasehold properties. The holder of this position will also be required to travel to land control boards across the country to secure the relevant consents and visit local authorities for the purposes of securing land and rates clearances and relevant approvals and should also be be able to register companies.

Job Responsibilities:

The lands clerk shall be responsible for:

• Carrying out official title searches at different lands registries in Kenya
• Lodging documents for assessment and payment of stamp duty
• Co-ordinating with valuers to visit sites in relation to any valuation which requires to be done on any properties
• Visiting various sites , identifying and consulting with village elders and neighbours
• Submitting change of user applications to the relevant city/municipal councils and following up on the same
• Obtaining Land Control Board consents where necessary
• Visiting sites with various land officers to verify facts in relation to title deeds and documents
• Obtaining survey maps from the relevant registries
• Obtaining land rent and rates clearance certificates
• Performing other related duties as assigned
• Carrying out searches at different registries for nature of use of property

About you

• Must have a minimum of 5 years experience particularly in conveyance matters
• Conversant with processes at the various lands registries
• Conversant with basic statutory documents which require to be filed at the registries
• Familiar with various types of conveyance documents

In order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and upload their CV’s on our website at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

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Support Officer Job in Kenya - Bridge International

Job Title: Support Officer

Employer: Bridge International Academies

Location: Nairobi and other towns

About us

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.

Description About the job position

We are seeking full-time Support Officer(s), who will help support and monitor the operations of a group of schools within our network.

Bridge International has developed extensive systems and tools for its operations that allow someone we hire from the local community to easily and successfully open and manage the operations of a school – we call this our “School in Box” model.

Most of the systems and tools we developed are low-tech and paper-based because of the environment in which we work. It starts with our very detailed Operators Manual and spans across all instructional, financial, operations and human resource management issues and systems.

Support Officers work with a group of our schools (both the school managers and the teachers in those schools) to ensure that the management and monitoring systems and tools that are part of our “School in a Box” are effectively implemented at individual schools both by school managers and teachers. This position is also critical in providing feedback to the central headquarters as to ways to improve upon these systems.

Support Officers focus on all of the elements of the operations at the school site.

These include:

• Marketing & Recruiting New Students
• Student Payment Systems
• Monitoring instructional delivery by teachers (using guidelines and rubrics from our instruction team)
• Personnel Management
• Rules & Procedures
• Facilities Management
• And more

This is a very hands-on job, with the Support Officers spending time mainly in the field (in our case, the slums of Nairobi) working with schools about 80% of the time.

About You

• You are a very process or system-oriented person.
• You have experience implementing detailed systems, processes and rules in the field
• You have experience managing and helping grow one or more small businesses in challenging environments.
• You have proven that you are capable of motivating, supervising and supporting other managers, being supportive or tough when the situation is appropriate.
• You have successfully mentored individuals over a long period of time
• Experience in working in very poor communities (slums) is a real plus
• You are not afraid of getting your hands dirty
• You have experience managing projects with many moving pieces, and building and managing teams of people
• You function well in a fast-paced informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high.
• You are extremely patient and have the ability to mentor & lead people who come from disadvantaged communities
• Bachelors degree

Our team has a passionate belief that basic primary education is critical to the development of every child, family, community and nation.

We believe that it is possible to address this critical need for poor families through new and innovative approaches leveraging the private sector, and that by providing low-cost but high-quality primary education, we will give millions of children the opportunity to accomplish their dreams.

We are looking for someone who wants to join us in this rewarding task.

Job Requirements/Skills:

• 5+ years experience in operations, management, education or related experience
• Franchise or chain management experience in Kenya is a real plus
• Driven, disciplined, self-motivated, and entrepreneurial
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be a team player and open to new approaches and ideas
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks
• Basic computer and web skills
• Ability to dig deeper into issues and pay attention to detail
• Being proactive in highlighting and addressing issues

In order to be considered for this position all candidates must register and upload their CV’s on our website at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

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Field Officers and Community Mobilizers Jobs in Kenya - Africa Harvest

Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International (AHBFI or Africa Harvest) is an International Technology Development and Transfer Foundation incorporated in the United States of America as a non-profit organization.

It has its headquarters in Kenya and operational regional offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, Toronto Canada and Washington D.C in the U.S.A.

The Vision of the foundation is an Africa free of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The Foundation seeks to empower rural communities in Africa by providing appropriate technologies to boost their food production and income (see our website www.africaharvest.org).

The Foundation is seeking to recruit young and dynamic individuals for 3-5 months to support its partnership project with CHF on drought response efforts in Tharaka, Mwingi and Kitui:

Job Title: Field Officers 

Job Location: Tharaka, Mwingi & Kitui

Department: Food & Nutritional Security

Report To: Project Field Coordinator

Job Purpose: Lead and coordinate project implementation activities on the ground in specific areas of operation towards the achievement of project milestones, objectives and goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Sensitize stakeholders on the ground on project goals and objectives;
• Mobilize and aggregate communities into functional farmer groups;
• Facilitate training for field teams as well as train farmer groups to adopt good agronomic practices;
• Carry out farm visits and provide technical support to the farmers;
• Facilitate group activities through regular meetings;
• Coordinate farmer access to seeds/seedlings and farm inputs;
• Monitor project milestones and ensure appropriate documentation;
• Prepare and submit field status reports in a timely manner;
• Facilitate marketing activities of surplus produce for farmers;
• Facilitate linkages to credit and other service providers for farmers; and
• Attend and participate in agricultural development Forums.

Person Specification

Academic Qualifications: Diploma in Agriculture, Biological Sciences or other related field

Job Experience: 3 years relevant experience

Key Competences

• Demonstrated good communication and interpersonal skills,
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a Team

Job Title: Community Mobilizers

Job Location: Tharaka, Kitui, Mwingi

Department: Food & Nutritional Security

Report To: Project Field Officer

Job Purpose:

Support the Field Officer in project implementation activities on the ground working in close relation with local authorities and other stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support in sensitizing local authorities and other stakeholders on the ground on project goals and objectives;
• Identify and register exact beneficiaries households in operation areas
• Participate in distribution of program inputs to communities identified
• Monitor and give guidance to the communities identified through regular meetings and forums
• Prepare monthly report on field grassroot activities
• Participate in distribution and collection of questionnaires in the area

Person Specification

Job Qualifications:

• O Level Certificate
• Must be willing to work with own community
• Must be from the local community

Job Experience: At least one year experience working with the local communities in any field

Key Competencies:

• Demonstrated good communication and interpersonal skills,
• Pro-active and able to keep abreast with new developments in the field
• Ability to plan and organize effectively
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships
• Ability to work in a Team

All applications should be sent with current CV, cover letter explaining your suitability for the job, salary expectations and three names of your referees. Hard copies OR electronic copies of applications should be submitted on or before September 9, 2011 to:

The Human Resources Manager
Africa Harvest P.O. Box 642-00621
Village Market, Nairobi
Kenya.

E mail address: kenya@ahbfi.or.ke

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