Construction Project Assistant Job in Kenya

Construction Project Assistant – Payments, Budgeting & Reporting

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Position: 1

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our "school in a box" systems.

Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across continent

About this position

Bridge International Academies is looking for a Construction Project Assistant who will be responsible for providing efficient services in monitoring payment requirements and facilitating timely and coherent payments processing for multiple construction projects.

Ability to deal with hands on issues as well as participate in helpful discussions that would lead to significant improvement of payment processes will be key to success in this position. This is a key position within the construction department with regular consultation with staff in the finance department.

Responsibilities of the Construction Project Assistant- Payments, Budgets and reporting

1. Collate payments documentation from all construction site supervisors, review these with supervisors and ensure all required steps and attachments are complied with
2. Prepare weekly payments projections for approval by head of construction and head of finance
3. Generate and keep track of payment certificates to ensure only completed work, delivered and certified materials and approved documents are submitted for payment.
4. Work closely with construction supervisors and head of department to improve day to day management of payments documentation and procedures
5. Follow up with finance to ensure payments for materials and labour contractors are made in a timely manner and records update promptly in the financial system
6. Reconcile payments to project budgets and supplier accounts and make notes for corrective actions and process improvement
7. Make occasional field visits together with construction teams to observe processes, ascertain work done and gain knowledge to enhance the entire finance value chain around construction processes in the company
8. Assist construction department to come up with construction and cash flow budgets and monitor actual performance against the agreed budgets and cash flows
9. Prepare weekly reports on work flow versus payments to ensure visibility and quick resolution of payment delays or problems that could compromise timely construction completion
10. Prepare monthly financial reports for review with head of construction and head of finance
11. Initiate process improvement initiatives for review with head of construction and head of finance especially around filing, process clarity, feedback and financial analysis
12. Assist in external and internal audit of construction payment cycles and routines
13. Assist in departmental budgeting and analysis
14. Any other duties that may be delegated to you by the head of construction

About You

• 2-3 years experience in a busy accounting environment with extensive experience in payment processing for multiple suppliers and contractors
• Exposure within a construction/project environment is essential
• Hands on skills in preparation of cashflows, budgets and financial reports for senior management
• Energetic and confident person with ability to work consistently with minimal supervision while producing high quality work and resolving payment issues effectively and in a timely manner
• Good skills with computer applications especially excel and word applications
• Basic to good working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics (Navision ERP) or any other accounting software will be helpful
• Ability to work with construction and project staff and guiding them on payment issues
• Must possess good secondary education and intermediate accounting qualifications-CPA 2 or equivalent
• Must be an honest and ethical person with good references from previous employers
• Good written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in spoken Swahili will be an advantage
• Good time management and planning skills
• Ability to meet deadlines consistently.

Reporting structure

The position reports to the head of construction with a dotted line to Head of Finance.

You can apply and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers page at

www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

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Senior Construction Supervisor Job in Kenya

Senior Construction Supervisor

About Bridge International Academies

Bridge International Academies is a for-profit startup company revolutionizing education across Africa with a unique business model. The company runs a large-scale network of low-cost primary schools in Kenya that significantly outperforms other primary schools in the same areas because of our “school in a box” systems.

Our schools profitably deliver this high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, which enable the schools to cover all their costs and create a profitable central organization at scale. We have launched 37 schools in Kenya, we will double in size in the next 6 months, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students across the continent.

The CSC is responsible for the construction work activities for the allocated school site. This begins with appraisal of proposed new sites and includes ensuring that prior arrangements are made for effective project start up, smooth work progress, effective decision making and finalised project close-out.

Planning, implementation and monitoring of the construction site activities including ensuring that work is planned for as they are carried out on each site specifically.

For existing schools, s/he shall be in charge of school Support Officer (SO) communications to receive and detail school facilities conditions concerns, their documentation, possible solutions and timelines, including work approvals and implementation.

S/he is also responsible for the liaison between the school sites and the headquarters in terms of
Information flows and record keeping.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Site Appraisal

• Carry out initial site visit, document the site characteristics, evaluate the implications of site conditions to construction and prepare a report.
• Manage information flows with the Land Department and site takeover.

Project Start-up

• Carry out all tasks that are necessary for the construction to commence effectively and complete the start-up checklist for approval.

Contract management

• Prepare or modify the standard contract for site specific issues, discuss it with the Site Foreman and manage it throughout the construction period.

Materials management

• Prepare or modify the standard schedule of materials, prepare materials requisitions, confirm orders and deliveries, ensure proper materials acceptance procedures are duly applied, retrieve from site and forward to headquarters the delivery notes and invoices, request payments and file away the payment acknowledgement.

Labour management

• Source qualified Site Foremen, skilled and unskilled labourers, manage labour records, manage labour payments, retrieve from site and forward to headquarters the invoices and time sheets, request payments and file away the payment acknowledgement.

Programme Management

• Carry out day-to-day monitoring of progress of work on site, tracking to ensure programme targets are met, planning and implementing remedial measures in case of programme slippage, including feedback information for programme improvement.
• Carry out early morning daily calls, prepare daily email reports and prepare weekly work programmes.

Workmanship and Quality Control

• Communicate the quality standards, implement procedures to ensure that work meets them, monitor and provide feedback information for improved quality.

Payments

• Compute or modify budget estimates for approval, prepare payment requests for approval, confirm and record payments completed and balances and file away the payment acknowledgement.

Records Management

• Implement the proper entering and updating of site records including the site book, invoices, time sheets and prepare summary reports as required.

Labour Relations

• Ensure the employment of only desirable workers on the school sites, maintain smooth labour relations and provide feedback information for improved quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in site supervision on busy sites preferably in labour intensive projects
• Should have good knowledge of basic construction technology and practices.
• Should be a good planner, well organized and able to carry out simple analysis tasks.
• Should be able to source skilled labour locally and handle labour-related issues arising on site from time to time.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills are required
• Good people management skills that result in timely meeting of deadlines
• Ability and willingness to accept instructions, accept criticism and positive feedback, while being very adaptable and flexible

You can apply and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers page at

www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com

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Territorial Sales Manager Kenyan Job

Position: Territorial Sales Manager

Location: Nairobi

We are the leading animal health company in East and Central Africa.

Main Purpose of the position:

To sell all products, coordinate and monitor Strategic Business Partners to ensure the company achieves set sales objectives within a given territory

Main Responsibilities:

• Sell all products as per territory budget
• Operate within budget
• Ensure good route coverage, sufficient SBP stock holding, adherence to SBP contract
• Ensure merchandising standards
• Coordinate work plan with SDA
• Develop annual farmer training field day plan
• Organise and carry out farmer training field days
• Lead, direct, control, train and develop distributor staff.
• Assist in development of sales strategy and budget
• Ensure all stockists sell the company’s products.
• Retain and acquire new farm/ customer
• Visit existing farms, stockists, professionals and prospects
• Collaborate with other animal health stakeholders
• Generate weekly and monthly report and expense claims
• Work with RSM to recruit new SBPs to fill any vacancies.
• Work with marketing dept in implementation of product launches and PR activities
• Implementation of brand activity plans within the territory.
• Handle customer complaints.
• Recommend activities or strategy to respond to competitors.
• Provide market intelligence to Head of Sales

Education and/or Experience:

• Degree/Higher Diploma in Business/Sales/Animal Production, Vet medicine or other Agricultural Sciences related discipline
• Valid driving licence; riding licence an added advantage
• 5yrs experience in Sales as a senior manager and experience in Animal Health sales will be an added advantage

Skill/Knowledge

• Product knowledge
• Communication skills
• Selling skills
• Animal health knowledge
• Trade knowledge
• Management skills
• Computer literacy

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line and preferred location.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

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Shop Attendants Job Vacancies in Kenya

The Akili Project is an Entire Value Chain Intervention, focusing on empowering members of rural communities, particularly the youth, through an economically sustainable activity.

The Entire Value Chain model recognizes that most production activities at the farmer level are actually at a loss.

In an entire value chain, where the raw produce is converted to another product, the small-scale farmer shares in the profit of the value addition.

The entire value chain looks at the maximum possible price and shares it backward.

Read more at www.akiliholdings.co.ke

We are looking for candidates between 18 and 30 years, who hold a Diploma in Dairy technology/Hotel and Catering; have a C in KCSE aggregate

This person must also be able to demonstrate the following attributes, among others:

• Knowledge in milk handling and value addition
• Self-Motivation with a desire to grow the business
• Excellent Communication & interpersonal skills
• Flexibility; to work on weekends (Sat & Sun) and early morning hours
• Able to work in any of our outlets (currently in eastlands Nairobi )

Only those who meet the above criteria should send their applications and enclosing copies of their KCSE and Diploma certificates with their CV’s to :

Akili Foods Ltd,
P. O. Box 15382 - 00100
Nairobi

or ndirangu@akiliholdings.co.ke

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