HR and Accountant Job Vacancies

A Kenyan medium sized organization dealing with telecommunications is seeking to recruit in the following positions:

Human Resource and Administration Manager

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the position serves to provide strategic leadership and management oversight for the Human Resources, Staff Development and Administration functions in matters of strategy, policy compliance and operations.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic Human Resources and Administration leadership.
• Continually review the manuals and policy documents to ensure compliance with organizational s strategy and the present challenges.
• Facilitate effective staff performance management, staff development, remuneration management and welfare.
• Supervise, guide and train staff in the Human Resources and Administration
• Carry out performance appraisal for the staff in the department and coordinate entire organization staff appraisal process
• Set policies and procedures regarding medical and insurance and other benefits
• Ensure that organizational operations are compliant with the policies and procedures
• Arbitrate on disciplinary issues
• Update the Administration Department’s policies manuals to respond to KFS strategic positioning, statutory requirement and contemporary challenges
• Maintain assets inventories
• Fleet management

Suitable candidates MUST have the following minimum qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Social Sciences or any other art related field.
• At least 3 years experience as a HR Generalist in a busy environment
• Well versed with the current Kenyan labor laws.
• Experience in a set ups with high staff numbers and multi cultural and partnerships arrangements.

Competencies and Skills

• Strategic in mindset and sense of corporate result focus
• Good administrative and coordination skills
• Good people management skills
• Ability to effectively supervise, motivate, train, mentor and performance – manage staff
• Good networking and relationship building skills

Senior Accountant

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the position serves to oversee all financial processes within the organization.

Overall Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the development and implementation of financial management policies and accounting strategies.
• Coordinate all financial processing from budget processing, financial reporting, management accounting.
• Coordinate and monitor the budgetary performance against the plans and offer advice on the required remedial actions.
• Advise departmental heads on all aspects of financial policy and control
• Ensure that all the assets are properly valuated, recorded and maintained
• Assist with projects accounting and carry out reconciliation for the project transactions

Suitable candidates MUST have the following minimum qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree in Finance/Commerce/Accounting/
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA – K).
• At least eight 3 years experience in a busy organization

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their detailed cover letter and CV indicating their current remuneration to info@chevan.co.ke so as to reach on or before 4th February 2010.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.