Assistant Engineer - Biomedical and Biomedical Engineering Technologist Jobs in Kenya

The Nairobi Hospital, a leading health care institution in Eastern Africa has the following excellent career opportunities:

Assistant Engineer - Biomedical: REF: HRD/AEB/03/12

Reporting to the Hospital Engineer, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following among others:

• Designing and implementing programmes for preventive maintenance for medical equipment.
• Supervising biomedical staff.
• Participating in the acquisition, installation, maintenance, and repair of medical equipment.
• Ensuring service level agreements for medical equipment are met by contractors and suppliers.
• Training user departments in handling medical equipment.
• Evaluating the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of medical equipment.
• Documenting written procedures for preventive maintenance.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Higher National Diploma in Medical Engineering.
• BSc. in Electronics and Electronic Engineering would be an added advantage.
• Minimum 4 years work experience, 2 of which should be at a supervisory level.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Good organisational, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate.

Biomedical Engineering Technologist: REF: HRD/BET/03/12

Reporting to the Assistant Engineer - Biomedical, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following among others:

• Carrying out preventive maintenance and repairs of medical equipment.
• Liaising with departments to roll out the maintenance schedule.
• Maintaining job cards for each job assigned.
• Participating in training user departments on handling medical equipment.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Diploma in Medical Engineering.
• 2 years experience in medical equipment maintenance.
• Good organisational, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Computer literate.

If your background, experience and competence match the above specifications, please send us your application quoting the reference. Include your current remuneration, testimonials and give full contact details of 3 referees to:

The Human Resources Manager
The Nairobi Hospital
P.O. Box 30026
NAIROBI - 00100 OR hrm@nbihosp.org
To be received not later than 16th March 2012. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Marketing Manager (Hospitality Industry) Job in Kisumu

Position: Marketing Manager (Hospitality Industry)

Location: Kisumu

Company Profile: Our Client is best hotel Kisumu has to offer! Swimming pool, banquet halls, restaurants, cafe, free wi-fi and more.Located on the shores of the World's second largest fresh water lake. The hotel has a reputation of upholding traditional hospitality values despite the changing times.

As the region's natural choice for quality conscious business and leisure travelers, the Hotel offers personalised service with elegance and style that meet the discerning needs of every individual guest.

Main Responsibilities

• Attain hotel set goals, profitability and achieve sales targets.
• Create and implement workable marketing strategy targeting corporate clientele
• Liaise with travel agents to prospect new markets and opportunities.
• Implement sales and marketing strategies, processes and systems.
• Build effective internal and external customer relationship
• Liaise regularly with other departments to produce progress reports.
• Provide report to management regarding performance and competition.
• Increase in sales volume and market share
• Develop sound relations with customer base.
• Executing innovative sales and marketing strategies
• Implementing sound processes and systems

Key Competencies

• Customer Management,
• Creative,
• Negotiation and influential ability,
• Communication, interpersonal skills,
• Planning and organization,
• Selling Skills,
• Analytical skills Innovative and Proactive

Occupational Skills

• Good understanding of the hotel sales strategies.
• Ability to deliver results on a timely basis and meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills and having effective oral and written English language skills
• Pro-active in identification and resolution of work matters
• Focused in delivering task at hand
• Good attitude to embrace change
• Good analytical skills.

Required Qualifications/experience

• Degree in business related field (Marketing)
• Diploma in Sales and Marketing (Qualification in Hospitality preferred)
• 5 years of relevant work experience in a similar position

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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Banking & Risk Analyst, Research Consultant and Marketing Consultant Jobs in Kenya

Strategic Business Advisors (Africa) Ltd. was founded in Kenya in 2004. The principal vision of the founders was to create an institution able to provide high level, quality support to the private sector and institutions and governments with an interest in the growth and development of the private sector in Africa.

The principal consultants in the firm have a wide range of experience in private sector development across the African continent and have decided to pool their talents to provide an effective service to the private sector in Africa.

2. Objectives

SBA has the following core objectives:

• To provide high quality advisory services to private firms, governments and other institutions interested in the growth and development of the private sector in the East African region;
• To contribute significantly to increasing the performance and growth of the private sector in the region;
• To be a significant agent for change in improving the environment for business in the region;
• To be a leading firm providing support to both foreign and local investors interested in starting new private sector investments in the region;
• To be a leading firm providing strategic advice and support to development finance institutions in the region.

3. Services Offered

Core services provided by the firm include:

• Financial Sector Development and Related Advisory Services, with a particular focus on increasing access to finance to SMEs and early stage enterprises
• Program Strategy, Project Management Design, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Business Planning, Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for the development and growth microfinance organizations and Small & Medium Enterprises
• Sector Strategy Development and Competitiveness Analysis for Government and Other Institutions
• Policy and Economic Analysis
• Market Research.

We are currently looking for Consultants with the following qualifications:

Banking and Risk Analyst

The individual should have the following qualification:

• Master’s in Business Administration or relevant field.
• At least 7 years working experience with a financial institution or
• Experience in management/financial consulting, venture capitalism, or other relevant field.
• Experience in lending to small business.
• Should be able to diagnose the needs of businesses at different stages of development.

Finance and Market Analyst/ Research Consultant

The individual should have the following qualification:

• Master’s in Economics
• Able to carry out market assessments / analysis and value chain analysis across different value chains.
• Working experience preferable but not necessary

Marketing Consultant

The individual should have the following qualification:

• Master’s in Business Administration (Marketing) or relevant field.
• At least two years’ experience in strategy and marketing development
• Strong management and leadership skills,
• Strong negotiation and organization skills.

If you feel you have the qualifications needed for any of the above positions, kindly send a copy of your CV to Consultants@sbaconsulting.co.ke by the 16th of March 2012.

Kindly note that only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.

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PwC Graduate Associate (University Graduates) Jobs in Kenya

PwC firms help organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for.

We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.

Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.com

If you are looking for a great start to your career, a place where you can speak up and confidently express your views and an opportunity to create value for your CV, you have found it with us.

We are recruiting new university graduates from different disciplines.

You must have graduated late last year or are in your final year, graduating in 2012.

For your application to be successful you need:

• A Bachelors degree with a minimum of upper second class honours or its equivalent
• To be an all rounded person with other life interests
• To demonstrate innovation and creativity
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

If you are keen to start a career less ordinary apply online www.pwc.com/ke/careers

Closing date: 9 March 2012

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