Financial Literacy Trainers and Equity Group Foundation Master Trainers, Entrepreneurship Trainers Jobs and Vacancies in Kenya

Equity Group Foundation recognizes the diverse nature of the socio-economic needs of the people of Africa and has identified six programme areas on which it lays its emphasis.

These are: Education and leadership development, agriculture, entrepreneurship, health, innovation and environmental sustainability.

These programme areas support the Foundation in realizing its vision and mission.

The Foundation is implementing the Financial Education and Entrepreneurship program that has a holistic focus of creating a pathway to greater financial access (financial literacy training and access to savings and loans services) as well as providing financial advisory services to help develop, strengthen and grow women and youth micro enterprises.

Master Trainer (Various Positions)

The Position

The role holder will be responsible for training in a particular region. He or she will also be responsible for managing Financial Literacy Trainers in that particular region.

Candidate’s Qualifications Knowledge and Experience 

• A university degree preferably in Education, Entrepreneurship or Business Management with a strong bias in Finance and entrepreneurship.
• Experience in Training of Trainers(TOT) and adult learning methodologies
• Experience in training micro and small business owners will be an added advantage
• Over 2 years working experience in Credit will be an added advantage
• Hands on experience in preparing training curriculum and manuals for micro and small enterprises.
• Extensive experience on group lending methodologies with a deep understanding of clients needs.
• Good understanding of the provision of financial services to micro and small enterprises

Key Responsibilities 

• Conduct Training Needs Assessment for the assigned region
• Design and develop curricula to address the identified training needs
• Develop the training calendar and course brochures
• Develop and update training materials, curricula and training manuals
• Coordinate training in the assigned region
• Train, mentor and supervise trainers in the region and regularly review their performance
• Ensure proper documentation of training activities
• Coordinate and conduct impact assessments
• Develop training evaluation tools and ensure that all the trainings have been evaluated and prepare training reports for discussion with the Training Coordinator

Desired Skills and Ability 

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Community mobilization skills
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Computer proficiency

Financial Literacy Trainer (Various Positions)

The Position

Reporting to the Master Trainer, the role holder will be responsible for building the capacity of micro and small entrepreneurs through financial literacy training.

Candidate’s Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience 

• A university degree preferably in Education, Entrepreneurship or Business Management with a strong bias in financial and entrepreneurship support.
• At least 2 years experience in training micro and small business owners.
• Extensive experience in group lending methodologies.
• Strong understanding of the provision of financial services to micro and small enterprises.

Key Responsibilities 

• Conduct and manage the delivery of Financial Literacy trainings.
• Conduct training need assessments, prepare and submit reports.
• Develop and implement lessons plans.
• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees.
• Ensuring that expected training requirements are met.
• Evaluation of train ings conducted.
• Mobilize groups for training.

Desired Skills and Ability 

• Experience in preparation of training curricula and manuals for micro and small enterprises.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Community mobilization skills.
• Excellent organization and planning skills.
• Computer proficiency.

Entrepreneurship Trainer (Various Positions)

The Position

Reporting to the Program Manager— Entrepreneurship Program, the role holders will be responsible for training entrepreneurs in entrepreneurship and small business management.

Candidate’s Qualifications Knowledge and Experience 

• A university degree preferably in Entrepreneurship or Business Management.
• At least five years work experience with micro, small and medium sized enterprises.
• Experience in preparing training curricula and manuals for micro and small enterprises.
• Practical experience in offering business advisory.
• Practical experience in business management.

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop, conduct and manage the delivery of Entrepreneurship Training in a region.
• Coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs.
• Facilitation of market linkages and business networks for the micro and small enterprises.
• Conduct training need assessments, prepare and submit reports.
• Participate in the development and update of training materials.
• Ensure proper documentation and dissemination of lessons learnt.
• Evaluation of trainings conducted.
• Monitoring and reviewing the progress of trainees.

Desired Skills and Ability 

• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Training and facilitation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organization and planning skills
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Community mobilization skills
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Computer proficiency

If you meet the above requirements, submit your application quoting the job you are applying for to the address below by 26th August 2011.

Please include detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of the relevant certificates, testimonials, current pay and daytime telephone contact and email address.

Applicants to the Entrepreneurship Trainers position should also include a brief write up of not more than one A4 page detailing achievements and support they have given to the SME’s in the course of their work and why you consider yourself to be a resource to SMEs.

All applications should be in soft and through the email indicated below.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Apply to:

General Manager- HR, Training & Development
Equity Bank Ltd
P.O. Box 75104-00200
Nairobi

And email to: jobs@equitybank.co.ke 

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Microfinance Organization - Accounts Assistant Job Vacancy in Nairobi Kenya -

Position: Accounts Assistant 

A fast growing microfinance organization wishes to recruit a self driven accountant to run the accounts function at our Nairobi Head office

Duties & responsibilities: 

• Processing of invoices through an integrated computer System
• Daily cash and cheques collection and proper receipting of the same
• Supervise Banking of receipts and reconciling to the daily receipt summary
• Reconciliation of debtors accounts by ensuring all receipts are allocated to the relevant loans
• Maintenance of company’s fixed assets register and verification of the assets physical existence on monthly basis
• Maintaining files for payments and accounting correspondences
• Handling client’s queries relating to loan and savings accounts balances and payments
• Payroll processing and management of statutory deductions
• Daily mobile money and cash reconciliation
• Monitoring branch expenses
• Management reporting
• Daily bank reconciliation

Minimum Accounts Assistant required qualifications & experience 

• CPA part II or its equivalent
• Computer skills particularly on spreadsheets and automated accounting software systems
• Candidates must preferably be between 24 and 30 years old.
• Keen on details with high level of initiative.
• Capable of working with minimal supervision.
• At least 1 year experience in a busy accounting department
• Ability to work under minimum supervision
• Presentable and excellent communications skills
• And above all, a person of honesty and integrity
• Bachelor degree will be an added advantage
• Any customer service/sales experience/skills will be an added advantage

Application details

Apply to hr@speedcapital.co.ke before 20th August 2011

Applicants must indicate current and expected remuneration & benefits 

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Two IT Programmers Urgently Needed- Intern Jobs in Kenya

(Advanced/Moderate): Languages - (HTML, PHP, JAVA,Python) CMS - (JOOMLA, Drupal, Magneto) , Adobe CS4 (image manipulation)

Time: 3 months

Salary: 10k per month (with the possibility to earn more if experienced and a fast worker)

Status: Flexible

This is a learning opportunity and the candidates must be ready to work under pressure, be fast learners and be flexible in terms of work hours.

If you qualify send ur CV's to info@opticomsolns.com by midnight 29th Aug 2011. 

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Online Academic Writing Jobs in Kisumu , Kenya

Crystal Clear Paper Writers is a company that deals with essay writing and has this position to fill:

Graduate Academic writers
2 posts

Key Duties and Responsibilities 

• Carrying out online research;
• Sorting selected material for credible and relevant information;
• Writing research papers in different fields;
• Applying different academic writing styles including APA, MLA, HARVARD, CHICAGO, TURABIAN etc;
• Proofreading all written work and
• Editing.

Required Minimum Qualifications 

• Degree in any field
• Computer literacy
• Minimum high school grade of B-
• Experience (not a must)
• Must Live in Kisumu

Applications should be sent to: cecil.maruti7@gmail.com by 30th August 2011 

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Capacity Building Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor Job Vacancy in Kenya-DANYA INTERNATIONAL SR

Summary of Responsibilities 

The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will serve in the Public Health Research Group at Danya International Kenya Limited.

This individual will provide senior monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical assistance to the Government of Kenya, US Government Agencies and local implementing partners.

This position will provide leadership in reviewing national M&E framework documents, M&E tools and providing recommendations for national improvement in collection of M&E data.

This position will specifically focus on monitoring and evaluation of capacity building activities for local civil society organizations focusing on health.

Project management activities: The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor will oversee the day-to-day operations of various assigned projects, including writing, research and product development, coordination of a diverse team, and other activities focusing specifically on evaluation.

Education/Experience 

• Senior level experience in program evaluation and development and design of M&E indicators, frameworks and tools for capacity building activities. 
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research and analytical skills. 
• Experience working with NASCOP, NACC and HIS is preferable. 
• Experience with SPSS; good working knowledge of SAS and Nud*ist also plus. 
• Master’s degree and 8+ years related experience or compatible combination of education and experience. Ph.D. preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills 

• Demonstrated appropriate interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, which have resulted in effective team membership. 
• Ability to handle multiple projects involving numerous partners simultaneously. 
• Demonstrated ability to work with internal and/or external clients and provide required services. 
• Excellent skills in the effective use of information technology, including (word-processing, spreadsheet, database, power point etc.). 
• Use only applicable IT applications. Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present materials in meetings, at conferences and to write project documents and proposals with minimal revisions from the supervisor. 
• Knowledge of research concepts and principles, and the ability to apply them during the implementation of project tasks; ability to design large evaluation and health communication studies and product development plans. 
• Data management and analysis skills, experience with SPSS and good working knowledge of SAS and Nud*ist a plus. 
• Ability to problem-solve, including being able to prevent or identify problems and make recommendations for resolving. 
• Ability to manage and prioritize the tasks associated with a project or projects. 
• Ability to work well as part of a team and to supervise the work on individuals contributing to a project. 
• Management of the administrative and contractual aspects of various assigned projects.

Unique Job Requirements and Characteristics 

• Fluent in Swahili is a plus
• Frequent domestic travel, around 20 percent of time.

General Description of Duties 

• Process information and data: Analyze and generate statistics
• Writing: Write complex documents with multiple components consistently, including M&E frameworks and tools, research designs and protocols, proposals and journal submissions, support the writing of more junior staff.
• Develop content expertise: Demonstrate content expertise in one or more areas; present at academic conferences or participate in professional organization.
• Problem solving: Mentor other staff on problem solving, solve complex problems requiring multiple inputs using good judgment.
• Project task management: Manage multiple components of multiple projects, large and small, on-time and with the highest commitment to quality.
• Project staff management: Lead staff on multiple projects and within multiple teams; mentor staff to develop professionally, complete projects
• Writing: Write complex documents, such as M&E frameworks and tools, work plans, literature reviews and reports.
• Networking: Form relationships with individuals at agencies and institutions within the field strategic information, as well as continue to strengthen existing relationships.
• Public Relations: Seek out memberships and activities in professional organizations.
• Customer Relations: Bring and maintain internal and external customer relations to a high quality level by increasing collaboration, communication, and team building.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Please send CV/Resume to Globalrecruitment@danya.com.

Danya is an equal opportunity employer

Closing date: 31 Oct 2011 

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