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Action Africa Help International Workshop Manager Jobs in Kenya


Introduction

Action Africa Help International (AAH-I-I), an international non-profit making agency that
implements humanitarian relief, recovery and development projects in Africa, seeks to qualified candidate for the position of Workshop Manager for its program in South Sudan. Under the overall leadership of the Operation Manager of the humanitarian project.

Job Summary:

The Workshop Manager will manage the Juba main workshop and support field
workshops to conduct assets repairs and maintenance, and in line with workshop SOPs. The Workshop Manager will plan, coordinate, and monitor workshop technical operations following
standard technical manuals for various assets. S/He will work closely with the Operations
Manager to ensure that workshop operations are implemented and monitored in line with AAH-I
policies and standards. S/He will represent project management in all aspects pertaining to
workshop management and will ensure that the AAH-I vision, mission and values are met and
promoted.

Responsibilities

Planning

  • Coordinate day-to-day technical repairs and maintenance at Juba level and support field
    team to do the same
  • Contribute to workshop budget establishment and ensure that budget lines are
    monitored. Workshop management
  • Ensure that workshop premises are secure and in good condition
  • Ensure that assets assigned to the workshops are properly handled and asset lists
    maintained
  • Support in improving global project performance in terms of logistic operations.
  • Prepare and submit timely workshop donor reports
  • Maintain auditable soft and hard copy workshops and stores files
  • Maintain knowledge of workshop technologies and ensure that all staff are familiar with
    them.
  • Periodically organize spare parts, tools and workshop equipment inventories countrywide
  • Ensure quality control of the services offered by various workshops Spare parts supply chain management
  • Conduct periodic inventory controls through scheduled/on-spot checks and data
    reconciliation. This includes ensuring the availability of tools and spare parts in all
    workshops, and a structure to professionally and transparently manage the stock and
    other equipment.
  • Operate the WMMS (Workshop & Materials Management System) and ensure that all
    workshop transactions are properly recorded and system backups done appropriately
    Staff management
  • Recruit, train, supervise and monitor workshop staff, including conducting performance appraisals as per the rules.
  • Set-up and organize all workshops with staff clearly defined roles, responsibilities and objectives according to workshop activity level
  • Encourage and promote AAH-I mission, values, policies and procedures Relationships management
  • Contribute actively to UNHCR/UNICEF assets disposal process by organizing required
    technical assessment and evaluations
  • Ensure that donors and other stakeholders are satisfied by AAH-I workshop services.
  • Maintain good working relationships with other managers and field staff

    Qualifications

  • University degree in Mechanical engineering or relevant diploma with long field experience.
  • Minimum 10 years’ professional experience in managing big workshops.
  • Sound knowledge of vehicle technology
  • Management and organizational skills
  • Integrity, confidentiality, interpersonal and team skills
  • Ability to complete complex variety of tasks in an organized manner and to quickly
    change and adapt to new priorities
  • Ability to communicate with all levels (staff, donors, stakeholders), orally and in writing
  • Good English
    writing skills (reports, proposals, technical assessments)
  • Ability to use Microsoft Office packages & to operate workshop management system
  • Ability to take initiative and work independently

    How to apply

    Interested candidates should email application letters and CVs (with 3 referees) addressed to
    recruitss@actionafricahelp.org to be received by February 4th 2018 the email Subject Line must show the job title of the position and Location.

    For more information and job application details, see; Action Africa Help International Workshop Manager Jobs in Kenya




    Action Africa Help International System Developer Jobs in Kenya

    Job Summary:

    You will be collaborating and learning with a seasoned team of fellow developers and ICT project managers with more than 20+ years of combined industry knowledge and implementing a
    distributed system in a highly rated organisation that positively impacts lives in tough living environments in Africa.

    Responsibilities:

  • To realize the organization’s intention of integrating access to all of its management, financial, monitoring & Evaluation and reporting operations, we are looking to recruit an in-house team of two or three developers that will be responsible for:
  • The selection of a suitable Open Source ERP platform/framework, to best suit implementation
    and integration of existing and specified applications.
  • Working with third-party contractors to oversee implementation (on AAH-I's ERP platform) of purchased applications.
  • Ensuring documentation of code & user manuals.
  • Carrying out training of staff across our operating regions.
  • Conducting internal audits of vendor-supplied and integrated applications.

    Expected Results

  • The desired ERP will feature an integrated implementation of a central, hosted, normalised open source (PostgreSQL) database, on which all management applications will be configured. The
    applications include:
  • Financial management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Procurement
  • Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
  • Warehousing & distributed inventory management
  • Fuel Management
  • Equipment & Machinery management
  • The organisation's intranet applications
  • Upcoming applications in future.

    Qualifications

  • Knowledge of software development best practices
  • Consciousness to and commitment to project management fundamentals (time, deliverables,
    quality)
  • Programming skills : Python, HTML5, JQuery and API development
  • Database servers: PostgreSQL, MySQL interactions, including ORMs and performance
    tuning/optimization.
  • Experience with MVC frameworks for developing APIs
  • Previous DevOps experience
  • Familiarity with Odoo development will be an added advantage

    How to apply

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are interested in this position, send your application to
    recruitke@actionafricahelp.org to be received no later than 6th February 2018.

    For more information and job application details, see; Action Africa Help International System Developer Jobs in Kenya

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