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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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