Regional HR Advisor - Oxfam

Job Description

To provide HR policy interpretation/ guidance, and HR customer service management with a generalist focus. Applying HR policy solutions that support business needs within a timely case management approach. Working together with managers to support delivery of various HR solutions and ensure legal compliance in the areas, such as recruitments, rewards, contract management, employee relations, humanitarian preparedness and response management, HR systems, etc. Ensuring quality of HR basics and cost effectiveness HR operations.

This is a highly challenging opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional, with a strong commitment to Oxfam's values and beliefs. If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV including a day time contact by applying online at www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs using REF. 5935.  The closing date is:  20 January 2013. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  Interviews scheduled for 24 January 2013.

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Technical Evangelist - Microsoft

Job Description

The DPE Lead is the leader of the area Developer and Platform Evangelism (DPE) team whose overall mission is to secure platform and tools adoption. The team’s primary purpose is to ensure developers write applications for Windows 8, Windows Phone and the Azure platform through technical evangelism and technical audience marketing.

DPE focuses on promotion and adoption of Microsoft platform technologies, which leads to current and future revenue. Responsibilities for DPE include:

• Drive engagement to technical audiences through an integrated approach to evangelism, communities and intelligent audience marketing 
• Marketing of the broad Microsoft platform and developer tools 
• Engaging CSVs through depth and breadth technical evangelism activities and providing ownership Technical and business) and leadership on CSV’s across the region 
• Winning the depth and breadth developer community onto Windows, ensuring applications are written for Windows 8
• Winning the depth and breadth developer community onto Microsoft Cloud Platform, ensuring applications are written for Windows Azure
• Winning the depth and breadth developer community onto Microsoft Phone Platform, ensuring applications are written for Windows Phone
• Driving paid and unpaid developer tools to enterprise accounts, partners and through the channel 
• Engaging students and faculty in universities and high schools in order to win mindshare of nascent developers 
• Engaging with the IT Professionals on private cloud

In summary, DPE is committed to broad platform adoption and a vibrant ecosystem of customers, partners and developers. Through evangelism, marketing and sales, DPE helps secure the Microsoft platform, now and in the future.

The DPE Lead leads and is accountable for DPE strategy execution and goal fulfillment in the Regions and its districts where applicable. 

The role entails a mix of business management and people management. It also requires technical acumen, communication skills and a great ability to make strategy happen, cross teams and subsidiaries. Leadership of groups that do not report straight line to the Area DPE Leader is a critical.

Business responsibilities include: 

• Winning the developer adoption of cloud, phone and the client platforms with a focus on consumer applications and services
• Overall CSV strategy and technical enablement 
• Broad developer and IT Pro community engagement and satisfaction 
• Broad technical enablement of the Microsoft partner community 
• Academic technical evangelism and curriculum adoption 
• Tools revenue goals reached

People responsibilities include:

• Inspire senior leaders
• Lead change
• Recruit, retain, develop and export talent
• Build a great succession plan

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Driver - US Embassy

Description

The incumbent will provide driver services driving heavy trucks in the transport and delivery of mail, furniture, and supplies, including the loading and offloading of vehicles. Overall supervision is provided by the Maintenance Supervisor. The closing date for this position is January 18, 2013. Note: You will be notified when the decision is made.

Minimum Requirements

• Completion of high school is required.
• A minimum of two years of experience driving heavy transport trucks/or water trucks is required.
• A valid Kenyan commercial driving license, class B,C,E is required.  
• Level III English ability is required. Kiswahili Level II ability is also required.    

Other Criteria

• Must know Kenyan traffic laws and be familiar with traffic patterns in and around Nairobi.  Must be knowledgeable on vehicle operation and maintenance procedures, and have knowledge of radio operation procedures for responding to vehicle emergencies.  
• Must have superior driving skills in operating large vehicles to avoid accidents and personal injuries. 
• Must be able to lift heavy materials for short periods of time while loading and unloading.

Job Specification

The incumbent will provide driver services driving heavy trucks in the transport and delivery of mail, furniture, and supplies, including the loading and offloading of vehicles.  Overall supervision is provided by the Maintenance Supervisor.   

Responsibilities     

• Operates a variety of motor vehicles including large freight hauling trucks in the pick-up, transport and delivery of mail, baggage, furniture, supplies and courier material in support of Mission operations.
• Operates the water pumper vehicle in delivery of water supplies, including supervising two warehousemen in filing the water tank and discharging water. 
• Assists warehousemen in loading vehicles and delivery to offices and residences.
• Ensures assigned vehicles are maintained in a clean, safe and serviceable operating condition and reports all maintenance problems requiring repair action to supervisors.  
• Completes daily vehicle usage reports. 
• Remains current on Mission Policy for Motor pool usage and reports misuse of vehicle by Embassy personnel or co-workers. 
• Monitors the local traffic/driving environment, and takes action to avoid demonstrations, road construction or areas which could pose a danger to the travel of passengers or vehicles.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Selection Criteria: 

• Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy.  
• Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.
• Current Ordinarily Resident employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible to apply.
• Currently employed U.S. Citizen EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment.
• Currently employed NORs hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.
• Applicants must be available for an interview and for proficiency testing as required by the selecting official. 

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Purchase Order Lifecycle Owner - EABL

Context/Scope: 

Global Diageo Business Services (GDBS) is a global multi functional shared service entity that processes DIAGEO-wide transactions across various world regions. Processes in scope are: Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Record to Report. Diageo also has selected BPO partners that support service provision in Global offshore centres. DBS is a multicultural, multi-language and matrixed environment. A programme is underway to establish a Regional hybrid (Diageo and BPO partner) Service Centre in Nairobi to service Africa Region.

Purpose of Role:

• Raise  Purchase Orders according to Purchasing Group requestors for A&P- ASSETS – OVERHEADS.

• Provide support to the market that facilitates the accurate, efficient and timely set up and approval of purchase orders within SAP.

• Manage the accurate and on time efficient approval of all Purchase Orders within SAP and coordination of the receipt of goods and services whilst ensuring that the surrounding internal control procedures are strictly adhered to.

• Manage parked and blocked items. Analyze daily blocked and parked report and ensure all outstanding items are kept to minimum.

• Ensure that all queries are resolved promptly and courteously through either personal intervention or liaison with DBS.

• Monitor Purchase order housekeeping in cooperation with the Requestor. Run monthly reports to ensure unused open PO's are closed and goods receipts are completed in a timely manner.

• This process should link seamlessly with other processes and initiatives that are managing the choice and use of vendors, and the continuous improvement of the Purchase to Pay process.

• Contribute ideas, energy, enthusiasm and support to the continuous improvement of the “Source to Pay” process.

• Provide input to monthly Service Review call and ensure main KPIs meet the target

Top 3-5 Accountabilities:

• Involves the right people to obtain information needed.

• Willingly offers help or assistance to others when needed.

• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships across WE Demand business.

• Is aware of local tax legislation and policies impacting the market

• Understands the role of internal controls and expected outcomes of having proper internal controls e.g. reliability & integrity of business information, safeguarding of assets and intellectual capital

• Uses system outputs to meet basic job requirements and applies basic tests for reasonability and accuracy

• Ability to articulate system issues clearly to ensure solutions can be identified and implemented

Qualifications and Experience Required: 

• University degree

• Basic knowledge of Accounting principles

• Purchase to Pay Process Knowledge - Good knowledge of relevant process.  Accurately and carefully follows established procedures to the agreed service levels

• Strong organizational, customer service, manager and employee relation skills

• Attention to Detail/Accuracy - Demonstrates sound commitment to importance of “right first time” principle through ensuring own work is 99% error free. Assists colleagues where necessary in learning effective techniques

PC skills/System knowledge

• MS applications, especially strong Excel and Outlook

• SAP

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