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Contractor Resource Centre Assistant – Eldoret – (21000637

Last Date to Apply: Dec 14, 2021

We are pleased to announce the following opportunity in the Acquisition, Talent & Capability within the Resources Division.   In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

 Brief description

Reporting to Executive – Resource Centre, the position holder will provide support in the management of the resource center including acquisition, accessioning, processing, classifying, cataloguing and shelving of resource center materials. To provide resource centre patrons with relevant information and services regarding current and future resources

Key responsibilities

• Manage the resource centre daily operations – acquisition, accessioning, classification, cataloguing
• Display management- layout and organization of the collection on the shelves according to classification number
• Circulation- ensure safe and timely delivery and return of resources to the staff in outer offices and /or in field while monitoring costs
• Library resources and user database maintenance
• Resource centre reporting

NOTE:

• This position is based in Eldoret
• This is a one-year contract opportunity

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in library and information studies or diploma in library and information studies (with experience)
• Two years’ experience as a librarian/resource centre or certificate with five years’ experience working in a busy library or archival and data records service procedures in electronic libraries.

M-Pesa Africa: Senior Manager-Finance Planning & Reporting – International Expansion – (21000636)

Closing Date: Dec 15, 2021

QUALIFICATIONS

Apply if you have:

• Relevant Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance. Masters in a similar area will be an added advantage.
• CPA (K) or equivalent or post-graduate qualification is a must.
• At least 5-7 years broad experience in all facets of Finance i.e., Management Accounting, Forecasting and Planning, Financial Accounting, and Audit.
• Experience in International expansion.
• Specialist in more than two areas of finance e.g., Statutory Accounting, Tax, Insurance, and IFRS reporting.
• Demonstrated agility in learning, working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders at all levels in the organization.
• Good stakeholder management experience
• Agile, Innovative, pragmatic, commercial, and customer-focused approach
• Experience with executive-level reporting and influence (trusted advisor to the business)

We are happy if you have:

• Knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

What you can expect from us:

• We believe in a fair and robust interview process
• We have a robust flexible total reward scheme
• Dedicated support and mentoring/coaching
• Opportunity to develop and progress – plus a solid dedication to work-life integration. It all means you’ll have everything you need to advance your career and achieve your full potential.

Note to Applicants

As part of our recruitment process, we will request the below documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage of the process.

• An updated CV with a confirmation of three referees- 2 must be professional and must have supervised you at some point, the other referee can be a colleague in the same professional field. If the referees are within the same organization that you are working with, you will need to confirm to us that it’s okay to contact them in writing (via email). This also includes all references within the Human Resources department.
• Scanned copy of certificate of good conduct from the CID (Less than 1 year old) – Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) – Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of University Certificate
• Scanned copy of your National ID / Passport-Legal Form of Identification

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your updated resume.

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

M-Pesa Africa: Senior Manager-Finance Operations – (21000635)

Last Date to Apply: Dec 15, 2021

QUALIFICATIONS

Apply if you have:

• Relevant Degree in Accounting, Economics, Finance. Masters in a similar area will be an added advantage.
• CPA (K) or equivalent or post-graduate qualification is a must.
• At least 5-7 years broad experience in all facets of Finance i.e., Management Accounting, Forecasting and Planning, Financial Accounting, and Audit.
• Specialist in more than two areas of finance e.g., Statutory Accounting, Tax, Insurance, and IFRS reporting.
• Demonstrated agility in learning, working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders at all levels in the organization.
• Good stakeholder management experience
• Agile, Innovative, pragmatic, commercial, and customer-focused approach
• Experience with executive-level reporting and influence (trusted advisor to the business)

We are happy if you have:

• Knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

What you can expect from us:

• We believe in a fair and robust interview process
• We have a robust flexible total reward scheme
• Dedicated support and mentoring/coaching
• Opportunity to develop and progress – plus a solid dedication to work-life integration. It all means you’ll have everything you need to advance your career and achieve your full potential.

Note to Applicants

As part of our recruitment process, we will request the below documentation which will be required as soft copies at a later stage of the process.

• An updated CV with a confirmation of three referees- 2 must be professional and must have supervised you at some point, the other referee can be a colleague in the same professional field. If the referees are within the same organization that you are working with, you will need to confirm to us that it’s okay to contact them in writing (via email). This also includes all references within the Human Resources department.
• Scanned copy of certificate of good conduct from the CID (Less than 1 year old) – Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of certificate from Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) – Applicable to Kenyans Only
• Scanned copy of University Certificate
• Scanned copy of your National ID / Passport-Legal Form of Identification

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your updated resume.

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Principal M-PESA Solutions Architect  – (21000560)

Last Date to Apply: Dec 14, 2021

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide direction, guidance, and governance to ensure proper alignment with business initiatives and technology strategy/roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership on strategic, transformational, highly complex enterprise-wide initiatives focused on the financial services domain.
• Engage with various teams, ranging from business and the immediate development team who need to understand and buy in to the architecture, right through to the extended team of those people who will have an interest in the architecture from a security, database, operations, and maintenance or support point of view.
• Works with business leaders to understand business requirements and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy, and ensuring business intent is understood and effectively carried into development phases.
• Translate documented business requirements into a technical solution design for implementation.
• Collaboratively oversee the development of the solution as per agreed architecture, evolving it throughout the delivery in the face of changing requirements and feedback from the team.
• Lead need analysis, research, concept development, proof of concept and business case development for financial technology. This includes but not limited to by building prototypes, frameworks and foundations to be consumed by the technical team.
• Set baseline through introduction of standards and working practices such as architecture blueprints, coding standards, design principles and tools.

• Responsible for making technology decisions by considering all risk factors, reviewed and evaluated with all the relevant stakeholders of interest.
• Coordinates new development activities and ensures they are consistent and well integrated with the established enterprise information architecture
• Assists in post-implementation continuous-improvement efforts to enhance performance and provide increased functionality
• Contribute to Architecture Review Board (ARB) on monthly basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Science/computer science/Engineering/Business related degree from reputable education institution. Or equivalent work experience
• 5+ technical background in software development inclusive of databases, applications, Infrastructure, cloud development , 3+ years experience in solutions architecture and system design.
• Experience of software development lifecycle is essential, in agile and waterfall methodologies.
• A “hands-on software architect” capable of sharing software development experience with the rest of the team, which in turn helps them better understand how the architecture is viewed from a development perspective.
• Domain experience in financial services, financial technologies will be an added advantage.
• Certification in Solution Architecture, TOGAF  and Certificate in Cloud expertise desired
• Strong business acumen and leadership mindset
• Ability to drive initiatives without any formal authority in an ambiguous environment
• Ability to mentor/coach developers and other solution architects in architecture principles
• Proven track record in designing and implementing large scale, complex projects delivering IT/Telco customer solutions; demonstrable leadership skills and organizational experience
• Strong leadership skills with ability to communicate and influence others.
• Requires exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environment

Senior Manager Product – M-Pesa Superapp, Payment Tribe  – (21000634)

Last Date to Apply: Dec 14, 2021

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in product strategy at a consumer tech/ecommerce company and/or strategy consulting with exposure to consumer tech/ecommerce and/or product management.
• Demonstrated success managing high-availability digital products in social platforms, lifestyle platforms, FinTech or eCommerce.
• Experience in agile software development methodologies
• Demonstrated technical acumen; ability to influence and debate solutions with technical team members, to understand technology solutions and potential tradeoffs and to represent technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Data-driven mindset understand complex logic and process of interconnected data flows throughout business work-stream.
• Strongly collaborative and effective in a cross-functional environment with the ability influence key stakeholders across organizations.
• Strong product thinking, ability to advocate for the best customer experience and continually make prioritization decisions to focus on the best value for end customers.
• Ability to translate product needs into technical requirements, understand technology dependencies, and discuss technical trade-offs
• Experience setting strategic direction and ability to drive measurably successful product launches and campaigns.
• Ability to utilize user research and data to drive actionable insights to inform marketing strategy and improve the user experience.

How to Apply. If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the recruitment portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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