Office Attendant at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Job Purpose

The job holders are responsible for collecting and delivering mail, maintaining cleanliness of offices supervising by outsources cleaning service providers and tea services. The job holder may be deployed as kitchen attendants, garden attendants and patient attendants among other semi-skilled jobs.

Functions

• Attend to general routine office services
• Perform messengerial duties
• Perform cleaning services
• Collection and disposal of general waste
• Ensure tidiness of the working environment
• Provide specifications for cleaning materials and equipment
• Oversee of cleaning services offered by outsources cleaning services
• Keeping safe custody of cleaning materials and equipment
• Dispatch letters, files and other documents

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Mean Grade D or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Proficiency in computer application
• Fulfil the requirements of chapter six (6) of the Constitution

Competencies

• Interpersonal skills
• Public Relations Skills
• Excellent Communication and people skills in both English and Kiswahili
• Highly organized
• Ability to work without supervision

Terms of employment

Employment is a one-year renewable contract with a probation period for the first 3 months. Salary is negotiable within the appropriate grade depending on education,
experience and demonstrated competency.

The following will be required during the interviews:

• Certificate of good conduct, Higher
• Educations Loans Board compliance certificate, KRA Tax compliance certificate, Credit
• Reference Bureau clearance certificate, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission clearance.