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  • Posted: May 16, 2022
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    The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisio...
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    Supervisor – Executive Secretary

    Job Summary

    To perform diversified high level administrative and secretarial support functions.

    Roles and Responsibilities

    • Perform administrative tasks including drafting and proof reading letters, memos, reports, and other documents.
    • Receive incoming communication or memos on behalf of senior staff, review content, determine importance, and summarize and/or distribute contents to appropriate staff.
    • Manage multiple or complex calendars for meetings, appointments, travel and other official commitments.
    • Make travel and accommodation arrangements for executives.
    • Answer and screen telephone calls, and respond to emails, messages and other correspondence.
    • Professionally facilitate guests and/or clients.
    • Performs office tasks including office management, maintaining records, ordering supplies etc.
    • Performs other related duties as assigned.

    Education requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related disciplines from a recognized university.
    • Training in computer and/or office administration will be an added advantage.

    Related Job Experience

    • At least 4 years’ experience in executive secretary and/or related role.
    • Must be proficient in Ms Office with excellent typing skills.

    Competencies Required

    • Professional writing capabilities, including emails, memos, letters and other industry-related reports, documents and correspondence.
    • Excellent time management and organization skills, especially the ability to prioritize and multitask 
    • Effective and professional communication abilities, including being able to communicate with all levels of employees and clients or guests.
    • Ability to work flexibly and independently, set priorities, work simultaneously on numerous tasks, use good judgement and initiative, and meet/exceed deadlines.
    • Proficiency with computer systems, including experience with office management systems and Microsoft Office suite.

    Person Specifications

    • Proactive and results oriented individual.
    • Must be a person of integrity.
    • Resilient, focused and able to work under pressure.
    • Motivated, dynamic and dedicated team player.
    • Able to type minimum of 50 words per minute.

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    Supervisor - Mobile App Developer

    Job Summary 

    The job holder is responsible for Development, Maintenance and Support of the KRA mobile Apps

    Key Responsibilities  

    • Design and build iOS and Android mobile applications
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse, design, and ship new features
    • Build and publish applications containing high security and privacy standards for app stores
    • Implement new technologies to maximize application performance
    • Design, build, or maintain Mobile application, using authoring or scripting languages
    • Ensures that the approved coding standards are consistently applied in every component developed
    • Conducting peer reviews and maintaining coding standards
    • Managing incidents as level two and level three support
    • Managing problems as level two and level three support
    • Estimating user and technical stories to help inform and prioritize backlog
    • Designing modules according to user stories, UX/UI designs, and technical stories
    • Developing solutions according to module designs and deploy using delivery pipeline
    • Developing and execute unit and integration tests; support testing against user and technical story acceptance tests
    • Reviewing design and architecture to guarantee service availability, performance and resilience

    Academic and  Professional Qualifications   

    Academic Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.

    Required Certifications/Trainings

    Professional Certification or Training in any one of the following areas is required:

    • Systems Development i.e. Swift, Android, Java Programming, Web Design and Development, Oracle Developer etc.
    • Business Systems Analysis i.e. CBAP Certification / Training
    • Systems Modelling and Design Techniques
    • Process Modelling and Design Techniques

    Desired Certifications

    Certification or training in any of the following areas will be an added advantage:

    • Training in middle level management / Supervisory Skills courses.
    • IT Governance i.e. ITIL or COBIT 4/5
    • Project Management i.e. PMP or Prince 2
    • Training or Certification in Database Administration i.e. Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL or Microsoft SQL Server.
    • Training in operating systems i.e. Windows, Linux or Unix.

    Technical Skills Required:     

    The Job holder must have:

    • A portfolio of iOS/Android apps in the Play Store/app store
    • Hands on experience in integrations with mobile wallets
    • Hands on experience with Android studio & gradle build system
    • Git & Gerrit
    • Proven experience in implementing geospatial applications
    • Proven experience in developing apps for people with disabilities
    • Has experience in an open source server-side scripting language like but not limited to PHP, Python

    Relevant Work Experience

    • Required Proven experience in design, development and implementation of enterprise Mobile Applications
    • At least three (3) years’ experience as a mobile app developer
    • Have a demonstrable portfolio of iOS/Android apps in the Play Store/app store

    Competencies

    The Job holder must:

    • Have good understanding of the KRA’s goals and objectives.
    • Comfortable, experienced and accomplished at working with business executives to define business goals and translating them into aligned user experience initiatives
    • Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and user experiences
    • Be resilient, focused, results oriented and a team player.
    • Have strong analytical, diagnostic, decision making and problem solving skills.
    • Have ability to pay attention to details and work under minimum supervision and for long hours within constraints.
    • Have strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
    • Have good negotiation skills.
    • Be able to build and maintain strong relationships with contracted parties, third party organizations, users and staff.
    • Have Change management skills.
    • Ability to interact confidently with users to establish what the problem is and explain the solution
    • Ability to prioritize competing work commitments and deliver on time
    • Passion for innovation and creativity
    • High levels of integrity
    • Ability to work under minimum supervision

    Closing Date: 24 May 2022

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    Chief Manager – Performance Management

    Kenya Revenue Authority seeks a self-driven and performance oriented individual to fill the position of Chief Manager – Performance Management within the Corporate Support Services Department. Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner – Performance Management.

    The job holder will be responsible for Overseeing and managing all activities in their business cluster as per the performance management cycle.

    Key responsibilities of the job

    • Providing responsive and proactive support and advice to line managers on performance management related issues from planning, monitoring and evaluation. 
    • Responsible for the interpretation and application of performance management policy and all other frameworks guiding management of performance in the respective business areas.
    • Implement a process of tracking progression from goal setting, mid-year reviews and end of year evaluations to support individual, team and organizational performance.
    • To provide effective performance management consultancy, guidance, technical and administrative expertise for the respective departments on all performance management matters.
    • Drive targeted communication and capacity building programs in the performance management process to enable managers to effectively evaluate and measure individual and team performance and to optimize performance and productivity.
    • Ensure Board commitments and cross cutting issues are cascaded across their respective departments and captured in the relevant PCs.
    • Provide monthly and quarterly reports to each Line Manager on attainment of goals, PIP and development plans.
    • Ensure that staff in the business areas complete their PCs and appraisals within the set timelines.
    • Prepare PC and Appraisal reports of the business areas and forward to the Performance Analysis & Reporting Manager for consolidation.
    • Ensure that performance coaching program is effectively implemented in their respective business areas.
    • Provide Coaching and mentorship support to divisional staff.

    Professional qualifications

    • Bachelor’s degree in a Business related discipline from a recognized university with preference in HR.
    • A Post Graduate qualification in Human Resource Management.
    • Experience of performance management in a progressive organization is desirable
    • Additional professional qualification/certification in performance management will be an added advantage.
    • Membership to a relevant professional body.

    Professional experience:

    • At least seven (7) years’ work experience, with three (3) years’ being at senior management level.

    Person specifications

    The ideal candidate should possess the following characteristics:

    • Strong leadership skills
    • Strategic agility and strong interpersonal skills.
    • Focused and result driven individual. 
    • High integrity
    • Team player

    Closing Date: 25 May 2022

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    Supervisor – Monitoring And Evaluation

    Job summary:   

    Support the development, implementation and coordination of high quality and appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation processes for KRA’s projects and programmes; and to coordinate all aspects of programme monitoring and reporting ensuring high quality data and timely reports to various audience

    Key responsibilities:       

    • Development of project monitoring plan (PMP) for the projects.
    • Tracking and documentation of projects’ performance, preparation of required reports and collating corresponding evidences
    • Research and recommend appropriate emerging tools and technology that can improve the Monitoring and Evaluation Processes.
    • Liaising with Portfolio Management to ensure all projects/programmes are delivered in line with the standards of the organization
    • Coordinating communication with stakeholders on matters pertaining Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects/Programmes as assigned
    • Supporting the development and implementation of the annual corporate wide Projects work plan by offering expertise  to the teams responsible for projects delivery to ensure that activities outlined in the work plan are on time, within budget and at the appropriate level of quality
    • Custodian of ePMO documentation, reports, workplans and any other project materials. 
    • Conducting project post implementation surveys and/or facilitate external evaluators where necessary.
    • Creation of data collection tools and templates for purposes of project monitoring and evaluation.
    • Sensitizing project managers and stakeholders on changes in the Monitoring and Evaluation processes
    • Any other role as assigned from time to time

    Academic and Professional qualifications             

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or related field.
    • Professional qualification in Monitoring & Evaluation,
    • Project Management i.e. PRINCE2, PMP, MoV, MoP.

    Relevant work experience required       

    • Three years’ experience working in multi-project programme environment in a similar role
    • Previous participation in Project Monitoring and Evaluation activities
    • Experience in data analysis and report writing

    Skills required

    • Sound practical knowledge of project monitoring and evaluation concepts
    • Excellent communication skills; written, verbal  and presentation skills
    • Excellent business analytical skills including ability to use data manipulation software
    • Excellent report writing skills
    • Good interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to work positively with the full range of individuals and groups involved in a programme.
    • Excellent knowledge of programme/project management approaches such as MSP/Prince2.
    • Excellent computer skills.
    • Knowledge of budgeting, activity scheduling and resource allocation procedures.

    Closing Date: 24 May 2022

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