Multiple Job Opportunities at Pambazuka National Lottery - 30 Positions

Reporting to the Trade Marketing Manager, the Trade Marketing Executive shall be responsible for executing the Trade Marketing strategy of the brand to achieve defined business objectives (KPIs) at the trade level.

The key role shall be supporting the sales team and be the interface between marketing and sales department with the responsibility for ensuring the proper development, execution and benchmarking of all programs designed to increase brand visibility, partner acquisition consumer recruitment and drive sales performance.

Responsibilities for the Trade Marketing Executive Jobs

• Interface between sales and marketing in the articulation of the marketing programs to support acquisition, consumer recruitment and driving sales

• Lead trade marketing initiatives to ensure proper strategy is in place to meet both brand and customer expectations

• Identify and develop necessary Point of Sales tools to increase brand presence and market share

• Develop on ground channel and consumer promotions in collaboration with the Regional Sales Manager and support Market executions

• Create and maintain trade calendar of activities working with both the Sales and Marketing teams

• Monitor and evaluate TM programs and activities to measure effectiveness and recommendation of improvements as needed

• To implement and track Trade Marketing programmes for retailers

• Carry out specific Trade Marketing programmes in lien with overall marketing communication strategy

• Work closely with the retail & marketing team to ensure that trade marketing strategies are aligned with marketing objectives and sales revenue targets

• Report sales needs and field intelligence to sale and marketing teams

• Analyse brand sell through results by channel and make recommendations to increase results

• Manage budget and ROI for his/her specific Trade Marketing activities

Marketing Job Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in a marketing related discipline

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in trade marketing activations

• Very good knowledge of the retail market in Kenya

• Driving license with BCE approvals a MUST

• Experience in market and route planning

• Agency and partnership management experience

• An energized, organized and business-driven approach is highly desirable

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Responsibilities for the Marketing Assistant Jobs 

• Provide administrative and operational support to the marketing team on projects directed at meeting the overall company communication objectives.
• This is in the execution of various marketing and communication campaigns and other daily activities within the marketing department
• Supporting the marketing team with implement marketing activities
• Support the production of marketing material and collateral
• Provide support for marketing events and exhibitions
• Update and maintain the departments documentation and database
• Management of the marketing collateral
• Provide support for marketing events and promotions as required
• Evaluate marketing campaigns and assess the results

Qualifications for the Marketing Assistant Job

• A degree in marketing or a business-related discipline
• At least 5 years’ experience in a fast-paced marketing environment
• Sound Understanding of the overall marketing framework and the marketing communication elements
• Applicants need to demonstrate a ‘can do’ attitude,
• Ability to work with deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Great interpersonal skills. Presentable and articulate
• Computer proficient with strong IT skills
• Demonstrable organization and problem solving skills
• Flexible, quick to adapt and comfortable with working on a range of tasks that range from digital marketing, collateral production management, research, and reporting when and if required
• Experience in developing marketing campaigns and organizing events and promotions.

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Responsibilities for the Accountant Job

• Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Documents financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Summarizes current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Preparation of budget and consolidation of all departmental budgets
• Assist in developing and managing financial management systems and policies
• Analyzing budget variances and advising the Head of Finance accordingly and the concerned departmental heads
• Controlling expenditure and cash flow
• Guides accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
• Secures financial information by completing data base backups. Maintains financial security by following internal controls.
• Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
• Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
• Complies with regulatory, statutory, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information and trends.
• Maintains customer and vendor confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Qualifications for the Accountant Job

• Bachelor degree in a business field
• CPA (K) , ACCA or equivalent
• At least 5 years working experience in a similar role
• Knowledge Quick Books and Pastel is an added advantage
• Knowledge of Tax and KRA systems such as iTax,
• Strong communication skills
• Mature
• Highly motivated to meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
• Member of a relevant professional body

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Responsibilities for Sales Manager Job

• Assist the Head of sales and distribution in setting sales goals within their regions by planning and coordinating sales activities for the Region.
• Actively recruit new dealers throughout the assigned region and monitor sales performance.
• Ensure right placement of terminals i.e. right dealers, and right location.
• Manage all Point of Sales outlets within their region i.e. kiosks, shops and dealers.
• Plans and participates in promotional events for dealer locations and pambazuka sponsored community and special events.
• Supervises and evaluates the work of other assigned sales staff.
• Assist Head in planning, coordinating, and directing the activities of dealers to achieve established sales goals and objectives.
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of reports to provide management with information regarding ticket sales, dealer recruitment and retention, settlements, operational costs, and compiles marketing surveys.
• Reviews and approves the daily activity reports, prepared by Territory supervisors and Kiosks sales representatives.
• Ensures that settlement and collection processes are handled in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Develops and maintains close working relation with dealers within the assigned region.
• Hire high-performing salespeople according to HR staffing guidelines.
• Train new salespeople to ensure success.
• Manage day-to-day performance of all sales team members and deliver reviews
• Documents actions taken to improve the sales performance of dealer accounts.
• Perform sales analysis activities within the region, insures that point of sale materials are placed prominently, promptly and efficiently.
• Coordinate in store activities with the trade marketing manager.

Qualifications for the Territory Sales Manager

• Degree/Diploma in any business related course from a reputable university and other relevant post graduate training.
• Over 2 years in sales management.
• Experience from an aggressive sales environment/market sector.
• Innovative thinker with good marketing and promotional capabilities.
• Able to work independently as an effective Manager of multiple dealership Accounts.
• Team leadership and Management,

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Responsibilities for the Territory Sales Supervisor Jobs

• Actively recruit new dealers throughout the assigned region and monitor sales performance.
• Ensure right placement of terminals i.e. right dealers, and right location.
• Manage all Point of Sales outlets within their region i.e. kiosks, shops and dealers.
• Execute the promotional activities in the region
• Supervises and evaluates the work of other assigned sales staff.
• Ensures that settlement of customer payout and cash collection processes are handled in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Develops and maintains close working relation with dealers within the assigned region.
• Manage day-to-day performance of all sales team members and deliver reviews in the region
• Documents actions taken to improve the sales performance of dealer accounts.
• Perform sales analysis activities within the region, insures that point of sale materials are placed prominently, promptly and efficiently.
• Coordinate in store activities with the Territory Sales Manager.

Qualifications for the Territory Sales Supervisor Jobs

• Minimum academic qualification Diploma in sales and marketing
• MUST have 3-4 years’ experience in selling of product and or services
• Over 1 year experience in a similar role.
• Should have worked in a very busy environment

Key Competencies

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills
• Planning and executing marketing strategies
• Growth of customer base
• Good leadership skills
• Strong team player
• Flexibility in working hours

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Responsibilities for the Software Developer Job

• Design and develop dynamic, secure, high traffic web application
• Create ERD and Data Dictionaries
• Generate application flow charts and technical documentation
• Defining technical specifications to meet business requirements for custom applications
• Develop cross-browser compatible web applications
• Function in an Agile, structured SDLC team environment
• Perform unit and integration testing
• Produce Adhoc Database reports

Qualifications for Software Developer Job

• University Degree in IT/ Computer Science/BBIT or any other relevant qualification
• PHP 5 (minimum 5 years of experience)
• Minimum of 4 years experience as a developer in a busy development house.
• PHP 5 (minimum 5 years of experience)
• Development with a relational database model
• Design patterns – Object Oriented Programming
• Demonstrable experience in SDLC, Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Experience in TFS and application life cycle collaboration tools
• SOAP / REST Web Services and Clients
• Expert level XML and JSON
• Javascript, CSS, HTML, Jquery and AJAX technologies
• Expertise with apache configuration, load balancing and caching technologies
• Internet Protocols and Transactions (HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP, DNS)
• Proven experience in troubleshooting and solving complex logic problems
• Must demonstrate good communication skills
• Must be highly motivated, proactive, creative and thorough
• Must be able to thrive in a fast paced, Agile team environment

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Responsibilities for the Linux System Administrator Job

• Provisioning
• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
• Contribute to and maintain system standards.
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks. Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.

Operations and Support

• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, recovery tapes or disks are created, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary.
• Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary.
• Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
• Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies.

Maintenance

• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add new services as necessary.
• Upgrade and configure system software that supports infrastructure applications
• Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
• Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

Qualifications for the Linux Systems Administrator Job

• Undergraduate Degree in IT/ Computer Science/ BBIT or any other relevant course
• Linux Certification e.g. RHCE/RHCA is a must
• MySQL Cluster Database knowledge is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years work experience as a Systems Administrator.
• To be a successful Linux system administrator, you should be a self starter who is highly motivated, detail oriented, flexible.
• You must be ready to learn new things and apply the latest technologies that would help the organization to grow.
• The individual in this position must also possess excellent interpersonal skills and should be comfortable working in a team environment.
• He/she has to be able to work independently and maintain excellent customer service skills.
• He/she should be able to identify the system issues and solve them in an effective manner.
• He/she must be able to work well even under pressure and must also have the ability to respond to and
• prioritize the incoming work according to the stringent deadlines.

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Responsibilities for the Network Administrator Jobs 

• Establishes network specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing router administration, including interface configuration and routing protocols.
• Establishes network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, good put, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls.
• Maintains network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network problems; escalating problems to vendor.
• Secures network by developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; maintaining documentation.
• Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs; providing references and support.
• Upgrades network by conferring with vendors; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements.
• Meets financial requirements by submitting information for budgets; monitoring expenses.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Network Administrator Job Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree in IT/ Computer Science/ BBIT or any other relevant course.
• Network Certifications – CCNA is a must. CCNP and Knowledge of Fortigate firewalls is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years work experience as a DBA
• Network Performance Tuning, LAN Knowledge, Network Design and Implementation, Problem Solving,
• Strategic Planning, Multi-tasking, Quality Focus, Coordination, Technical Understanding, Quick Study, Technical Zeal

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Responsibilities for the Database Administrator Job

• Identify database requirements by analyzing department applications, programming, and operations; evaluating existing systems and designing proposed systems.
• Recommend solutions by defining database physical structure and functional capabilities, database security, data back-up, and recovery specifications.
• Maintains database performance by calculating optimum values for database parameters; implementing new releases; completing maintenance requirements; evaluating computer operating systems and hardware products.
• Supports database functions by designing and coding utilities.
• Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• mapping out the conceptual design for a planned database;
• installing and testing new versions of the DBMS;
• maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act;
• writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata);
• controlling access permissions and privileges;
• developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans;
• ensuring that storage and archiving procedures are functioning correctly;
• capacity planning;
• working closely with IT project managers, database programmers
• communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security;
• commissioning and installing new applications and customizing existing applications in order to make them fit for purpose.

Qualifications for the Database Administrator Job

• Undergraduate Degree in IT/ Computer Science/ BBIT or any other relevant course
• Database Certification – MySQL Clusters is preferred. Oracle DBA’s can be considered.
• Proficiency in Liunx Operating Systems is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years work experience as a DBA
• Database Performance Tuning, Database Security, Promoting Process Improvement, Problem Solving,
• Presenting Technical Information, Quality Focus, Database Management, Data Maintenance, Operating
• Systems – Linux is an added Advantage, Attention to Detail, Information Security Policies

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Primary Responsibilities for the Brand Communications Manager Job

• Reporting to the Head Of Marketing, provide thought leadership in the following areas: consumer behavior, consumer trends, promotional strategy, integrated marketing, emerging media, and measurement
• Deep understanding of digital marketing strategy and execution of the same
• Deep understanding of the customer, brand and business objectives.
• Creative brief writing and presentation to the stakeholders.
• Delivering constructive feedback on creative in development, with attention to whether the work is on strategy and works to meet marketing/business objectives.
• Contribute to post-campaign analysis gauging effectiveness of communications/approaches and providing direction on optimizations for existing and future campaigns.
• Provide input for optimization of the communication production or creative development process
• Work closely with the Head of Marketing to ensure concepts/executions are on strategy and relevant across all markets from a market perspective

Qualifications for the Brand Communication Manager Job

• Degree in a marketing or business discipline;
• 5 to 7 years current, related experience within a busy marketing environment;
• Experience in handling Digital marketing as an intervention for brand and product positioning
• Experience managing corporate communications in a fast-moving consumer goods category preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Ability to think out-of-the-box to approach projects on time and within budget.
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical and data driven thinking
• Experience in agency relationship management
• Excellent time management, organizational and project management skills.