Personal Assistant Job in Nairobi Kenya

Position: Personal

Assistant

Job Ref:

 PA-281107

Location:  Nairobi

A new social enterprise using state of the art technology and scientific

knowledge to improve food security and income for smallholder farmers

The organisationis inviting applications for the position of 

Personal Assistant to the Managing Director, with an

opportunity to grow with the organisation. The office is based in Nairobi.

About

the organisation: The

organisation is a for profit social business start-up that integrates geodata,

satellite data and farm typologies into tailor made advise for smallholders

farmers, with the objective to improve their production, food security and

income. 

The

organisation offers its services to other businesses that provide products or

services to smallholders.

During the initial development stages, the organisation is partly funded by

‘Geodata for Agriculture and Water’ (G4AW) program, a program that focus on

improving food security in developing countries by using satellite data.

The

Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is executing this programme, commissioned by the

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The organisation is a joint venture of ICS (Netherlands) and Manobi (Senegal),

in cooperation with Agrics East Africa, Biomass Research (Netherlands) and

Agricultural University of Wageningen (Netherlands).

Responsibilities: Under

the supervision of the Managing Director (MD), provide support with structuring

the internal/ administrative organisation, support the business planning

process, and be a representative of the organisation towards our client base.

Key Task

• Financial
  
  administration: In liaison with finance, set up and manage administrative
  
  procedures for proper booking purposes. Develop and maintain a simplified
  
  record keeping system


• Support
  
  with setting up legal entity LTD, bank account, HR protocols and systems.
  
  Liaise with lawyers, accountants, and payroll advisors



• Office
  
  management: manage the office supplies and suppliers, welcome guests.


• Assistant
  
  with meetings, customer relations and conducting desk research for
  
  business planning purposes.


• Support
  
  with PPT presentations and development of marketing tools and materials


• Others
  
  requested by MD

The

ideal candidate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s
  
  degree, preferably in office administration, business administration or
  
  accounting major


• At
  
  least 3-5 years of relevant working experience


• Good
  
  computer skills on Word, Excel and e-mail applications


• Fluency
  
  in written and spoken English (and Kiswahili)

• Good
  
  analytical and problem solving skills, with eye for detail


• Well
  
  organized, keeping to deadlines, pro-active


• Customer-services
  
  oriented.


• Flexible


• Ability
  
  to work independently and work well in a team


• Well-presented
  
  and business-like

Interested

candidates who fully meet the above requirements should send their applications

along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae indicating expected salary and their

daytime contact, to jobsfresh254@gmail.com (Subject of the email should be the

title of the POSITION APPLIED FOR + JOB REF)

If you are not interested in this opportunity today, please refer any friend or

colleague you know that might suit the required profile.

Applications NOT MEETING minimum requirements will not be considered. 

Only

shortlisted candidates will be contacted

NOTE: We do not charge any

fees for receiving and reviewing applications or for interviews

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