ICRC Head of Protocol Job in Nairobi Kenya.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial neutral and independent organisation with the exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. 

It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles.
 

The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. It also runs Regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the CRC’s delegations in Africa.
 

Head of Protocol

The ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is seeking for an experienced and highly motivated person to fill the above-mentioned position.
 

Job Profile:
 

The Head of Protocol forms part of the Head Office team working under the supervision of the Head of Regional Delegation. 

The incumbent will be responsible to provide advice, maintain relationships as well as to support the

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Kenafric IT Job Vacancies 2013

 IT Careers Opportunities. SAP BASIS Administrator 
 Kenafric Industries
The position reports to the Head-BIS.

Job Responsibilities
    Administration, Configuration and Support of SAP systems;
    Provide first level technical end user support in a mixed Mac, PC and Server environment;
    Maintain systems backup, security and contingency plans to ensure continuity and high availability of
existing business systems;
    Liaise with external service providers to ensure maximum systems availability
    Meet or exceed the set Service Level Agreement KPIs;
    Maintain system landscape changes and enhancements in line with the set company policies and

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IIRR NGO Job Opportunities Kenya

NGO Career Jobs in Kenya
Background information
The  is an international development, research and training organization with over 80 years of grassroots experience working in people‐centered and sustainable development programs in Africa and Asia.

IIRR is well reputed for its knowledge management capacity through documentation of best development-oriented practices, and is seeking to strengthen Kenya program activities by appointing
a Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Manager.

Job Summary
The Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction Manager will report to the Africa Regional Director, The post holder is expected to support the implementation of the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction

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Why the Bachelors degree is the new minimum requirement for getting a job.

The bachelors degree is becoming the new college diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job.
Many Kenyan employers nowadays hire only people with a bachelor’s degree, even for jobs that do not require university-level skills.

This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, administrative assistants and file clerks. Even the office “runner” — the in-house courier who, for some little cash per day, ferries documents back and forth between the departments in the office — went to a university.
Across industries, many other jobs that didn’t used to require a degree — positions like drivers, secretaries, admin assistants, receptionists — are increasingly requiring one.
This up-credentialing is pushing the less educated even further down the food chain, and it helps explain why the unemployment rate for workers with no more than a college certificate or diploma is higher than that for workers with a bachelor’s degree:

Some jobs, like those in supply chain management and logistics, have become more technical, and so require more advanced skills today than they did in the past. But more broadly, because so many people are

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