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Team Lead – Geographic Information Services GIS – Nairobi

Company:

NAVTEQ is a unit of Nokia. Our world headquarters are located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. We were founded in 1985 and employ 5,500 people in 212 offices in 49 countries.

NAVTEQ is the world’s leading provider of maps, traffic and location data. NAVTEQ content powers automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions.

When it comes to walking and driving, connecting consumers with location-based mobile advertising, setting the benchmark for speed-to-market and growing everyday use of NAVTEQ maps, we have been turning heads for more than 25 years.

Job Summary:

Responsible for the management of a development team and projects.

• Supervises development resources including giving daily work and technical direction.
• Manages budget of projects.
• Works with the development and other project resources on scope and timing of the execution of their tasks as related to project plans.
• Manages delivery of components within team that are deemed critical to the success of the project.
• Keeps senior project/program managers updated on the status and health of critical components.
• Leads implementation of best practices within a development project.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 4-5 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Basic understanding of project management concepts.
• Strong background in software development life cycles and methods by which to optimize the life cycle for project needs via use of best practices.
• Excellent technical knowledge and leadership skills required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to travel.
• Valid driving license.

Extra requirement: A preexisting legal entitlement to work and reside in Kenya is a mandatory requirement.

Application procedure:

If your profile meets the above job description and Qualifications, you can submit your application through our Careers Website: http://corporate.navteq.com/careers.htm. There you’ll find the job Team Lead – 1200024249 under the respective region Africa-Kenya. To apply, you need to register as a New User. You also have the ability to enclose relevant attachments. Please do not forget to enclose your CV (including reference statements, including salary expectations), motivation letter and copies of academic certificates.

Closing date: 31 March 2012

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the IT Planning & Projects Department within the Technical/IT Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

Senior Projects Officer

Ref: TECHNICAL_SPO_JAN_2012

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Projects and Planning; the holder of the position will provide project support services in the management and execution of IT projects; coordinate and manage projects assigned to ensure implementation within agreed timelines and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• In association with project manager and stakeholders, refine project requirements, assumptions and constraints through communication with stakeholders and/or by reviewing project documents to baseline the scope of work and enable development of the execution plan.
• Develop the resource management plan (Human Resource), by identifying resource requirements and obtaining commitments from internal, external, and procured sources to complete all project activities.
• Refine project estimates in order to determine and define project baseline, schedule.
• Establish project controls by defining the required correct processes, measures, and controls to manage project change, communications, procurement, risk, quality, and human resources to facilitate project executing and controlling processes, and to ensure compliance with generally accepted industry standards.
• Develop a formal and comprehensive project plan by integrating and documenting project deliverables, acceptance criteria, processes, procedures, risks, and tasks to facilitate project executing, controlling, and closing processes.
• Obtain project plan approval by reviewing the plan with the client and other required stakeholders to confirm project baselines prior to proceeding with project executing processes.
• In liaison with Project manager & stakeholders, commit project resources in accordance with the project plan to ensure that all activities are performed.
• Implement the project plan by ensuring the execution of project activities and tasks to produce project deliverables.
• Manage project progress by ensuring that activities are executed as planned in order to achieve the project objectives.
• Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to stakeholders.
• Implement quality assurance procedures by performing project control activities to meet project objectives.
• Measure project performance continually by comparing results to the baseline in order to identify project trends and variances.
• Take timely corrective action by addressing the root causes in the problem areas in order to eliminate or minimize negative impact.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the corrective actions by measuring subsequent performance in order to determine the need further actions.
• Ensure compliance with the change management plan by monitoring response to change initiatives in order to manage scope.
• Reassess project control plans by scheduling periodic reviews in order to ensure their effectiveness and currency.
• Respond to risk event triggers in accordance with the risk management plan in order to properly manage project outcomes.
• Monitor project activity by performing periodic inspections to ensure that authorized approaches and processes are followed or to identify the need for corrective action.
• Obtain final acceptance of deliverables by obtaining formal approval from appropriate stakeholders to achieve closeout.
• Document lessons learned by surveying project team members and other relevant stakeholders to use for the benefit of future projects.
• Facilitate administrative closure in accordance with the project plan in order to comply with organization and stakeholder requirements.
• Preserve essential project records for future use to adhere to legal and other requirements.
• Release project resources by following appropriate organizational procedures in order to optimize resource utilization.

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc. in Computer Science / Business oriented degree.
• Project Management Certification (PMI, Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent) /Project Management expertise.
• Other IT technical certification an advantage.
• 3-4 years experience as an IT project manager in a busy IT environment.
• Experience in running multiple projects spanning 2 to 6 months.
• Planning and organization.
• Experience as a projects team member in a large project preferably an IT project.
• A good understanding of managing projects in a changing business environment.
• Experience in providing administrative and project support.
• Analytical thinking, Attention to details and Report writing skills.
• Cross Functional & interdisciplinary awareness.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below.

The deadline for application is Tuesday 07 February, 2012.

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi

Via E-mail to : hr@safaricom.co.ke

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy in the Network Operations and Support Department within the Technology Division.

In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below:

NMC Network Surveillance Shift Technician

Ref: TECHNICAL_NMC-NS-ST_JAN 2012

Reporting to the Shift Support Team Manager; the holder of the position will ensure proper monitoring and detection of faults in the entire network coupled with timely and correct escalation to the various maintenance teams so as to meet the set network KPI’S.

Key Responsibilities

• Network element fault identification, diagnosis, reporting, follow-up & fault clearance.
• Proper fault escalation and network updates.
• Perform proper reaction time for faults in the network.
• Conduct proper 1st level fault clearance.
• Control of works orders execution and ensure network quality.
• NMC daily reports

Minimum requirements

• University degree in electrical/electronics with a bias in telecommunications or Computer science.
• Excellent communication and strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Good analytical skills, a team player, results oriented.
• Must have a flexible attitude to working times or arrangements.
• Must have a passion for serving others;.
• CCNA certification will be an added advantage.

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience and why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title to the address below.

The deadline for application is Monday, 06 February, 2012.

The Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition
Safaricom Ltd
Nairobi

Via E-mail to hr@safaricom.co.ke

Seven Seas Technologies is a leading provider of integrated business and technology solutions across Africa in the Financial, Telecom, Real Estate, Service Industries and Government.

We work in partnership with global technology industry leaders in collaborative synergies with domain & technology centric eco-system partners. We deliver business value to customers through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks and Service Delivery innovation.

Our core motivation is defining service excellence in technology driven business solutions.

Due to rapid expansion, we are seeking results oriented, highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to fill the following vacant position;

Senior Systems Engineer

Ref: SST/KE/SE/2012

Reporting to the Internal IT Manager, the Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for providing onsite and remote support to clients and staff.

Key responsibilities

• Provide real time resolution to escalated customer support inquiries;
• Ensure continuous monitoring of customer issues until they are resolved;
• Carry out proactive hardware maintenance and monitor all hosted equipment;
• Understand and convert customer technical requirements to solutions;
• Ensure IT policies and processes are followed at all times;
• Provide all pre-sales requirements to client proposals and ensure quality is maintained; and
• Manage and execute technical lead generation activities in liaison with the sales team to ensure departmental sales objectives are met.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or other relevant field;
• ITIL training and certification;
• Experience in preparing technical solution briefs;
• At least 5 years of experience in a technical environment; and
• Technical Sales experience will be an added advantage.

For the above position, you require to have strong planning and organizing skills with excellent verbal and written communication. You must demonstrate the ability to work in a highly driven environment, be results oriented and an innovative thinker.

If you believe you are the right candidate for the above position and can clearly demonstrate your ability to meet the above criteria, submit your application with a detailed CV, quoting the reference number to talent@sevenseastech.com  or to our career website http://www.sevenseastech.com/ on or before 15th February 2012

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) supports the implementation of regional integration in the East African Community.

To improve the efficiency of business processes, TMEA seeks to develop and implement a management information system to support programme planning, implementation and reporting.

Terms of reference, application criteria and submission details can be obtained at TMEA’s website www.trademarkea.com

Any queries should be directed to procurement@trademarkea.com only.

The closing date for application is 24 February 2012.

Completed application should be emailed to procurement@trademarkea.com

Only successful firms will be contacted.