Ipas Job Vacancy : Regional Human Resources Advisor, Ipas Alliance

• Company: Ipas
• Location: Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
• State: Nairobi
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Human Resource Management Jobs in Kenya

Ipas works globally so that women and girls have improved sexual and reproductive health and rights through enhanced access to and use of safe abortion and contraceptive care. We believe in a world where every woman and girl has the right and ability to determine her own sexuality and reproductive health.Ipas, a global, non-profit reproductive health organization, seeking a Regional Human Resources Advisor for Africa located in the Africa Alliance office in Nairobi, Kenya. The Regional HR Advisor is primarily responsible for supporting the Africa Regional HR Manager in identifying staffing needs and facilitating staff recruitment, on-boarding, separation management, enrollment of staff on relevant benefits, and assignment of staff to appropriate training programs across Ipas’s country programs in Africa. Working closely with the country program offices to provide technical expertise and guidance, the Regional HR Advisor supports the development of updated benefits packages and salary benchmarking across the region, based on local markets and international NGO norms. This position submits operational and personnel budgets and reviews and reports on these budgets as required. The Regional HR Advisor implements, reviews and changes organizational and office policies as needed to work towards improving the organizational climate. This position supports Anglophone and Francophone Africa.

• Works closely with counterparts in English and French-speaking country offices across the Africa region to provide technical expertise and guidance in Human Resources
• Responsible for supporting all of Africa region’s country programs in meeting recruitment needs and supporting onboarding of selected individuals.
• Support in managing any consultants hired to provide human resource services for the Africa regional Country programs.
• Supports Africa region country programs in evaluating and updating benefits packages and salary benchmarking for local market norms
• Ensures all Africa region country programs comply with minimum Human Resources standards (maintaining personnel filing systems, ensuring availability of an up-to-date HR handbook) and local labor laws
• Works closely with Regional HR Manager in Africa Alliance and HR at Ipas’s North Carolina global headquarters for management and technical support
• Prepares annual staff and consultant contracts, tracking and managing renewals or terminations as may be necessary
• Work with Regional HR Manager to design and support relevant learning and development programs for Africa program teams
• Support with HR policies dissemination and interpretation as may be required
• Supports country programs with performance management process guidance
• Conducts employee satisfaction surveys, reports back on their outcomes, and works with Program Country Directors in improving organizational climate
• Coordinates with NC Global HR on human resources programs, trainings, and policies
• Collaborates with in-country Finance Manager in reference to monitoring standard operating procedures compliances and budget utilization
• Works with Program Managers on HR updates, adherence to office policies, and understanding office requirements
• Collaborates with country program staff in reference to office requirements, including staff on-boarding where applicable
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Social Sciences or related field
• 8 years’ experience in human resources, especially in a global/multi-country context
• Professional qualification in human resource management
• Demonstrated professional-level oral and written fluency in English and additional French greatly valued
• Previous supervisory experience
• Experience with coaching and mentoring staff related to human resource processes
• Working knowledge of an array of African country labor laws and recruitment strategies
• Experience working in a global matrix organization

Preferred Requirements

• Some international NGO experience
• Relevant Human Resources certification
• Working knowledge of HR policies and procedures
• Ability to travel 30%

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Amec Foster Wheeler Job Vacancy : Principal Electrical Designer – OHTL

• Company: Amec Foster Wheeler
• Location: Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
• State: Nairobi
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Engineering Jobs in Kenya

Amec Foster Wheeler is currently recruiting for a Principal Electrical Designer to work out of our Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia office. This position will be on the Marjan onshore gas plant project and is scheduled to run for approximately twelve months.Saudi Aramco has selected Amec Foster Wheeler to develop a FEED for a mega program in the Onshore Eastern Province surrounding Tanajib, Safaniyah and Ju’aymah in Saudi Arabia. The increased crude and gas production will demand the initial expansion of an onshore GOSP (gas oil separation plant) at Tanajib, a Greenfield 2.5bnscf (billion standard cubic feet) gas plant, together with NGL (natural gas liquid) expansion at Wasit. This will all be supported by a new cogeneration power plant expected to generate 750MW (megawatts) for both onshore and offshore compression, together with power for onshore utilities.

• Work on a range of electrical design-engineering industrial solutions
• Produce and maintain engineering drawings using 2D / 3D CAD software as required
• Produce designs and drawings for electrical systems, i.e. motor control center schematic diagrams, interconnection diagrams, cable schedules, single line diagrams, general arrangement drawings and grounding / earthing, lighting / services designs & relay diagrams
• Complete cable tray and raceway design and calculate cable sizing
• Produce 380kV transmission lines concept drawings, tower schedule, sag templates, earthing towers, standard Installation & connection drawings
• Ensure all drawings and deliverables are checked to comply with project and company quality standards
• Execute designs from the electrical design criteria for the project as well as defined design standards, codes, and regulations
• Ensure coordination of all electrical interfaces with designers and engineers of other disciplines
• Supervise the work of junior designers assigned to the projects
• Possible involvement in project and workload decisions
• Participate in filed surveys at client sites that may require significant amounts of walking

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Electrical Engineering with minimum 15+ years of experience in Electrical Design in Overhead Transmission Line (OHTL) in Oil & Gas Project particularly in Saudi Arabia or GCC region
• Saudi Aramco Codes and standards with excellent safety awareness
• Proficient in CAD design 2D / 3D (Micro station, AutoCAD, PLS CADS)
• Good knowledge ofwith SEC standards
• Preferably worked with a minimum of 3 projectswith SEC approved Consultant Contractors
• Knowledge of high, medium and low voltage electrical equipment
• Knowledge of industry / regulatory codes and standards (NEC, NFPA, NEMA, IEEE)
• Demonstrate strong problem solving skills and multitasking ability
• Multidisciplinary design knowledge
• Strong computer skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills
• On-site construction supervision and commissioning support

Amec Foster Wheeler designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors. Employing around 35,000 people in more than 55 countries and with 2016 revenues of £5.4 billion, the company operates across the oil and gas industry – from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products – and in the mining, power and process, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas projects (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.

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