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Tea Board of Kenya is a Parastatal with the mandate of regulating and promoting the development of Kenya’s tea industry. We wish to recruit highly driven and results oriented professionals for the following positions;

1. TRADE COMPLIANCE MANAGER (Mombasa Office)

Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will have the principal objective of ensuring industry compliance with relevant legislation, national and international health, safety and environmental standards.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The job entails the following:

• Developing and implementing trade compliance strategies, work plans and budgets;

• Developing and ensuring execution of compliance procedures including regular inspection of stakeholders premises to ensure compliance;

• Ensuring execution of corrective actions; and advising the Board on appropriate trade compliance matters;

• Recommending for Board’s consideration, applicants qualified for registration in the areas of tea broking, buying, exporting, importing, packing and warehousing;

• Monitoring tea imports, exports and domestic sales activities to ensure compliance to required safety and quality

standards.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

The successful applicant must have a Bachelor of Science Degree with specialization in Food Technology or Safety. The

applicant must have certification in Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) and/or ISO 22000:25000 – Food Management Systems. The applicant should have at least five (5) years experience in management of Food and Safety and Quality Management Systems in a busy organization. Experience in Export and Import documentation and experience as an Internal Systems Auditor is necessary. In addition, the applicant should have ten (10) years of regulatory compliance. Work experience in the agriculture industry or related field, possession of Masters Degree in a relevant field and knowledge of international recognized certifications, i.e. Fair Trade, Ethical Tea Partnership, Rain Forest Alliance and ISO 9001:2008 will be an added advantage.

2. ICT EXECUTIVE

Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing all organization’s technologies and providing Information Technology support and training.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The job entails the following:

• Developing, interpreting, implementing ICT policies and strategies and advising management on ICT issues;

• Aligning TBK’s ICT policy with the e-government initiatives / strategies and using the ICT policy to undertake periodic review and re-engineering TBK’S business process both within the Board and TBK shareholders;

• Overseeing the successful implementation of all ICT projects and ensuring that the inherent risks are effectively managed;

• Coordinating the design/development and implementation of computer disaster recovery procedures to minimize on loss of data/or systems and;

• Designing, developing, implementing and maintaining databases and information systems for the Board;

• Ensuring that ICT functions in the Board are running smoothly and providing ICT users with appropriate support and advice;

• Overseeing hardware maintenance, trouble shooting and user computer training;

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

The applicant must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer studies or Information Technology degree backed by relevant professional ICT qualifications such as Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), Oracle or Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) Certification. The Applicant should have seven years post qualification experience, three of which should have been at management level.

If you meet the above requirements, please send your application with detailed Curriculum Vitae, current remuneration, day and evening telephone numbers, names of three referees and copies of testimonials and certificates to:-

The Managing Director

Tea Board of Kenya

Naivasha Road-Off Ngong Road

P.O. Box 20064-00200

NAIROBI

So as to reach not later than 25th May 2010 at 5.00 p.m.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Any canvassing prior to or after the interviews will lead to automatic

disqualification.

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