Office Junior / Cleaner Jobs at Tearfund
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Tearfund is a Christian international relief and development agency working globally to end poverty and injustice, to restore dignity and hope in some of the world’s poorest communities.
We are operating in more than fifty countries around the world.
Job Profile
Job Profile
Role: Office Junior / Cleaner
Programme: Nairobi Support Hub
Team: East & Southern Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Programme: Nairobi Support Hub
Team: East & Southern Africa
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Job Overview
The role is to provide basic administrative, reception, and cleaning support for the Tearfund Nairobi Support Hub.
Position in Organisation
Grade: D2
Reports to: the HR / Administration Administrator
Key Responsibilities
Compliance
- Contribute towards promoting and adhering to Tearfund’s Purpose, Basis of Faith, Core Values and Operating Principles
Reception
- Act as the first point of contact to the Nairobi Office in core office hours, ensuring other staff provide cover when not in the office
- Receive visitors to Nairobi Office and assist them as necessary
- Deal with all official and personal telephone inquiries
- Receive incoming phone calls and transfer them to staff as appropriate
- Facilitate making of out-going non-local and mobile phone calls for all staff.
- Receive and dispatch deliveries
Administration
- collection of post and delivery to staff
- Collection of parcels from the post office
- Delivery and collection of items from suppliers, and government offices
- Assist the staff in photocopying documents when required
- Assist staff in document filling when required
- Any other duty as maybe assigned by your line manager or his/her designate
Cleaning
- Keep the office clean and tidy, including cleaning floors, dusting furniture and windows etc, and emptying rubbish bins each day
- Keep the kitchen and utensils tidy and clean at all times
- Ensure water dispenser is clean and has clean drinking glasses at all times
- Provide catering services during meetings carried out within Tearfund offices / conference room
- Keep accurate records of kitchen / cleaning consumables and ensuring timely restocking
- Submit procurement request to logistics function for kitchen consumables required for the office keeping within the designated budget
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
- Elementary or High school leaver with relevant experience
Desirable
- Certificate in business administration or hospitality
Experience
- Relevant or related working experience for 1 year
- Experience in front office activities/management
Desirable
- Previous experience in working for an INGO or a busy setting
Skills/ Abilities
- Good organizational skills
- Managing a household budget
- Good written and verbal English communication skills
- Excellent team player
- Ability conduct basic clerical and/or manual work
- Conscientious and reliable
Desirable
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Good customer care and telephone etiquette
Personal Qualities
- Cheerful, welcoming, flexible
- Committed Christian with a personal relationship with God
- Committed to regular Christian fellowship with other Christians
- Christian motivation in relation to injustice and serving those in need.
- Emotionally & spiritually mature
Desirable
- Excellent interpersonal skills, an approachable working style, sensitivity to the needs of others
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
Closing date: 20th March 2013
Qualified candidates are invited to send their application letter of interest and CV including day time phone numbers as well as names and contact information of three references to: Tearfund, on email: Nairobi.recruit@tearfund.org
Note: Please indicate “Office Junior/Cleaner’ in the email subject header. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
