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Sunday 29 September 2013

PLANNING OFFICERS (JOBS AND VACANCIES IN KENYA SEPTEMBER 2013)

Title: Planning Officers

Safari Park Hotel, a leading five star hotel on the Thika Superhighway seeks dynamic, confident, aggressive and forward thinking persons to fill the above positions, to create a new section.


The successful candidates will be responsible to;
  • Collect and analyse business information, statistics and data on market trends and preparation of reports.
  • Provide professional planning leadership with emphasis on continuous improvement and strategy execution.
  • Responsible for strategic business planning, new project planning, proposals for existing and new projects to help in decision making plus any special assignments by management.
  • Carry out comprehensive analysis and feasibility studies of potential new business units and prepare project proposals on the same.
  • New business development – both existing product lines and new outside business.
  • Liaison with all managers and section heads to ensure the full inspection of their strategic plans and the linkage with the overall hotel vision.
  • Support the managers to develop, promote and implement new systems and practices based on best practices and executive recommendations.
  • Contribute to the delivery of the hotel’s corporate strategy / key priorities.
  • Periodical SWOT analysis with a view to provide information to management for effective decision making.
  • Do a careful evaluation of ongoing projects to continuously update management and guide.
  • Follow up, evaluate and document progress of all strategic plans and projects for management’s action and feedback.

The position requires individuals with the following attributes;
  • A University Degree in social sciences or any other technical field.
  • Three years relevant work experience in planning and project administration and/or communication at national or international level.
  • Excellent analytical, research and report writing skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate and share detailed technical knowledge and expertise.
  • Ability to seek and quickly absorb new information and techniques.
  • Ability to set clearly defined objectives and plan activities for self, own team or department.
  • Strong business plan making ability.

A competitive salary depending on qualifications and experience will be offered to the successful candidates. Applications accompanied by a detailed CV and copies of relevant certificates and testimonials should be sent to the address below to reach us by October 11, 2013
Human Resources & Admin. Manager

P.O. Box 45038-00100,

Nairobi