Vacancies at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Job Purpose

Plan, coordinate, write and/or edit content material for broadcast and publication.

Key Responsibilities / Duties / Tasks

Operational Responsibilities / Tasks:

• Identify story-telling opportunities by collaborating with KRA business units and initiating professionally written pieces such as press releases, opinion pieces and general news articles for publicity to both internal & external stakeholders.
• Read, copy or proof-read content to identify and correct errors in spelling, punctuation and syntax in articles such as opinion pieces, presentations, press releases, photo captions, service charters, etc.
• Facilitate timely responses of media queries sent by journalists.
• Facilitate media interviews with KRA Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on matters of public interest e.g. during the tax filing season, launch of new services, initiatives etc.
• Conduct daily, weekly and monthly media monitoring of KRA content in traditional Media and prepare evaluation reports on the same.
• Draft speeches and talking notes for KRA management for key internal and external stakeholders
• Plan and execute media engagement activities including facility visits, sensitizations and other engagements.

Responsibility for Physical Assets:

To take necessary care and full responsibility of assets under my custody.

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

Academic Qualifications

• A university degree in public relations, communication or journalism, from a recognized education institution.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

• Should be a member of a recognized and accredited professional body i.e Media Council of Kenya (MCK), Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) or any other media professional accreditation body.

Previous relevant work experience required.

• 1 years’ experience in journalism; and a newsroom set-up
• Proof of published/broadcast content in print and/or broadcast

Functional Skills: Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:

• Communication skills Excellent reading and writing skills
• Excellent editing skills
• Excellent photography skills
• Active listening skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Complex problem solving skills

All applications should be submitted online by 10th July 2022.

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Job summary:                                  

To upload course content, carry out hands-on course development and support delivery of eLearning courses and programs through advising them on the capabilities of the LMS in the delivery of the online courses.

Key responsibilities:

• Site and Course Administration - Uploading course content into LMS.
• Technical concerns related to course materials, managing user-acceptance testing (UAT) for newly introduced or modified content
• Content Development – Developing interactive media-rich training materials that include sound instructional design methodology including presentations, participant guides, learning activities, practice exercises, and hand-outs.
• Developing design specifications, conducting quality assurance reviews, and evaluating learning using formative evaluation techniques
• Training and online support – Collaborating with course lecturers on the design and development of online courses and train course lecturers on topics related to online learning design, effective online teaching practices, and technology integration.
• Administrative duties– Taking charge of content development and project management as the team leader.
• Managing multiple projects and tracking progress, adhering to production schedules, within budget, resources, and time parameters
• E-Learning Portal Administration - Managing and administering the University Learning
• Assisting the Course Developers with a transition of course materials from an existing face-to-face paper based courses to interactive eLearning courses, and uploading them to Moodle learning management system.
• Working to improve course access accessibility, aesthetics and usability.
• Maintaining the LMS serving several users and supporting all on-site and off-site system users
• Demonstrating understanding of the purpose and capabilities of a Learning Management System (LMS) from a theoretical, hands-on, application and strategic focus
• Carrying out appropriate capacity building for staff on use of various tools in Moodle for effective content development and delivery
• Undertaking any other tasks as assigned by the eLearning systems manager and the Principal of the Ecampus                                    

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field from recognized University.

The following certifications will be an added advantage:

• PRINCE2
• CISA

Professional experience:

            At least one (1) year work experience in similar role in a busy environment.

All applications should be submitted online by 11th July 2022.

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Job Purpose

The Data Integration Engineer is responsible for:

• Designing/optimization of KRA’s data warehousing and big data platforms.
• Leveraging on appropriate technologies to deliver robust processes for real-time/near real-time data ingestion, job automation and model deployments.
• Creating reproducible lean engineering processes for better memory and space management of data management solutions.
• Proactively building and implementing services, including end to end monitoring of data pipelines and platforms, scripting and automation of data lifecycle and quality processes.
• Problem resolution for recurrent incidents escalated by support teams around data analytics solutions.
• Co-ordination and supervision of assigned development teams.Development or enhancements to existing data services in line with procedures and standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying different sources of data and building a roadmap for real-time / near real-time data collection.
• Responsible for Data Integration into the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Big Data Platforms in projects, and supporting business teams in data quality automation.
• Responsible for planning, research, design and implementation of new data analytics platforms and technologies to address the organization’s analytics demands including big data platforms.
• Responsible for automating big data lifecycle management, big data storage systems, data security and data governance.
• Responsible for design and implementation of processes to ensure data reliability, efficiency, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Responsible for eliminating tool redundancy and ensuring timely data availability.
• Responsible of performing analytics infrastructure sizing based on requirements and design in projects.
• Responsible of creating data pipelines using both proprietary and emerging technologies (like Apache Nifi and Kafka among others).
• Identification of the correct analytics technology stacks to use as per project requirements.
• Technical responsibility for working with business in identification, development, piloting and scaling of ML and AI use cases.
• Working closely with BI support and application support teams to make sure that all the big data applications and pipelines are highly available and performing as expected.
• Reviewing design and architecture to guarantee service availability, performance and resilience.
• Reviewing application development tasks allocated to supervised staff to ensure that they are accomplished within the set requirements and that they meet highest standards of quality.
• Ensuring that solutions built comply with quality assurance (including fixing of functional and non-functional issues) and release guidelines; and have the requisite documentation.
• Planning for solution demos for delivered solutions/enhancements to get stakeholder feedback and for adoption.
• Reviewing analytics domain coding standards and recommends/implements improvements.

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Analytics or other related fields from a recognized university.

Professional Qualifications/Certifications

• Data Warehousing Solutions design, setup and optimization.
• Big Data Platforms design, setup and optimization.
• Structured and Unstructured Database Systems.
• ETL / ELT Jobs design, optimization and tooling.
• Machine Learning and AI an added advantage.
• Data Architecture and Design an added advantage.

Work experience required

• Four (4) years of hands-on experience of which one (1) should be at Supervisory level working with Java and experience in Python, R, SQL and Scala in the analytics field within a busy environment processing large and high velocity data sets.
• Proven experience in design, development and implementation of big data processing architectures and data ingestion techniques.
• Demonstrated experience in big data querying techniques and tools.
• Working experience in solutions development and delivery using agile frameworks will be an added advantage.

Functional and Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience in implementing, managing, monitoring and administering overall Hadoop infrastructures as well as development and monitoring of Hadoop jobs.
• Hands-on experience in structured and unstructured databases administration and development.
• Hands-on experience supporting installation and code deployments into Hadoop clusters
• Experience in sizing & capacity planning of data platforms as per data requirements.
• Hands-on experience monitoring and reporting on Hadoop resource utilization and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience in doing data backup and recovery tasks.
• Experience in data lifecycle management (including data retention and purging strategies)
• Experience in ETL, big data jobs, data streams processing and database performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience in installation and performance maintenance of Apache Nifi, Apache Kafka, Airflow and ML flow.
• Experience with ML/AI model deployments will be an added advantage
• DevOps and infrastructure automation experience (containerization technologies, Ansible, etc.) will be an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows operating system platforms.

Behaviours and Competencies

• Demonstrated analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills, with high-levels of creativity and a practical approach that is self and principle-driven.
• Ability to balance the long-term and short-term implications of individual decisions and effective at driving short-term actions that are consistent with long-term goals.
• Ability to interact confidently with users to establish real problems and explain the solutions while prioritizing competing work commitments and delivering on time.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, able to distil complex technical concepts into simple terms, with strong persuasion skills to gain support for and establish principles, standards, and change.
• Excellent relationship building, teamwork, and collaboration skills that enables the provision of effective support and guidance across programs as well as negotiation.
• Vendor and technology neutral –driven primarily by long-term business outcomes rather than personal preferences.
• Be resilient, focused, results oriented and a team player.

All applications should be submitted online by 11th July 2022.

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JOB PURPOSE

This role is responsible for ensuring consistent interpretation and uniform application of the relevant tax laws in tax crimes investigation.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in development of strategies, policies and procedures relevant to tax crimes investigations
• Manage direct and control investigations operations
• Report to and advise the deputy commissioner on technical matters relating to investigation operations
• Negotiate and set performance targets and ensuring their achievement through performance management
• Liaising with other programs and stakeholders on all matters relating to investigations operations
• Preparing staff for the desired changes in work styles, attitudes and work ethics
• Review and provide technical guidance on matters as they arise in the cause of investigations and enforcement
• Responsible for the management of physical assets in the division for effective utilization.
• Supervision of day to day operations and management of performance and development of staff in the Section
• Development and management of the Section’s work plan.
• Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management in the section.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Academic qualification and Professional qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related disciplines
• Masters degree will be an added advantage
• Technical training in Tax or Customs
• Hold a professional qualification in a relevant field LSK,CPA(K),CPS,CIBA,CFE
• Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) certification in Basic investigations techniques and intelligence courses.
• At least 7 years relevant experience and 3 years in Management.
• Must possess wide knowledge and experience in tax law and administration

Functional skills:

• Strong administrative skills, managerial and leadership skills
• Possess good organizational, planning and analytical skills
• Impeccable bias for action and strategic disposition
• Focused and result oriented

Behavioral Competencies/Attributes

• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Positive attitude
• High Integrity
• Team Player

All applications should be submitted online by 10th July, 2022.

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JOB PURPOSE

To conduct financial fraud investigations

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparation of work plans and schedules
• Identify cases for  profiling 
• Collect and collate evidence to establish initial facts of cases.
• Conduct investigations, preparation of reports and letters, raising of assessments
• Obtain third party information as required
• Maintain files and working papers
• Compile relevant evidences
• Support the prosecution process
• Statement Recording
• Prepare investigation reports and escalate to manager
• Timely preparation and submission of reports

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Academic qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related disciplines.
• Technical training in Tax or Customs

Professional qualification:

• Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) certification in Basic investigations techniques and intelligence courses or Advanced Investigation Course or Inspectorate Course.
• Computer forensics and cyber investigations certification added advantage.

Professional experience:

• At least 3 years relevant experience as an Officer in active financial fraud investigations
• Must possess good knowledge and experience in tax law and administration

All applications should be submitted online by 10th July, 2022.