Ecological Requirements
JULY 2015: LEGAL INTERN
Tradestar Kenya Limited is fast growing outsourcing organization situated in Thika town. We are looking for a qualified person who can work on basis and perform duties related to legal advice and law. The preferred person should have;
Education and experience:
- A Bachelors degree in Law
- Or a Bachelors degree in a related field
- With professional experience in a legal field
- Should have good knowledge of the Kenyan Laws and other laws.
- Should have knowledge in administration
- Have good communication skills.
Other Requirements
- Written reporting skills
- Very fluent in English
- Can work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and results driven
- Have experience in administration
- Distance of travel from home to office in Thika must be less than 45min
Salary: Based on qualifications and skills
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke Tel: 020 5230772
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
JULY 2015: SALES / ACCOUNTS MANAGER
Vacancy
Sales Account Manager (Fulltime) to join our company Tradestar Ltd.
Who we are
Traderstar Ltd is an ICT company offering hard and software solutions. We are based in Thika with over 20 employees.
Our customers are both endusers and dealers/brokers. Our endusers are mostly in schools and universities and professionals who use our systems for Animation, Videobroadcasting, Cad-Cam, Desktop publishing and normal business usage.
Products we offer
Our products consist of high end refurbished ICT products like servers, workstations, desktop, laptops from HP, IBM and Dell
Responsibilites & Duties
Joining as a Sales Account Manager you will be responsible for growing our customer base in Kenya.
- Account management for new and existing customers
- Make contact with various schools, universities and institutions and showcase our products onsite and in our showroom.
- Making sales follow-ups, quotations, invoicing
- Following up deliveries to check if everything is working well
- Delivering content for our websites and brochures in order to advertise our products
- Making e-mailings to send to customers
- Cold calling for setting up new business and to expand our customer base
- Being able to meet or exceed sales and performance targets
- Training new sales staff
- Maintains sales staff job results by counselling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Education: BA/BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting Management, and/or Sales.
Minimum of 2 years sales experience in ICT sales or ICT consultancy
Proficent in ICT, technical experience is recommended
Excellent in Swahili and English language, both oral and written
Self-confident and a good communicater
Both able to work in a team and have strong leadership talents
Should be an experience driver and can drive in Nairobi. (a holder of an accident-free driving licence)
Salary: Based on qualifications and skills
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke Tel: 020 5230772
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
JULY 2015: PERFORMANCE INDICATOR PERSONNEL
Tradestar Kenya Limited is fast growing outsourcing organization situated in Thika town. We are looking for a qualified person who can work on basis and perform duties related to Performance Index. The preferred person should have;
Education and experience:
- A Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science
- Or a Bachelors degree in a related field
- With professional experience in improving productivity of a company
- Should have knowledge in investing in stocks and bonds
- Have good financial skills.
Other Requirements
- Written reporting skills
- Very fluent in English
- Can work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and results driven
- Distance of travel from home to office in Thika must be less than 45min
Salary: Based on qualifications and skills
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke Tel: 020 5230772
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP (SD_1-2015)
Tradestar Kenya Limited is fast growing outsourcing organization situated in Thika town. We are looking for an intern with programming background to work for a period of 6 - 12 months.
The preferred person should have;
Responsibilities
- Design and build advanced web based software applications
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Work with outside data sources and API's
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Have ability to develop cloud software
- Have web development skills
- Contribute to technical design and progress meetings
- Write test versions of program code
- Test installation, security and compatibility issues
- Keep accurate records of the development process, changes and results
- Review test results and fix technical problems (known as bugs)
- Install a full version of the software and carry out quality checks before going ‘live’
- Maintain and support systems once they are up and running.
Education and experience:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Computer Science/Software development/Software Engineering
- Practical experience with PHP/Javascript/MySQL
- Good knowledge and experience with HTML/CSS
- Experience with DHTMLX/Paradox/C++ is an added advantage
- SQL, Java, C++, XML, Ruby, Python and PHP
- Oracle, UML (Unified Modelling Language) and Linux
- .NET frameworks (such as C# (c-sharp), ASP and VB).
Other Requirements
- a good knowledge of software and programming languages
- the ability to learn quickly
- the ability to interpret and follow technical plans
- a creative approach to problem-solving
- an understanding of development processes like 'Agile'
- excellent communication skills
- the ability to work with people at all levels, including non-technical staff
- good project management skills
- the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- good teamwork skills
- self-motivation
- an understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.
- Distance of travel from home to office in Thika must be less than 45min
Salary: The candidate will be given an allowance
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
ANDROID PROGRAMMER INTERNSHIP (AP_1-2015)
Tradestar Kenya Limited is fast growing outsourcing organization situated in Thika town. We are looking for an Android Developer who possesses a passion for pushing
mobile technologies to the limits and will work with our team to design and build the next generation of mobile application software.
The preferred person should have;
Responsibilities
- Design and build advanced applications for the Android platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
- Work with outside data sources and API's
- Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.
- Work on bug fixing and improving application performance.
- Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
- Creating user manuals for programs created
Requirements
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
- Proven software development experience
- Be comfortable with the Java programming language
- Proven working experience in Android development
- Have published at least one original Android app
- Experience with Android SDK
- Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON
- Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
- Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies
- Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle.
- Able to do research and write reports
- Practical experience with XML/PHP/Javascript/MySQL/SqlLite
- Good knowledge and experience with HTML/CSS
- Coding standards, organizational programming skills and good commenting practices is important
Other Requirements
- Written reporting skills
- Good communication skills
- Very fluent in English
- Can work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and results driven
- Distance of travel from home to office in Thika must be less than 45min
Salary: The candidate will be given an allowance
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
3D/2D GRAPHIC AND ANIMATION DESIGNER INTERNSHIP (ANM_1-2015)
Tradestar Kenya Limited is fast growing outsourcing organization situated in Thika town. We are looking for an intern with 3D/2D and Animation design skills to.
The preferred person should have;
Responsibilities
- 2D hand-drawn or traditional
- 2D computer-generated
- 3D computer-generated imagery (CGI)
- Stop-frame, stop-motion or model animation.
- Generating ideas in the development stage
- Building models during production
- Editing the final pieces of animation in post-production
- Follow storyboard and use computer or stop-frame animation to create movement and personality
- digital painting touch up colours
Education and experience:
A Bachelor’s degree in 3D development, Animation or any other Animation related course
Candidate should have practical knowledge of the following;
- Illustration
- Graphic design
- Computer programming skills
- Model making or sculpture
- 3D design
- Multimedia design.
- Flash
- Maya
- 3D Studio Max
- Motionbuilder
- Lightwave 3D
- After Effects.
Skills, interests and qualities
- Creativity and imagination
- Good drawing or modelling skills
- Patience and concentration
- Acting skills to bring characters to life
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to take direction
- Good computer skills, preferably including graphics and animation software
- Communication and presentation skills
- The ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Good teamwork skills.
- Able to work with our designer to come up with creative scripts of images, comics and adverts
Other Requirements
- a good knowledge of software and programming languages
- the ability to learn quickly
- the ability to interpret and follow technical plans
- a creative approach to designing
- excellent communication skills
- the ability to work with people at all levels, including non-technical staff
- good project management skills
- the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- good teamwork skills
- self-motivation
- an understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.
- Distance of travel from home to office in Thika must be less than 45min
Salary: The candidate will be given an allowance
Allowance increased after every 3months and chances of fulltime job if person proves to have great animation skills.
If you are up to the challenge and posses the necessary qualification and experience please send your resume and application letter indicating your experience to info@tradestar.co.ke
Important:
- Let the resume and application letter hold your name. e.g. Ann Wanjiku_CV or Ann Wanjiku_Application
- The two documents must be in pdf format
- Only successful candidates will be contacted.
- Quote the job advert Number while placing responding to advert
MARKETING / SALES / ADVERTISING INTERN
Internship Positions (Finance, Marketing, Computer software & Hardware Maintenance, Programming) We would like to invite candidates for the following positions in our company
Description.
Company is looking for a qualified intern to join our marketing/advertising team. Our marketing department is new and is looking for hardworking and smart interns who will be tasked with customer awareness campaign the company is rolling out.
This intern should be prepared to work in a fast-paced team environment, and will finish the internship having gained broad experience in various aspects of marketing.
Responsibilities.
>Visiting clients informing them of products and services offered by the company
>Assist in the distribution or delivery of marketing materials
>Assist with fulfillment of marketing offers
>Assist with execution of trade shows
>Assist with the preparation and delivery of training materials
>Perform analysis of marketing and sales data
>Seek and analyze competitor marketing and sales materials both on and offline
>Prepare presentations
>Creating a list of new and potential clients
>Enter contact information into contact management systems
>Provide support to social media efforts
>Maintain tracking report of public relations activity
Requirements.
>Undergraduate student in the Thika and Nairobi area who is majoring in Sales, Marketing or Advertising.
>Have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with extensive knowledge of Web and social media.
>PowerPoint, Word and Excel experience is a bonus,
>Must be ongoing with studies from a recognized University
>Must be available for a period of between 6 – 12 Months
Majors
Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Computer Science, Mathematics, Language
FINANCE OR ACCOUNTING INTERN
Description
Company is looking for a Finance/Accounting intern. The student filling this position will handle a wide range of important duties.
Responsibilities.
>Assist with month-end financial reports
>Posting daily entries
>Post journal entries
>Help with accounts receivable, payable and bank statement reconciliation
>Assist with audits
>Balance sheet reconciliation
>Work with the finance team on yearly forecasting efforts
>Manage the monthly tracking of our physical inventory
>Support the payment processing team
>Data entry
>Credit checks
Requirements.
>Applicants should be Business, Finance, Economics or Accounting majors
>Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
>Attention to detail, the ability to multi-task and excellent communication
>Must be ongoing with studies from a recognized University
>Must be available for a period of between 6 – 12 Months
Majors
Business, Finance, Economics, Accounting
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING / COMPUTER SCIENCE INTERN
Description
Company is looking for an intern with experience in software design, coding and debugging. This knowledge is essential for all applicants. Experience gained in the classroom and through personal application will be accepted.
Responsibilities
>Documentation and testing new software applications
>Assessment of new application ideas
>Research competitor offerings
>Develop applications (coding, programming)
>Interview beta testers
Requirements.
>Applicants should have excellent analytical and math skills, with the ability to work in teams. >Major in Computer Science/Network Engineering, Engineering or Mathematics ideally.
>Competence in the following coding languages PHP, MySQL, JAVA, CSS
>Must be ongoing with studies from a recognized University
>Must be available for a period of between 6 – 12 Months
Majors
Computer Science/Network Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics
Important:
If you are interested in the above position and possess the necessary skills required, please apply by submitting your resume, and contact details to tradestar.kenya@gmail.com. Please email your resume in PDF format with the subject line reading: Sales & Administration position - Thika.
*Best candidates stand a chance to be retained as fulltime employees after the internship period elapses
Let the resume and application letter hold your name. E.g. John Paul_CV or John Paul_Appl
Note: Email application only