{"id":801202,"date":"2025-04-16T01:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T22:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=801202"},"modified":"2025-08-14T03:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:20:36","slug":"801202-kentrade-product-and-application-development-officer-nairobi","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&p=801202","title":{"rendered":"Product and Application Development Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) is a State Corporation under the National Treasury whose mandate is to implement, operationalize and manage the National Electronic Single Window System (NESWS) known as the Trade Facilitation Platform as well as trade facilitation.<\/p>\n<p>To fulfil our mandate, we wish to engage suitably qualified candidates who also meet the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Kenya Constitution for the following positions;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Product and Application Development Officer\u2013 KTNA 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Title<\/strong>: Product and Application Development Officer<br \/>\n<strong>Reports to<\/strong>: Assistant Manager, Product and Application Development<br \/>\n<strong>Duty Station<\/strong>: Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose for the Job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To Analyze needs, designs, writes and tests new or existing programs and applications and to Apply judgment in devising program logic and selecting and adapting standard programming procedures, write programs and manuals.<\/p>\n<h3>Duties and responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">i. Compile and write documentation of software development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so that others can understand the software.<br \/>\nii. Testing of developed applications.<br \/>\niii. Write, update and maintain computer software or software packages to handle specific jobs, such as storing and retrieving data, or controlling other equipment.<br \/>\niv. Maintenance of applications, repair or expansion of existing software to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.<br \/>\nv. Write, analyze, review and rewrite software, using flowchart diagrams, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter and symbolic logic.<br \/>\nvi. Write or contribute to instructions or manuals to guide end users.<br \/>\nvii. Provide software support for computer operators or system analysts to define and resolve problems in running software solutions.<br \/>\nviii. Training end users.<\/p>\n<h3>Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications and Experience<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">i. At least two (2) years\u2019 experience in Product &amp; Application Development.<br \/>\nii. Bachelor\u2019s degree in software programming, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business IT or related form a recognized institution.<br \/>\niii. Meets the provisions of Chapter Six of the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":801208,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_promoted":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_job_salary_unit":"","_job_how_to_apply":"<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-alpha\">\r\n\t<li>Qualified and interested candidates are requested to submit their application letter, curriculum vitae (that contains details of qualifications, work experience, email and telephone contacts including names, telephone and email contacts of three (3) referees who must be familiar with the candidates\u2019 previous work experience) and copies of all certificates &amp; relevant testimonials.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Successful candidates shall be required to obtain and submit valid copies of the following documents before an offer is made.<br \/>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman\">\r\n\t<li><strong>Certificate of Good Conduct<\/strong> from the Directorate of Criminal investigations (CID)<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Clearance Certificate<\/strong> from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Tax Compliance <\/strong>Certificate from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Clearance<\/strong> form from the Ethics &amp; Anti-corruption Authority (EACC)<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Clearance<\/strong> certificate from a recognized Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kentrade.go.ke\">www.kentrade.go.ke<\/a><br \/>\r\nFrom there, you will be directed to the e-recruitment portal where you can:\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman\">\r\n\t<li>Create a user account<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Create your profile \u2013 Edit your profile if you already have an account.<br \/>\r\nThe information on the profile is split into tabs that the user must fill out before submitting a job application which includes the following:\r\n\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: lower-roman\">\r\n\t<li>Biodata - General information about the applicant<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Academic qualifications \u2013 attach certificates<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Professional qualifications \u2013 attach certificates<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Employment history \u2013 Record of previous employers<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Referees<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Attach aapplication letter, CV<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Input current and expected salary<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Submit application<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Click <strong>My Applications<\/strong> to check or confirm if your application has been successfully submitted.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>All applications must be received not later than <strong>Monday May 05, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>KenTrade values diversity therefore women and Persons with Disability (PWD) are strongly encouraged to apply.<\/strong><\/p>"},"job_listing_region":[209],"job-categories":[5451,632,97,749,37],"job-types":[8],"class_list":{"0":"post-801202","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-expired","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_region-nairobi","7":"job_listing_category-business-information-technology-bit","8":"job_listing_category-it-or-computer-science","9":"job_listing_category-product-development","10":"job_listing_category-production-engineering-technology","11":"job_listing_category-software-engineering","12":"job_listing_type-entry-level","14":"job-type-entry-level"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/801202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=801202"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=801202"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=801202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}