Project Administrative Assistant Job in Kenya - UoN

Job Title: Project Administrative Assistant

Date Posted: 30/06/2026

Job Type: Full Time

Employer: University of Nairobi

Industry: Project Management

Salary: Open

Location: Nairobi

Country: Kenya

Deadline: 13/07/2026

ADVERT REF: AD/6/286/26

The Position:

This is a full-time position based in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support project grant management

  • Coordinate project operations at the University of Nairobi
  • Assist in maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records, both physical and electronic while ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection regulations
  • Manage and monitor an electronic register of postgraduate research projects, schedules and training
  • Performing any other related duty as assigned.

Qualifications

At a minimum, the Project Administrative Assistant will have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Social Sciences/Humanities, Business
  • Management, Project management, Office Management, or any other related field
  • OR a Diploma in Management, Accounting, Project Management, Office Management or any other related field plus 5 years’ experience in a large program implementation
  • environment will be considered.
  • Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, Excel.

How to Apply

Notes:

  • Applicants should email their application letters, certified copies of certificates and curriculum vitae (CV) giving details of their qualifications, experience and three (3) referees indicating their telephone contacts and e-mail contacts;
  • Applications and related documents should be forwarded addressed to the Director, Human Resource, University of Nairobi;
  • Applicants should state their current designations, salaries and other benefits attached to those designations;
  • The application letter must bear the reference code indicated in the advertisement;
  • Late applications will not be considered.

Applications should be emailed as one file in PDF: recruit-paasmeip@uonbi.ac.ke