Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company Limited (ELDOWAS) is a corporate entity established under Cap 486 of the laws of Kenya. The County Government of Uasin Gishu is principal shareholder.
ELDOWAS was the first water service provider in Kenya to attain certification in international Quality Management Standards ISO 9001:2008. In order to achieve its goals...
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JOB REF: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/CS/01– 1 post
Reporting to: MANAGING DIRECTOR
Department: ADMINISTRATION
Terms of Engagement: Permanent & Pensionable
Job Grade 10
Purpose of the Job
- Ensure the company stays compliant to the law and any issued guidelines, supports governance, and maintains strong stakeholder relationships. More than handling administrative duties, they play an active role in facilitating key decisions.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
IManagerial Roles and Responsibilities
- Prepare and store documents relating to the registration of the company, annual report, notices and minutes for both Board of Directors’ meeting and shareholders’ meeting.
- Handle the meeting for Board of Directors and shareholders’ meeting in accordance with the rules, regulations and relevant laws
- Provide advice on the operation of the Company and the Board of Directors in accordance with Memorandum of Association, Articles of Association, Securities and Exchange Act, Public Limited Company Act and other relevant laws.
- Be a point of contact for directors, executives and shareholders.
- Coordinate and follow up the operation according to the resolutions of the directors and shareholders.
- Prepare various draft agenda notes for the Board / Committees of Directors, Directors Report considering company law aspect,
- Prepare and issue Notice of Board Meeting, Committee Meeting & Annual General Meeting as per the Companies Act,
- Draft various resolutions accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, and rules thereunder,
- Draft Minutes of Board, Committee, Annual General Meetings, etc.
- Provide expert advice to the Board in respect of current legislations, corporate governance best practice requirements, role of directors, ethical standards, board reporting obligations and proper meetings procedure in the company
- Prepare and review Board and Committee charters, policies and procedures and ensure adherence to same and other emerging governance policies and procedures in the company.
- Advise the organization on the legal aspects of day-to-day administrative matters and also provide legal opinion/advise on industrial development matters.
- Represent the organization in all issues requiring legal address-claims, defamation, legal suits etc
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned.
Key skills:
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Listening skills
- Analytical skills
- Courageous
- Patient and resilient
- Ability to work under pressure
- Computer literate
- Excellent knowledge of the State Corporation Act
- Excellent knowledge of the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations
- Knowledge of professional standards
Knowledge and Skills Required:
The jobholder must possess:
- Bachelors of Law from a recognized institution
- Master’s Degree in Law or Social Sciences, MBA or related course will be an added advantage
- Professional qualifications required to effectively perform in the role:
- Post Graduate Diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law
- Member of the Law Society of Kenya with current practicing certificate
- Certified Public Secretary
- A minimum of 8 years’ in related work experience, with 3 years of this in Senior Management;
- Should have thorough knowledge of the relevant industry/sector as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the relevant sector
- Must have ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate departmental goals
- Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines.
- Should have strong analytical and be result oriented
- Must have high standards of integrity and ethical practice
- Must be capable of functioning effectively both as a team player and a team leader
- Must have management and Leadership skills
- Must have ability to accurately plan work assignments, prioritize tasks and deliver deadlines
- Should be an effective communicator with the ability to handle both internal and external communication.
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JOB REF: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/GISO/02– 1 post
Reporting to: PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Department: TECHNICAL
Terms of Engagement: Permanent & Pensionable
Job Grade 7
Purpose of the Job
To work with the scientific, technological and artistic aspects of developing and producing maps for Water and Waste Water for ELDOWAS.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities are:
- Operational Roles and Responsibilities
- Designing maps, graphics, illustrations and layouts for specialist and general users;
- Communicating information through the use of colour, symbols, style and other means;
- Ensure safe storage of hard copy maps for reference purposes;
- Mapping of water reticulation system with the appurtenances in GIS as required;
- Mapping of trunk sewer in GIS as required;
- Collating data provided by remote sensing techniques (the means by which spatial and environmental data about the earth are acquired by sensors located in satellites and aircraft) and provide the GPS data for customer meter points with their attributes;
- Liaise with Ardhi house, with surveyors and designers, and other legal authorities for cadastral maps update;
- Provide thematic maps both digital and hard copy to the management and users;
- Researching, selecting and evaluating map source data for use in the preparation or revision of maps and charts at various scales;
- Analyze and evaluate map able information;
- Develop new sewer profiles, layouts and standard manhole details for new sewer connection;
- Operating a plotting instrument and a Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (DPW), which views the photographs;
- Design, maintenance and manipulation of geographical information (GI) databases;
- Working with geographical information systems (GIS) to see, model and analyse landscape features;
- Using desktop publishing packages to edit of zone and route maps and formulate information;
- Capturing, maintaining and outputting ELDOWAS digital geographic data;
- Generalizing map data to allow for a reduction in scale (derived mapping);
- Checking and appraising the content and accuracy of maps, charts and printing proofs;
- Keeping up to date with emerging specialist software;
- Perform any another duty as may be assigned.
Key Result Areas:
The jobholder’s accountability areas are as follows:
- Submission of accurate, timely and relevant reports;
- Successful implementation of quality control standards for services offered by the plant;
- Effective supervision of employees assigned to the team;
- Continuous process improvement of services through efficient working;
- Enforcement of relevant guidelines, rules and regulations;
- Ensure customer satisfaction for the consumers of the services offered by the plant.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
The jobholder must possess:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Cartography, or the equivalent;
- Diploma in GIS;
- A minimum of 6 years’ in related work experience;
- Should have thorough knowledge of the relevant industry/sector as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the relevant sector;
- Must have ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate assigned goals;
- Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines;
- Should have strong analytical and be result oriented;
- Must have high standards of integrity and ethical practice;
- Must be capable of functioning effectively both as a team player and a team leader;
- Must have management skills;
- Must have ability to accurately plan work assignments, prioritize tasks and deliver deadlines;
- Should have problem solving and decision making abilities;
- Should be an effective communicator with the ability to handle both internal and external communication;
- Should have effective people management and conflict resolution skills;
- Must have knowledge and experience in use of MS office packages
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JOB REF: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/RCO/03– 1 post
Reporting to: GENERAL MANAGER, FINANCE & STRATEGY
Department: FINANCE&STRATEGY
Terms of Engagement: Permanent & Pensionable
Job Grade 7
Purpose of the Job
To carry out risk assessments to analyze areas of potential risk and make appropriate recommendations and reports.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities are:
Operational Roles and Responsibilities
- Assist in identifying, analyzing and documenting risks ensuring that action-plans (mitigations) are in place and being implemented;
- Assist in preparing regular (quarterly) reports on status of risks including new risks;
- Create and implement risk awareness programs throughout the ELDOWAS;
- Assist in updating the Enterprise Risk Management framework and other policies, guidelines and/or procedures related to implementation of ERM across the ELDOWAS;
- Continuously research the risk environment (internal and external) to ensure proactive programs for managing risks are in place;
- Undertake risk ratings reviews and scenario planning;
- Assist in keeping an updated company-wide inventory of risk registers;
- Establish and monitor key risk indicators;
- Analyze transactions, internal reports and financial information for potential risks;
- Advise on policies, procedures and control self-assessment tools in response to identified risks;
- Provide training and technical support to management and employees regarding risk management strategies and programs;
- Enforce, implement and train staff on risk policies and procedures;
- Conduct quarterly risk reviews of company investments;
- Conduct risk assessments to analyze areas of potential risk in the investment and business support processes and reports on companywide potential risk areas and weaknesses;
- Carry out investigations on enterprise risk profile to certify that the company risk standards and criteria are met.
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned
Key Result Areas:
The jobholder’s accountability areas are as follows:
- Effective operational cost control of the department’s financial resources;
- Successful implementation of quality control standards for services offered by the department;
- Effective supervision of employees assigned to the department;
- Maximization of productivity in the department;
- Continuous process improvement of services offered by the department;
- Ensure customer satisfaction for both internal and external consumers of the services offered by the department.
Knowledge and Skills Required:
The jobholder must possess:
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Finance or accounting or business related field;
- Professional qualifications such as CPA, ACCA, CFA, Actuarial or financial risk management;
- Minimum of six (6) years’ work experience;
- Must have demonstrated ability to handle departmental budgets, resources, processes, projects and relationships;
- Should have thorough knowledge of Risk Management as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the Audit profession;
- Must have ability to plan, organize, implement and evaluate departmental goals;
- Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines;
- Should have strong analytical and be result oriented;
- Must have high standards of integrity and ethical practice;
- Must be capable of functioning effectively both as a team player and a team leader;
- Must have management and Leadership skills;
- Must have ability to accurately plan work assignments, prioritize tasks and deliver deadlines;
- Should have problem solving and decision making abilities;
- Should be an effective communicator with the ability to handle both internal and external communication;
- Should demonstrate ability to identify and respond to risk areas within the department;
- Should have effective people management and conflict resolution skills;
- Must have knowledge in use of MS Office packages;
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REF: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/ICTI/04– 2 posts
Reporting to: ICT OFFICER
Department: ICT
Duration: 12 months
ELDOWAS is seeking to recruit three (2) highly motivated ICT Interns to join our team for a one-year internship program. The interns will work under the ICT Department and gain hands-on experience in system maintenance, systems administration, user support, network support, and web & application development.
Duties and Responsibilities
- System maintenance and troubleshooting of hardware and software.
- Systems administration tasks including user account management, backups, and updates.
- Providing timely ICT support to staff and resolving technical issues.
- Network support, monitoring connectivity, and ensuring network security.
- Participating in web development, updates, and maintenance of company platforms.
- Supporting application development and testing activities.
- Documenting ICT processes and maintaining accurate records.
- Any other duties assigned by ICT supervisors.
Minimum Requirements
- Be unemployed Kenyan graduates from recognized training institutions who have completed their degree courses within the last three years and have not been exposed to work experience related to their area of study; must not have retired or exited from formal employment; and must not have benefited from a similar programme.
- Degree or Diploma in ICT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Strong understanding of computer hardware, software, and networking concepts.
- Basic knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and programming languages.
- Familiarity with system administration environments (Windows/Linux.
- Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
- Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
What We Offer
- Practical, hands-on experience in a real-world ICT environment.
- Mentorship from experienced ICT professionals.
- Exposure to modern systems, networks, and application development tools.
- Opportunity to build your career foundation in ICT.
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REF: ELDOWAS/HR/2025/CPRI/05– 1 post
Reporting to: CORPORATE COMMUNICATION OFFICER
Department: ADMINISTRATION
Duration: 12 months
ELDOWAS seeks to recruit an individual who is passionate about environmental communication, public awareness, and community engagement with hands-on experience promoting vital messages about clean water, sustainability, and public service.
Duties and responsibilities
- Assist in creating educational and engaging content about water conservation, safety, and sustainability
- Draft press releases, community updates, and internal communications
- Support social media management, including content creation, scheduling, and analytics
- Monitor media coverage, public sentiment, and emerging environmental news
- Help coordinate community outreach programs, school visits, and public events
- Maintain media contact lists and assist with outreach to local stakeholders, partners, and journalists
- Ensure consistent communication aligned with our mission to provide safe, reliable water.
Minimum requirements
- Be unemployed Kenyan graduates from recognized training institutions who have completed their degree courses within the last three years and have not been exposed to work experience related to their area of study; must not have retired or exited from formal employment; and must not have benefited from a similar programme.
- Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree in one of the following (or related) fields: Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Public Administration.
- Strong communication, writing, and editing skills
- Interest in environmental issues, public utilities, water management, or sustainability
- Creative thinker with the ability to explain technical information in a clear, engaging way
- Familiarity with social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, TikTok)
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively on multiple projects
What we Offer
- Hands-on experience in public relations and environmental communications
- Exposure to water industry operations and public utility communication strategies
- Opportunities to build your writing, media, and outreach portfolio
- Mentorship from experienced communication professionals
- A collaborative, mission-driven work environment.
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The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
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The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
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The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
go to method of application »
The company invites continuing Masters, Bachelors, Higher Diploma, Diploma and Craft Certificate students to apply for industrial attachment.
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
Candidates Interested in this position are expected to meet the qualification and experience requirements detailed in full advertisement in our website www.eldowas.or.ke. Fill the job application questionnaire (download), attach certified copies of academic certificates and submit to [email protected] to reach the undersigned on or before 6th January, 2026 at 5:00pm.
ELDOWAS is an equal opportunity employer committed to implement affirmative action therefore women, persons with disability, minority and marginalized groups are encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted;
Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
Successful candidates must meet chapter six requirements.
The Managing Director
Eldoret Water and Sanitation Company
P.O. BOX 8418-30100
Eldoret
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