Administrative Services Supervisor

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⌖ Nairobi, Kenya◷ Full-time◫ On-site▣ Administration
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Closing 13 Nov 2026
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Job title
Administrative Services Supervisor
Hiring organisation
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Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Employment type
Full-time
Work arrangement
On-site
Industry
Administration
Level
Middle
Experience
2+ years
Posted
29 Oct 2026
Closing date
13 Nov 2026

Key responsibilities

  • Lead your team to achieve agreed productivity, quality, service and customer satisfaction outcomes through effective workload, inventory, capacity and priority management.
  • Develop employees through recruitment, onboarding, regular check-ins, coaching, feedback, performance management, training, goal setting and career-development discussions.
  • Lead operational and technology-enabled change, building employee readiness through clear communication, coaching and training while addressing adoption barriers.
  • Use management reporting, operational data and business insights to identify risks, guide decisions, optimize resources and improve service delivery.
  • Strengthen relationships with internal and external stakeholders across locations to support coordinated service delivery and operational improvement initiatives.
  • Resolve operational escalations through root-cause analysis and corrective action, while identifying and escalating quality issues, operational risks and control gaps in line with applicable policies and procedures.
  • Promote continuous improvement, automation and technology-enabled solutions, monitor adoption and operational outcomes, support team engagement activities and manage any allocated budget responsibly.

Candidate requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.
  • Experience in an operational, administrative or customer/service environment, including a minimum of 2 years experience leading and supervising teams.
  • Experience managing productivity, quality and service-delivery KPIs, together with strong planning, workload-management and prioritization skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret operational data, translate findings into action and manage operational escalations.
  • Experience supporting process improvement and organizational change, including the ability to lead teams through uncertainty and evolving ways of working.
  • Experience with continuous improvement, automation or operational transformation initiatives.
  • Strong stakeholder-management, influencing, written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English and the ability to engage teams across different locations and cultures.

Required skills

Soft SkillsPeople leadership, coaching and employee developmentEmployee engagement and accountabilityCustomer focus and results orientationStakeholder management and influencingProblem solving and managing ambiguityClear written and verbal communicationCollaboration and global perspectiveChange and transformation leadershipTechnical / Functional SkillsOperational performance, workload and capacity managementKPI, productivity, quality and service-level managementData-driven decision-making and operational reportingRoot-cause analysis and continuous improvementUnderstanding of automation, artificial intelligence and digital transformation and their impact on operational processes, employee roles and service deliveryStrong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and OutlookAbility and willingness to learn about emerging technologies and apply them responsibly to operational challengesNice to HaveExperience leading teams across multiple countries or locationsExperience in healthcare, insurance, shared services or another high-volume operational environmentExperience using data and operational metrics to drive performance decisionsExperience with operational systems, CRM platforms, dashboards or workflow-management tools, or supporting automation, artificial intelligence, digital transformation or other technology-enabled change initiatives. Additional languages are also advantageous
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