Head of Insurance & Risk Management Job in Kenya

Position: Head of Insurance & Risk Management

Company Profile: Our Client is a FMCG company that deals in the manufacturing of confectionary, footwear and stationery

Department: Insurance

Reporting To: Group General Manager – Operations

Description of Function

The purpose of risk management is to safeguard an organization, its customers, reputation, assets and the interests of stakeholders by identifying and managing all threats to the achievement of its business objectives. This often involves risk financing including insurance purchase.

Routine Responsibilities:

• Insuring of all new assets.
• Renewal of Insurance Policies and negotiation of Terms and Rates
• Ensure that all insurance covers and policies are valid and excess deductibles, values, limits; etc clauses are as per agreement.
• Quantification of Claims
• To attend to assessors, investigators and loss adjusters etc. when applicable.
• Follow up with Insurers Loss Adjusters and Insurers on outstanding claims
• To handle all marine insurance issues up to and including subrogation and claims issues.
• To handle all correspondence with insurance companies.
• To handle vehicle insurance for all company motor vehicles.
• Coordination in case of any issue on the policies e.g. accounts, insurers etc.
• Handle all medical insurance covers with the various health providers that serve the Company.
• To forward any complaints that staff may have to the health providers and get acceptable explanations for them.
• Handle the entire workmen compensation process and follow up on reimbursements amounts to be made to the labor office.
• Preparing Weekly Engineering Reports
• Preparing Monthly Marine Export Report
• Preparing Monthly General Claims Report
• Prepare Monthly Management Report
• Other reports as required by Management
• Any other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Qualifications (Academic and Experience):

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree or its equivalent in Insurance or related field
• A Masters degree in any relevant field will be an advantage
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in handling commercial insurance, preferably with sound understanding of insurance & risk management as it applies to the manufacturing industry.
• Requires membership of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Institute of Risk Management or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies (Essential)

• Proven ability to build strong working relationships, internal and external to the organization.
• A self starter with a high degree of initiative.
• Well developed coaching and leadership skills, both on a formal and informal basis.

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line and preferred location.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Sales Executives Jobs in Kenya

Our client a Kenyan medium sized organization providing video and photography services, is seeking to recruit Sales Executives.

Reporting to the Managing Director the position serves to effectively sell organizations’ products and services.

Core responsibilities:

• listening to customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale;
• maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails;
• cold calling to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business;
• responding to incoming email and phone enquiries;
• acting as a contact between a company and its existing and potential markets;
• negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sales;
• gathering market and customer information;
• representing the organization at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations;
• negotiating on price, costs, delivery and specifications with buyers and managers;
• Any other duty as assigned by the Managing Director.

Suitable candidates MUST have the following minimum qualifications:

• A diploma in sales and marketing from a recognized college.
• 1 year of relevant experience. Candidates with experience in videography and film production sales will have an added advantage.

Competencies and Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate at all levels
• A good team player
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Good planning and organizational skills

Interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their detailed cover letter and CV indicating their current remuneration/commission rate to recruit@chevan.co.ke so as to reach on or before 15th February 2012.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted

Save the Children - Grants Officer Job in Kenya

Introduction

Save the Children is the world's largest independent children’s organization, making immediate and long-lasting improvements to children's lives in over 120 countries worldwide.

Save the Children is made up of 27 member organisations across the globe.

Through Unified Presence, Save the Children aims to create a stronger voice for children by unifying the operations in all countries where more than one Save the Children Member organizations operates.

This will result in one organisation at the national level in each country and a unified programme delivery structure for all Save the Children Alliance Members.

Save the Children has a long history of working in partnership in Somalia and it is one of the leading NGO's working in Somalia for the rights of children.

Save the Children has a unified presence in Somalia and Somaliland since January 2010 and is working in the thematic areas of education (including skills training for youth), health, protection and emergency responses.

Save the children has an operation in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia.

Due to constraints on security, and the need to liaise with UN agencies, other NGOs and donors the country office is based in Nairobi and senior managers and directors are expected to travel extensively to monitor and support programme work in all parts of Somalia that are accessible and where security threats are being effectively mitigated.

The Grants Officer is newly created post to boost capacity of programme’s grants management responsibility

Job Purpose

The purpose of this post is to ensure Save the Children Alliance programme adheres to all its grant management obligations internally within Save the Children and externally with donors.

The Grants Officer will support the Grants Manager in ensuring that key processes are in place and operationalised to ensure that grant risk assessment, proposals development, donor financial and non-financial compliance, and reporting requirements are achieved

Key accountabilities

• Ensure that systems to monitor and track grants on a monthly basis are Up to Date and liaise closely with the Grants Manager (South Central Somalia), to schedule the analysis of monthly variance.
• Support the Grants manager to check that grant management statistics, including Grant tracking template, Key Performance Indicators, (KPIs) are compiled on a monthly basis and maintained at an acceptable level.
• Create, maintain and close donor grant files and ensure that the Grants Management filing system is maintained in accordance with established grant management protocols and that all grant documentation is properly filed therein.
• Keep electronic database of all proposals, contracts and amendments uploaded on the FMS.
• Ensure that grant files for grants already in the FMS system are updated with current information.
• Advise budget holders on receipt of new funding source codes to ensure the upload into FBS and ensure that Hargeisa National finance team creates FSCs for all new grants.
• Communicate with the reporting officer to ensure that the reporting schedule is up to date and maintain records of all reports submitted to the donor both electronic and in the grant files.
• Support the Grants manager during external or internal audits from Nairobi.
• Together with the Grants Manager ensure adequate internal control systems are in place and all procurement procedures are consistently implemented to effectively utilise grants and all Save the Children assets. Review of financial documentation received from the field for compliance to Save the Children procedures.
• Together with the Grants Manager, ensure that scheme of delegations are adhered to across the country programme.
• Carry out UNICEF liquidations under the supervision of the Grants manager
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.
• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance the Child Protection Policy.

Working contacts

External: Donors, non-governmental organisations, partner agencies

Internal: Close daily contact with the Grants Manager, budget holders and finance staff in the field, as well as the CD, Directors and other staff in Southern Somalia.

Core Competencies & Qualifications

Essential:

Minimum criteria for Global Alliance Roster plus:

• 5 years substantial grants management experience in a large INGO or other international relief/development organizations with a variety of funding sources;
• University degree in finance, accounting or other related academic discipline;
• Postgraduate specialisation in accountancy e.g ACCA/CIMA qualification – or relevant professional experience;
• In-depth knowledge of grant management and understanding of donor compliance requirements for major donors, including USAID, ECHO, EU and EC;
• Understanding of systems audit and articulating clear practical recommendations
• Understanding of Monitoring and Evaluation as well as accountability towards donors and beneficiaries
• Understanding of financial eligibility issues and of key principles of donor accounting
• Knowledge of funding database/ grants tracker management.
• Good negotiation, communication, interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Significant experience of managing multiple large and medium grants annually
• Good personal organizational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Experience working in difficult and/or emergency environment.
• Ability to work within a multicultural setting
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
• Have undertaken Save the Children approved Safety and Security training in accordance with member and Save the Children international required minimum standards.

Desirable:

• Information Communication Technology literate

Code of Conduct

Because Save the Children's work is based on deeply held values and principles, it is essential that our commitment to children's rights and humanitarian principles is supported and demonstrated by all members of staff. Save the Children's Code of Conduct sets out the standards which all staff members must adhere to.

Applications should be forwarded to: vacancies@scsom.org

Application Closing Date: Wednesday 15th Feb 2012, 15:00 pm

Gateway Insurance - Branch Managers, Regional Manager and Legal Assistants Jobs in Kenya

Gateway Insurance Company Limited has a countrywide branch network and is seeking to recruit experienced and result-orientated professionals for the positions of:

1. Branch Manager

2 Positions

Job Specification

• University graduate
• Have at least ACII and/or AIIK qualifications or good progress in these examinations
• Have at least five (5) years experience in general insurance at a senior level
• Is able to work independently and is self-motivated
• Ability to work well with others and a team player
• Has notable success in leading a team through creativity and innovation
• Computer literate
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

2. Regional Manager

1 Position

Job Specification

• University graduate
• Have at least ACII and/or AIIK qualifications
• Have at least seven (7) years experience in general insurance at a senior level
• Ability to coordinate marketing and administration/operations of branches and ensure that set targets both in production and portfolio mix are achieved.
• Ability to assist in formulating and implementing the marketing strategic plan for the company
• Should be customer focused and a team player
• Computer literate
• Should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills

3. Legal Assistants

2 Positions

Job Specification

• Bachelor of Law Degree
• Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 3 to 4 years work experience preferably in litigation
• Well versed with insurance matters.
• Result oriented and willing to go the extra mile
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Between 25 and 30 years of age

Send your application letter, CV and a statement of how your experience matches the job specification to the addresses below.

Applications should be received by 14th February, 2012

Human Resource Manager
hr@gateway-insurance.co.ke
Gateway Insurance Company Limited
P.O. Box 60656-00200,
Nairobi