CIC Insurance Job Vacancies in Kenya for Underwriting, Marketing, Clerk, Management Trainees, Research Analyst, Acturial Ass, Fund Admin

CIC Insurance Group is the leading co-operative insurer in Africa and is one of the top three insurance companies in the country.

CIC has businesses operating all over Kenya with 19 branches and has recently ventured into Asset Management. In order to execute our ambitious growth and expansion strategy, CIC wishes to recruit high caliber individuals to fill the following vacant position numbers:

Underwriting Clerk Ref No: HRD-03/3/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Prepares policy docudments
• Ensuring dispatch of policies within the company standards
• Handling all documentation needs for branches
• Responding to all policy issues from branches, General customer care

Requirements

• Diploma in insurance
• Computer knowledge, Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills, Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• At least 1years of experience

Marketing Executive Ref No: HRD-03/4/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Attending to callers, preparing quotation and follow up, Prepare tender documents,
• Renewal follow ups.
• Responding to clients enquiries, Preparing presentation to clients
• Preparation of agents documents for registration with IRA
• Filing and proper maintenance of clients and intermediaries documents including indexing.
• Mailing, faxing, and binding of documents
• Maintenance and requisition of departmental stationery and stores
• Raising departmental payments to service providers, intermediaries.
• Taking care of logistics for departmental function such as cocktails, luncheons etc

Requirements

• Diploma in insurance
• Computer knowledge, Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills, Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision, Flexible to meet clients needs

Record Clerk Ref No: HRD-03/5/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• To maintain proper documents records in the departments
• To avail files to the respective officers as and when requested
• To open new file dockets when necessary
• To maintain a systematic order of files in the registry.
• To file back all the files after they are finalized on.
• To promptly and regularly up date files with the new correspondents
• To ensure proper achieving of the files.
• To scan and index all documents before arching the hard copies
• To perform any other duties as may be assigned by the management from time to time.

Requirements

• Diploma in record keeping
• Computer knowledge, Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills, Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• Experience in filing will be an added advantage.

Management Trainee Ref No: HRD-03/6/2012 (10 Positions)

Duties & Responsibility

The management trainees will be taken through a two year training and mentoring programme in various division in the company.

Thereafter, the successful candidates will be assigned to server in their area of competence subject to availability of vacancies

Requirements

• A degree with a minimum of Upper second class division in Business related field, Actuarial science, entrepreneurship, Agriculture, Micro finance, Information Technology, Development, Nursing & Law
• Computer knowledge,
• Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills,
• Good analytical skills,
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision

Unit Trust Sales Supervisor Ref No: HRD-03/7/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Design and implement sales team strategy.
• Mentoring and development of sales teams
• Participate in the recruitment and retention of sales teams
• Monitoring sales team activity and production while aiming to inspire improved
• Performance and ensure targets are met.
• Assist in facilitating sales team training as and when necessary
• Sell unit trust products (money market, equity, balanced & fixed income funds)
• Provide investment advice to existing and potential clients.
• Open new market for the units trust advisers

Requirements

• Business degree preferably in (Economics, Finance)
• Computer knowledge
• Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to make presentation to both individuals & and groups
• Be well informed of the financial market
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• At least 2year of experience in selling unit trust.

Assistant Fund Administrator Ref No: HRD-03/8/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Create clients and agents accounts in the unit master
• Receive, scan, index & file all correspondents to CIC Asset Management’s Ltd
• Store soft and hard copies of all correspondence by member number
• Initial quality assurance of client’s application forms and agents applications.
• Capture clients details/information in the unit master
• Capture, purchases, redemptions and static data in the system
• Give unit trust advises production details to the Unit Trust Manager
• Book meeting venues for the staff
• Provide operational assistant to the MD CIC Asset Management’s Ltd

Requirements

• Business related degree preferably in (Business management)
• Computer knowledge
• Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to make presentation to both individuals & and groups
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• At least 2year of experience in related filed.
• Knowledge of unit trust administration system
• Keen to details and a quick leaner

Research Analyst Ref No: HRD-03/9/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Analysis and recommendation of various investment opportunity availablewithin the financial local market
• Collate and analyse the macro & micro economic condition and company fundamentals and make recommendations
• Develop financial model
• Participate and contribute in investment committee meetings
• Coordinate and organize management & company visits
• Prepare quarterly investment reports indicating performance statistics
• Maintain and update company research library

Requirements

• Business related degree preferably in (Business management, Economic Accounting)
• CFA will be an added advantage
• Computer knowledge
• Good communication skills
• Planning & organizing skills
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to make presentation to both individuals & and groups
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• At least 2year of experience in related filed.
• Knowledge of unit trust administration system
• Keen to details and a quick leaner
• Effective research and analytical skills

Actuarial assistant Ref No: HRD-03/10/2012

Duties & Responsibility

• Responsible for actuarial aspects relating to the computation of insurance premium rates and the valuation of liabilities.
• Responsible for reviewing and advising on the adequacy of statutory reserves for incurred but not reported claims
• Responsible for the designing and pricing of insurance products, valuation reports in conjunction with the product development team and the consulting actuaries
• Responsible for reviewing and repackaging of existing insurance products in order to assess the adequacy of premium rates and recommend remedial measures to make them profitable
• Carrying out project appraisals, identifying risks associated with the projects and recommending ways of managing the identified risks
• Responsible for the review in the adequacy of the reinsurance arrangements in place on an annual basis
• Responsible for continuous mortality and morbidity investigations for the company in order to review the life and medical underwriting standards and premium rates to ascertain their adequacy and equity
• Guide the various departments in developing and maintaining business statistics and other technical aspects requiring actuarial application
• Responsible for analysis of competitors’ products and suggest areas of improvement/enhancement on our product portfolio

Requirements

• Degree in Actuarial Science
• Progress in Professional Actuarial Papers with at least 2 exams passed
• Working experience of a minimum of 1 year in an actuarial or insurance position
• Computer knowledge
• Good communication skills
• Good analytical, Planning & organizing skills
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently or with minimal supervision
• Expertise in Microsoft Office
• Expertise in at least one statistical software

If you meet the above requirements and consider yourself up to the challenge, please email your application and a copy of your CV clearly indicating the reference number as the subject on your email e.g: Management Trainee - Ref No: HRD-03/6/2012- -: to the.

The Group Human Resource Manager
CIC Insurance Group LTD
PO Box 59485-00200
Nairobi

Email: recruitment@cic.co.ke
The application should reach us by close of business on 23th March, 2012. Please note only shortlisted candidate will be contacted. If you do not hear from us by 9th April 2012 consider yourself unsuccessful.

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Commission on Revenue Allocation Kenyan Jobs and Careers

The Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) is an independent commission set up under Article 215 of the Constitution of Kenya. Its core mandate is to recommend the basis for equitable sharing of revenues raised nationally between the National and the County Governments; and sharing of revenue among the County Governments.

The Commission seeks to recruit qualified and competent staff to fill the following vacant positions.

Accountant

The successful candidate for the position will report to the Director Corporate Services and will assist in the administration of the financial systems, planning of financial services, monitoring expenditures and enforcing compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update the books of accounts and the fixed asset register of the Commission;
• Prepare Financial and annual reports;
• Prepare the annual budget, oversee budgetary control and variance analysis;
• Manage creditors and other payments;
• Maintain payroll and remittance of statutory deductions;
• Prepare monthly trial balances, financial statements and other reports;
• Examine payment vouchers, petty cash vouchers, imprests and requisitions;
• Guide and supervise the Accounts Assistant.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, economics or any other in the financial field;
• Possession of at least CPA(K)/ACCA;
• At least one accounting package qualification;
• A minimum 5 years experience in an accounting environment;
• Experience in Public Sector Accounting an advantage.

Accounts Assistant

The job holder’s main purpose will be to operate and maintain the accounting system and will report to the Accountant.

Key Responsibilities:

• Updating the General Ledger i.e., journal entries, payment vouchers, receipt vouchers, purchase day book;
• Processing of payment vouchers both for petty cash payments and cheque book payments;
• Safe custody of accounting records;
• Carry out reconciliations e.g. bank, fixed deposit etc.
• Maintenance of debtors and creditors ledgers;
• Maintenance of advances/imprest records;
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Accountant or the Head of Department.
• Maintain the Petty Cash float.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, economics or any other in the financial field;
• At least CPA (II) or equivalent;
• 2 years experience in an accounting environment;
• Possess an aptitude for numbers.

ICT Assistant

Holder of the position will provide specialized ICT support and assist in the operation and maintenance of the Commission’s ICT infrastructure.
The position reports to the Director ICT.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide daily system administration within the Commission;
• Support and advise on downtime procedures and business continuity to ensure that they are adopted successfully in their allocated local work area;
• Ensure all system and process issues and incidents are logged and tracked;
• To work with managers and vendors to build the capacity of end users.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in ICT related field;
• Certificate in network administration;
• Certificates in hardware and software maintenance;

Procurement Officer

Holder of the position will be responsible for the supply chain of the Commission, inclusive of movement, storage and issue of supply and services from origination to consumption.

The incumbent will also ensure that procurement is done in accordance with Public Procurement & Disposal Act (2005), rules and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise on and implement adherence to and compliance with requirements of the Act and Regulations;
• Pre-qualify suppliers;
• Monitor and report on procurement status;
• Develop and maintain supplier’s master data;
• Develop and implement procurement plans;
• Manage all procurement activities;
• Oversee the inspection and acceptance of supplies;
• Ensure proper recording and custody of all procurement documents;
• Provide advisory services to Managers and project teams on procurement and logistics matters;
• Coordinate manual procurement records and filing;
• Assist in the development of a computerized procurement system.

Minimum Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree in Social Sciences or its equivalent preferably with a bias in Supplies Management or Procurement. Masters qualification is an added advantage;
• Diploma in Purchasing and Supplies Management from a recognized institution;
• Must be well conversant with the Public Procurement and Disposal procedures in line with the Public Procurement & Disposal Act as well as international procurement guidelines and procedures;
• At least five years experience in a busy organization, preferably within the public service;

Administration Officer

Holder of the position reports to the Chairman to provide administrative support with the aim of making the best use of the Chairman’s time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and schedule the daily agenda and to-do program for the Chairman, as well as prepare weekly and monthly calendar of appointments;
• Take notes and minutes at all meetings and forums for the Chairman;
• Draft presentations to be made by the Chairman;
• Organize protocol and public relation arrangements for the Chairman and other Commissioners;
• Prepare media briefs for the Chairman in consultation with the Director Communication;
• Collect, track, assemble and submit the Chairman’s corporate activity reports;

Minimum Qualifications and experience:

• Masters Degree and Bachelors Degree preferably with a bias towards economics or finance;
• At least 5 (five) years’ experience at management level;
• Over 35 years of age;
• Computer literate.

Internal Auditor

Holder of the position report to the Commission Secretary and Audit Committee of the Commission; and will assist by independently ensuring the effectiveness of policies, procedures and standards by which the Commission’s financial, physical and intellectual resources are procured, deployed and managed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out internal audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards;
• Evaluate internal controls, report findings and recommend improvements;
• Examine financial data and statements;
• Review management systems and programs and recommend improvements;
• Develop business continuity; evaluate risk exposure and prepare disaster recovery policies;
• Ensure the Commission utilizes its resources according to the financial guidelines;
• Liaise with the Commission’s external auditors.

Minimum Qualifications and experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in commerce, finance, economics or any other in the financial field;
• Possession of at least CPA (K)/ACCA;
• At least CIA part1 or equivalent certificate;
• Possession of CISA certificate will be an added advantage;
• A minimum 5 years experience in an accounting environment;

General Competencies

All applicants to the above positions should possess the following general competencies:

• He/she must be a person of integrity, demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player;
• Strong managerial skills, including motivating, developing, coaching and leading teams;
• Demonstrated high ethical standards;
• Competent and organized;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Excellent knowledge of relevant computer software and applications and;
• Ability to work in a team-modulated and collaborative environment.

Terms and Conditions of Service

The successful candidates for the above positions will be offered a competitive remuneration package and will be appointed on three year contract term renewable on satisfactory performance.

Application Process

If your training, experience and competence match or exceed any of the above minimum requirements, please send (2) separately secured copies of your application, a detailed up-to-date curriculum vitae, indicating current remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts, together with copies of certificates and testimonials.

You should also give the names of three referees who must be familiar with your previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email addresses. The application cover MUST clearly indicate the position being applied for.

Application should be addressed to the Commission Secretary, CRA and be sent by post or hand delivered to the Commission offices at 14 Riverside Drive by latest Friday, March 16, 2012 as follows:

Application for the position of ___________ (insert appropriate position)

To The Commission Secretary
Commission on Revenue Allocation
14 Riverside Drive
Grosvenor Block
P.O. BOX 1310 - 00200
Nairobi

The CRA is an equal opportunity, gender sensitive and compliant employer.

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