Fast Growing Composite Insurance Company in Kenya Career Opportunities

We are a fast growing composite insurance company in Kenya and an equal opportunity employer, based in Nairobi with a growing branch network across Kenya.

The company is looking for adept, energetic, motivated and ambitious individuals to fill the following positions spread across the country including at its Head Office in Nairobi.

Branch Manager
1 Position

Role

• To grow and establish business partners for the branch office and provide administrative oversight to branch activities.
  

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance or Marketing.
• 10 years working experience as a Senior Underwriter and /or Senior Marketer in the insurance industry is mandatory.
• Demonstrated progression in professional qualifications in insurance.
• Flexibility to live and work outside of Nairobi.
• Between 35 years and 45 years of age.

Agency Manager – General Business
1 Position

Role

• To generate business, recruit, train and supervise direct sales agents

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance or Marketing.
• 7 years progressive working experience as a marketer in charge of a large sales team.
• Experience in risk assessment and knowledge of general business underwriting at middle to senior level.
• Demonstrated progression in professional qualifications.
• Flexibility to work in and outside of Nairobi.
• Between 35 years and 45 years of age.

Marketing Executive
2 Positions

• 1 Position - General Business
• 1 Position - Life Business

Role

• Sourcing out and maintaining business relationships with corporate clients, development of new products and business partnerships.

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance or Marketing.
• 5 years progressive working experience as a marketer in an insurance company.
• Experience in risk assessment and knowledge of underwriting at middle to senior level.
• Demonstrated progression in professional qualifications.
• Flexibility to work in and outside of Nairobi.
• Between 30 years and 45 years of age.

Underwriting Assistant / Officer
3 Positions

Role

• Risk assessment and acceptance, processing underwriting documents and ensure that customer satisfaction is achieved optimally through effective and efficient service.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance
• 5 credits in professional examinations.
• 3 years of experience in a similar position in an insurance company.
• Demonstrated ability to handle clients.
• Previous experience with an insurance management information system is a requirement.
• Candidates with knowledge on Sharia Law are encouraged to apply and will have an added advantage though this is not a compulsory requirement.
  

Claims Recoveries Assistant
1 Position

Role

• To assist in processing claims and spearheading claims recoveries.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce - Insurance option. Candidates with an additional Diploma in Law will have an added advantage.
• 2 years experience in a busy claims department with bias towards recoveries section.
• Professional qualifications in insurance shall be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to handle clients.

Claims Assistant
1 Position

Role

• To assist in claims processing.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance or Economics.
• 2 years experience in a busy claims department.
• Professional qualifications in insurance shall be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to handle clients.

Legal Clerk
1 Position

Role

• To assist the legal department in day to day operations.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Diploma in Law. Holders of a Degree will have an added advantage.
• Min 2 years post qualification experience in active legal work.
• Working knowledge in general and insurance law and general court processes.
• Previous experience in an insurance company will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with large volumes of work and ability to perform within strict deadlines.
  

Customer Service Assistant
Underwriting & Claims - Life Business
2 Positions

Role

• To ensure customer satisfaction is achieved optimally through effective and efficient services and to efficiently handle claims in the Life Division.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• Continuing professional qualifications in insurance shall be an added advantage but not a requirement.
• 3 years of experience in a similar position or underwriting/claims in insurance of life business.
• Demonstrated ability to handle clients professionally.
• Previous experience with an insurance management information system is a requirement.
  

Human Resources Assistant

Role

• To provide administrative support to the HR function.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in a social science. Applicants with specific training in HR will have an added advantage
• 2 years of experience in busy HR department
• Demonstrated analytical and people skills.

ICT Manager

Role

• Develop, design, maintain and manage progressive infrastructure solutions with a long-term view to the business objectives and a view towards reliability, availability, security, efficiency and cost effectiveness

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology with 7 years post qualification experience.
• Must be a holder of Microsoft Certified IT Professional and CISCO Certified Network Associate certification.
• 5 years experience in leadership of large scale systems planning, analysis, design and development
• Demonstrated and proven experience in infrastructure and application development.
• Experience in multi-platform environments consisting of windows, Linux and Unix
• Experience in set up and management of distributed network environments.
• Experience in design, implementation and management of network security
• Experience with oracle database environments, high availability environments and recovery processes and solutions
• Experience with data centre management and efficiency.
• Must be results oriented, with strong analytical, communication and organizing skills.
• Must have superior people and project management skills.
• Must be agile and versatile in approach and up to date on current ICT trends
• Age between 30 – 45 years

ICT Assistant

Role

• Provision of efficient technical support of the company’s ICT functions within and between branch offices.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in information technology.
• 2 years experience in a similar position.
• Previous experience and certification in network administration and data management is compulsory.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with diverse management information systems and general understanding of and ability to work with various interface concepts.
• Must be agile and up to date on current ICT trends

Reinsurance Officer

Role

• Assist in ensuring smooth running of the Company’s Reinsurance Programme, while contributing to the overall efficiency of the Reinsurance Section.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree.
• Progressive professional qualifications in Insurance and/or Accounting.
• 2 years experience in a similar position in an insurance company.
• Previous experience in a computerised environment will be an added advantage.

Secretary / Receptionist

Minimum Requirements

• Higher Diploma in Secretarial Studies. Graduates are encouraged to apply.
• 5 years post certification experience in a similar position in a professional environment in the financial or hospitality sector is mandatory.
• Must be mature, posses a professional outlook, fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili and aged between 30 – 40 years
• Demonstrated ability to work professionally and deal with large volumes of work and ability to perform within strict deadlines.
• Candidates with knowledge of Sharia Law are encouraged to apply though this is not a compulsory requirement.

Administration Assistant

Role

• To provide support to the administrative functions of the company and ensure smooth running of business including procurement and stores management.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• A degree in Business Administration or a higher diploma in stores management and procurement.
• 2 years experience in general office administration with experience in procurement.
• Proficiency in various computer applications, especially spreadsheets, is a requirement for this position.
• Demonstrated ability to work professionally and deal with large volumes of data and work assignments and ability to perform within strict deadlines.

Driver / Rider

Role

• To provide messenger related services to the company.

Minimum and Desirable Qualifications

• O level certificate.
• A valid driver’s licence EFG classes and a current Certificate of Good Conduct.
• 2 years experience with a medium sized company and 2 years continuous driving of both a motor cycle and saloon vehicle. Present and former PSV vehicle drivers need not apply.
• Letter of recommendation confirming driving and riding ability from previous employers is compulsory and must be attached to the application.
• Demonstrated ability to work professionally and deal with large volumes of work and ability to perform within strict deadlines.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
• All applications MUST be typed by the applicant. No hand written applications will be accepted for this position.

Unless otherwise stipulated, all applicants should be between 25 – 40 years of age.

If you posses the above noted skills and qualifications, please send your detailed CV, copies of certificates and relevant testimonials with a covering letter including your current/ most recent position and work location and your current/most recent and expected salary to the address below.

D/NA 494
P. O. Box 49010 - 0010 GPO
Nairobi

All applications should be received not later than 5 pm on 22nd January 2010

Applicants should ensure that the position to which they have applied is clearly stated on the envelop and on the reference line of the cover letter.

Persons without the stated required qualifications need not bother to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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