CfC Life Insurance Company is a customer focused provider of relevant and affordable life and retirement products.
We are inviting applicants from suitably qualified candidates for the following Job opportunities:
Job Title: Project Manager - 2 Posts
Department: Programme Management Office
Reporting To: Head of Project Management
Key Objective of the Job
The focus of this role is on the management of complex/multiple projects within IT and Business. The role requires extensive technical, professional and management acumen.
Job Summary - Key Tasks in the Job
We are inviting applicants from suitably qualified candidates for the following Job opportunities:
Job Title: Project Manager - 2 Posts
Department: Programme Management Office
Reporting To: Head of Project Management
Key Objective of the Job
The focus of this role is on the management of complex/multiple projects within IT and Business. The role requires extensive technical, professional and management acumen.
Job Summary - Key Tasks in the Job
- Realisation of agreed strategic intent of projects by linking projects to overall strategic goals.
- Manage Projects that have a substantial impact on the profitability and operating efficiency of the organisation.
- Performs work which is mainly non-routine and which often includes strategic decision-making.
- Advice and guidance impacts multiple/single BU/SD and/or single/multiple discipline. Clarification on complex technical and/or business issues.
- Responsibility for the successful completion of complex projects and programmes of work, establishing and maintaining the correct structures to control and monitor the deliverables to one or more BU/SD's or the organisation, whilst managing the expectations for projects from management at the highest levels.
- Overall accountability for the delivery of projects according to agreed scope, cost, time and quality.
- Manage one or more large project teams, developing and maintaining manpower plans for managers and staff involved and monitoring deployment of individuals to ensure that they are contributing effectively whilst developing skills and experience.
- Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously and coordinates between teams.
- Ensure all strategic stakeholders are kept informed of project status and issues at all times through discussion and negotiation.
Academic and professional qualification
- Bachelor of Commerce Degree
- Prince 2 Practitioner
- PMBO K(PMI)
Job Experience
- Approximately 3 years experience as a Project Leader, including but not limited to at least two projects from initiation to implementation.
- A minimum of 4 years relevant project management experience.
- In addition, the incumbent should also have approximately 3 years complementary business experience.
Knowledge
- Planning methods and techniques
- Knowledge and Understanding of Insurance industry
- Knowledge of Business and Systems Procedures, Rules and Processes
- Broad information technology knowledge and discipline specific knowledge
- Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycles' processes and or IT Architecture
- Financial Analysis and Interpretation
Skills (Personal and Interpersonal)
- Use of the Standard Project Scheduling Tool e.g: PS8
- Analytical thinking
- Speaking / verbal expressions
- Questioning
- Executive Report writing
- Logical reasoning
- Judgement
- Enabling
- Integration Management
The Human Resources Department
P.O. Box 30364 -00100
Nairobi
