UAP Group is a Pan -
African Financial Services Company with interest in Insurance, Investment
Management, Property Investments and Financial Advisory.
Currently, UAP has businesses operating in Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan which are market leaders in their respective fields.
In order to execute it ambitious pan-Africa growth and expansion strategy, UAP
wishes to recruit high caliber individuals to fill the following positions:Currently, UAP has businesses operating in Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan which are market leaders in their respective fields.
1. Assistant Company Secretary / Legal Services Manager
2 Positions - One in Kenya and one in Uganda
Reporting to the Group Company Secretary & Head of Legal Services this position is to provide effective and efficient Board Secretarial and In House Legal Advisory services to the UAP Group in all operating Countries (or target territory) within Africa.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provision
of efficient Board secretariat services for subsidiaries.
- Preparing
for Board Meetings
- Arranging
for directors travel and accommodation
- Maintenance
of shares registers and accommodation
- Monitoring
contractual and statutory compliance
- Participating
in negotiations on commercial and business related matters
- Assisting
the Group Company Secretary in discharging such other duties as may be
allocated from time to time
- Registration,
protection/enforcement and monitoring use of intellectual property
- Drafting,
perusing and vetting legal agreements
- Custodian
of good corporate governance practices, Board stewardship &
accountability, Fiduciary duties of directors, Board manual, code of
conduct, conflict of interest and maintenance and custody of Company Seal.
- In-House
Legal advisory services in accordance with the services level agreements
with the Group Clients
- Providing
sound legal advisory services to the Group
- Preparing
legal opinions
- Legal
advice on HR Management, Retirement Benefits Administration, Insurance
Administration, procurement matters and strategic planning and
implementation, security and preservation of company property.
- Review
and analysis of changing legal and regulatory environment and pro active
preventive lawyering and internal early warning systems.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor
of laws (LL.B), Diploma in Law, must be an Advocate with a valid practicing
certificate with 8 to 10 years’ experience in commercial law practice or
busy corporate commercial law /company secretariat environment.
Key Competencies:
The successful candidates is expected to demonstrate high levels of the following key competencies: -
The successful candidates is expected to demonstrate high levels of the following key competencies: -
- Strong
Analytical and organization skills
- Computer
literacy and familiarity with standard office computer applications
- Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability
to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability
to work and travel at short notice.
2. Assistant Claims Manager (Kenya)
Reporting to the Claims Manager this position is to ensure that insurance claims are handled expeditiously and in a professional manner thereby meeting the customer expectations, departmental objectives and overall company objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Claims Manager this position is to ensure that insurance claims are handled expeditiously and in a professional manner thereby meeting the customer expectations, departmental objectives and overall company objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure
reserves are correctly set and constantly reviewed to reflect correct
position of the companies liability at one given time
- Monitoring
the performance of service providers for effective delivery
- Identify
gaps in the policy terms revealed during on the claims process and
recommend improvements to underwriters of our motor product so as to
improve the performance of the motor portfolio
- Authorize
all repairs, claims, costs and fees in the unit within the authority
limits to ensure that claims fall within the scope of the policy and the
claims costs are not inflated.
- Ensure
service providers are appointed promptly and the appointments are equally
distributed across the panel for effective service delivery.
- Preparation
of management reports on the department to show the performance of the
department.
- Initiate
recoveries from third parties in order to reduce final cost of the claim
Job Requirements:
- A
business related degree and ACII & 5 years working experience
Key Competencies:
The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate high levels of the following key competencies: -
The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate high levels of the following key competencies: -
- Basic
Computer skills
- Good
Negotiation skills
- Good
Communication and Interpersonal skills
- Problem
solving skills
- Underwriting
Knowledge