Are you looking for an employer who
promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with
a key focus on social empowerment?
We are looking for dynamic, creative and self-oriented professionals to fill the position of:
Business Development Manager– Agribusiness Banking
Job Summary
- The holder will be responsible for developing and
managing agribusiness related activities and value chains for the growth
of the bank business and contribution to the bottom line. Particularly
addressing all the related value chains covering coffee subsector, grain,
dairy, horticulture multipurpose co-operatives, Community Based
Organisations, tea, sugarcane mortgage asset/insurance finance and any
Agri based business.
- He will support the RM - Agribusiness and branch in the
region in their endeavors to drive business and coordinate functions of
the department/division in line with divisional structure and act as the
interface of the department with the Branches in the region while at the same
time exploring possible value chains that can translate into business
arising from clients call visits and other initiatives.
- Activities will be centered on increasing volumes of
assets, liabilities and customer numbers while at the same time directing
sales growth through the existing delivery channels and in support with
head of department.
Main duties
This challenging opportunity which involve the following:-
This challenging opportunity which involve the following:-
- Carry out market intelligence and market research to
identify needs of the sector development of responsive products.
- Seek opportunities and provide the sector monthly,
quarterly, yearly development and performance report.
- Develop models that increase market access to the Bank.
- Develop suitable agribusiness products, programes,
template, checlist and ensure they are operational.
- Seek feedback from RMs and BDOs on their unique market
needs and develop products or programs that are suitable and customer
centric.
- Develop, ensure approval and seek to popularise
all agricultural products.
- Development of project proposals, business plans and
M.O.Us.
- Seek to cross-sell Bank products.
- Work closely with MOCDM and MoA officers in order to
maintain a competitive edge in the industry by being ahead of the
competition in all Agribusiness ventures.
- Assist in development and constant review of accounts
plan with clear wallet sizes and customer profiles.
- Seek to acquire new customers in Agri-business
- Assist in preparation of seminars and workshops.
- Work closely with MOCDM and MoA officers in order to
maintain a competitive edge in the industry by being ahead of the
competition in all Agribusiness ventures.
- Carry out branch visits as a matter of courtesy to
gather intelligence on what the competition is doing in order to remain
relevant in the market.
- Train staff on related projects and products.
- Assist in review of internal processes to ensure
procedures and processes
Job Specification &
Qualification
The incumbent will be required to possess the following attributes:-
The incumbent will be required to possess the following attributes:-
- A university degree in a business related field.
- Agricultural related degree will be an added advantage
- 3 years Previous experience in successful business
development in agricultural sector
- Previous experience in writing reports and business
proposals
- Selling and Negotiation Skills
- Credit analysis Skills
- 40 years and below
Please quote
this reference on your application and on the envelope: BDM/3/HRD/2013
Oracle Database
Administrator
Job Summary:
Job Summary:
Reporting to Head Database
Administration, Information & Communication Technology Department,
- The role holder will be responsible for end-to-end and
proactive database design, administration, performance monitoring and
management of all databases, peripheral infrastructure, and general ICT
systems through setting up of optimal performance bench marks, use of
modern and appropriate tools coupled with best practices.
- The role holder will also ensure high systems
availability and improvements to meet business growth demands, ensure
timely intervention by key stake holders, improved performance, enhanced
system security, business continuity and excellence in service delivery.
Main Duties:
- Team up with applications support, development and
infrastructure team in the development, deployment, management of
application and infrastructure, and proactively monitor system health in
order to proactively identify weaknesses and manage them.
- Perform tasks such as system design, capacity planning,
maintenance, trouble shooting, and change control activities.
- End to end system performance management to guarantee
adequate response to end users and proactive monitoring of production
databases to ensure application uptime
- Creating and maintaining database documentation,
including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data
dictionary and maintain all technical documentation relating to database
management
- Administration and Management of a high availability
enterprise architecture.
- Ensuring a high database security regime by
establishing system access needs of users; controlling database access
through permissions and privileges and proactively monitoring and
reviewing user access using the Audit and Database Vault
Job specification:
The incumbent will be required to possess the following qualifications, attributes and skills:
The incumbent will be required to possess the following qualifications, attributes and skills:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.
- Oracle RDBMS 10g, 11g OCP certification
- Proficiency and hands on experience in SQL and PL/SQL
- Proven Hands on experience working with Unix
environments
- 3 years working experience in an IT enterprise
environment
- Knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager
- Proven experience in managing RAC, Dataguard, ASM for
mission critical databases
- Familiarity with ICT management frameworks such as
ITIL, COBIT, etc.
- 40 years or below
Please quote
this reference on your application and on the envelope: DBA/3/HRD/2013
Operations Officer–
Custodial Services
Job Summary
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the operations officer will be responsible for actual accurate settlements of cash and securities (Fixed Income and Money Market Instruments) in accordance to the market rules and procedures.
Job Summary
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the operations officer will be responsible for actual accurate settlements of cash and securities (Fixed Income and Money Market Instruments) in accordance to the market rules and procedures.
He/she will correspond with clients
and ensure all transactions are settled according to the client’s SLA and
relevant systems updated.
Main duties:
Main duties:
- Daily instruction execution in accordance with clients’
Service Level Agreements
- Follow up of instruction execution to ensure completion
and escalate if not completed within the required timelines
- Make all postings and ensure settlement in the custody
system same day.
- Ensure maintenance and efficient execution of actions
diary
- Ensure resolution of outstanding items conclusively
within the turnaround time
- Adhere to all procedures and manual controls
- Ensure that all filing is done in a methodical manner
on a daily basis
- Continuously improve service offerings through
innovation
- Demonstrate determination to “execute right first time”
- Ensure queries are responded to within the turn-around
time and resolved conclusively though proactive follow-up.
- Ensure support of other team members to ensure customer
satisfaction in other aspects of the department such as client balances,
reconciliations and reporting.
Job specification:
- A bachelor’s degree in any business related field
- At least three year relevant experience
- Good working knowledge of pension and capital markets
regulatory requirements
- Have a good understanding of all settlement related
functions
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills & proactive in all
aspects
- Must be able to perform optimally under pressure and
with strict deadlines
- Ability to learn new systems fast
- Resilience and drive
- Experience in reconciliations will be an added
advantage
- 40 years and below
Please quote
this reference on your application and on the envelope: Ops –
Custody/3/HRD/2013
Relationship Manager–
Custodial Services
Job Summary
Reporting to the Head – Custodial Services, the Relationship Manager will be responsible for business development and client relationship management.
Main duties:
Job Summary
Reporting to the Head – Custodial Services, the Relationship Manager will be responsible for business development and client relationship management.
Main duties:
- Business development – growth of assets under custody,
deposits and revenue.
- Involvement in product development and diversification
– assessment and identification of gaps in the market and development of
relevant products to meet that gap.
- Effective deal pipeline management.
- Manage client take-on or divestiture of new business by
liaising with trustees/clients and the operations team
- Client retention through pro-active management
- Cross-selling of other Bank’s products
- Preparation of quarterly reports and dispatch to
clients
- Presentation of custody reports in client meetings
including quarterly meetings and AGMS.
- Training of trustees.
- Timely collection of the unit’s revenue & ensuring
there's no leakage of the same.
- Prompt resolution to customer queries derived from
customer interactions.
Job specifications:
- A university degree in a business related field
- At least three years experience in relationship
management and sales
- Good working knowledge of pension and capital markets
regulatory requirements
- Great interpersonal relationship skills
- Communication skills
- Report writing skills
- Presentation skills
- Working knowledge of capital markets and the pensions
industry
- 40 years and below
Please quote
this reference on your application and on the envelope: RM-CUSTODY/3/HRD/2013
Co-op Bank Foundation
Manager
Job Summary
Reporting to the Company Secretary, the role holder will be responsible for the overall day today running and management of the Foundation.
Main duties
This challenging opportunity which involve the following:-
Job Summary
Reporting to the Company Secretary, the role holder will be responsible for the overall day today running and management of the Foundation.
Main duties
This challenging opportunity which involve the following:-
- Develop Strategies and guidelines for the Foundation in
line with emerging best practices for consideration and approval by the
Trustees.
- Research, develop and submit concept Papers ,
Project/Funding proposals both financial and narrative to potential
Funders.
- Ensure the existing School Fees Bursary Program is run
efficiently and sustainably
- Develop and manage a robust Mentorship Program for
Students being sponsored by the Foundation both at High School and
University level.
- Ensure excellent existence of strong relationships
between the Foundation and all the Stakeholders such as Donors, Ministry
of Education, Learning Institutions among others.
- Maintain Endowment Campaign records, track pledges,
send reminder notices of pledges due, send acknowledgements of donations
received, serve as staff contact with endowment team.
- Preparation and management of the Foundation
Budget.
- Preparation of all required reports e.g. reports
required by the Main Sponsor (Co-op Bank) and other Donors.
- Prepare and provide monthly reports to management and
other reports required by the Trustees.
- Ensure grant submissions and all reporting meets
corporate and foundation guidelines and deadlines.
- Support Investor Relations Department within the
Finance Division in developing social investment materials and
documentation for sustainability reporting.
- Monitor the academic progress of the Students being
sponsored by the Foundation
- Ensure adequate branding and visibility of projects.
- Perform general management duties for the foundations
team including the development of annual plans, budgets, reports and
evaluations and the production of monthly reports for the Trustees.
- Conduct monitoring and evaluation of projects to
demonstrate and track impact and generate pertinent reports.
Job Specification &
Qualification
The incumbent will be required to possess the following qualifications and attributes:-
- Bachelor’s degree in Education, Finance/Accounting or
Social Sciences.
- Relevant certification in Foundation Management.
- Minimum of 5 years of management experience in managing
large Foundation/s with a strong focus on fundraising and program
development.
- Experience in managing large Foundations in the areas
of Education and Environment will have an added advantage.
- Demonstrated track record in securing and managing
substantial grant portfolios with diverse funders.
- Proven ability to write clear, structured, articulate
proposals and reports, including financial elements.
- Ability to review and edit documents developed at field
level
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to
manage a wide variety of internal and external relationships.
- The ability to handle multiple and often competing
deadlines under pressure.
Please quote this reference on your
application and on the envelope: CFM/03/HRD/2013
Interested candidates meeting the
above criteria should forward an application enclosing detailed Curriculum
Vitae accompanied by copies of certificates and indicating the current
remuneration to the address shown below by 31st May 2013.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Only the short listed candidates will be contacted.
The Director
Human Resources Division
Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd.
P.O. Box 48231-00100
NAIROBI
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Only the short listed candidates will be contacted.
The Director
Human Resources Division
Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd.
P.O. Box 48231-00100
NAIROBI