Head of Project Management Office
Chief of Party
Quality Assurance Manager
Responsibilities
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Lead and direct the Program
Management Team.
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Develop project prioritization
recommendations for business and management consideration.
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Develop project management plans and
budgets.
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Provide project management oversight
and reporting during the project life cycle.
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Ensure enforcement of the use and
application of project management methods and standards in line with Bank
policies and standards.
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Relationship management of project
stakeholders: Businesses, End users, Vendors, System Owners, System end users,
project managers.
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Manage post implementation review and
quality assurance of projects and system change requests for all systems.
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Responsible for working with and
supporting Project Managers to ensure that new capability is embedded within
the business line.
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Responsible for managing and
resolving all program level risks and issues as appropriate.
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Responsible for the development and
embedding of change management best practice models to optimise the delivery
and governance of change.
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Responsible for adherence to Quality
Control of all processes & procedures undertaken by IT PMO.
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Responsible for providing financial
information & support to IT division
Qualifications
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the
following:
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University Degree preferably in
Engineering or a Business related field from an institution recognized by
Commission of Higher Education is required.
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Professional qualification in Project
Management is required. Masters’ degree in a Business related field is an added
advantage.
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8 years’ experience in Project
Management having had at least 5 years’ experience in:
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Project Management Lead
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Financial Planning, Budgeting &
Reporting
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Relationship Management of Project
Stakeholders
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General Banking Operations experience
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Excellent interpersonal and
negotiation skills with the ability to develop strong business relations.
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Advanced leadership skills with
demonstrated competencies in championing high performance management.
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Advanced understanding of Risk,
Compliance policies and procedures in Banking.
Chief of Party
Job Description
KCB Foundation was established in 2007 to implement the KCB Bank
Group’s Corporate Social Responsibility programs and as a sign of commitment to
sustainable development to alleviate poverty and enhance well-being.
The Chief of Party is responsible for providing leadership in
project implementation and delivery of desired results in accordance with donor
rules, regulations, and policies. The role holder will lead the project
management team ensuring responsiveness to the donor and other stakeholders,
provide high-level oversight ensuring the project resources are allocated and
used effectively and in a manner that makes maximum contribution to project
objectives. S/he will engage in work planning, resource allocation, granting,
monitoring and evaluation, research, performance management, communication and
new business case development. S/he will serve as the primary program contact
to KCB Foundation Managing Director.
Responsibilities
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In liaison with KCB Foundation
Managing Director and program staff, plan, implement and monitor all aspects of
the program in collaboration with technical staff, organizational partners,
program partners, and short-term consultants .
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The COP will also be responsible for
the management of the project and will serve as key liaison with the donor, KCB
Bank Kenya and implementing partners.
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Ensure appropriate reporting,
financial oversight and compliance of the project in accordance with donor
rules and regulations. Ensure program partners’ compliance with donor policies
on marking and branding and donor rules and regulations.
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In liaison with the Managing
Director, Head of Finance and HR, ensure effective and transparent use of
financial resources for timely and informative reporting in line with donor
policies and procedures through collaboration with program, finance and
administrative staff.
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Oversee the development and
implementation of the program monitoring and evaluation plan to ensure program
activities are tracked, reviewed in line with the overall goal and
implementation plan and have the desired impact to achieve program goals and
objectives.
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Visit assigned sites on a regular
basis and oversee implementation and execution of ongoing project tasks.
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Create and sustain a work environment
that promotes learning through documentation and knowledge sharing around best
practices and lessons learned.
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Ensure monthly, quarterly and annual
programmatic reports and information for submission to the donor.
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Effective people management ensuring
highly skilled staff are recruited, properly inducted, empowered to provide
leadership and decision-making within a team setting, and effectively managed
to perform to a high standard and meeting their objectives.
Qualifications
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University degree in Business,
Economics, Development Studies or related field from a recognized university.
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Master’s degree or professional
qualifications in relevant field is added advantage.
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15 years’ relevant work experience in
designing, managing, monitoring and implementing capacity building projects
with a proven track record.
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At least 5 years’ experience as a
Chief of Party/ Program Director/ Country Manager with an international donor
agency or NGO.
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International donor experience is
required with significant exposure and experience leading/ managing/ monitoring
projects in accordance with donor rules, regulations and guidelines.
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Excellent capacity to understand and
manage complex budgets in relation to program implementation.
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Strategic thinking and planning
capacity to oversee the development and implementation of functional plans and
project initiatives.
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Proven multi-sectoral exposure and
experience in building & managing strong client and stakeholder relationships.
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Demonstrated ability to lead people
and get results through others.
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Problem analysis and resolution at
functional and strategic level.
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Excellent interpersonal,
communication and presentation skills.
Quality Assurance Manager
Job Description
IT Quality Assurance unit is mandated to develop and establish
quality assurance, policies, standards and measures for the information
technology services within the organization.
The Quality Assurance Manager will perform quality reviews on
business requirements, develop standardized testing methods and strategies,
lead in the execution of functional and non-functional tests and implementing
quality testing and reporting processes in order to track and ensure adherence
to quality software development process and products.
Responsibilities
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Champion and coordinate business
requirements reviews across functional teams and ensure that the business
requirements are complete, precise and testable.
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Works with project team to define and
create overall project test strategy/test plan, test schedules or strategies
and identifies test resources, estimates test effort in accordance with project
scope or delivery dates and ensures that the test strategy is achieved.
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Develop, document and maintain
functional and non-functional test cases, test scripts and other test artifacts
like the test data, data validation, harness scripts and automated scripts.
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Works collaboratively with the
business units and project teams to execute and validate test cases based upon
business requirements and ensures that the test cases are traceable to the
requirements.
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In collaboration with GEA and other
critical stakeholders, tune the SQC processes, adopt tools and define re-usable
templates in-line with the adoption and maturity of the SQA Framework.
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Define test process including
required test activities and deliverables, conduct Test Readiness Assessment,
establish test beds and ensure that test beds are available for all planned
white box and black box testing activities.
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Engages, champions and collaborates
with technical teams/personnel in non-functional; testing including
integration, regression, load, performance, security and usability testing.
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Prepare, share and review test
results periodically, report any defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues
and interoperability flaws and develop test acceptance reports for projects and
software changes.
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Works with business units to perform
post deployment sanity and regression tests and post-implementation review
within defined period to confirm that the deployed solution works as per the
business requirements.
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Participates in formulation and
implementation of software process improvement policies and strategies for the
division.
Qualifications
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the
following:
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of
study.
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Professional Qualifications such as
ITIL Foundation or ISTQB Foundation or TOGAF is required.
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7 years progressive experience in Information
Technology with focus on Business Analysis, Software Development, Quality
Assurance.
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Experience in at least two IT
disciplines such as application development, middle ware, SOA and Software
Quality Assurance.
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Experience in operating systems
(Windows, Unix).
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Experience in Database management
systems.
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Prior working experience Software
Quality Assurance.
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Exposure to Software Testing
Automation.
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Exceptional interpersonal skills,
including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.
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Excellent planning and organizational
skills with ability to breakdown complex items to manageable components.
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Ability to liaise with all levels of
management and subject matter experts across the industry and within the
organization.
How to Apply
The above position is demanding roles for which the Bank will
provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidates. If you
believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given
above, please log in to our Recruitment Portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.
To be considered your application must be received by Thursday,
28th November
2019.
Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
NB: In the event that you are invited
to interview for any positions, we will require that you provide us with the
following documents:
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National I.D.
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KRA Pin Card
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Birth Certificate of self
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Passport Photo (White Background)
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NSSF Card
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NHIF Card
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Police Clearance Certificate (less
than 5 Months old)
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Academic and Professional
certificates, including official transcripts
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Certificates of Service from previous
employers as applicable