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Roles and Responsibilities

Some of the Key Responsibilities of this position includes but shall not be limited to:

• Create efficient and sustainable systems and procedures to enhance the productivity of both the human and ginning machinery resources.
• Ensure consistency in operational and output quality.
• Make informative daily reporting tools that capture all cost elements.
• Regularly and thoroughly analyze the data in the daily reporting tools to identify patterns/deviations and take initiatives for adequate control measures.
• Create and submit comprehensive reports on process/team performance and progress.
• Consistently meet production targets without jeopardizing product quality.
• Maintain and promote a safe and clean work environment.
• Facilitate cordial relationships amongst team members and other internal/external stakeholders and partners.
• Ensure general compliance with Standard Operating Procedures for machines.
• Ensure general maintenance of the ginning facility.
• Coordinate production and purchase of raw materials.
• Ensure high-capacity utilization of the facility.

Minimum Qualification & Attributes

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.
• Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering will be an added advantage.
• 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations, ideally in cotton production.
• English Language Fluency.
• Working knowledge of applicable industry requirements and regulations.
• Managerial and leadership skills.
• Ethical and Hard working.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Excellent reasoning and decision-making skills, analytical, and report writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Applications (Excel etc.)

Alternative Channels Manager – Co-operatives Banking

The role

The successful jobholder will be expected to:

• Spearhead the implementation of the digital strategy for Co-operatives.
• Innovate new products and product enhancements for the division
• Drive the scoping, documentation, and implementation of new solutions
• Ensure adherence to the agreed timeline of project implementation
• Support departments to scope and deliver Solutions
• Scoping channels enhancements change requests
• Working with interdepartmental project teams to deliver solutions for the sector
• Align on the BCI project implementation and work with CBD departmental and support teams to ensure a seamless transition for the various integrations and solution offering to Co-operatives
• Support the division to increase channels transitions by supporting new integrations for channels, onboarding new saccos
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• Cross sell value added products to grow division non-funded income
• Support the division to grow Sacco Link utilization by, support upgrade of Saccos to Sacco API from the ISO bridge, Drive conversion of Saccos from GPRS / P2P to MPLS, Support deployment of IIS to drive Sacco link Card Application and utilization.
• Increase MCo-op Cash utilization by supporting migration, integration and onboarding new Saccos to the platform
• Support Channels implementation to achieve departmental liabilities and NFI growth – RCS, B2B, Pay to Fosa
• Training to drive Channels knowledge for Co-operatives
• Develop ideas into products to enable the Bank stay ahead of competition.
• Drive penetration and utilization of the channels through client hand holding, training, marketing and promotion, ensuring successful implementation of Sacco products / projects.
• Collaborate with our ICT, wholesale banking, vendors and Fintechs organizations to support and derive maximum benefits from the channels.
• Constantly engage with ICT/BCM/Projects/Sacco Desk Support/Sacco Support Services to give input for Co-operatives requirements for any projects involving Sacco products.

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following qualifications: –

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business or ICT related field from a recognized university.
• A minimum 3 years relevant experience in Co-operatives relationship management
• A minimum 2 years relevant experience business and product development in the banking industry
• Good accounting knowledge especially understanding the preparation of financial statements, ratio analysis and interpretation
• Good knowledge of the cooperative movement especially the different types of cooperatives
• Excellent communication & inter-personal skills and the capability to understand and manage several products deployment & support the same.
• Demonstrated leadership, personnel management, and project management skills.
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Corporate Credit Analyst

The role

The successful jobholder will be expected to:

• Receive and analyze credit proposals from business units and make a decision, thereafter advice the business unit of the decisions same day.
• Recommend appropriate credit decisions to Credit approvers for final decision.
• Escalate unusual issues or issues raising concern to the Head – Corporate Credit Risk Analysis Department.
• Keep up to date records of all cases received, analyzed and decisions by prompt update of tracker.
• Keep abreast with economic, industry and business trends to facilitate quality analysis of credit applications.

• Document issues identified as causes of weak appraisals from business units – both policy and procedure.
• Train business units credit staff on credit analysis procedures
• Ensure all lending proposals are within the bank’s credit policy & lending guidelines and escalate any exceptions
• Ensure any policy breaches are properly authorized at the correct level.
• Monitoring assigned portfolio for any signs of stress and initiate corrective measures.
• Highlight to Head – Corporate Credit Analysis Department any necessary changes to the Bank’s credit policy and procedures.

• Provide timely and clear responses to the various business units as per the agreed SLAs.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending and contributing to training programs, educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional structures & studies.
• Strict adherence to all regulations, statutes, standards, practices and all internal processes and procedures as   per the   relevant manuals and comply with all relevant external legislation and regulations with regard to Compliance requirements.

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Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following qualifications:-

• A university degree in a Business-Related field from a recognized university with at least 3 years banking experience in a credit related function.
• A thorough knowledge of the Bank’s credit policy and lending guidelines with good understanding of related products and services Plus Credit & Financial analytical skills.
• Ability to identify, analyze, condense and articulate complicated ideas and findings briefly and clearly.
• A good knowledge of business trends and the business environment.
• A general awareness of the Bank’s vision and focus especially in relation to Business Development & management of risks.

Digital & E-Channels Support Officer

The role

The successful jobholder will be expected to:

• Ensure that all the Digital and E-Channels Systems are properly managed and deliver business results and delightful customer experience.
• Provide solutions to all system related problems or failures.
• Participate and carry out system implementation, rollouts and upgrades and ensure maintenance of the required system configuration, parameterization and change control procedures.
• Ensure that business systems are protected and secure and that policies, procedures and guidelines for information processing and outputs are well documented, details available and well understood.
• Ensure uptime and efficiency of the business systems and provide advice, training, demonstrations and all troubleshooting needs for any problems or knowledge digital channels may require before liaising with the Vendors if technical problem is over capability.
• Ensure strict adherence to all regulations, statutes, standards, practices and all internal processes and procedures as per the relevant manuals and comply with all relevant external legislation and regulations with regard to Compliance requirements
• Contribute to the department’s achievement of a “Satisfactory” rating in both internal and external audit by performing your role to the required standards and adhering to all internal processes and procedures as per relevant manuals, policies and regulations of the bank.
• Ensure generation and maintenance of audit trails for any changes occurring in sensitive databases are captured and secured.
• Ensure that all risk management requirements within your remit are addressed and where necessary escalated through the available defined channels.

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following qualifications: –

• A Bachelor’s degree in an ICT related field from a recognized university with at least 2 Years’ experience in a competitive Digital Channels and Payments environment.
• Working experience on Linux and Unix based environment with proficiency Linux scripting and associated tools
• Competence in API based technologies such as REST and SOAP APIs
• Knowledge and experience on Integration of Web Services to Enterprise Service Bus (ESBs) and associated tools
• Competence in Apache based technologies such as Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server, Maven and Kafka
• Working experience with Message Queuing Systems including IBM MQ, JMS and ActiveMQ
• Advanced knowledge in SQL scripting using relational databases such as Oracle, MSSQL and MySQL
• Knowledge in No-SQL scripting, ITIL foundation, Dev Ops, and CI/CD technologies will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Mobile Banking platforms languages and platforms will also be an added advantage
• Knowledge in Service Desk related technologies such as Jira among others.

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