Insurance Sales Agents The Company is seeking to fill the following position of Insurance Sales Agent with individuals who are proactive and self-driven and who can apply their knowledge, diligence, and experience to contribute to the achievement of our mission to delight our customers with outstanding financial services. The main role of the position of a Insurance Sales Agent is to sell insurance products and investment funds to prospective and existing clients and service the accounts thus created. Specifically, the Financial Advisor is expected to do, inter alia, the following on a highly rewarding commission-paying remuneration structure: Sell insurance and investment schemes to prospective and existing individual and corporate clients; Relationship management for existing clients; Meet and exceed exciting and aggressive work targets; Work in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment within an entrepreneurial culture that offers minimum supervision. Successful candidates will need to possess the following skills and experience: An appropriate qualification/training in sales and marketing; Work experience in the financial services sector e.g. bank, insurance companies, fund manager, stock brokers etc would be an advantage; Proven experience and success in selling financial services products: experience of selling unit trust investment or insurance products would also be an added advantage; Computer literate (evidence will be an added advantage) A good working knowledge of financial markets and financial products; A high sales drive and a strong will to succeed; Mature, confident, articulate and with strong communication skills; Results oriented with ability to work under strict deadlines and meet sales targets; Well groomed, presentable and strong interpersonal skills; C+ and above in KCSE Mature, 28 years old and above preferred If this position is of interest to you, please email your detailed curriculum vitae and covering letter explaining how you would meet the demands of this challenging position giving full names and contacts of 3 referees to mmachaga@british-american.co.ke Hard copies will not be accepted. Applications should be received not later than 18th May 2012 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

IT Programmer

Company Profile: One of the largest manufacturers of high quality edible vegetable oils & fats, margarine, and laundry & toilet soaps in the East and Central African region

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and recommendations in assessing new IT software projects and initiatives to support and enhance our existing systems.
• Make recommendations on custom applications which include a number of MS-Access data capture systems for Stewardship and other databases which need to be moved into a central SQL repository.
• Identify opportunities that can improve efficiency of business processes.
• Coordinate application development for multiple projects.
• Assist in troubleshooting software application issues.
• Assist in managing an outsource relationship for 3rd party application development and programming consultants.
• Assist network administrator with application installation and testing.
• Troubleshoot technical issues and identify modifications needed in existing applications to meet changing user requirements.
• Analyze data contained in the corporate database and identify data integrity issues with existing and proposed systems and implement solutions.
• Provides assistance and advice to business users in the effective use of applications and information technology.
• Provide minor programming for some in-house IT projects.
• Provide SQL administration in live and test environments.
• Write technical procedures and documentation for the applications including operations, user guide, etc.
• Produce technical documentation for new and existing applications.
• Verify database and data integrity.
• Participate on IT project steering committees and be involved in the design phase of any new IT software development projects.
• Assist in the creation of the system design and functional specifications for all new development projects.
• Serve as a liaison and facilitator between all business units to assist in addressing and resolving IT software issues.

Desired Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science/information technology or equivalent from a recognized university
• Minimum 2 years hands-on working programming experience using SQL, VBA and MS Excel/MS Access
• Experience of Systems Administration, data base development/management, Report Writing
• Familiarity with ICT policy development and implementation
• Experience with working with application support centersCore skills & Competencies
• Programming skills esp. in SQL, VBA
• Software Installation skills
• Database management skills
• Broad ICT knowledge & the capacity to keep up with the ever challenging technology
• User training & support skills
• Project Management skills
• Reporting & Presentation skills

To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.comquoting the position in the subject line and preferred location. 

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted