Co-operative Bank Jobs in Kenya

Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Head of Procurement

Are you experienced and highly motivated with a deep understanding of procurement best practice? 

Are you a person of high integrity capable of developing a strategic resourcing philosophy as well as model cost management practices?

If you are an experienced team leader with an excellent track record in delivering results in procurement, with the ability to make independent strategic decisions coupled with excellent planning, analytical, interpersonal and negotiation skills, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

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? 

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.

Reporting to Head – Sourcing & Facilities Management, the role holder will be responsible for competitive acquisition of quality goods and services, proper dispatch while ensuring cost control and good suppliers’ relationship.
 
The Role
 
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
  • Develop and manage the Banks’ purchasing policies, procedures, standards, and strategies in order to ensure process transparency, fairness, impartiality, and confidentiality.
  • Plan, organize, direct, manage, and evaluate the purchasing activities and the budget of the Bank.
  • Maintain an interface with vendors and service providers to ensure that all requirements meet established standards and that applicable guidelines, policies and procedures are understood and followed throughout the procurement process.
  • Support the business in establishing reasonable consumption levels, querying abnormal patterns to ensure costs are managed properly.
  • Survey the market for latest trends in price, availability, delivery and quality to ensure quality control and profitability.
  • Ensure all purchasing activities support and strengthen the strategic objectives of the Bank.
  • Manage and attend to all sourcing and purchasing requests to ensure that service providers efficiently deliver to specifications and in line with policies.
  • Review and assess total supply chain risk and identify opportunities to minimize and eliminate risk.
  • Negotiate with suppliers to ensure that the commercial terms of all contract agreements bank wide have adequately covered the bank’s interest and are in line with banks’ policy.
  • Co-ordinate the internal monitoring and evaluation of the procurement function to ensure compliance with procurement laws, regulations and practices.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
  • A Bachelor’s degree in Procurement/Purchasing and Supply or any other related field with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in procurement at managerial level.
  • Must possess professional qualifications in Purchasing and Supply Management from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply Management/registered member of the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management.
  • Must have experience/knowledge in clearing and forwarding and international trade/procurement.
  • Ability to understand and apply Procurement Best Practice and develop a strategic resourcing philosophy and demonstrate high ability and creativity in cost management strategies.
  • High level of team leadership and the ability to make independent strategic decisions with excellent problem solving and negotiation skills.
  • Excellent planning, negotiation, analytical, interpersonal and organization skills as well as excellent communication with the ability to set and meet stretch targets and deadlines.
  • Demonstrate a solid awareness in operational risk and quality in driving service excellence.
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke “HP/3/COO/2016” in the subject line by 20th April, 2016.

Data Governance Lead

How do companies keep track of the overflow of data in a technology driven market?

How can data be turned into an asset? 

How does one discern good data from unusable data? 

If you have a genuine interest in organizing data for profit, then perhaps you should consider this role at The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank”, and the place for those looking to new horizons.

You are brilliant, you drive results in a big way and you get things done. 


You are self-driven and have great follow-through. You have cultivated your technical and soft skills and established a respect for real-time data and the importance of data in informing business decisions. 

You are highly analytical with a keen interest in Data analytics.

You are well experienced in guiding enterprise data management initiatives in key business areas and in operationalizing data governance and you possess expertise in creating and deploying best practices and methodologies and knowledge about managing and leading technical data analytics teams across multiple departments while keeping a strategic perspective.

The data governance lead will be responsible for administering data policies, standards and procedure, for managing and implementing the enterprise data blueprint, for protecting data assets and stakeholder interests, and for providing support that enables data governance across the enterprise. 

The role holder will also lead and coordinate data stewardship and the governance organization towards setting policies, standards, architecture, and procedures, as well as resolving data related issues. 

The data organization includes data stewards, platform stewards, lead data stewards, and the Data Governance Council.

The Role
 
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
  • Drive the design, development, implementation, and application of the enterprise data governance program.
  • Establish a formal approach to managing the data assets through process, rules, policies and practices.
  • Coordinate the Data Governance Council – plan and direct meetings, work to resolve issues, drive strategic direction.
  • Work with the business units and corporate functions to establish effective data stewardship framework that work closely with the Data Governance Council.
  • Define and implement key data governance tools to support the processes.
  • Support strategic direction by drawing on information from multiple sources and using guidelines to analyze what information is important and how it should be used.
  • Achieves results by overseeing tasks through to completion, working within agreed priorities, committing to achieving quality outcomes, and seeking feedback from supervisors to gauge satisfaction and seeks guidance when required.
  • Support productive working relationships by building and sustaining positive relationships with team members, stakeholders and clients, and being responsive to changes in client and stakeholder needs and expectations.
  • Display personal drive and integrity by taking responsibility for meeting objectives and progressing work, showing initiative to do what is required, and committing energy and drive to see that goals are achieved.
  • Communicate with influence, confidently presenting communications in a clear, concise and articulate manner, focusing on key points and using appropriate, unambiguous language, selecting the most appropriate medium for conveying information, and structuring written and oral communication to ensure clarity.
  • Guide in identifying, developing and accessing effective communication to data and platform stewards.
  • Contribute content to internal collaborative content platforms to support engagement with data stakeholders.
  • Evangelize the concept of “data as an asset” and the value of understanding the quality of data.
  • Support the data management office and data stewards to ensure data assets comply with all governance policy, regulations, agreements, and business rules.
  • Contribute in the communications plan that keeps stakeholders updated on enterprise data governance.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
  • A degree in information management, organization governance, or related management fields is preferred. Possession of MBA will be an added advantage.
  • A minimum of three (3) year experience in an enterprise data governance business environment.
  • Any database administration certification will be an added advantage.
  • Experience in guiding enterprise data management initiatives in key business areas and in operationalizing data governance.
  • Expertise in creating and deploying best practices and methodologies and knowledge about managing and leading technical data analytics teams across multiple departments.
  • Knowledge and experience in building and supporting data stewardship teams across the organization and developing initiative to cascade data governance best practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complexity and multiple initiatives
  • Ability to synthesize and analyze diverse data and information, develop and recommend strategies
  • Ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated
  • Strategic perspective with an ability to analyze complex issues, develop appropriate action plans and deliver results.
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating “DGL/1/COO/2016” in the subject line by 20th April, 2016. 

Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Data Quality Analyst

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? 

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.

Do you easily spot patterns, and have an extremely meticulous approach to work? 

If you have a highly analytical mind that can take complex ideas & break them down into logical steps and are passionate about data quality, then read on.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Data Quality Analyst to join our ICT team. 

Reporting to the Head Data Strategy & Governance, the Data Quality Analyst will manage and oversee the development and operations of the data quality management system and coordinate the management of internal and external audit processes including maintaining global data quality standards. 

The role holder will also integrate the various internal processes within the bank and provide a process approach for project execution that will enable the bank to identify, measure, control and improve the various core business processes and ultimately lead to improved business performance.

The Role
 
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
  • Support strategic direction by undertaking objective, systematic analysis and deduce accurate conclusions based on evidence.
  • Identify problems and work towards resolving them by thinking laterally, and identifying and implementing improved work practices.
  • Achieve results through follow-up of projects through to completion, monitoring project progress, managing priorities, committing to achieving quality outcomes, adhering to documentation procedures, and seeking feedback from stakeholders to gauge satisfaction.
  • Support productive working relationships by building and sustaining positive relationships with team members, stakeholders and clients, and being responsive to changes in client and stakeholder needs and expectations.
  • Display personal drive and integrity by taking responsibility for meeting objectives and progressing work, showing initiative to do what is required, and committing energy and drive to see that goals are achieved.
  • Communicate with influence, confidently presenting communications in a clear, concise and articulate manner, focusing on key points and using appropriate, unambiguous language, selecting the most appropriate medium for conveying information, and structuring written and oral communication to ensure clarity.
  • Incorporate the bank’s data quality management policies into the planning, building and running domains of enterprise IT, as well as conducting a monitoring role to assess adherence to the policies.
  • Recommend corrective action plans and improvements in the resolution of non-compliance with standards detected through monitoring and auditing of processes and procedures.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
 
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
  • A Bachelor’s degree in information technology or information management. Possession of MBA will be an added advantage.
  • Must have obtained quality oriented certification such as Certified Six Sigma Certification, Certified Manager of Quality, Certified Quality Auditor, Certified Quality Engineer, or Certified ISO 9000 professional (Foundation, Auditor, Implementer, Master). Any database administration certification will be an added advantage.
  • At least five (5) years of quality analysis experience and/or relevant vendor certification.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complexity and multiple initiatives coupled with the ability to synthesize and analyze diverse data and information, develop and recommend strategies.
  • Ability to think creatively with a strategic perspective, highly driven and self-motivated
  • Analytical with good project management and team leadership skills.
  • Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills.
  • Knowledge in the use of notable data management tools.
If you fit the profile, then apply today! 

Please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number DQA/DG/ICT/2016 as the subject of your email by 20th April, 2016. 

Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Data Architect

The quality of an enterprise’s Data Architecture is a great predictor of an IT organization’s overall success. 

The growth of social media and the birth of the multi-channel have meant that understanding your channels and the related data is key for organizations and so is the ability to analyze and act on this data becoming increasingly important to businesses.

Are you are a subject matter expert as far as data Architecture is concerned?


Do you possess in-depth knowledge and experience across multiple technology platforms, business processes and enterprise architecture? 

Are you well experience in the use of data modelling tools and languages? 

Then this is the perfect opportunity for you to make use of your skills, experience and be part of groundbreaking & visionary thinking within a team that contributes to Data analytics strategies geared towards informing business decisions.

Reporting to Head – Data Governance & Strategy, The Data Architect will be responsible for planning and designing conceptual structures and plans to meet the current and long-term enterprise requirements, as well as ensuring that the respective business, application, data and technology perspectives are in line with the bank’s data governance strategies, policies and standards. 

The role holder will also be required to interpret, use and apply information contained within the enterprise data architecture to inform a range of business improvement activities, particularly those involved in the implementation, design, development, enhancement and maintenance of ICT systems and business processes.

​The Role
 
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
  • Design logical and physical data structures that support the enterprise information requirements and analyze and align the enterprise data models with other business process.
  • Define and maintain the data technology architecture; to guide the selection and integration of data-related technology, data integration architecture; to govern the flow of data within the enterprise systems and applications, data warehouse architecture; to capture the data transitions and snapshots in data warehouse systems for maximum usefulness and performance as well as the business intelligence architecture; to govern the decision support framework and drive data mining, analysis, and reporting.
  • Define and maintain the meta-data architecture that governs how meta-data is created, integrated, controlled and accessed and the enterprise taxonomies and namespaces to organize enterprise data.
  • Define and maintain conceptual structures and plans to meet the current and long-term data requirements of the enterprise.
  • Determine, document and assess the enterprise information needs from business, operational, compliance and regulatory perspectives.
  • Share best practices, lessons learned and constantly update the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and up-coming vendor products and solutions.
  • Support strategic direction by drawing on information from multiple sources and using guidelines to analyze what information is important and how it should be used.
  • Achieves results by overseeing tasks through to completion, working within agreed priorities, committing to achieving quality outcomes, and seeking feedback from supervisors to gauge satisfaction and seeks guidance when required.
  • Support productive working relationships by building and sustaining positive relationships with team members, stakeholders and clients, and being responsive to changes in client and stakeholder needs and expectations.
  • Display personal drive and integrity by taking responsibility for meeting objectives and progressing work, showing initiative to do what is required, and committing energy and drive to see that goals are achieved
Skills, Competencies and Experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in information technology, engineering or related discipline.
  • Expert knowledge across multiple technology platforms, business processes and enterprise architecture.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in enterprise infrastructure or data design and planning and similar experience in application development or architectural design of enterprise application using key development tools and frameworks (Java, .net, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, UML, etc.)
  • TOGAF certification will be an added advantage.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with or leading a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) integration environment.
  • Strong background in understanding organizational resources, priorities, needs and policies, and use of the same in developing IT strategies and solutions.
  • Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills. Communicates with influence, confidently presenting communications in a clear, concise and articulate manner, focusing on key points and using appropriate, unambiguous language, selecting the most appropriate medium for conveying information, and structuring written and oral communication to ensure clarity.
  • Analytical with good project management and team leadership skills.
  • Knowledge in the use of notable data management tools.
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating “DA/1/COO/2016” in the subject line by 20th April, 2016. 

We are an equal opportunity employer.