Deputy Director, QMS HSE Risk Management Coordination at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)

Job Ref. No KEMSA/SP/2022/002

Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities

• Steering the implementation of the Authority’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework;
• Identifying likely risks of the project and providing mitigating measures to guide implementation;
• Identifying issues relating to QMS, HSE and risks within project implementation and explore potential solutions and appropriate
• implementation of solutions in the Authority; developing and implementing appropriate Risk Management Strategies and Policies for the Authority;
• Ensure QMS, HSE and risk-adjusted management of all projects to ensure both fiscal and operational continuity;
• Reviewing of the Documented Processes in liaison with the users until they are uploaded to Q-Pulse for approval by Departmental Managers;
• Oversee training of staff on ISO 9001:2015 and other Management Standards;
• Guiding staff on the implementation and review of ISO 9001:2015

Requirements, 

QMS, HSE and also including Risk Management in the Authority;

• Plan, Schedule and Conduct of Internal ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Audits;
• Monitoring the key corporate risks and exposures, and escalate the priority issues to the CEO or Directors;
• Providing secretariat services to the Central Risk Steering Committee;
• Evaluating the Enterprise Risk Management Framework against the evolving best practices in risk management;
• Reviewing the key risk indicators applied across the Authority and their appropriateness; and
• Ensuring the development, rollout and review of QMS, HSE and Risk Management Information System as a repository for risk data and information in the Authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Risk Management, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Risk Management, Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Professional qualification, where applicable
• Membership to a professional body where applicable
• Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks
• Proficiency in computer applications

Experience

• A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three (3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector.