Employment Opportunities at Bwasco Water & Sewerage PLC

REF: BWASCO/MD/HR/ 02/26

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing templates and compiling section monthly reports and make necessary recommendations
• Preparing the payment schedule;
• Ensure timely statutory payments and levies;
• Ensure the smooth functioning of financial operations, including accounts payable and receivable, payroll processing, and banking transactions.
•  Identify areas for improvement in financial procedures and controls to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
•  Analyze factors influencing business performance and identify areas for potential improvement, often through research and reporting.
• Perform financial planning and analysis to forecast future performance, identify potential risks, and support decision-making.
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of financial statements, including balance sheet reconciliations.
• Manage the company's cash flow to maintain liquidity and solvency, ensuring timely payment of obligations.
• Analyze financial statements (balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements) to identify trends, assess performance, and make informed decisions.
• Risk management: They assess and manage financial risks to ensure the business remains resilient, even in the face of economic challenges.
• Ensure adherence to financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• Supervise finance department employees, including accountants, and provide guidance and support.
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives to improve the company's financial performance.
• Handling ad-hoc projects and requests as needed.
• Develop measure of controlling issuance of credit notes and enforce resolutions;
• Ensuring quarterly stock taking, periodically cash count;
• Enforcing adherence to generally accepted accounting standards and principles (IAS and IFRS);
• Implementing of Finance and Accounting Manuals;
• Liaising with both internal and external auditors as appropriate to ensure timely
• auditing is carried out on the organization;
• Administering the appraisal tool to your staff;

Entry qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics and Accounting
• CPA-K/ACCA, CIFA or equivalent.
• Member of a professional body in a good standing
• Masters is an added advantage
• 10 years’ experience with Minimum of 5 years in managerial positions
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks

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BWASCO/MD/HR/03/26

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops and oversees implementation of the business development strategy for the company to increase revenue base
• Develops and oversees implementation of the Marketing strategy for the company
• Develops and oversees the implementation of the Communication strategy for the company
• Prepares and submits monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for the department
• Engages strategic public and private partners on commercial matters
• Oversees all water services activities under the function, including metering, billing and revenue collection
• Responsible for physical assets assigned by the company
• Ensures provision of comprehensive commercial information systems, including upto-date customer database;
• Oversees preparation of comprehensive departmental reports and budgets;
• Oversees the Customer Experience and liaises with other functions in provision of quality service to customers including developing new innovations in service provision
• Oversees Carrying out customer surveys and propose improvements from feedback received;
• Produces management reports in a timely manner Participates in strategic planning and implementation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Marketing, Project planning and Management, Strategic Management or any other business related degree
• Master in a relevant field is an added advantage
• Member of a professional body in good standing
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks
• CPA (K), ACCA or relevant professional qualification
• 10 years’ experience with a minimum of five (5) in senior management.
• Computer literate
   

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Ref: BWASCO/MD/HR/04/26

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic and technical leadership in the Technical Department to ensure provision of high quality services to customers.
• Supports engineers in ensuring quality and timely responses to requests, in compliance with standards and procedures.
• Steers the development of departmental policies, procedures and actions plans in line with the Company mission and objectives.
• Ensures the audits are carried out on time and remedial action taken
• Oversees preparation of comprehensive departmental reports and budgets, to Managing Director to facilitate decision-making
• Ensures development of departmental staff through training and motivation
• Ensures that water infrastructure is operated and maintained to the required standards.
• Advises the Company on the acquisition of capital assets and on all technical matters.
• Provides technical expertise and advises in the acquisition of contractors and consultants for major works.
• Provides overall supervision of major works
• Participates in setting performance targets for technical staff in the Company.
• Oversees the planning and coordination of quality, maintenance and engineering (capacity works) related issues.
• Ensures high quality portable water to customers.

Entry qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering, Water/waste water engineering or relevant field from a relevant institution
• Registered engineer with relevant professional body and member in good standing
• At least 10 years’ experience with a minimum of 5 years in a managerial position
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks
• Masters is an added advantage
• Computer literate

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REF: BWASCO/MD/HR/05/26

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, directing; coordinating and controlling the HR Management and Development activities;
• Formulate, update based on the Kenyan labour laws, create awareness, Implement and custodian of Human Resource policies, rules, standards and procedures;
• Reviewing of the monthly Human Resource reports and make recommendations
• Approving of training needs and come up with training and development programs
• Confirming the accuracy of the payroll on a monthly basis and ensure that the payroll byproducts are submitted on time
• Operationalize the appraisal system /structure and make recommendation to management;
• Handling major HR advisory issues referred by the respective departmental heads
• Carry out staff recruitment as per the HR manual
• In charge of company transport services
• Handle staff welfare and manage third party relationships e.g. -pension scheme, collective bargaining, medical schemes, Provident fund and insurance (workman compensation, staff insurance, death in service)
• Develop and monitoring department budget
• Develop and implement monthly departmental activity plans
• Implement the staff appraisal and Training Needs Assessment tools.
• Advise the management on development of functioning management committees
• Develop and present quarterly human resources reports to the Board committees
• Automation of the human resource function
• Staff leave roster in place

Entry qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management and Development, Business Administration, Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resource
• Diploma in HRM or Labour Relations or personnel management or Business Administration or any business-related field.
• CHRP (K)
• Member of IHRM and in good standing
• 7 years relevant work experience with at least three years in management
• A practicing license or a master degree is an added advantage
• Computer literate
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks

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REF: BWASCO/MD/HR/06/26

Key Responsibilities

• Develop an annual audit plan based on the risk assessment and strategic objectives of BWASCO;
• Communicating plans of engagement and resource requirements for the internal audit function;
• Overseeing risk assessments on key business activities and using this information to guide on the effectiveness of the organization’srisk management processes;
• Leading in the development and implementation of the Risk Management Policy and strategy that aligns with the strategic Plan;
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining a compliance framework on statutory, contractual and internal obligations (e.g code of conduct, internal controls and quality management systems);
• Reviewing compliance with existing laws, regulations, policies, plans and procedures, accounting pronouncements and contractual obligations;
• Monitoring key metrics to confirm achievement of the risk and compliance plans and their contribution to the overall strategic plan;
• Monitoring Risk and Compliance assessments findings and ensure recommendations made are implemented;
• Driving training and sensitization of Company staff in risk management and compliance;
• Providing leadership, developing training, coaching, motivating and evaluating risk management staff to achieve their highest levelsof performance;
• identifying activities subject to audit coverage, evaluating their significance and assessing the degree risk inherent in terms of the audit costs involved;
• carrying out investigations on irregularities identified or reported in audit reports;
• generating regular and /or adhoc reports e.g. performance reports and procurement plan and work plan;
• Perform financial, operational and information systems audit;
• Providing advisory services to the top management on internal Audit services;
• Custodians of all departmental reports and records;
• Overseeing performance management in the department;
• Secretary to the Audit Committee;
• Evaluating the means of safeguarding assets and, as appropriate, verifying the existence of such assets; and
• Evaluating specific operations at the request of the Board of management, as appropriate.

Qualification

• Have Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Commerce (Accounting/Finance option), Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master degree in any of the following disciplines:- Commerce (Accounting/Finance option), Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Auditing, Business Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution will be an added advantage;
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks
• Be a registered member (of good standing) to the following professional bodies: Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);
• Have a Certificate in computer application skills and demonstrate proficiency in computer use and applications; and
• At least 10 years’ experience with a minimum of 5 years in a managerial position

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Ref: BWASCO/MD/HR/06/26

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all procurements are done within the relevant Acts,
• Recommend for appointment members to the relevant committees;
• Ensure tenders’ award documents are prepared and send to the suppliers;
• Ensure tender adverts and award, and contracts are published in the government portal;
• Prepare tender documents within the tender committee threshold;
• Develop monthly section activities plans
• Formulating supply management policies to ensure the company’s supplies objectives are met
• Ensure Local Purchase Orders and Local Service Orders are prepared and in safe custody;
• Prepare contract documents and keep in safe custody;
• Preparation of annual tender documents
• Ensuring prompt procurement of goods and services
• Take minutes in the tender committee meetings and implementation of committee resolutions
• Ensure procurement committee meetings resolutions are implemented
•  Ensure delivery period for goods and services is adhered to
• Prepare and implement procurement plan
• Prepare sectional papers for quarterly and annual board reports.
• Ensure monthly procurement and stores reports are done for submission to management;
• Ensure stock taking to identify idle assets and disposed according relevant act;
• Ensure implementation of ISO standards in the procurement department
• Ensure statutory reports to the relevant authorities are prepared and submitted in time.
• Ensure procurement documents are issued to bidders
• Provide technical advice in matters procurement.
• Manage under and over stocking
• Ensure all department processes documents are modified and are in use;
• Ensure goods have been inspection, acceptance, receipt and stored.
• Ensure the stores record is updated,

Entry qualifications

• Bachelors degree in supply chain management, Procurement or Business related course
• CPSP-K
• Member of KISM, Practicing license and in good standing
• Masters is an added advantage
• Experience of seven (7) years , three of which should have been in management position
• Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP) or relevant qualification from recognized institution at least six weeks

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REF: BWASCO/MD/HR/07/26

Key Responsibilities:

• Advising the Managing Director and the BoD on institutional and legal affairs and matters of company’s governance;
• Coordinating representation of company and the BoD in court proceedings;
• Giving appropriate instructions to appointed external counsels -continuously liaising with the external counsel on record on matters assigned;
• Giving of legal opinions on matters before or relating to company and giving legal advice on all legal matters;
• Providing legal advice to the BoD, management, company
• Liaising with the Office of the County Attorney on matters involving company;
• Commission legal research on matters before the company;
• Develop annual departmental work plans, training schedule and procurement plan that guide the operations of the company;
• Ensuring efficient and effective utilization of resources;
• Ensuring safety and security of office supplies and equipment within the department;
• Develop the section budget ;

Entry qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law
• Be a member of an Institute of Certified Public Secretary (ICPS) (added advantage)
• An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
• Possess a current practicing certificate
• Three years post admission experience