Jobs at Equity Bank Kenya

Job Purpose:

• This role is responsible for supporting the branch to cross sell and increase the uptake of Insurance products through collaborating with the team to identify opportunities and move them forward into placement of covers, in line with the overall strategy of Equity.

Key Responsibilities

• To spearhead SME and Corporate business acquisition through pursuit of internal and external leads and ecosystems mining.
• Organize and attend events such as Conferences, Seminars, Receptions, and exhibitions to promote and Support Bancassurance & Bank business.
• To Mentor Business Teams who can champion Insurance Products in branches which have no bancassurance officers.
• To create good relationship with branch team leaders to ensure value added support for bancassurance business at branch level.
• To disseminate the insurance product Knowledge to non-bancassurance officers at branches and other department of the bank through training.
• To ensure the region achieves the set business mix target for Motor, Non-Motor, Medical, Agriculture, Life and Micro business.
• Participating in all regional initiatives together with other business units and sectors to push for bancassurance business and other bank business.
• Assist the branch teams to support customers in documentation and processing of their insurance claims in collaboration with HO Claims Department.

From time to time, the position will be expected to do the following.

• Support the region in any other area as may be requested by the management.
• Support the HO Bancassurance Team in projects implementation as requested from time to time.

Qualifications

Qualifications, Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Insurance or Business
• 7 Years experience insurance sales management.
• Diploma in insurance or a Certificate of Proficiency (COP) in Insurance
• Strong knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements in both banking and insurance sectors.

Key Competencies & Skills

• Good Interpersonal skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to develop and implement regional sales strategies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop relationship with both existing & potential customers.
• Strong organizational and management skills.
• Demonstrate alignment with Equity culture and values.

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Job Purpose

• This is a technical role with emphasis on integration technologies, currently working in Oracle (WebLogic), Redhat (Jboss, Openshift) technologies and APIs. The role provides leadership and subject matter expertise in the design, development and support of technology infrastructure, systems performance management and technology integration functions. Further, the role is in charge of API management which covers middleware Integration with Oracle API gateway.

Job Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of middleware solutions.
• Upgrades and Patching: Perform infrastructure upgrades.  Apply routine Oracle patches to resolve issues, maintain supportability, and ensure security.
• Performance Tuning: Perform ongoing performance tuning and system resource optimization. Conduct capacity planning reviews.
• Monitoring and Maintenance: Setup and respond to standardized alerts, perform regular log analysis, monitor and maintain systems to identify any issues.  Maintain overall system health to maximize system uptime and ensure delivery of service level objectives. 
• Support: Work on customer support tickets and requests. Provide on-call support, assist project, development, security, and operations teams as required. Administer SOA/OSB Fusion Middleware environment and custom services deployed. Also manages the API gateway.
• Trouble Shooting: Work with Development team, Database, System and Network Administrators to resolve application problems. Provide support for restoration of services and perform root cause analysis.
• Documentation: Develop documentation for assigned projects including installation guides, troubleshooting guides, run books etc.
• Best Practices: Keep abreast of the latest developments in the industry and guide project teams to follow industry best practices.

Qualifications
Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or similar discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of overall IT experience with specialization in Middleware, WebLogic, Jboss, OpenShift and Oracle SOA Suite
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on installation, configuration, and administration experience in Oracle Fusion Middleware (WebLogic, OBIEE, SOA, Forms, Reports.
• Ability to consistently meet and exceed expectations and incorporate customer service into all aspects of work.
• Knowledge of enterprise deployment strategies, high availability, and clustering.
• Knowledge of API Gateway Tools
• Deep understanding of the Web application architecture and features.
• Experience with analyzing JVM thread dumps, heap dumps and root cause analysis of crash dumps.
• Working knowledge of Linux operating systems.
• In depth Knowledge of J2EE framework components including JDBC, JMS and JNDI.
• Hands on experience in configuration and troubleshooting in clustered WebLogic and RAC database environment specific to SOA/WebLogic
• Team Work: Able to enthuse and maintain team interest. Comfortable working both individually and as part of a team. Prepared to challenge ideas within a group in a constructive way.
• Communication: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending on audience and context. Excellent active listening skills.
• Problem Solving: Natural inclination for planning strategy and tactics. Ability to analyze problems and determine root cause, generating alternatives, evaluating and selecting alternatives and implementing solutions.