Latest Recruitment at Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA)

Job Specifications

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Providing board secretarial services under the direction of the Corporation Secretary.
• Providing technical leadership in implementation of the Department’s strategies and programmes.
• Ensuring representation of the Authority in court, tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings.
• Ensuring procedural compliance in legal proceedings.
• Ensuring effective provision of governance, legal advisory, litigation management and dispute resolution services.
• Reviewing and reporting to the Corporation Secretary on the status of legal-risk management and compliance with legislation, governance codes, and government circulars.
• Coordinating scanning of the internal and external operating environment to identify and mitigate risks.
• Overseeing development and updating of policies, procedures, guidelines, standards, and manuals to standardise departmental operations.
• Coordinating collection, analysis, and reporting of feedback and data on effectiveness of departmental strategies.
• Overseeing the drafting of legal instruments, legislative proposals, concept papers, briefs, cabinet memoranda, and responses to parliamentary questions.
• Coordinating development and implementation of public participation plans in the development of the regulatory framework.
• Coordinating regulatory impact assessments and implementation of relevant recommendations.
• Ensuring public availability of insurance legislation and amendments through the Authority’s website, Kenya Law Reports, and other recognised platforms.
• Coordinating legal and governance audits and monitoring closure of issues raised in internal, governance, and legal and compliance audits.
• Allocating matters to external service providers, managing performance appraisal and taking corrective actions.
• Coordinating performance appraisal of external service providers and making recommendations to the Corporation Secretary.
• Coordinating the drafting of memoranda of understanding and monitoring and reporting on their implementation.
• Coordinating review and negotiation of contracts, leases, and related instruments.
• Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting to the Corporation Secretary on implementation of the departmental risk action plans, the quality-management system, and the knowledge-management framework.
• Reviewing and approving departmental reports, budgets, work plans, and procurement plans and monitoring closure of audit issues.
• Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on compliance with standard operating procedures, work plans, procurement plans, and budgets.
• Reviewing and approving Board and Management reports for submission to the Corporation Secretary.
• Participating in multi-divisional and multi-agency teams and providing technical inputs.
• Coordinating management of departmental records, registers, diaries, and management information and ICT systems.
• Coordinating development of the Authority’s legal-awareness curriculum and overseeing design, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of staff training.
• Undertaking needs assessments and recommending training and capacity building for department staff.
• Advising on training and development needs within the department.
• Undertaking legal research as appropriate.
• Undertaking performance appraisal of direct reports.
• Mentoring and coaching direct and indirect reports.
• Undertake any other assignments as and when required.

Person Specifications

• Twelve (12) years’ cumulative experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Assistant Director or in comparable position.
• Master’s Degree in any of the following: Law, Business Management or any other social science from a recognized institution.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Laws from the Council of Legal Education.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya.
• Certified Public Secretary (CPS).
• Member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya.
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks.
• Proficient in computer applications.

Competencies and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management

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Job Specifications

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Providing board secretarial services under the direction of the Corporation Secretary.
• Providing technical leadership in implementation of the Department’s strategies and programmes.
• Ensuring representation of the Authority in court, tribunals and in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) proceedings.
• Ensuring procedural compliance in legal proceedings.
• Ensuring effective provision of governance, legal advisory, litigation management and dispute resolution services.
• Reviewing and reporting to the Corporation Secretary on the status of legal-risk management and compliance with legislation, governance codes, and government circulars.
• Coordinating scanning of the internal and external operating environment to identify and mitigate risks.
• Overseeing development and updating of policies, procedures, guidelines, standards, and manuals to standardise departmental operations.
• Coordinating collection, analysis, and reporting of feedback and data on effectiveness of departmental strategies.
• Overseeing the drafting of legal instruments, legislative proposals, concept papers, briefs, cabinet memoranda, and responses to parliamentary questions.
• Coordinating development and implementation of public participation plans in the development of the regulatory framework.
• Coordinating regulatory impact assessments and implementation of relevant recommendations.
• Ensuring public availability of insurance legislation and amendments through the Authority’s website, Kenya Law Reports, and other recognised platforms.
• Coordinating legal and governance audits and monitoring closure of issues raised in internal, governance, and legal and compliance audits.
• Allocating matters to external service providers, managing performance appraisal and taking corrective actions.
• Coordinating performance appraisal of external service providers and making recommendations to the Corporation Secretary.
• Coordinating the drafting of memoranda of understanding and monitoring and reporting on their implementation.
• Coordinating review and negotiation of contracts, leases, and related instruments.
• Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting to the Corporation Secretary on implementation of the departmental risk action plans, the quality-management system, and the knowledge-management framework.
• Reviewing and approving departmental reports, budgets, work plans, and procurement plans and monitoring closure of audit issues.
• Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on compliance with standard operating procedures, work plans, procurement plans, and budgets.
• Reviewing and approving Board and Management reports for submission to the Corporation Secretary.
• Participating in multi-divisional and multi-agency teams and providing technical inputs.
• Coordinating management of departmental records, registers, diaries, and management information and ICT systems.
• Coordinating development of the Authority’s legal-awareness curriculum and overseeing design, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of staff training.
• Undertaking needs assessments and recommending training and capacity building for department staff.
• Advising on training and development needs within the department.
• Undertaking legal research as appropriate.
• Undertaking performance appraisal of direct reports.
• Mentoring and coaching direct and indirect reports.
• Undertake any other assignments as and when required.

Person Specifications

• Twelve (12) years’ cumulative experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Assistant Director or in comparable position.
• Master’s Degree in any of the following: Law, Business Management or any other social science from a recognized institution.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law or any other institution recognized by the Council of Legal Education.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya.
• Certified Public Secretary (CPS).
• Member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya.
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks.
• Proficient in computer applications.

Competencies and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management

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Job Specifications

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:

• Overseeing and coordinating the development and implementation of the strategy and roadmap for the Cybersecurity department.
• Overseeing the development and implementation of the Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Governance instruments including policies, strategies, and standards.
• Overseeing and coordinating the development and implementation of the Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) framework for the insurance industry.
• Overseeing and managing the operations of the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) for the insurance industry.
• Liaising with the local sector Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs), regional CIRTs, international CIRTs and other related organizations.
• Overseeing and coordinating partnerships and collaboration with cybersecurity stakeholders locally, regionally, and globally.
• Overseeing cyber security advocacy, awareness, as well as capacity and capability development.
• Ensuring the development, implementation and regular review of the Cybersecurity policies, regulations, standard and guidelines.
• Advising the Authority on new and emerging technologies related to cybersecurity.
• Overseeing the Operation and management of Insurance Industry Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC).
• Advising the Authority on the development, acquisition and implementation of cyber-security related tools.

Person Specifications

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have at least:

• Twelve (12) years cumulative experience three (3) years of which should have been at the grade of Assistant Director Cybersecurity Supervision or in a comparable and relevant position.
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Electrical Engineering, information technology, information systems security, software engineering, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in any of the following: Electrical Engineering, information technology, information systems security, software engineering, or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in any at least two (2) of the following:
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA);
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA);
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM);
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP);
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH);
• Any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing.

Competencies and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Conflict management skills
• Negotiation skills
• Leadership skills
• Mentorship and coaching skills

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Job Specifications

The duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Managing the process of formulation and ensuring implementation of minimum requirements in relation to capital, governance and risk management.
• Managing the development, continuous update and implementation of risk profiling framework for proactive intervention on insurers.
• Overseeing the identification, development and implementation of regulatory reforms in areas of amendments or changes in the Insurance Act, regulations and guidelines.
• Overseeing risk assessment and development of insurers’ and insurance groups’ risk profile.
• Recommending intervention measures as provided for in the Insurance Act.
• Overseeing offsite and onsite supervision of insurers.
• Ensuring collection and analysis of data on onsite inspections, risk assessments, and trends to inform supervisory strategies.
• Managing potential impacts of developments and trends arising out of regional and international supervision practices.
• Overseeing development and implementation of a framework for identifying insurance groups.
• Coordinating group-wide and cross-border supervision with both regional and international insurance supervisors.
• Leading supervisory colleges with other supervisory authorities that have regulatory oversight of entities within a group.
• Managing stakeholder engagements for capacity building and articulation of emerging issues in supervision.
• Undertaking performance management, training and development, coaching and mentoring and welfare for staff of the Department.
• Undertaking relevant research.
• Overseeing conduct of gap analysis with respect to the law and regulatory impact analysis (RIA) and facilitating development of legislative and regulatory proposals.
• Providing leadership and strategic direction to staff in the department.

Person Specifications

• Twelve (12) years’ cumulative experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Assistant Director Supervision or in comparable and relevant position.
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Insurance, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Law, Economics, Information Technology, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in any of the following: Business Administration, Insurance, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Law, Economics, Information Technology, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Professional qualification in any of the following: ACII, AIIK, LOMA, CPA, CIFA, CFA, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Membership to a relevant professional body and in good standing where applicable.
• Certificate in leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Proficiency in computer applications.

Competency and Skills

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Presentation skills
• Mentoring, coaching and leadership skills.
• Conflict management.