Career Opportunities at Kenya Power

Applications are hereby invited for the following vacancy of a Senior Risk Officer with Kenya Power. Reporting to the Chief Officer, Risk Management, the Senior Risk Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

Responsibilities for the Senior Risk Officer Job

• Implementing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework
• Implementing the Crisis Management Plan to ensure effective and coordinated response mechanisms to emergencies and/or disasters
• Scanning environmental risks and identifying new threats and opportunities that may impact on the business
• Conducting physical risk assessment surveys, propose risk mitigations and follow-up plans mechanisms
• Prepare post incidence reports
• Conducting risk assessments, risk quantification and risk sensitivity analysis
• Preparation and updating of the Corporate Risk Register
• Create awareness and embed a risk based decision making culture
• Provide periodic status on ERM reports
• Provision of secretariat and other support for the various established Corporate ERM
• Steering Committees
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications for the Senior Risk Officer Job

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised Institution
• Diploma from Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) or Institute of Risk Management, (IRM-UK), Certified Enterprise Risk Manager (CERM) or Associate of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRM-UK) or Chartered Insurance & Risk Manager (CIRM – UK)
• Possession of a relevant Postgraduate Degree will be an added advantage
• Eight (8) years’ work experience in management handling risk management and risk compliance
• Technical training in Risk Evaluation and Management
• Demonstrable familiarity with ISO 31000 & other quality control initiatives
• Member of a recognized professional body of Risk management or related bodies i.e. Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM-UK), or Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRM-UK), Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII-UK) or International Academy of Business and Financial Management (IABFM).

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Responsibilities for the Risk Officer Job

• Conducting risk assessments, risk quantification and risk sensitivity analysis
• Facilitating regional Crisis Management Plans and reports
• Developing and managing a comprehensive risk portfolio within the Divisions
• Scanning environmental risks/opportunities in the regions
• Prepare post incidence reports
  Follow up on risk mitigation and create risk reporting channels
• Co-ordinating activities, reports and building capacity of the Risk Champions
• Updating Departmental and Divisional Risk Registers
• Carryout workshops, create awareness and embed a risk based culture
• Provision of secretariat and support services ERM Steering Committees
• Prepare periodic risk reports as required
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications for the Risk Officer Job

• Bachelor’s Degree from a recognised Institution
• Possession of a relevant Postgraduate Degree will be an added advantage
• Advanced progress in Diploma from Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) or Institute of Risk Management, (IRM-UK), Certified Enterprise Risk Manager (CERM) or Associate of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRM-UK) or Chartered Insurance & Risk Manager (CIRM-UK)
• Six (6) years’ work experience in management within risk management and risk compliance function
• Training in Risk Evaluation and Management
• Familiar with ISO 31000 and other quality control initiatives
• Member of a recognized professional body of Risk management or related bodies i.e. Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) or Institute of Risk Management (IRM-UK) or International Academy of Business and Financial Management (IABFM) or Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRM- UK) or Chartered Institute of Insurance (CII-UK)