Co-operative Bank Jobs in Kenya

Innovation Manager

Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual

respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment? 

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The

Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.

The Innovation Hub, a key function within Business Change Management, is tasked

with identifying, assessing and exploiting emerging capabilities and

technologies to allow the bank to continuously innovate in order to provide the

best solutions for our customers. 

  

The learnings from these developments

will help shape the future direction of the Bank’s digital offerings and ensure

the bank continues to put the customer at the center of everything we do.

To this end, we seek individuals who are lateral, visionary, and creative

thinkers with excellent solution design and architecture skills. 

Candidates with a high understanding

of latest information technologies in financial services & new products and

who demonstrate solid skills in process innovation and process management are

encouraged to apply.

Reporting to the Head – Business Change Management, the ideal candidate is an

entrepreneurial executer and doer. 

He/she is able to anticipate

disruptive innovations and changes and turn those into opportunities deriving

to real company value. 

The Innovation Manager will be

required to source for new ideas and coordinate insights of the market,

customers, vendors and other partners.

The Role
 

Specifically, the successful

jobholder will be required to:

• Elicit, develop, analyze and validate ideas
  
  that lead to a competitive advantage and future business for the Bank and
  
  also champion for organizational innovation in a bid to improve the bank’s
  
  innovative capability.


• Establish an innovation hub and team to expand
  
  the depth and scope of innovation in the bank.


• Educate supervisory leadership as to the
  
  projects in place and navigate teams through the approvals process.


• Stay up to date with best practices in the
  
  market for product and technology innovations, and new knowledge/patent
  
  environment as well as monitor emerging trends and best practice in
  
  technology (especially disruptive technologies, social platforms, etc.)
  
  and development methodologies and influences in financial services.


• Design and establish an innovation process for
  
  the bank and manage the product development process from concept to launch
  
  as well as define and deliver a repeatable innovation methodology with
  
  measurably positive business outcomes.


• Develop products/services/business models
  
  through the innovation funnel and market introduction.


• Scout and monitor innovation topics to fill
  
  the ‘Innovation Funnel’ as well as derive creative ideas and concepts and
  
  develop them to the implementation stage.


• Identify and evaluate new business
  
  opportunities derived through radically new features in existing products
  
  or completely new products or services as well as turn innovative
  
  concepts/ideas into product or service innovations leading to additional
  
  new commercial opportunities and competitive advantage.


• Assemble, develop and maintain alliances to
  
  gain competitive advantage and execute commercial opportunities.


• Provide insight and pipeline of possible
  
  vendor/partner relationships through the building and maintaining of an
  
  external network for the product families under consideration.


• Accelerate the speed, impact and
  
  implementation of new product developments by coordinating internal
  
  briefing to ensure that the proposition/product remains front of mind and
  
  ready for execution while managing horizontal and vertical communication
  
  lines.


• Establish an operating model with technology
  
  partners such that successful innovation prototypes can be speedily
  
  deployed to customers.


• Achieve cost improvements though making
  
  internal processes more efficient.


• Actively participate in innovation workshops,
  
  conventions and tech scouting including start-up watch, hackathon around
  
  technology and financial services to identify innovative ideas and
  
  partners.


• Maintain Innovation and Insight databases
  
  where insights, ideas generated, vendors & service providers,
  
  competitive landscape, market assessments, external research and other
  
  relevant information can be accessed. 

Desired Skills and Experience.

• A Bachelors’ degree in computer science or an
  
  IT related field from a recognized university is required. Possession of a
  
  Masters in a business or IT course will be an added advantage.



• 2+ years of relevant innovation development
  
  and innovation management experience through concept ideation and design
  
  strategy working across multiple mediums.


• Ability to work in a challenging environment
  
  handling the management of issues in a calm, professional and controlled
  
  manner.


• Ability to deal with and resolve conflicting
  
  as well as competing demands. Flexibility to handle work beyond defined
  
  responsibilities.


• A proactive attitude with an ability to work
  
  independently and a desire to continuously learn new skills and
  
  technologies.


• Excellent skills in project management
  
  principles coupled with the ability to direct, moderate and negotiate with
  
  groups.

How to Apply:

If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen

to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing

detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference

number IM/BCM/2015 by 11th December, 2015. 

​Fixed Income / Equities Trader (KSL)

Are you outgoing, enthuastic and a highly motivated professional with a genuine

interest in financial markets and looking for an opportunity to build a career

in a fast-paced environment? 

If yes, Kingdom Securities Ltd, a

subsidiary of the Co-operative Bank of Kenya is the ideal place that will give

you an opportunity to grow and develop an exciting career that will allow you

to utilize your knowledge of the financial sector and capital markets.

The role holder will be in charge of sourcing and dealing fixed income

instruments. 

The role holder will also be

responsible for managing the Company’s institutional and high net worth clients

and increase the trade volumes in the fixed income segment.

The Role
 

Specifically, the successful

jobholder will be expected to:

• Drive and deliver exceptional sales
  
  performance by identifying and meeting high net worth customers through
  
  marketing of products & services.


• Manage customer requests/transactions in
  
  compliance with the policies, procedures and guidelines of the company
  
  with zero tolerance to operational risk & frauds.


• Ensure the existing customer relations are
  
  well maintained to achieve high customer retention as well as building
  
  effective relationships with key support functions.


• Develop and implement initiatives for
  
  maintaining strong relationships with existing customers as well as
  
  develop new relationships that guarantee a portfolio of customers.


• Prepare and dispatch to clients’, regular
  
  investment reports that incorporate economic and market over view, current
  
  portfolio valuation, transactions and performance during the period and
  
  strategy for the following period.


• Familiarize with various investments held and
  
  be able to offer justification to the clients on purchase, hold or sale
  
  decisions as well as providing financial advice on market performance,
  
  trends and outlooks.

Qualifications, Skills &

Attributes 

The successful jobholder will be required to possess the following skills and

competencies:-

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Economics,
  
  Finance or related field with at least 1 year experience in a
  
  financial/investment services institution in a marketing/sales role.


• Excellent presentation and communication
  
  skills with ability to set and meet stretched targets and strict deadline.


• Result driven with a track record of
  
  demonstrable networking, selling and influencing skills as well as ability
  
  to identify new opportunities.


• Good knowledge on bonds, shares, trading and
  
  various stock pricing methodologies.


• Team player with the ability to build long
  
  term, high quality and trusted relationships.

Interested candidates meeting the

above criteria should forward an application enclosing a detailed Curriculum

Vitae, copies of certificates and indicating the current remuneration to

jobs@co-opbank.co.ke by 11th December, 2015. 

We are an equal opportunity

employer. 

Only the shortlisted candidates will

be contacted. 

Please quote this reference on your

application: FIT/01/KSL/2015 for Fixed Incomes Trader or ED/02/KSL/2015 for

Equities Dealer.