General Manager Job Opportunity in Kenya

Job Title: General Manager
 

Reports to: Board Of Directors
 

Manages: Directly – Heads of Departments
 

Role Purpose

• Overall responsibility for day-to-day running of the business ensuring both long term sustainability and profitability and achieving the company’s financial and non-financial goal


• Provide leadership and direction and co-ordinate all activities of the company in accordance with the goals and objectives of the organization.


• Safeguard and grow the assets of the organization while providing sound returns to the shareholders

 

Job Description

• Advising and informing the Board and interfacing between Board and staff.


• Overseeing design, marketing, promotion, delivery and quality of services and after sales support.


• Taking a proactive role in the formulation of future strategic objectives and bringing them to the Board for input, discussion and decision.


• Ensuring that all financial and non financial reporting requirements are met on a timely and regular basis.


• Ensuring that the day to day operations of the company are effectively and efficiently co-ordinated and implemented and conducted within the framework agreed to by the Board.


• Ensuring the development and maintenance of equitable personnel policies with the overall responsibility for protecting the interest and welfare of employees and establishment of suitable communication lines with them.


• Direct and determine staff promotions, demotions, dismissals and other actions as needed in consultation with the Board.


• Recommendation of remuneration changes for staff to the Board for approval.


• Ensure the recruitment of appropriately skilled staff to positions, and establishing appropriate remuneration levels and performance based management within the framework agreed by the Board.


• Preparation of annual budget for Board approval and prudent management of the organization’s resources within those budget guidelines.


• Ensuring the organization and its mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented in strong, positive image to relevant stakeholders.


• Ensuring consistent& acceptable returns to the shareholders.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Strong leadership skills


• Well proven problem solving and analytical skills.


• Strong communication skills.


• High degree of professionalism and integrity.


• Strong commitment to organizational excellence.


• Highly developed sense of responsibility.

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Academic qualification: Degree
 

Relevant professional qualification: MBA (Added advantage)
 

Relevant experience: 5 years’ experience in senior management positions
 

Good working knowledge of MS office applications

We invite qualified candidates to email a cover letter and resume with job title as subject on email and stating current and expected remuneration to recruitment@firstafrica.org by 22nd June 2016.