APA Insurance Head of Marketing Job Vacancy in Uganda

 Job Title: Head of Marketing
Organisation:
APA Insurance
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
About APA:
APA Insurance was formed in 2003
after the merger of the general businesses of Apollo Insurance Company and Pan
Africa General Insurance. With a combined experience of over 100 years (Pan
Africa General – 1946 and Apollo 1977), APA has become the largest insurance
firm in Kenya and the most innovative in product offering.
APA Insurance underwrites G

eneral
Insurance risks including Motor, Liability, Aviation, Marine, Agriculture,
Property, and Micro Insurance. We also underwrite Health Insurance, i.e.
Corporate Health schemes, Individual & Family Health Insurance.

Job Summary: The
Head of Marketing will be responsible for providing leadership to the marketing
team and developing profitable book of business with licensed intermediaries
and direct clients
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: 
  • Ensuring the company’s annual
    budget are met
  • Offering team leadership to the
    marketing team
  • Maintain a strong company brand
    and benchmark in the market by proactively sourcing, identifying and
    managing business from new and existing business channels
  • Steer the identification of new
    business opportunities
  • Recruit, train and oversee
    Agency force to generate substantial agency business portfolio
  • Manage the companies’ branches
    including opening of new branches Develop, review and implement marketing
    strategy
  • Providing a quality control
    function as regards to the quotations, placing slips and other marketing
    material
  • Works in liaison with other
    internal departments Customer service
  • Compile and send regular
    reports on production and targets for management meetings Monitoring
    marketing targets and generation of performance statistics
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The candidate should hold a
    Bachelor’s degree
  • A minimum of ten or more years’
    experience in the general insurance industry with proven excellence at
    management/leadership level
  • Demonstrated skills in
    developing an agency force
  • Possesses professional
    insurance qualification of ACM or FCII or progression towards
    qualification
  • Possess excellent
    interpersonal, organizational and administrative skills.
  • Demonstrate strong leadership
    as well as good mentoring and coaching skills.
  • Demonstrate a track record for
    profitability, breadth and depth of technical knowledge in all insurance
    matters and an understanding of the Insurance market and processes.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified Ugandans are
encouraged to apply by sending an application letter demonstrating their
competencies as above accompanied with and updated CV addressed to Head of
Human Resources to: recruitment.uganda@apainsurance.org
Deadline: 21st
November 2014
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