West African Insurance Institute (WAII) Job Vacancies

West African Insurance Institute (WAII), Banjul, The Gambia, is an insurance training centre with full diplomatic status, juridical personality and financial authority, which provides professional insurance education and allied courses to the personnel of insurance; financial industries and the public sector.

The institute owned and established by Governments of five Anglophone West African countries, with the support of UNCTAD, serves as a centre for the collection of technical and other insurance data, provides technical assistance to member countries and organizes research programmes and projects in all aspects of insurance, reinsurance and allied subjects.

1.)  Deputy Director

Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director General/Head of Mission, the Deputy Director will be responsible for the following:

• As Head of Academic matters of WAII, the Deputy Director shall be responsible for all matters relating to the Faculty and students.
• Designing and Reviewing the Institute’s curriculum in line with the objectives of WAII.
• Teaching and conducting tutorials and Course Advisory Services
• Designing, Marketing and Running Short Courses in member countries in association with local institutes.
• Teaching and conducting tutorials and Course Advisory Services
• Designing, Marketing and Running Short Courses in member countries in association with local institutes.
• Conducting Research and offering consultancy services to the Insurance Industry.
• As Secretary, to liaise with the Academic Board and International Institutions as well as Professional Bodies
• To liaise with International Agencies for the enhancement of Technical and professional Education.
• Any other duties that the Director General may assign from time to time.

Managerial Competencies

• Professionalism
• Proactive in developing strategies to accomplish objectives
• Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of key responsibilities
• Conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results
• Motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; Shows persistence when faced with difficult problems of challenges and remains calm in stressful situations.

Leadership

• Servers as a role model that other people want to follow.
• Empowers others to translate vision into results
• Drives for change and improvement; does not accept the status quo.
• Anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing agreeable solutions
• Shows the courage to take unpopular stand.

Managing Performance

• Delegates the appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority
• Accurately judges the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and matches task to skills
• Monitors progress of faculty/students against milestones and deadlines.

Education

• Applicant should have a degree in social sciences or any related field
• Possession of a higher degree will be an added advantage
• Must possess professional qualification (ACII)
  

Work Experience

• Applicant must possess a minimum of five (5) years experience at a Management position
• Possession of at least seven (7) years teaching experience in WAII or other similar Insurance Training Institution is mandatory
• Must be computer literate.

2.)  Business Development Officer

Purpose of the Job
To reach out to potential and current corporate/public clients in marketing WAII’s service offering, aimed at increasing WAII’s market share in quality Executive Education, Programmes and Consultancy Services across the West African Region.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Development
• Accounts Management
• Marketing
• Administration

Education

• Applicant should possess a degree in Science or any related field
• Possession of a higher degree will be an added advantage
• Possession of professional qualification will be an added advantage.

Skills

• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to communicate and network at a Senior Level
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
• Self motivated
• Self starter with a high work ethic
• Computer literate
• Strong Financial/Business acumen
• Strong relation building skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Goal oriented.

Incentives
Very attractive and in accordance with international standard.

Application Deadline
5th July, 2011

Submission of Applications:
Applications are required to submit their current CV’s with a one page covering letter explaining their suitability for the job.
All applications must be addressed to either of the following:

The Commissioner for Insurance
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)
Shipper’s Plaza, Michael Okpara Street,
Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, Nigeria.
Or
Industrial and General Insurance (IGI)
P.M.B 80181
Victoria Island, Lagos

Attention: Mr. Rotimi Fashola

Applications from interested applicants should reach the above addresses on or before 5th July, 2011.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.