Wednesday 28 March 2012

Technical Officer Life and Pensions Job Vacancy at Uganda Insurers Association


Job Title: Technical Officer Life and Pensions

About this Job:
Uganda Insurers Association is an umbrella body that promotes the development and expansion of sound insurance and reinsurance activities in Uganda. The Association is looking to recruit a competent person to fill the position of Technical Officer Life & Pensions with three years experience in the insurance industry.

JOB TITLE: Technical Officer Life and Pensions

Summary of Duties

Work towards the development and promotion of life insurance in Uganda.

Key Responsibilities include:

Review, study and evaluation of all matters pertaining to life and pension business within and outside Uganda.
Promoting technological advancement in the life insurance sector.
Identify, lobby for and drive consumer education projects and activities in order to create public awareness and understanding of life insurance.
Liase with different stakeholders in the industry to ensure close cooperation.
To advocate for a favorable legislative framework for life insurance business.
To collect, analyse and disseminate all information on both life and pensions underwriting and general information purposes.
Liase with other regional and international institutions to enable the life insurance industry keep in line with global and regional practices.
Identify training needs of the industry and organise such trainings.
Requirement:
Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Insurance, Actuarial Science or its equivalent in a related field. Professional qualification in Insurance and related studies will be an added advantage.
Minimum of three years’ experience in the life insurance industry.
Must be a person with high integrity, good analytical and interpersonal skills.
Must be self-driven and highly innovative with ability to work with minimum supervision.
Must be computer literate with capacity to use a number of the common word processing packages and other statistical packages.

How to apply

If you meet the above requirements, Please submit your curriculum vitae, certified copies of academic and relevant certificates plus contact addresses of two (02) referees (email including day time telephone number) to:

The Chief Executive Officer, Uganda Insurers Association, Plot 24A, Acacia Avenue-Kololo, P.O. Box 8912, Kampala, Closing date April 15th 2012 at 5:00pm

Only shortlisted applicants shall be contacted.

Uganda Insurers Association is.an equal opportunties employer.