Equity Bank Limited (The “Bank”) is incorporated, registered under the Kenyan Companies Act Cap 486 and domiciled in Kenya. The address of the Bank’s registered office is 9th Floor, Equity Centre, P.O. Box 75104 – 00200 Nairobi. The Bank is licensed under the Kenya Banking Act (Chapter 488), and continues to offer retail banking, microfinance and related services. The Bank has subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda and Tanzania. Its shares are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and Uganda Securities Exchange. Equity Bank was founded as Equity Building Society (EBS) in October 1984 and was originally a provider of mortgage financing for the majority of customers who fell into the low income population. The society’s logo, a modest house with a brown roof, resonates with its target market and their determination to make small but steady gains toward a better life, seeking security and advancement of their dreams.

Scholarship Management Data Clerk

JOB PURPOSE:

To conduct effective scholarship program implementation, coordination, and management, in liaison with the scholarship management team, for the Elimu Program while building and cultivating sustainable key relationships with all the program stakeholders during the program’s implementation period.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Accurate and timely Reimbursements of incurred costs to branches through the EGF Data Management Information System (DMIS).
Accurate documentation of financial transactions including fee payment to schools and stipend payments for financial reporting to partners.
Financial reporting – ensure all the necessary documentation required in reporting to partners is available and scanned. Facilitate secure storage of all program documents, well referenced for ease of retrieval.
Plan and coordinate Education and Leadership forums including Bi-annual Education and Leadership Congress, Branch Champions, and Gender Champions Training, among others.
Track and report any gaps in data captured in DMIS.

Qualifications

Key Competencies

Communication skills
Information gathering skills.
Confidentiality
Diligence.
Adaptability

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in IT-related or business-related course such as Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting or Finance.
Minimum of 1-year relevant experience in use of MS Word, Ms Excel, or Ms Access
Relevant qualifications or experience in accounting is an added advantage.
Be computer literate Skills/Experience Required

Senior Manager – Communications and Advertising

Job Purpose Statement

Responsible for creating, implementing, and evaluating communication and advertising strategies to ensure effective and consistent messaging both internally and externally. The role is essential in maintaining a positive image of the bank, fostering strong relationships with stakeholders, and effectively conveying the bank’s mission, values, and achievements. This position reports to the GM – Customer Experience & Communication.

Key Accountabilities

Communication Management

Developing Communication & PR Strategies: Creating comprehensive communication strategies aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives. These strategies may encompass various channels such as media relations, public relations, social media, internal communications, and more.
Crafting Content: Liaise with internal resources and communication agencies to produce high-quality written and visual content for various communication channels, including websites, blogs, social media, newsletters, reports, and presentations.
Internal Communications: Facilitate effective communication within the organization, ensuring that employees are well-informed about important updates, initiatives, and developments. This involves creating internal newsletters or using communication tools and platforms.
Brand Management: Ensure that all communication materials and messages align with brand guidelines and maintain consistency in branding across different platforms.
Monitoring and Analysis: Track the effectiveness of communication strategies and campaigns, using metrics and analytics to measure success and make data-driven improvements.
Stakeholder Engagement: Identify key stakeholders and develop tailored communication approaches to engage and maintain positive relationships with them.
Event Management: Support the planning and execution of communication-related events, such as product launches, press conferences, trade shows, and corporate gatherings.
Media Monitoring: Keep abreast of industry trends, competitor activities, and relevant news to identify opportunities and potential risks for the organization.
Budget Management: Tracking the communication budget spend and preparing ROI reports.

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Advertising Management

Developing advertising plans to ensure that the impact is as per the target impact.
Collaborating with client departments to establish the goals and specifications for each advertising campaign.
Develop and monitor the advertising budget and seek approval for any changes.
Obtaining market insights on products, channels and impact to advise on any required reviews on advertising strategy.
Develop and review advertisement content and designs to align to objectives and brand standards.
Work with Supply chain department in onboarding service providers and negotiating contracts for advertising initiatives.
Overseeing and managing timelines and budgets for advertising campaigns to establish the impact and learnings.
Conduct brainstorming sessions with teams to develop campaign concepts, ideas and briefs for external service providers.

Qualifications

Education and experience

Bachelor’s degree in a communication-related field or commerce in advertising.
A strong understanding of communication and/or advertising principles and practices – emerging trends, competitor practices, etc
5 years of experience in managing communication in dynamic corporate set up with multiple brands or business entities with exposre to advertising management and a track record of developing & implementing communication and media campaigns.
Knowledge about communication, advertising and brand marketing gathered from commercial media practice or through a PR/Communications agency.
Demonstrated ability to design and deploy communication content, campaigns and media monitoring.

Knowledge & Skills 

Excellent conceptual abilities in developing concepts, ideas and customizing solutions.
Ability to facilitate brainstorming, build consensus on ideas and cultivate buy in.
Great Stakeholder Management – Internal and External Stakeholders (service providers, partners, communities and customers)
Excellent communication and influencing abilities.
Creativity & Detail-oriented.
Great leadership capabilities – able to build high performing teams that are homogenous and the embrace Equity values in day to day practice
Work Culture – able to embrace and influence positive environment where team members are highly motivated.
Team Development – able to guide, coach and mentor team members to achieve their goals
Strong reporting skills.

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Technical Competencies

Communication and Advertising Strategy and Plans
Campaign Management – Contract, Budgets and Timelines
Stakeholder Management
Impact Management and Monitoring
Product Knowledge – Definitions, appeals and value proposition.

Senior Communications Officer – Digital and Social Media

Job Purpose Statement

This role is responsible for planning and executing all media activities including advertising; targeted campaigns and activation programs through the different digital media channels and agencies while ensuring that the return on investment is realized. This position reports to the Digital and Social Media Manager.

Responsibilities

Implement Digital and Social Media plans and budgets in line with agreed results for the function.
Implement social media context strategy and plans through content development and execution through scheduling content for the various social media handles.
Provide content where required to web content teams to ensure that content on websites is updated based on the developments within the business and internally set timelines for regular changes.
Ensure that all handles are well designed and align to the brand standards.
Execute all social media activities by ensuring the right content is scheduled and posted on the sites and responses monitored through active social media engagements.
Track the issues emerging and ensure that the social media and digital activities and aligned and leverage, where possible, to the valuable happenings.
Monitor the metrices for the different social media platforms and ensure that the target reach and level of engagement is achieved.
Maintain a positive working relationships with stakeholder to foster the delivery of services.

Qualifications

A university degree in media studies or journalism or any related field.
Must have at least 2 years’ experience in social media management either through an agency or within a competitive corporate setting.
Must have a solid understanding of digital media landscape, practices, value proposition and effective ways of working with agencies and other channels.
Must be excellent in both verbal and written English.
Be a hands-on person and a trend spotter in the communications sector.
Must have good stakeholder management skills – to mobilize consensus, consult effectively, influence decisions and trade-offs.
Ability to make compelling business cases, negotiate and influence results.
Be passionate and bring a unique set of skills to the company, expanding on its existing knowledge.

Digital and Social Media Manager

Job Purpose Statement

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Responsibilities

Develop and implement Digital and Social Media Strategy aligned to the overall department strategy and the larger Equity Group Strategy.
Develop Digital and Social Media plans and budgets in line with agreed results for the function.
Recruit digital and social media agencies in collaboration with the Media Buying and Planning Manager – Digital and social media and set expectations in terms of Terms of Reference.
Develop social media context strategy and plans and support the officers in developing and scheduling content for the various social media handles.
Work with the web content teams to ensure that content on websites is updated based on the developments within the business and internally set timelines for regular changes.
Ensure that all handles are well designed and align to the brand standards.
Oversee all social media activities by ensuring the right content is scheduled and posted on the sites and responses monitored through active social media engagements.
Track the issues emerging and ensure that the social media and digital activities and aligned and leverage, where possible, to the valuable happenings.
Monitor the metrices for the different social media platforms and ensure that the target reach and level of engagement is achieved.
Overseen the Communications Officers – Digital and social media by ensuring that they are properly guided, trained, and that they are meeting the expectations.
Offer coaching and mentorship to colleagues and stakeholders on the relevant areas of work with the objective of collaboratively realizing the company objectives.

Qualifications

A university degree in media studies or journalism or any related field.
Must have at least 5 years’ experience in social media management either through an agency or within a competitive corporate setting.
Must have a solid understanding of digital media landscape, practices, value proposition and effective ways of working with agencies and other channels.
Must be excellent in both verbal and written English.
Be a hands-on person and a trend spotter in the communications sector.
Must have good stakeholder management skills – to mobilize consensus, consult effectively, influence decisions and tradeoffs.
Ability to make compelling business cases, negotiate and influence results.
Be passionate and bring a unique set of skills to the company, expanding on its existing knowledge.