Valuation Firm Director Vacancy in Kenya

Our client in the Real Estate industry is looking to hire a Director for a Valuation firm.

The main role of the Director will be to provide strategic leadership and direction, supervise and coordinate all the departments in the company.

• Business development and support
• Organizational leadership and development
• Formulating and implementation of policies
• Performance management
• Compliance

Key Accountabilities

Planning Activities

• Helps establish strategies and directions for the development team to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization.
• Evaluates and identifies business opportunities for further expansion of the company.
• Helps set long term goals for the team that become the basis for short term goals and annual operational planning.
• Helps determine the appropriate objectives for the business and how those objectives are going to be accomplished.
• Helps establish procedures and processes in relation to the development goals.

Organizing Activities

• Works with the departmental leadership to ensure the overall strategic direction .
• Leads the grouping and assignment of tasks, while ensuring optimal allocation of resources.
• Establishes the flow of authority and communication between position and levels within the organization.
• Streamlines business processes to maximize efficiency and effectiveness within the department.
• Implements measurements of company policy to ensure effectiveness, usage and awareness.

Directing Activities

• Works to expand the relationship with existing and new key owners.
• Influences division, departments and individual team members to accomplish the organization’s mission, goals and objectives through motivation, communication, group dynamics and leadership.

Controlling Activities

• Oversees proper controls to ensure that the reported performance numbers are correct and transparent.
• Oversees and evaluates systems to ensure proper reporting.
• Translates organizational goals and objectives into performance standards for division, departments and individual positions.
• Assesses actual performance against standards to determine whether the department is on target to reach its goals and takes corrective actions as necessary.
• Ensures business plan and goals are being followed and achieved, providing feedback or revising the plan, if needed.
• Establishes and enforces policies and procedures that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the Company.
• Ensures return on invested capital and time resources.
• Reviews and makes appropriate adjustments in activities and expenses throughout the fiscal year to ensure optimal financial results.

Qualifications and competencies

• Must be a holder of Masters in Business Administration or any other business related specialization.
• Should have a Degree in a business related field.
• Should have a minimum of 8-10 years’ experience as an Director or Operations Manager or have served in a comparable position preferably in the Real Estate industry.
• Should have progressive experience in leading and managing teams and projects.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to interact with staff at all levels.
• Should have strong analytical, strategic and problem solving capabilities.

If you are qualified for this position kindly send your CV ONLY indicating your CURRENT AND EXPECTED SALARY to vacancies@jantakenya.com by 2nd October 2017.

The subject of the email should be “ Director”.