Job Description

Job Purpose: 

• To provide technical, research and administrative support to the General Insurance Council to ensure the council and its committees deliver efficiently and effectively on their constitutional mandate.

• Undertake research on a wide range of technical and sales/marketing issues in collaboration with the relevant technical committees and produce detailed research and reports on various general insurance products to assist in organising seminars/training in areas of need.
• Initiate new thinking and programmes to advance insurance penetration and development in Ghana and constantly recommend innovative ways, taking into account best practices in other jurisdictions that can support and facilitate the General Insurance Council's decisions on business growth and development. 
• Produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports on the activities of the General Insurance Council and its technical committees. 
• Support the generation of industry data/information relating to general insurance companies and the general insurance sector for the Ghana Insurance Industry database (GIID) and for any publications/ periodicals that the GIA would introduce in the future.
• Play leading role in the organisation of all projects and activities of the sector and produce timely and comprehensive reports on outcomes of seminars and workshops and promotional activities relating to general insurance business. 
• Coordinate decisions of the General Insurance Council towards enhancing technical cooperation among members.
• Ensure the effective dissemination of underwriting and claims standards that the General Insurance Council comes up with throughout the industry.
• Liaise with Member companies to provide information on legislative and statutory impediments to profitable operations and growth of the industry as an input to the General Council's decisions and recommendations to the Board. 
• Set up an effective monitoring system to determine breaches to fair trade practices and market practice rules and regulations.
• Serve as ex-officio member/secretary to the General Insurance Council and the executives of the expanded General Insurance Technical committees on general insurance products.
• Participate in media engagements and other public education programmes relating to the General insurance sector. 
• Contribute to the Association's efforts at developing effective and innovative ways of generating extra income aside subscriptions. 
• Any other duties assigned by the Board, General Insurance Council and the CEO.

Required Skills or Experience

• A first degree preferably in a business related discipline 
• ACII, WAII, Advance Diploma from Ghana Insurance College or any relevant technical qualification in insurance.

Exprience 

• Eight (8) years of working experience in the insurance industry five (5) of which must be in a managerial position. The candidate must have strong interest and capacity in research and in fresh thinking/innovation in the General Insurance Sector.

• Must have excellent human relatiohs amd communication skills. 
• Must be an effective team player. 
• Must have a positive attitude. 
• Must be pragmatic, flexible, innovative and easily adaptable to situations.