Job Purpose

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Managing Director will be responsible for giving strategic guidance and direction in line with the vision/Mission statements of the company. He/she will ensure that the Company achieves its short- and long-term objectives to the Board. He/She should be able to manage the company’s resources, motivates workforce, cultivates strong relationships with all stakeholders and entrench a high-performance corporate culture.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of the Company’s Strategic
• Plan and enhance profitability and shareholder value;
• Prepares and recommends to the Board of Directors for approval, the annual budget based on Corporate Strategic Plan and Annual Business Plan;
• Represents the Company at national and international stakeholder forums, including government bodies, donors and the community;
• Responds to customers’ concerns/issues and determines appropriate resolutions to maintain positive Company and customer relations;
• Mobilize resources for the expansion of water and sanitation infrastructure;
• Enhances the Company’s Corporate image;
• Promotes sound corporate governance and ethical standards;
• Gives strategic advice and presents results and findings to the Chairman and members of the Board of directors;
• Manages resources, including the attracting, hiring, retention and motivation of high performing personnel;
• Monitors the annual budget and ensures that revenue targets are met;
• Is in charge of all the company planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to ensure that it provides safe water and sewerage services that satisfy its customers’ and the shareholders’ needs for growth and return on investment;
• Developing and ensuring that the implementation of the Company’s approved water and sewerage business strategies, policies, procedures, practices and operating plans that reflect the longer-term corporate goals and priorities as established by Board of Directors;
• Changing the culture within the Company to one more consistent with private sector principles and practices;
• Developing and maintaining good public relations with the community, the councils and the customers;
• Advising the Board of Directors concerning objectives and policies as they relate to the technical, financial and legal affairs of the Company, and to future activities in the area of water supply and sewerage;
• Formulating and periodically updating the Corporate Plan including projections of any necessary expansion or development of facilities, extensions of business operations and to ensure that the company operates in an effective and efficient manner;
• Conducting the affairs of the company such that the performance meets expectations and requirements of the Board of Directors;
• Reviewing, with senior management, budget proposals and manpower plans, for the approval by the Board of Directors;
• Making regular reports to the Board of Directors on actual performance of the company, compared with approved targets and budgets, and formulate recommendations for discrepancies to be corrected;
• Providing and sourcing for the required inputs such as finances, plant and equipment to enable the Company to provide and distribute a constant supply of portable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and also provide adequate sewerage services; and
• Developing and implementing performance improvements strategies in major areas of the company’s operations in order to:
• Improve and monitor the quality, life –span as well as utilization of company’s infrastructure;
• Improve water purification and distribution, sewerage treatment and disposal to the required quality and standards;
• Invest the company’s funds in profitable business ventures to generate additional income for the company within the water and sewerage sector;
• Raise and sustain employees’ performance standards, engender a sense of commitment to duty and Company values;
• Improve and maintain a sound Company organization posture that portrays a positive image to the public through the quality of service provided;
• Initiate and maintain good liaison with external support agencies and other investorswith respect to potential investments in capital expenditure projects within the set guidelines; and
• Provide overall management guidance and advice to the senior staff, including directors and managers.

Minimum Qualifications

For appointment to this position, a candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Hold a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering (Civil, Water, Environmental) or its equivalent from a recognized university; or
• Hold a Bachelor degree in Commerce/Social Sciences from a recognized university;
• Master’s degree shall be an added advantage
• At least ten (10) years progressive and relevant work experience, five (5) of which must be at senior management level
• Have satisfactorily served as Technical Manager or Commercial Manager and Finance Manager or a comparable position with similar responsibilities in like organizations for a minimum period of five (5) years;
• Must be a registered member of relevant professional body and in good standing
• Have demonstrated high leadership and management capability;
• Have high degree of integrity and dependability;
• Relevant computer software skills;
• Effective decision-making skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and implement key strategic initiatives.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Strong financial management skills including understanding and interpreting budgets.
• Strategic thinker able to effectively communicate a strategic vision both internally and externally.
• Have strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to engage varied stakeholders
• Solution orientated, driven, ambitious, and committed to finding solutions to problems.
• Be self-driven, goal oriented, issue focused, people centered, result oriented and accountable individual.
• Thrive on diversity and cope well with change.
• Must be familiar with the reform programs in commercial and public settings and demonstrable through understanding of the national goals, policies and development objectives including the Kenya Vision 2030.
• Meet the requirements of chapter six of the Constitution