Assistant Manager, Innovation Job at Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC, KenGen

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Business Process Reengineering & Innovation, the job holder is responsible for KenGen’s innovation agenda across all its installations, including inculcating a culture of innovation an continuous improvement in all levels of the organization.

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Carrying out Intellectual Property audits and register identified patents, trademarks industrial designs and copyright. 
• Overseeing and rollout a corporate innovation system 
• Facilitating the development of skills, processes, values, and mind-sets to anchor innovation across the business 
• Developing the Company innovation policy 
• Overseeing the annual G2G technical seminar to tap on innovative new ideas 
• Overseeing and driving quick-wins (rapid results initiatives) implementation 
• Managing an online innovation dashboard where ideas, concepts are posted for onward scoping and implementation 
• Developing metrices to continually measure the Company’s innovation performance as well as its progress in embedding innovation as a core competence. 
• Coordinate Intellectual property protection to secure the company’s intellectual capital. 
• Ensuring compliance with QMS/EMS, Safety, statutory and regulatory requirements. 
• Monitoring and evaluating employees performance in the section 
• Preparing sectional annual budget & procurement plan and ensuring prudent fund management. 

Person Specifications 
For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: – 

• Bachelors degree in Project Management/Business/Engineering or related field from a recognized institution. 
• Masters degree in Project Management/Business/Engineering or related field from a recognized institution. 
• Experience of ten (10) years relevant work experience, four (4) of which are at Management role. 
• A member of a relevant professional body in good standing.