SAFARICOM About Us We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people
SAFARICOM
About Us
We are the leading telecommunication company in East Africa. Our purpose is to transform lives by connecting people to people, people to opportunities and people to information. We keep over 42 million customers connected and play a critical role in the society, supporting over one million jobs both directly and indirectly while our total economic value was estimated at KES 362 Billion ($ 3.2 billion) for the 12 months through March 2021. We are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and with annual revenues of close to KES 298 Billion ($2.5 billion) as at March 2022. We were founded in 1997 as a fully owned subsidiary of Telkom Kenya before a 40 percent acquisition by Vodafone Group PLC in May 2000, and a public offering of 25 percent shares through the NSE in 2008. Under the management of Vodafone Group PLC, we welcomed Michael Joseph, as our first CEO, a few months later in July of 2000. He led the company’s growth to accommodate 16.71 million subscribers from the previous 20,000, largely owing to innovative products like M-PESA in 2007.
1. Senior Administrator, Governance
Location: Kenya
Job Description
Reporting to the Company Secretary, Safaricom Plc the role holder will be responsible for supporting the Governance Centre of Excellence team in delivering high standards of corporate governance, regulatory compliance and board administration. The role ensures effective management of statutory obligations, board and committee processes, shareholder engagement and governance reporting in line with applicable laws, listing rules and best practice standards for listed companies.
Responsibilities
I. Health and Safety
- Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
- All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
- Assist in the preparation, collation and distribution of Board and Committee papers.
- Coordinate logistics for Board and Committee Meetings (Scheduling meetings, coordination of venue, technology and documentation management.)
- Compilation of directors’ attendance for both the Safaricom Plc board and board subsidiaries and preparation of the quarterly board remuneration schedule.
- Assist with the timely follow up on agreed actions with the senior management teams for the board and board subsidiaries.
- Maintain an annual calendar of Board and Committee meetings for the Safaricom Plc Board and its subsidiaries aligned to regulatory and business requirements.
- Support the Governance Centre of Excellence with the maintenance of the physical statutory registers, records and filings with the regulators including the Business Registration Services, Companies registry and Capital Markets Authority.
- Support shareholder engagement including the coordination of the Annual General Meeting, any Extraordinary General Meetings, Investor Relation Forum, Board and Board Subsidiaries events and retreats, Board Strategy sessions and Half and Full Year Results Announcements and board events.
- Support implementation of Governance Training and Induction for Directors.
- Ensure safe custody of corporate records, charters, minutes and official company seals.
- Manage document workflows, databases and electronic governance systems.
- Provide administrative support to the Governance Center of Excellence team.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience
- Technology particularly Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation.
- Working With others.
- Operational Excellence.
- Business Know-how.
- Working With Change.
- Project and Programme Management.
- Negotiation.
- Service Quality and Planning.
Functional Competencies
I. Exceptional organization skills
- The Senior Administrator, Governance must be well organized, proactive and be able to multi-task. This is especially needed to ensure the smooth flow of company board and board committee meetings and to guarantee that all necessary information or correspondence is communicated timely and to the right people.
II. Integrity and Ethical Judgment
- The Senior Administrator, Governance must possess outstanding integrity due to the sensitivity of content that is discussed in the various Boards and Board Committees.
III. Strong Interpersonal and Stakeholder Management Skills
- The Senior Administrator, Governance must have strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and be able to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines.
IV. High levels of professionalism and accountability
- The Senior Administrator, Governance must be committed to excellence, high levels of profession ability and should be able to take personal accountability and responsibility for their work and the general management of the Governance Center of Excellence.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in a busy corporate environment.
- Diploma or bachelor’s degree in law, Business, Business Administration, Corporate Governance or related field.
- Accredited Project Management certifications will be an added advantage.
- Experience in interacting with senior leadership and board directors.
- Experience in planning/ organizing for committee, board, general meetings, engaging with the various stakeholders in the process and attending meetings with minimal supervision and preparation for board trainings.
- Experience in working with public listed entities is an added advantage.
- Good interpersonal, oratory and written skills and ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Board portal software, use of artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
Deadline: 11/27/2025, 11:55 PM
2. Governance Specialist
Location: Kenya
Job Description
Reporting to the Company Secretary, Safaricom Plc the role holder will be responsible for ensuring that Safaricom Plc and its subsidiaries maintain high standards of corporate governance. He / She will be the repository of governance knowledge and advice, and the guardian of the proper compliance with both the law and best practice corporate governance, overseeing corporate integrity.
Responsibilities
Health and Safety
- Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
- All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions.
- Perform all secretariat functions outlined in the Companies Act, NSE Listings requirements.
- Prepare for all main Board, Subsidiaries Boards and Committee meetings, including drafting agendas and sending out board and committee packs and other relevant documentation ahead of the meetings.
- Responsible for preparing and drafting of Board resolutions, Minutes, proxy forms, capital votes, certified extracts etc.
- Ensure that all documentation required in terms of applicable legislation is kept up to date. Work as part of a team on the compilation and publication of the Integrated Report, ensuring that statutory deadlines are met, and that the statutory and regulatory disclosures are validated, particularly in relation to statements given on corporate governance standards and practices in the company.
- Prepare and finalize all documentation required for the respective Boards Annual General Meetings (AGM).
- Prepare and finalize the Board resolutions for half year and full year results announcements.
- Maintain a register of present and past directors, shareholders, minute books and registers.
- Assist with the appointment and resignation of directors, issuing of shares, share certificates, changes of year end, registered office, etc.
- Prepare and lodge the relevant company statutory returns.
- File and record all documents in their respective physical and digital files.
- Direct link person with all registries i.e. Business Registration Services, Companies, Tribunals etc.
- Coordination of calendars and diaries between the main board and subsidiary boards.
Core competencies, knowledge and experience
- Working With others
- Operational Excellence
- Business Know-how
- Working With Change
- Project and Programme Management
- Negotiation
- Service Quality and Planning
Functional Competencies
I. Exceptional organization skills
- The Governance Specialist must be well organized, proactive and be able to multi-task. This is especially needed to ensure the smooth flow of company board and board committee meetings and to guarantee that all necessary information or correspondence is communicated timely and to the right people.
II. Governance & technical expertise
- The Governance Specialist needs to be an expert in corporate governance, and other best practice on a global basis. The candidate must be an expert in company law and the NSE Listings Requirements and have excellent technical competence in the role.
III. Integrity
- The Governance Specialist must possess outstanding integrity due to the sensitivity of content that is discussed in the various Boards and Board Committees.
Commitment
- The Governance Specialist must be committed to excellence and doing a good job is essential.
Qualifications
Must have technical / professional qualifications:
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience (post completion of CPS course) in a busy corporate and/or certified secretarial practice environment.
A Bachelor of Arts, Business Management, Science, Commerce, Business Administration or a similar degree from an accredited University
Certified Public Secretary CPS (K) registered with the Institute of Certified Secretary and a holder of a current practicing certificate. - Accredited governance auditor with ICPSK will be an added advantage.
- A solid understanding of Corporate Governance best practice, and experience of applying this understanding pragmatically in support of boards and committees within diverse members.
- Experience in interacting with senior Board and Committee members.
- Experience in planning/ organizing for committee, board, general meetings, engaging with the various stakeholders in the process and attending meetings and preparation of the minutes thereof with minimal supervision and preparation for board trainings.
- Thorough knowledge of the NSE Listing Requirements, Companies Act and the Codes of Corporate Governance.
- Experience in analysing a company’s constitutive document including the Memorandum and Articles of Association and advising on any potential amendments to Articles of Association.
- Experience in advising and dealing with registration of entities, increase of capital, transfer of shares, change of directors, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring of companies, drafting appropriate documentation and corporate filings.
- Experience in handling governance work including drafting of Board Charters and other Board governance document including terms of reference for committee. Annual work plans, undertaking, or supporting governance audits, Board training work, undertaking, or supporting Board evaluations.
- Experience in working with public listed entities is an added advantage.
- Good interpersonal, oratory and written skills and ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Deadline: 11/27/2025, 11:55 PM
3. Android Developer
Nairobi, Kenya
Job Description
Reporting to the Software Engineering Lead – Apps, the position holder will be required to develop and publish enterprise mobile applications in Android. They will collaborate with internal teams to develop functional mobile applications while working in a fast-paced environment, keeping up to date with new concepts and best practices for developing mobile applications, adopting Agile in DevOps and, team delivery.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, build and maintain excellent mobile applications with clean code
- Release applications to Google Play and Huawei App stores
- Design and implement user interface components for mobile applications using from prototypes and wireframes
- Write unit, UI, integration and automated tests to ensure error-free code, performance and quality
- Integration to RESTful APIs
- Work with Coroutines to improve performance of the mobile apps
- Identify, plan and implement new mobile products, applications and protocols
- Creating efficient data queries and communicating to back-end developers on API issues
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use
- Implement clean, modern, smooth animations and transitions that provide an excellent user experience
- Work with modern tools including Confluence, Jira, Slack, GitHub etc
- Reviewing application requirements and interface designs
- Documenting application changes and developing updates
- Collecting user feedback and optimization of operational experience
- On-going app support, debug and enhancement
- Remain up to date with the technologies, concepts, best practices and news of mobile applications development
- Work closely with colleagues to constantly innovate app functionality and design
- Communicate with users to understand their needs and experiences
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years of professional experience working with Android
- 4+ years of professional software development experience
- A very good understanding about mobile applications and programming languages such as Kotlin, Java, SqlLite, XML together with their mainstream IDEs such as Android Studio.
- Knowledge in Swift, React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform and Xcode is an added advantage
- A strong understanding on Single Activity and MVVM architecture patterns and Jetpack components like Navigation
- Experience in RESTful API integrations, Version Control (Git) and DevOps
- An understanding on Security Principles with regard to mobile applications and tech platforms
- Experience in developing Android applications
- A strong desire to learn and figure out how to create market leading user-friendly mobile applications
- Quick to adopt and willingness to work/deliver in a short period
- Ability to quickly absorb technical concepts and communicate them to a non-technical audience
- Passionate about robust code design
- Knowledge of UI/UX designs and wireframes
- Ability to create and maintain continuous integration and delivery of Android applications
Technical Skills
- Knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming
- Significant experience working with Kotlin along with tools like Dagger Hilt, Ktlint, Espresso and SonarQube
- Strong knowledge of Android fundamentals such as MVVM and Clean architectures, Paging, Navigation and LiveData
- Good knowledge of Architecture using Library and Dynamic Feature modules
- Ability to write well-documented, clean Kotlin code
- Understanding of Dependency Management using Version Catalog
- Familiarity with build tools like Gradle, Dexguard and Proguard
- Understanding of secure REST APIs, Websocket Connections, offline storage, and working with third-party libraries
- A complete understanding of the full mobile app development lifecycle right from prototyping
- Knowledge of type checking, unit testing and code debugging
- Knowledge of user interface design, responsive designs, animations and accessibility support
- Well-versed in a variety of Android software and technologies such as ESLint
- Experience with Firebase products and services
- Good troubleshooting skills
Non-Technical Skills
- A positive mindset and continuous-learning attitude
- Ability to solve issues and contribute to libraries as and when needed
- Experience working in an agile development environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate strategy
- A collaborative approach to build apps and solve complex problems
- Attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Client-focused approach with a goal of creating user-centric designs
- Good interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills
Deadline: 11/24/2025, 11:55 PM
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