Job Openings at Mkobo Microfinance Bank Limited (Mkobobank)

Job Role

• As a Digital Marketing Specialist, you will be responsible for all digital marketing campaigns, including generating leads, conducting market research and actively engaging with the business to optimize the performance of our digital strategies.
• The primary focus of this role is to build and maintain brand awareness and drive acquisition of customers through various digital marketing campaigns.
• Other duties include performing market research, strategizing with other marketing professionals and creating content to aid in the success of all digital marketing campaigns.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, implement and manage the organization’s social media strategy.
• Work with Growth Marketing Manager to define and report weekly important social media KPIs.
• Manage and oversee social media content and accounts across all social media platforms
• Managing the digital marketing calendar
• Creating visual concepts for promotional activities
• Maintaining the online presence and reputation of the company
• Overseeing the creation and maintenance of social media content
• Tracking digital marketing performance
• Creating and updating digital marketing reports
• Generate original content and collaborate with partners (case studies, videos, blog, articles, email, social media, etc.) to develop and drive product growth.
• Grow and manage our online community
• Implement and monitor SEO and user engagement and suggest content optimization.
• Promote company brand and products online and creatively connect with our target audience through various digital channels to drive growth.
• Increase company’s online visibility, awareness and protect its reputation
• Use insights and performance metrics to increase market penetration and brand equity.

The Mkobo Way (Company culture that we don’t negotiate with)

• We put our CUSTOMERS needs first - We only exist as a business because of our customers. So we focus on long term loyalty not profits. We put the Customers needs at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a CAN DO attitude - We’re making a positive, important change in the world. We can’t do this by staying in our comfort zones. No-one can do this alone. We need each other. We are all in this together
• We think and act like OWNERS - If you see a problem or opportunity, don't wait, OWN IT. We work on our own personal growth and We do the best for the company, not for specific individuals or teams.
• We live by KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) - Unnecessary complexity gets in the way of purpose and should be avoided at all times. 
• We are OPEN to change - Innovation can only happen when we open our minds to change either personally or as a business. We can only change if we constantly seek feedback, not consensus.

Qualifications

• BA in Marketing, Digital technologies or similar relevant field
• 2+ years of experience as a Digital Marketing Specialist
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with SEO, community management
• Demonstrable experience in content marketing/ management, email, social media and/or display advertising campaigns.
• Experience in Digital Marketing
• Experience in building and managing a community.
• Experience with Google Ads and Google Analytics
• Experience in a FINTECH industry is a added advantage.

Knowledge

• Experience in content creation
• Good knowledge/understanding of different digital marketing channels
• Proficiency with SEO/SEM tools.
• Good knowledge of B2C social media platforms
• Good knowledge of graphics design packages (Canva, Photoshop, CoralDraw) or similar
• Good knowledge and experience with online marketing strategies, tools and best practices.

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Job Description

• As a Fullstack Engineer you will be working alongside the product teams to build scalable APIs. It is the perfect opportunity for someone who is experienced and passionate about scalable systems, clean code and is looking for a great fulltime role.
• While we currently build our systems in python, java, and any other compelling technology language, We believe the language is merely a tool in solving the problem, and we’re open to Engineers with experience of other stacks like NodeJS, Javascript with the flexibility to learn any language to solve any problem.

Role

• Design, build, and maintain scalable Backend/Frontend systems.
• DevOps: improve automation of the software development process.
• Identify performance issues and bugs, and provide solutions to these problems.
• Work with other team members to ensure we are building the right product
• Participate in code reviews
• Pair-program with other developers or discuss possible technical architectures
• Contribute to creating a culture of writing excellent software

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Advanced experience with Backend/Frontend frameworks such as java, python [preferably] or similar like NodeJS, javascript
• Mid to senior level Fullstack engineer experience
• At least 3 years commercial experience
• Excellent knowledge of Scalable and distributed architectures.
• Excellent knowledge of SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB/CouchDB/ElasticSearch/cassandra)
• Understanding of Code versioning tools like Git
• Understanding of Unit and Integration testing.
• Understanding of DevOps processes like CI/CD
• Understanding of infrastructure as code(Docker, kubernates, openshift is an added advantage)
• Knowledge of CSS is an advantage
• Application security, encryption, hashing.
• Good understanding of APIs
• Knowledge of in-memory database is an added advantage
• Superb organisational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision
• University degree in Informational Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related subject.