Posted: 2026-08-08 23:30:19  Deadline: August 14, 2026   Temporary   Salary: Confidential

CIC Insurance Group is seeking recent graduates for the position of Research Clerk - Market and Industry Intelligence. The role provides research, data, and administrative support in gathering, organising, and presenting market, competitor, regulatory, and industry information under the guidance of the Head of Research or an assigned supervisor.

Position Details

Position: Research Clerk - Market and Industry Intelligence.
Employer: CIC Insurance Group.
Location: Nairobi.
Employment Type: Temporary.
Duration: Three months, with a further three-month extension if needed.
Application Deadline: August 14, 2026.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct assigned desk research using approved regulatory, industry, statistical, company, and reputable publication sources.
Collect, clean, validate, and organise market and industry data, including premiums, market share, growth, claims, product features, and pricing.
Update competitor databases, product comparison tools, regulatory trackers, and market intelligence repositories.
Monitor competitor activities, product launches, partnerships, digital initiatives, and market positioning, and prepare factual summaries.
Track relevant regulatory, economic, technological, and industry developments and prepare source-based briefs.
Support industry benchmarking, market sizing, product research, opportunity assessments, and business case research through data preparation and preliminary findings.
Prepare tables, charts, weekly updates, draft reports, and presentation materials.
Support stakeholder engagements through follow-up, note-taking, and action tracking.
Verify and reference sources and maintain an orderly research repository.
Highlight data gaps or conflicting information and undertake other assigned research and administrative duties.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Economics, Finance, Data Science, Business Analytics, Market Research, or a related field.
Applicants should be recent graduates.
No prior full-time work experience is required.
Exposure through an internship, industrial attachment, academic research project, data analysis assignment, or business case is desirable.
Previous exposure to financial services, insurance, economics, or regulatory research is an added advantage.

Key Competencies

Analytical curiosity and willingness to learn.
Commercial and market-oriented mindset.
Basic knowledge of competitor analysis, benchmarking, market sizing, or environmental scanning is desirable.
Basic exposure to Power BI, statistical tools, or business intelligence platforms is desirable.
Good written, oral, presentation, and report writing skills.

Application Process

Candidates with the required professional and academic qualifications should apply through this link: https://careers.cicinsurancegroup.com/job/research-graduate-clerk-market-industry-intelligence/.

Application Deadline

Deadline: August 14, 2026.
Candidates who do not hear from CIC Insurance Group by August 31, 2026 should consider their application unsuccessful.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
This job advert is open to both internal and external candidates.