Government Jobs in Kenya - Ministry of Public Service

Programme Officer II
(Community Integration & Peace Building)

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
31,270 – 41,260 p.m. (CSG11) House Allowance: Ksh. 4,200 – 10,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh. 4,000 p.m. Leave
Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per
financial year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service
Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to this
grade, an officer must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
disciplines: Disaster Management and Conflict Resolution, Community
Development, Administration, or equivalent qualification from a university
recognized in Kenya.

Responsibilities:  
  

Duties and
Responsibilities This is the entry and training grade for this cadre.

Duties and
Responsibilities at this level will include:-

• preparing data for review and implementation of
  strategies and programmes for Community integration and peace building;


• carrying out monitoring and implementation of
  livestock movement and natural resources sharing framework for identified
  ASALs and cross border communities;


• preparing training material and module for peace
  building and conflict management;


• preparing and updating contacts with government
  line ministries, UN agencies national and international organization who are
  interested in peace and conflict management and support in ASALs counties;


• preparing and maintaining data for conflict risk
  assessment framework;


• identifying potential spots of conflicts in ASALs
  for entry warning and response; and


• keeping data for county peace stakeholders to
  facilitate peace building and conflict management in ASALs

How
To Apply

Interested
and qualified? Go to Ministry of Public Service
and Gender on www.psckjobs.go.ke to apply

 

Programme Officer II
(Strategic Resource Development)

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
31,270 – 41,260 p.m. (CSG11) House Allowance: Ksh. 4,200 – 10,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh. 4,000 p.m. Leave
Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per
financial year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service
Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to this
grade, an officer must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
disciplines: – Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences,
Agriculture, Livestock Production or equivalent qualification from a university
recognized in Kenya.

Responsibilities:  
  

Duties and
Responsibilities

This is the entry and
training grade for this cadre. Duties and responsibilities at this level will
include:-

• identifying ASALs strategic/special development
  needs and review strategies for enhancement of livelihoods
  resilience; 


• identifying relevant stakeholders in
  implementation of ASAL programmes;


• collecting information for the development of a
  framework for coordination of responses against drought and
  desertification;


• collecting and analyzing data to promote market
  research for livestock product and other resources in ASALs;


• developing strategies for value addition of
  resources in ASALs;


• collecting data for promotion of drought resistant
  crops and fodder in ASALs; and


• undertaking resilience programmes that mitigate
  livestock loss during drought

 

Programme Officer II
(Research & Partnerships)

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
31,270 – 41,260 p.m. (CSG11) House Allowance: Ksh. 4,200 – 10,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh. 4,000 p.m. Leave
Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per
financial year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service
Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to this
grade, an officer must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
disciplines: Business Management, Economics, Statistics, Project
Planning/Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in
Kenya.

Responsibilities:  
  

Duties and
Responsibilities

This is the entry and
training grade for this cadre.

Duties and
Responsibilities at this level will include:-

• collecting and collating data for formulation of
  policies and strategies for ASAL development;


• identifying funding sources;


• identifying key primary areas for interventions of
  ASAL research and partnerships;


• collecting and uploading data in to the knowledge
  management systems;


• preparing partnerships engagement and funding
  proposals;


• providing input for conducting research relevant
  for development of ASALs; and


• maintaining an up to date database of investors,
  collaborators and other stakeholders

How
To Apply

Interested
and qualified? Go to Ministry of Public Service
and Gender on www.psckjobs.go.ke to apply

 

Deputy Director Strategic
Resource Development

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
99,900 – Ksh. 169,140 p.m. (CSG 6) House Allowance: Ksh.20, 000 – 50,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16, 000p.m Leave Allowance:
As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial
year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service:
Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to
this grade an officer must have:

• served for a minimum period of one (1) year in the
  grade of Assistant Director, Strategic Resource Development or in a
  comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service or Private
  Sector;


• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
  disciplines:- Human and Veterinary Medicine, Natural Resource Management,
  Environmental Sciences, Business Studies, Developmental Studies, Disaster
  Management and Conflict Resolution, Education, Urban and Regional
  Planning, Economics and Statistics, Agriculture, Livestock Production,
  Engineering, Geospatial/Geometric, Information Science, Food Science and
  Nutrition, Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification
  from a university recognized in Kenya; and


• demonstrated professional competence and
  managerial capability as reflected in work performance

Responsibilities:  
  

Duties and
Responsibilities

Duties and
responsibilities at this level will include: –

• designing and implementing strategic resource
  development/diversification and value addition programmes in ASALs;


• liaising with investors in the development of
  water resources and climate proof infrastructure in ASALs;


• promoting and sustaining linkages with relevant
  stakeholders to provide incentives for climate smart technologies;


• promoting incentives to attract investments in
  value addition of resources in ASALs;


• undertaking feasibility studies and development of
  proposals for strategic programmes in the ASALs;


• undertaking development and implementation on
  strategies for promotion of livelihood support to enhance resilience;


• developing resources for livelihood
  diversification and value addition in ASALs;


• undertaking impact assessment of implementation
  resource against drought and desertification;


• leading in provision of technical advice on
  response strategies against drought and desertification;


• overseeing development and implementation of
  ecological restoration strategies to mitigate effects of desertification;


• providing leadership on monitoring and evaluation
  of strategic programmes in ASALs;


• overseeing promotion of drought resistant crops
  and fodder production and spearheading market access for livestock
  products and other resources in the ASALs; and


• managing staff Performance in the department and
  mentoring and coaching staff  

How
To Apply

Interested
and qualified? Go to Ministry of Public Service
and Gender on www.psckjobs.go.ke to apply

 

Deputy Director Community
Integration & Peace Building

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
99,900 – Ksh. 169,140 p.m. (CSG 6) House Allowance: Ksh.20, 000 – 50,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16, 000p.m Leave Allowance:
As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial
year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service:
Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to
this grade an officer must have:

• served for a minimum period of one (1) year in the
  grade of Assistant Director, Community Integration and Peace Building or
  in a comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service or
  Private Sector;


• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
  disciplines:- Bachelor of Arts (Administration, Government, Sociology,
  Anthropology), Development Studies, Disaster Management and Conflict
  Resolution, Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Dry Land Resource
  Management, Information Science, Agricultural Economics/Project Planning
  and Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in
  Kenya; and


• demonstrated professional competence and managerial
  capability as reflected in work performance

Responsibilities:  
  

Duties and
Responsibilities

Duties and
responsibilities at this level will include: –

• supporting peace negotiations settlement among
  communities in conflict;


• supporting development and implementing of
  capacity building programmes for community peace structures in ASALs
  counties;


• carrying out inter communal peace building and
  conflict management activities in ASALs counties and cross border
  communities;


• preparation of briefs for the secretary ASALs on
  matters regarding community integration, peace building and conflict
  management; (v) carrying out dissemination of emerging ASALs development
  policies and directives emerging from the executive to the field offices;


• analyzing and recommending action from field
  reports on community integration peace building and conflict management
  activities;


• undertaking mapping out of potential spots of
  conflicts in ASALs for early responding and developing conflict risk
  assessment framework;


• developing bilateral cross border memorandum to
  enhance trans-boundary animal disease control and livestock trade;


• initiating the development and implementation of
  joint trans-boundary water and grazing zone frame work; (x) initiating and
  supporting negotiations on joint cross border activities between Kenya and
  neighboring countries along ASALs countries;


• liaising with relevant
  Ministries/Departments/Agencies, and development partners in
  implementation of ASALs programmes;


• providing strategic support and capacity building
  to ASALs counties on community integration and cross border issues;


• overseeing implementation development and
  reviewing institutional frameworks to facilitate peace building and
  conflict management in ASALs;


• overseeing the development of peace security and
  stability conflict transformation for refugees and host communities and
  program work plan;


• steering the development and implementation of
  Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in ASALs;


• overseeing preparation of annual departmental
  budgets and medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) for the state
  department; and (xvii) overseeing preparation of departmental performance
  contract, implementation and reporting of the state departmental
  performance contract and mentoring and coaching staff

How
To Apply

Interested
and qualified? Go to Ministry of Public Service
and Gender on www.psckjobs.go.ke to apply

 

Deputy Director Research
& Partnership

Qualifications and
Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.
99,900 – Ksh. 169,140 p.m. (CSG 6) House Allowance: Ksh.20, 000 – 50,000 p.m.
(Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16, 000p.m Leave Allowance:
As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial
year Medical Cover:

As provided by the
government Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable For appointment to this
grade an officer must have:

• served for a minimum period of one (1) year in the
  grade of Assistant Director, Research and Partnership or in a comparable
  and relevant position in the wider Public Service or Private Sector;


• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following
  disciplines: Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, Business
  Management, Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Economics, Statistics,
  Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification from a
  university recognized in Kenya; and


• demonstrated professional competence and
  managerial capability as reflected in work performance

Responsibilities:  
 

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: –

• tracking policy implementation and advising on
  appropriate intervention;


• interpreting, and disseminating ASAL policies and
  strategies;


• establishing and sustaining linkages with the development
  partners and stakeholders on financing ASAL projects;


• initiating and facilitating the development of
  funding proposals and mobilizing resources for ASAL projects;


• building rapport and maintaining good
  relationships and linkages with investors, collaborators, partners and
  other stakeholders for research, knowledge management and resource
  mobilization; (vi) promoting research and feasibility studies on ASAL
  development;


• overseeing reviewing and validating project
  proposals and periodic progress reports on funded programmes;


• overseeing identification of key priority areas
  and strategic interventions for ASALs;


• coordinating monitoring and evaluation of ASAL
  policies and strategies;


• supervising identification, mapping institutions,
  organizations, agencies and conducting research in ASALs; and


• supervising, monitoring and coaching staf

How
To Apply

Interested
and qualified? Go to Ministry of Public Service
and Gender on www.psckjobs.go.ke to apply