Area Manager at Kakamega County

Area Manager Job Responsibilities

• Coordinating all the Area activities to ensure that water is supplied in the right quality and quantity;
• Ensure that all the assets, equipment and materials in the area are properly kept, used, maintained and asset inventory kept;
• Ensure that at all times the water supply system is operated and maintained as per the national regulations;
• Ensure that the water laboratories at the treatment works are conducting all the quality tests as per the standard regulations and are recording the data for results as required;
• Timely Preparation of standard monthly report and forwarding to the Technical Manager;
• Act on audit reports and prepare a report to HQ on the remedies; and Capacity building through recommendation of recruitment, discipline, deployment and promotion of staff in the area.
• Developing and monitoring the area budget;
• Ensure operational costs are optimum;
• Reduce non-revenue water to acceptable limits;
• Ensure the sewer service is in operation and that disposal policy is followed.

Qualifications for the Area Manager Job

• HND in water related field, Bachelors Degree or its equivalent; Computer skills;
• Five (5) years experience for ordinary diploma or three (3) of experience for higher diploma holders;
• Management and supervision skills;
• Knowledge in water sector;
• Customer Care/Handling Skills;
• Communication and Inter-personal Relations Skills;
• Report Writing Skills.