Deputy Director, Occupational Safety and Health Services at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

POSTS - V/NO. 14/2018

Basic Salary Scale: 115,290 – Ksh.153,170 p.m.                                     

(Job Group ‘R’)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• served for cumulative period of eighteen (18) years, an aggregate of which two
• (2) years should have been in the grade of Senior Assistant /Assistant Director, Occupational Safety and Health Services, Job Group ‘Q’/ ‘P’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Medicine and Surgery, Nursing, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Biochemistry, Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Masters degree in any of the following disciplines:- Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health Nursing, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering, Disaster Management, Occupational Safety and Health or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a certificate in a specialized discipline in Occupational Safety and Health lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• been a member of Kenya Occupational Safety and Health Association;
• been a registered member of a relevant professional body(where applicable);
• shown merit and ability in work performance and

Note: a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks or equivalent qualification in a recognized institution will be considered added advantage;

Duties and Responsibilities

• developing and implementing occupational safety and health services policies, programmes and projects;
• approval of architectural plans of premises used as work places as defined under the occupational Safety and Health Act, No.15 Act 2007;
• monitoring and evaluating and control of environmental hazards in work places;
• conducting research and related activities in the field of Occupational Safety and Health;
• investigating accidents and cases of occupational diseased in the workplace; and
• initiating ratification of International standards of work