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

POSTS - V/NO. 15/2018

Basic Salary Scale: 94,850 – Ksh.127,110 p.m.                                      

(Job Group ‘Q’)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• served for cumulative period of Fifteen (15) years, an aggregate of three (3) years should have been in the grade of Assistant Director Occupational Safety and Health /Principal, Occupational Safety and Health Officer, Job Group ‘P’/ ‘N’ 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 its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• have a certificate in a specialized discipline on Occupational Safety and Health lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• be 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 relevant Masters degree and 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

An officer at this level will head a Regional office or a section at the headquarters. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• initiating policy and standards review;
• coordinating investigations and research in occupational safety and health, inspections and    audits,   surveillance   workers    health,    prosecution   under occupational Safety and health, creating awareness on occupational safety and health, monitoring of activities of approved persons and institutions;
• setting of specifications and standards for the design and quality of personal protective equipment, safety standards for industrial machinery and equipment; and
• setting of safety standards for industrial machinery and equipment and approval of architectural plans for proposed, intended extension and renovations of workplace