Deputy Director, Shipping and Maritime at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

POST          - V/NO. 16/2018

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.115,290 – Ksh.153,170 p.m. (Job Group ‘R’) For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• served for cumulative period of ten (10) years, an aggregate of which at least three (3) years should have been in the grade of Senior Assistant /Assistant Director, Shipping and Maritime, Job Group ‘Q’/ ‘P’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, Marine Engineering or Economics or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Masters degree in any of the following disciplines: Maritime Studies, Shipping Management, Maritime Law, Maritime Affairs, Maritime Education and Training, Marine Environment Protection, Environmental Science or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a certificate in any of the following: Law of the Sea, Port Management, Maritime Security, Inland Water Transport, Sea Use Management, Port State Control and Formulation of National Maritime Policy or Shipping Terms from a recognized institution; and
• a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution; and
• demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, managerial, administrative capability in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and

Duties and Responsibilities

• formulating, reviewing and implementing policies on shipping and Maritime to ensure safety, security, navigation, search and rescue, port development and inland waterways;
• domesticating international conventions ratified by Kenya into Policies, Legislations and regulations;
• implementing standards for Training, Certification and watch keeping (sea times);
• coordinating matters related to regional and international bodies on Maritime issues;
• facilitating seaborne trade activities in liaison with stakeholders;
• verifying reports on Shipping transport costs in the region;
• coordinating activities of State Agencies on matters related to Maritime Safety, Security and Commercial Shipping Development; and
• compiling and submitting data on imported oil to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds: