Secretary, Productivity at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

VACANCY IN THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

V/No.46/2018

Terms of Service: Permanent or Contract

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 164,780 – 320,040 p.m. (Job Group ‘T’)

House Allowance: Kshs. 80,000 per month

Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 24,000 per month

Entertainment Allowance: Ksh. 65,000 per month

Extraneous Allowance: Ksh. 60,000 per month

Domestic Servants Allowance: Kshs. 15,000 per month

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• served for a cumulative period of twenty (20) years of which an aggregate of at least two (2) years must have been in the grade of Director, Productivity, Job Group ‘S’ and or Deputy Director, Productivity, Job Group ‘R’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service or in the private sector;
• a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Economics, Commerce, Accounts, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Development, Education, Environmental Science, Human Resource Development/Management, Engineering, Information Technology or any other relevant Social Sciences from a recognized university;
• a Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Economics, Commerce, Accounts, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship Development, Education, Environmental Science, Human Resource Development/Management, Engineering, Information Technology or any other relevant Social Sciences from a university recognized in Kenya;
• an advanced certificate for productivity practitioners lasting not less than three (3) weeks from a recognized institution;
• a thorough understanding and appreciation of dynamics of the productivity movement nationally, regionally and globally; and
• shown outstanding professional and executive capability in coordinating productivity improvements at organizational, sectoral and national level, matched with proper appreciation of the country’s productivity management needs and strategies of meeting them.

Note: Apart from the above requirements, an engineer must:

• be registered by the Engineers’ Registration Board Kenya;
• a current annual practice license from Engineers’ Registration Board of Kenya; and
• a corporate member of the Institution Engineers of Kenya;

Note: Possession of a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution will be considered an added advantage.

Duties and Responsibilities

• overseeing the formulation and implementation of national productivity policies, strategies and programmes;
• identifying and evaluating opportunities for the country’s regional and global competitiveness;
• coordinating the mobilization of resources for productivity programmes and projects;
• ensuring the establishment and maintenance of productivity data bank;
• providing strategic leadership and policy direction on productivity issues;
• coordination, preparation and implementation of the Centre’s strategic objectives, performance appraisal systems and performance contracts; and
• overseeing the financial and asset management issues of the centre.