Director, Public Private Partnership at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

V/No.41/2018

Terms of Service: Permanent or Contract

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 164,780 - Ksh. 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 a candidate must have:

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Senior Deputy Director, Job Group ‘S’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service or private sector;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Finance, Economics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics and Statistics, Engineering, Law or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Master’s degree in any of the following fields: finance, Economics, Engineering, Law or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Certificate in any of the following fields: Project Appraisal, Risk Management, Project Planning and Management, Policy Development and Formulation, Monitoring and
• Evaluation, Public Private Partnership or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Demonstrated professional competence, managerial capabilities, outstanding leadership and skills management projects;
• High organizational skills, as well as ability to deal with a variety of stakeholders; and
• Clear understanding of national development goals, values and principles of governance.

Note: Possession of a certificate in strategic leadership development programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution will be considered an added advantage

Duties and Responsibilities

The Director, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit will be responsible for overall coordination, promotion and oversight implementation of the PPP program. The specific duties and responsibilities include: -

• formulating policies, standards, guidelines and procedures necessary for the sustainable implementation of the PPP program.
• ensuring requisite support is provided to contracting authorities, at both the national and county government level, to enable them to identify, select, appraise, approve, procure, negotiate and monitor PPP projects throughout their cycle;
• creating effective systems and frameworks for capacity building to contracting authorities and other parties involved in the planning, coordinating, undertaking or monitoring of PPP projects;
• establishing and maintaining an inventory/database of PPP projects with its associated documentation;
• Ensuring that PPP project proposals are supported by sound analysis as to needs and value, receive the necessary approvals, ensure that private partner selection takes place as a result of a rigorous and fair process;
• Facilitating regular research and gap analysis to ensure continuous performance improvement in the implementation of PPPs;
• Assisting the National Treasury in operationalizing resource mobilization into the PPP Project Facilitation Fund (PFF) as established under section 68 of the PPP Act, 2013; and
• Ensuring fiscal accountability in the approval and management of financial and any other form of support granted by the government in the implementation of projects under the PPP Act.