Senior Deputy Director, Resource Mobilization at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

V/No.77/2018 Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 130,420 – Ksh. 193, 410 p.m. - (Job Group ‘S’)

For appointment to this grade, Officer must have:

• served for a cumulative period of eighteen (18) years, of which an aggregate of at least three (3) years should have been at the grade of Deputy Director, Resource Mobilization, Job Group ‘R’ and/or Senior Assistant Director, Resource Mobilization, Job Group ‘Q’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Master’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Finance, Accounting, Project Planning Management, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from an institution recognized in Kenya;
• demonstrated professional competence and managerial capabilities; and
• Demonstrated clear understanding of National goals, values and principles of governance.

Note:- possession of a certificate in any of the following courses will considered an added advantage; Public Debt Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Monitoring and Evaluation , Project Management, Debt Management Performance Assessment, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Macro-Economic Analysis and Modeling, Financial Modeling/Reporting, Public Debt Restructuring, Negotiation Skills and Foreign Aid Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

An officer at this level will be responsible to the Director, Resource Mobilization. Specific duties and responsibilities shall include:

• interpreting and implementing relevant statutes, policies and regulations on Public Finance Management;
• reviewing forecasts of external and domestic inflows in the annual national estimates
• overseeing the preparation and review of agreements and memoranda between the government and development partners;
• overseeing projects appraisal, monitoring and evaluation;
• mobilizing domestic and external resources;
• liaising with Accounting Officers to ensure counterpart funding is adequately provided in the budget;
• reviewing due diligence reports on emerging debt instruments and providing guidance; and
• reviewing policy documents on primary and secondary domestic debt market