Physical Planning Officer at County Government of Tana River

Job Responsibilities

• An officer at this level will be under the guidance and supervision of deputy director physical planning;
• Assemble spatial data gathered from the field and stakeholders for the SubCounty to feed into the County Spatial Plan;
• Prepare base maps of the Sub-County generated by use of GIS System;
• Prepare proposed land use Maps indicating areas and direction of settlement, land for arable use, degraded land, sensitive ecosystem and transport systems linking the various land uses;
• Incorporate all the thematic/sectoral data and informtion generated into the designs of Sub-County land use plan;
• Design the Sub-County spatial structure;
• Delineation and planning of the existing and new Urban/Town centers in the Sub-County;
• Formulation of plan to the ground to top potentials and mitigate challenges;
• Ground trothing and revision of plans;
• Record rationalization and development on a G.I.S platform;
• Create base for peparation of valuation rolls for all the township properties;
• Create land use plans around strategic facilities e.g airports, railway terminals, university campuses, etc;
• Undertaking feasibility studies on physical, social, economic and environmental characteristics;
• Implementing physical plans for national, regional, urban areas and cities;
• Processing Development Control applications, implementation and enforcement of Development Control;
• Maintaining Physical Planning records in the Sub-Counties.

Qualifications

• Have a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines;- Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Planning or Town Planning from a recognized institution;
• Be a graduate member of Kenya Institute of Planners or Architectural Association of Kenya (Town Planning Chapter); and
• Have a certificate in G.I.S or computer application skills from a recognized institution;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.