Environmental Field Officer at Nyeri County

Reporting to the Director – Environment and Natural Resources.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and proactively managing environmental activities and projects at the sub county level.
• Representing the Department in all sub county forums in relation to the environmental management.
• Organizing sensitization and awareness creation meetings for environment and natural resources management.
• Carrying out site visits to assess progress of programmes, dealing with complaints and raising environmental concerns as deemed necessary.
• Supervise stock taking of national resources at the sub county level as well as identification of significant, sensitive and degraded sites for rehabilitation.
• Assisting in decision making and advising on the best practices in environmental management
• vii)Liaising and partnering with various stakeholders on environmental management within the sub county.
• Taking appropriate enforcement action in cases of non-compliance or breach of licence/permit conditions as issued by the Directorate
• Assisting in screening and reviewing EIA and EA reports within the sub county
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Director

Qualifications

The candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Be a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management or a related field from a university recognized in Kenya.
• Demonstrate computer proficiency.
• Be a member of and in good standing with EIK or any other relevant professional body.
• Possess a certificate of good conduct
• Possess a tax compliance certificate

Experience in GIS will be an added advantage