Assistant Director, Agricultural Research and Innovation - 10 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
The Assistant Director, Agricultural Research and Innovation will be responsible to the Deputy Director, Agriculture Research and Innovation for organization and management of any of the following sections:  Staple, Horticultural and Industrial Crops; and Natural Resource Management, Emerging Technologies, Post-Harvest and Marketing so as to ensure coordinated and effective agricultural research.  Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Developing, implementing and reviewing of policies, legislation, plans, strategies, guidelines, standards, programmes and projects on research and innovation; 
• Formulating and implementing resource mobilization strategies for research and innovation; 
• Documenting information on the commercialization of research technologies and innovations; 
• Managing information on the establishment of centers of excellence in research and innovation; 
• Promoting public private partnership in agricultural research and innovation; 
• Leading teams in undertaking agricultural research, feasibility studies and monitoring and evaluation; 
• Facilitating capacity building and skills development related to agricultural research and innovation;
• Collecting information for setting agricultural research agenda; and 
• Reviewing resource capacities and gaps in agricultural research and development.

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: - 

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Principal Agricultural Research and Innovation Officer CSG 8  or in a comparable and relevant position  in the wider public service;
• A Bachelor of Science degree in any of the following field: Agriculture, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agricultural Information Communication Management, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness, Agriculture and Extension, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Food Science and Technology, Food Nutrition and Dietetics or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Membership of a relevant professional body where applicable and in good standing; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.