Assistant Director - Agriculture - 27 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities include: 

• Supervising collection, analysis and management of agriculture crops data;
• Coordinating collection and packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies; 
• Promoting agribusiness incubation and market development; 
• Managing and controlling trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species; 
• Undertaking assessment on national crop and food security situation; 
• Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental management in agriculture; 
• Developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects; 
• Promoting access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural production in collaboration with stakeholders; 
• Training agricultural stakeholders; and 
• Preparing technical reports. 

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

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Principal Agricultural Officer CSG  8 or in comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors of Science Degree in any of the following disciplines:  Agriculture; Agronomy; Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development; Agribusiness Management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Economics and Rural Development; Agricultural Extension and Education; Agricultural Marketing; Agricultural Resource Management; Agriculture and Home Economics; Agriculture and Human Ecology; Crop Protection; Dry-land  Resource Management; Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development;  Farm Management; Home Economics; Horticulture; Food Science and Technology; or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;