Assistant Director, Civil Registration - 80 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served for a minimum period of eight (8) years, three (3) of should have been in the grade of Senior Civil Registration Officer, CSG 9 and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Information Science, Sociology, Statistics/Economics, Government/Political Science, Public Administration, Population Studies, Law, Anthropology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and  
• Shown administrative and managerial capabilities in work performance and results 

Duties and Responsibilities  
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Monitoring and evaluating civil registration activities at the area of jurisdiction;
• Undertaking research and innovation on Civil Registration;
• Implementation provisions of civil registration statutes;
• Implementing departmental strategies plans;
• Coordinating awareness sensitization campaigns on registration on birth and death;
• Approving foreign births and deaths registration applications;
• Signing of birth and death certificates;
• Lnitiating training progrmammes for Civil Registration staff capacity building and development;
• Preparing Civil registration periodic reports;
• Authenticating birth and death certificate issued in Kenya to foreigners and foreign birth and death certificate issued to Kenyans;
• Monitoring the supply and utilization of registration materials; and 
• Maintaining safe custody of registration materials