Assistant Director - Culture- 7 Posts at The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Principal Culture Officer or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelor degree in any of the following discipline; Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Philosophy, Archeology, Creative Arts, Theatre, Arts, Music, Fine Arts, Kiswahili and Literacy Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Indigenous Languages or its equivalent  from a university recognized in Kenya;
• shown merit outstanding professional competence and administrative ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and responsibilities

• verifying and endorsing registration forms for cultural practitioners; from association and committees for effective service delivery disseminating cultural information to the community; 
• initiating and participating in cultural development activities;
• coordinating community activities to preserve and promote tangible and intangible cultural diversity; 
• undertaking capacity building workshops, seminars, symposia, exhibitions, concert, festivals, competition and research, meeting and disbursement of cultural grants and preparing cultural groups to participate during national and international functions;
• ensuring the development of creative cultural progranmmes and preparing periodic reports; 
• ensuring the development of creative cultural industries;
• recommending persons for awards and honors as national heroes and heroines 
• identifying development partners and strengthening  linkages existing linkages with stakeholders for cultural  development  and posterity;
• establishing and managing the community cultural center; and
• participating in cultural cooperation protocol meeting and organizing local, region and international cultural exchange programmes.