Assistant Director, Farm Development and Agri Business at Kitui County

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: –

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Served in the grade of Principal Agricultural Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• 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 Extension, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Agriculture Economics, Crop Protection, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management, Home Economics, Horticulture, Food Science and Technology or its relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Information and Communication Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and Applied Economics, Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture Extension, Agricultural Studies, Agro-Bio Resource Science and Technology, Agronomy, Agro-processing, Biotechnology, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Dry-land Integrated Land Management Systems, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-land Agriculture, Dry-land Agro Pastoral Systems, Dry-land Farming, Entomology, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Planning and Management, Farm Management, Floriculture, Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Food Science and Technology, Applied Human Nutrition, Home Economics, Home Science, Home Management, Horticulture, Hydroponics, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, Plant Health Science and Management, Plant Pathology, Project Planning and Management, Rural Management, Seed Science and Technology, Seed Science, Soil Environment and Land Use Management, Soil Science or its relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of membership to a relevant professional body;
• Certificate in computer application skills; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: –

• 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 crop, food and nutritional security situation;
• Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental management in agriculture;
• Developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects;
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify areas of agricultural research;
• Promoting access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural production in collaboration with stakeholders;
• Training agricultural stakeholders and preparing reports;
• Providing technical support for compliance with international standards on phytosanitary and food safety;
• Packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies;
• Mainstreaming of international agreements and protocols in agriculture;
• Supervising management and control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species;
• Developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects;
• Supervising assessment of crop, food and nutritional security situation;
• Promoting agribusiness incubation and market development;
• Identifying public private partnerships in agricultural investments and initiatives;
• Collaborating with stakeholders in the promotion of access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural crop production;
• Updating and maintaining agricultural information database;
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify areas of agricultural research;
• Mainstreaming environmental management and climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture; and
• Training agricultural stakeholders.