Assistant Director, Governor’s Press Unit at Kakamega County

Duties and Responsibilities: –

• Analyze information on programmes, significant events and impact on the customers in a specific sectoral area; 
• Research on possible causes of negative publicity on the Government on both local and international press; 
• Prepare and organize on how Government policies, programmes and projects can be propagated and promoted; 
• Prepare media supplements, documentaries, press releases/media features; 
• Regularly attending meetings at the Public Communications Office to deliberate on cross cutting issues that require to be centrally disseminated by office of Public Communications.
• Ensuring that H.E. the Governor is adequately, consistently and extensively covered in major newsmedia outlets at all times;
• Identifying Government events in a specific sectoral area that require packaging for dissemination to the media and the public; 
• Gathering Information on policies, programmes, significant events and how they impact on customers and disseminating the same to the public/media; and
• Ensuring proper projection of corporate image of the organization.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this position, one must;

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields Mass Communication, Public Relations, Communication Studies, Journalism, International Relations, Social Sciences or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; 
• Possess good oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili;
• Have relevant experience of three (3) years;
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance; 
• Certificate in digital photography and video editing will be added advantage