Assistant Director, Housing Infrastructure at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Principal Housing Officer CSG 8;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Valuation, Property Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Land Economics, Real Estate and Land Administration, Building Economics, Estate Management, Sociology, Community Development, Statistics, Environmental Studies, Geography or equivalent from a recognized university in Kenya; been registered by any of the following bodies; Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National Environment Management Authority Board, and any other relevant and recognized professional body; and
• demonstrated administrative and leadership capabilities in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• establishing benchmarks and continuously improving efficiency and effectiveness in project design and implementation;
• evaluating public/private partnership and other proposals presented by stakeholders;
• overseeing preparation of design briefs;
• evaluating consultant designs, preparation of tender documents and supervision of pre and post contract work in the construction of housing infrastructure;
• overseeing collection and analysis of data and dissemination of research findings to stakeholders;
• implementing appropriate construction technologies suitable for housing infrastructure development;
• guiding, supervising and developing staff; and managing financial resources.