Assistant Director Occupational Safety and Health Services - 50 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Served for a minimum period of two (2) years in the grade of Principal Occupational Safety and Health Officer, CSG 8 or in a comparable position in the Public Service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines; Medicine, Nursing, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Biochemistry, Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Certificate in a specialized discipline on Occupational Safety and Health lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than a Member of Kenya Occupational Safety and Health Association; and
• Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.

Note: 
In addition to the above requirements, for appointment to this grade an Engineer must be registered by the Engineers Registration Board of Kenya; a Nursing Officer must be registered by the Nursing council of Kenya; a Medical Officer must be registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. 

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities will include:- 

• Initiating policy review on matters of Occupational Safety, Health, Industrial Hygiene and Workers Injury benefits; 
• initiating review of Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Work Injury Benefit Act, Subsidiary legislations and codes of practice; 
• Developing and maintaining an effective programme of collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating Occupation Health and Safety information; evaluating work environment; 
• Participating in development and determination of permissible levels of exposure to environmental contaminants; 
• Participating in setting specifications and standards of design and quality of personal protective equipment; 
• Investigating electrical, mechanical, civil and chemical accidents in work places, and occupational diseases; 
• Monitoring activities of persons and institutions approved under Occupational Safety and Health Act; 
• Approving architectural plans for proposed, intended extensions and renovations of work place buildings; 
• Coordinating inspection of machinery, plants, processes, electrical installation and equipment, building operations and works of engineering construction, surveillance of workers health; 
• Processing registration of work places and employers, processing work injury benefit claims; and 
• Conducting court proceedings in case of contraventions of Occupational Safety and Health Act and Work Injury Benefits Act.