Assistant Director - Physical Planning 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 Physical Planner CSG 8;
• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Planning or Town Planning from a university recognized in Kenya;
• been a member of Kenya Institute of Planners or Architectural Association of Kenya (Town Planning Chapter);
• been registered by the Physical Planners Registration Board; and
• demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: -

• preparing county metropolitan, regional, urban, rural physical plans;
• providing guidance on data requirements for various categories of physical development plans;
• implementing physical planning policies, strategies, standards and programmes;
• conducting thematic regional and national studies on matters relating to physical planning and human settlement pattern, urbanization patterns and urban sprawl;
• inducting the physical planning liaison committee members;
• conducting public education on physical planning and development control matters; setting agenda; and
• convening physical planning liaison committee meetings;
• keeping record of deliberations and communicating decisions of the physical planning liaison committees and overseeing the enforcement of resolutions;
• preparing annual state of physical planning reports on county, metropolitan, regional, urban and rural physical development plans.