Assistant Director - Tourism, Investment and Finance at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• Served  for a minimum period of  eight (8) years, Two(2) of which should be in the grade of Senior Tourism Investment and Finance Officer, CSG 9 and above, or in a comparable and relevant  position in the wider public service; 
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Tourism, Tourism Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Eco-tourism, Hotel and Institutional Management and Information Technology, Environmental Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Travel, Tour Operations Management, Travel and Tourism Management, Hotel and Hospitality Management, Sociology, Geography, Business Administration, Commerce (Marketing Option, Accounting Option),  Economics, Statistics or International Relations  from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Demonstrated professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities at this level include:- 

• Carrying out the interpretation and implementation of tourism policies on investments and finance;
• Coordinating the process of profiling investment opportunities in the tourism sector;
• Organizing stakeholder’s consultations on tourism investment and finance;
• Coordinating development  and review of frameworks for tourism partnerships and entrepreneurship;
• Coordinating the implementation  of tourism incentives and disincentives schemes;
• Coordinating the formulation, review and implementation of special financing schemes for the tourism sector;
• Coordinating capacity building through offering business and investment advisory services for tourism development;
• Coordinating the promotion of programmes funded under Tourism Funds and other development partners;
• Supervising the establishment and maintenance of database on tourism investments;
• Monitoring and evaluation on the effectiveness of the implementation of tourism investment and finance policies, plans and strategies.