Assistant Director - Wildlife Policy and Strategy 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 Wildlife Officer, CSG 8 or in a comparable and in  relevant position in the wider public ser-vice;  
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Science, En-vironmental Conservation and Natural Resource Management, Environmental Conservation, Environmental Resource  Conservation, Environmental Education, Environmental Management and Conservation, Environmental Studies and Com-munity Development, Environmental Studies and Community Resource  Conserva-tion ,Bio Resource  Conservation and Management, Botany, Climate Change and Development, Forestry, Coastal and Marine Resource Management, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Marine Resource Management, Natural  Resource Management, Wildlife Management, Zoology or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya ;
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management of environment and natural resource function

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Liaising with other stakeholders in the development of general guidelines, standards, agreements, procedures in the wildlife sub-sector;
• Initiating national policies impacting on wildlife conservation, governance and par-ticipation;
• Reviewing and monitoring the implementation of national wildlife conservation and management strategies; and
• Developing procedures for sustainable exploitation, utilization, management and conservation of wildlife resources.