Assistant Leather Development Officer III at Taita Taveta County Public Service Board

Ref No. CPSB/TTC/21/2025

• Number of Posts: One (1) Post
• Terms of Service: Permanent & Pensionable
• Basic Salary Scale: As provided for by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provision of advisory services on rural tannery projects feasibility studies, tannery layout plans and to plot out effective effluent treatment plants, for small scale tanneries.
• An officer at this level may also be deployed as a Trainer/instructor in a training institution or local tannery.
• Advising livestock farmers on the proper method of handling domestic animals production of quality hides and skins.
• Giving instructions and advice to hides and skins traders.
• Demonstrations of the recommended methods of flaying cleaning and curing hides and skins.
• Provide extension services or be extension agent between farmers, livestock traders, butchers, hides and skin dealers, leather manufacturers, leather consumers and appraisal for export market.

Requirements for Appointments

• Be in possession of at least KCE Division III or C- mean grade or its equivalent with credits in relevant subjects, and
• Have a Diploma in any of the following disciplines: - Leather Technology, Animal Health, Environmental Resource Management, Leather Goods design and development and footwear technology.
• Certificate in Computer skills from a recognized institution.