Assistant Physical Planner at Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)

Job Summary

Reporting to Physical Planner, the overall responsibility will be to prepare various physical and land use development plans for land reserved for wildlife conservation to promote its security of tenure and ensure best land use practices.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor‘s degree in Urban and Regional Planning or equivalent
• Membership to a Physical Planners professional body
• Three (3) years experience in preparation and follow up for approvals of Part Development Plans or other physical and land use plans with government offices, and preparation of site development plans
• Training and skills in cartography,GIS, ArchCAD or AutoCAD
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

Responsibilities

• Collecting planning data and picking site dimensions during field visits.
• Drafting plans during preparation of various physical and land use development plans KWS land and infrastructure facility development site planning.
• Organizing and printing of various physical and land use development plans prepared in favor of KWS land/property.
• Liaising with government ministries and offices in preparation of various land allocation physical and land use development plans and other planning purposes.
• Following up and collecting comments for completed physical and land use development plans from relevant County Physical Planning offices for onward transmission to the National Director General of Physical and Land Use Planning for final approval processing.
• Following up on procurement of base maps from government offices to facilitate preparation of various physical and land use development plans planning purposes.
• Organizing for acquisition of physical and land use development planning materials and tools.