Deputy Chief Land Registrar - 2 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Senior Assistant Chief Land Registrar, CSG 6 or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service;
• a Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law (with a Post Graduate Diploma in Law and admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya), Land Economics, Land Survey or its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Master’s Degree in any of the disciplines: Law, Land Economics, Land
• Survey or its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• membership to a relevant professional body;
• thorough knowledge of the various land registration laws and related statutes; and
• demonstrated professional competence and capability to manage, supervise, direct and co-ordinate all land registration matters effectively.

Duties and responsibilities will include: - 

• coordinating development, implementation and review of land registration policies, strategies and programmes; 
• interpreting, implementing and enforcing relevant land registration statutes and regulations; 
• coordinating formulation of practice instructions and guidelines for implementation of the land registration policies and strategies; 
• coordinating investigations and overseeing responses and attendance to court summons on land registration matters; 
• coordinating collection, adjudication, refund and recovery of stamp duties and land registration fees and penalties; 
• coordinating land registrations appeal and resolving complaints on land registration matters;
• coordinating conversion of land registration records from one statute to another; 
• coordinating preparation of certificate of incorporation under Trustees Perpetual Succession Act (Cap. 164); 
• coordinating collection of revenue from land registration transactions; 
• coordinating inspection of processes and procedures of land registration units and analyzing land registration reports; 
• approving, gazettement and replacement of lost titles; 
• maintaining a database of registered land countrywide; and
• preparation and submission of an annual reports on the state of land registration matters;