Deputy Director, Agriculture (Kenya School of Agriculture) - 5 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• An officer at this level may be deployed as Deputy Director, Main Campus or Satellite Campus. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

Main Campus

• Spearheading the formulation, interpretation and implementation of the School’s academic policies and strategies; 
• Coordinating development, implementation, review, monitoring, and evaluation of training programmes; 
• Overseeing admission of students; overseeing administration of examinations, seminars, workshops and symposia; 
• Overseeing the promotion of School’s programmes; collaborating with other stakeholders in the development of curricula and syllabi; 
• Guiding on research and consultancy activities; liaising with relevant institutions and agencies on training matters; 
• Overseeing compliance with rules and regulations;
• Coordinating the preparation of work plans and budgets; and
• Supervising, counseling, coaching and mentoring of staff.

    Satellite Campus

• Formulating, interpreting, implementing and reviewing of the Kenya School of Agriculture training policies, programmes and strategies; 
• Facilitating the designing, acquisition, development and production of training materials and aid; overseeing acquisition of  tools and equipment;
• Liaising with relevant institutions and agencies on training matters; 
• Monitoring preparation and review of schemes of work, lesson notes and lesson plans; 
• Overseeing preparation of training plans, setting, moderation and marking of assignments and examinations; 
• Maintenance of trainees performance records; 
• Coordinating training programmes, seminars, workshops and symposia; overseeing  conduct of  research and consultancy activities in relevant areas; 
• Facilitating educational trips, visits and field attachments; 
• Overseeing performance management and staff appraisal; 
• Managing the institution assets; 
• Coordinating the preparation of work plans and budgets; 
• Overseeing coaching, mentoring, guiding and counseling of staff and trainees.
   

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

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Principal Lecturer CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• Bachelor of Science Degree in any of the following agricultural fields:- Agriculture; Crop Protection; Biotechnology; Agricultural Engineering; Environmental Engineering;  Bio-Systems Engineering; Soil and Water Engineering; Irrigation Engineering; Structures and Process Engineering; Farm Power and Machinery; Environmental Science; Soil Environment and Land Use Management; Farm Management; Food Science and Technology; Agro-processing; Food, Nutrition and Dietetics; Food Science and Post-harvest Technology; Agricultural Economics and Rural Development;  Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development; Agricultural Marketing; Entrepreneurship;  Agricultural Extension and Education; Horticulture (Floriculture, Hydroponics); Dry-land Resource Management; Home Economics; Home Science; Home Management; Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.