Deputy Director - Agriculture at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Developing, reviewing and monitoring implementation of national agricultural policies, strategies and standards; 
• Providing technical support for compliance with national and international standards on bio-safety, phytosanitary and food safety; 
• Supervising packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies; mainstreaming of international agreements and protocols in agriculture; 
• Coordinating management and control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species; 
• Supervising development of proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects; 
• Coordinating interventions on national crop and food security situations; 
• Identifying and promote public private partnerships in agricultural investments and initiatives; 
• Coordinating access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural production; 
• Identifying and promoting local and foreign market opportunities; promoting research-extension-farmer linkages; 
• Supervising mainstreaming of environmental management and climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture; and 
• Training agricultural stakeholders; and preparing technical report

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

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Director, Agriculture CSG  7 or in a comparable position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture; Agronomy; Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development; Agribusiness; Agricultural Economics and Rural Development; Agricultural Extension and Education; Agricultural Marketing; Agricultural Resource Management; Agriculture and Extension;  Agriculture and Home Economics; Agriculture and Human Ecology; Agriculture Economics; Crop Protection; Dry-land  Resource Management; Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development;  Farm Management; Home Economics; Horticulture; Food Science and Technology; or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.