Deputy Director Artisanal Mining, Quarrying Operations and Value Addition at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will include:-

• Implementation and reviewing of policies, strategies, guidelines, standards and procedures in relation to artisanal mining, Quarrying operations and Value Addition;
• Coordinating the formalization of Artisanal Mining in the Country;
• Coordinating the establishment of artisanal mining committees and artisanal mining associations, groups or cooperatives in liaison with other relevant state agencies;
• Developing, implementing and reviewing guidelines on designation of areas for artisanal mining operations;
• Coordination of permitting of artisanal miners in liaison with the County mining offices;
• Establishment and maintenance of an up-to-date register of artisanal miners and active, disused and abandoned quarrying sites;
• Coordinating capacity building and training programs necessary for effective and safe artisanal mining, and quarrying operations;
• Coordinating the licensing and permitting of quarrying activities;
• Supervision and monitoring of artisanal mining and quarrying operations;
• Coordination of minerals value addition programs;
• Reviewing of policies and the prevailing fiscal regime to promote in-country mineral processing and value addition;
• Identification and promotion of use of appropriate mining technologies and inventions in the mineral value chain;
• Identification of minerals resources suitable for in-country value addition and promote development of value addition centers;
• Coordinating in the management of existing mineral value addition centers;
• Establishment of appropriate structures necessary for skills transfer for mineral processing technologies;

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Senior Superintending Inspector of Mines, CSG 8, and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service; 
• A Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: - Mining Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, or Civil Engineering or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results