Deputy Director-Assets and Liabilities Management at Laikipia County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Deputy Director will be responsible to the Chief Officer.
• Coordinating the standing committee on Assets and Liabilities;
• ensuring adoption of risk-based and life-cycle asset management approach;
• maintaining an updated register on asset and liabilities;
• ensuring maintenance of the County’s asset and liabilities management system to ensure timely reports to guide on decision making;
• preparing entities annual asset and liability plan as well as repair and maintenance plan;
• ensuring proper replacement plan of fixed assets and maintenance of optimal stock levels;
• ensuring proper asset tagging system is put in place;
• advising the Accounting Officers on matters related to optimal management of assets;
• scheduling and performing periodical physical asset identification, verification, inspection and validation;
• being custodian of the entities assets ownership documents; 
• coordinating and advising on disposal of surplus and obsolete assets;
• facilitating insurance of movable and immovable assets and revaluation of assets; monitoring, evaluating and reporting on the performance of assets and liabilities strategies to the accounting officer and reviewing policy, legislation and regulation on asset management. 

Requirements for appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must:

• have relevant knowledge and experience of not less than seven (7) years in the professional field within the Public Service, three (3) of which should be at managerial level;
• have Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Accounting, Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Communication &Technology, Finance, Procurement, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics, Commerce or relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• demonstrate professional competence and managerial capabilities, and;
• Possession of a Masters degree in the relevant discipline will be an added advantag