Deputy Director, Civil Servant Housing Scheme at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director Housing CSG 7;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Valuation, Property Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Land Economics, Real Estate And Land Administration, Building Economics, Estate Management, Sociology, Community Development, Statistics, Environmental Studies, Geography or equivalent from a university recognized in Kenya;
• been registered by any of the following bodies; Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institute Of Surveyors Of Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National Environment Management Authority Board, any other relevant and recognized professional body; and
• demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative capabilities
• and initiative in general organization and management of the housing function.

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• planning, designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing projects for home ownership and rental by civil servants;
• formulating, reviewing, interpretation and implementation of civil servants housing policies;
• researching on civil servants housing demand;
• formulating and implementing financing strategies, ensuring delivery of affordable
• housing, facilitation of ownership transfer to purchasers, ensuring safekeeping of leases and titles;
• translating project briefs into concepts;
• facilitating procurement of consultancy services and building works;
• engaging housing development partners;
• facilitating issuance of loans to civil servants for construction or purchase of houses;
• maintaining assets inventory for civil servants housing; and guiding, supervising and development of staff and management of financial resources.