Deputy Director, Community Integration and Peace Building - 2 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities  
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Carrying out inter-communal peace building and conflict management activities in ASALs counties and Cross Border Communities;
• Developing and implementing capacity building programmes for community peace structures in ASALs;
• Carrying out dissemination of emerging ASALs development policies and directives emanating from the Executive to the field offices;
• Undertaking mapping out of potential spots of conflicts in ASALs for early response and develop conflict risk assessment framework;
• Initiating the development and implementation of joint trans-boundary water and grazing zone frame work;
• Initiating and supporting negotiations on joint Cross Border activities between Kenya and neighbouring countries along ASALs Countries;
• Undertaking development and implementation of integrated cross border programmes in collaboration with other Cross Boarder counties;
• Negotiating collaborations with partner’s institutions and government departments in support of peace building and conflict management in ASALs;
• Steering development of Cross Border development framework in collaboration with other Cross Border counties;
• Steering the development and implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in ASALs;
• Providing support to legal and institutional reforms for ASALs development in ASALs counties;
• Steering the development of Cross-Border livestock movement and natural resources sharing framework for communities bordering in ASALs; and
• Coordinating  preparation of departmental performance contract (target setting, negotiation, signing and resource allocation), implementing and reporting of the state departmental performance contract.

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

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three  (3) of which should have been  at  the grade of   Community Integration and Peace Building Officer,  CSG 8  and above  or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider  public service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Public Administration,  Government, Sociology, Anthropology,  Development Studies, Disaster Management and Conflict Resolution, Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Dryland Resource Management, Information Science, Agricultural Economics and Project Planning/Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Been a member of a recognized professional body (where applicable); and
• Demonstrated managerial, leadership and professional competence in work performance and results.