Deputy Director Community Integration and Peace Building at Ministry of Public Service and Gender

Qualifications and Requirements:

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 99,900 - Ksh. 169,140 p.m. (CSG 6) House Allowance: Ksh.20, 000 – 50,000 p.m. (Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16, 000p.m Leave Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year Medical Cover: As provided by the government

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

For appointment to this grade an officer must have:

• served for a minimum period of one (1) year in the grade of Assistant Director, Community Integration and Peace Building or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service or Private Sector;
• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Bachelor of Arts (Administration, Government, Sociology, Anthropology), Development Studies, Disaster Management and Conflict Resolution, Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Dry Land Resource Management, Information Science, Agricultural Economics/Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance

Responsibilities:     

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: -

• supporting peace negotiations settlement among communities in conflict;
• supporting development and implementing of capacity building programmes for community peace structures in ASALs counties;
• carrying out inter communal peace building and conflict management activities in ASALs counties and cross border communities;
• preparation of briefs for the secretary ASALs on matters regarding community integration, peace building and conflict management; (v) carrying out dissemination of emerging ASALs development policies and directives emerging from the executive to the field offices;
• analyzing and recommending action from field reports on community integration peace building and conflict management activities;
• undertaking mapping out of potential spots of conflicts in ASALs for early responding and developing conflict risk assessment framework;
• developing bilateral cross border memorandum to enhance trans-boundary animal disease control and livestock trade;
• initiating the development and implementation of joint trans-boundary water and grazing zone frame work; (x) initiating and supporting negotiations on joint cross border activities between Kenya and neighboring countries along ASALs countries;
• liaising with relevant Ministries/Departments/Agencies, and development partners in implementation of ASALs programmes;
• providing strategic support and capacity building to ASALs counties on community integration and cross border issues;
• overseeing implementation development and reviewing institutional frameworks to facilitate peace building and conflict management in ASALs;
• overseeing the development of peace security and stability conflict transformation for refugees and host communities and program work plan;
• steering the development and implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in ASALs;
• overseeing preparation of annual departmental budgets and medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) for the state department; and (xvii) overseeing preparation of departmental performance contract, implementation and reporting of the state departmental performance contract and mentoring and coaching staff