Deputy Director - Debt Management- 4 Posts at The National Treasury and Economic Planning

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: 

• served for a minimum period of  three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Director, Debt Settlement CSG ‘7’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following fields: Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting or Finance option) or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a certificate in any of the following fields: Public Debt Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Project Management, Debt Management Performance Assessment, Debt Sustainability Analysis, Macro- Economic Analysis and Modeling/Reporting, Policy formulation, Public Debt restructuring, or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized university in Kenya; 
• demonstrated professional competence and managerial capabilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• An officer at this level will be responsible to the Senior Deputy Director, Debt Management.  Specific duties and responsibilities include:
• providing guidance in determining borrowing ceilings for national and county Governments; 
• formulating debt management policies and strategies; 
• reviewing proposals to inform the determination of annual borrowing threshold;  
• reviewing medium term debt strategy paper; 
• reviewing debt management reports and making recommendations;
• providing medium and long-term forecasts of debt servicing and interest income; 
• reviewing  reports on interest and exchange rates trends and their effects on  debt servicing; 
• coordinating the assessment, monitoring and management of contingent liabilities including PPP programmes/projects; 
• periodic reviews of existing debt management policies and reviewing debt sustainability reporting formats/templates; 
• preparing statutory and management reports and proposals for debt restructuring; 
• liaising with Central Bank of Kenya and other National Treasury Departments for effective debt Management; 
• reviewing benchmarks on debt portfolios that reflect the country’s debt strategy; 
• monitoring risk controls and compliance with debt policy and annual debt borrowing thresholds; and
• monitoring and supervising debt performance against set benchmarks.