Deputy Director - Housing - 3 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Implementing housing policies, programmes and strategies;
• Promoting participatory approaches and capacity building in the housing development process;
• Liaising with stakeholders to establish and maintain land bank for housing development;
• Co-ordinating the activities of development partners and other stakeholders through seminars, conference, workshops and symposiums;
• Ensuring proper management of resources for housing and human settlements development;
• Overseeing dissemination of information to stakeholders; and
• Guiding, supervising and development of staff in the directorate.

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, one (1) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Housing, CSG  7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Housing Administration, Urban Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/    Structural Engineering, Land Economics, Building/ Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology. Environmental studies, Community Development, Business Administration or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Been registered by a relevant and recognized professional body (where applicable);
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative capabilities and initiative in general organization and management of the housing function.