Deputy Director, Irrigation Development Coordination at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: -

• served for a minimum period three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director Irrigation Development Coordination, CSG 7;
• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Bachelor of Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management, Agriculture, Agriculture Extension, Horticulture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Law, Agribusiness or Agricultural Resource Management from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals policies, objectives and ability to relate them to irrigation and water function.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Duties and responsibilities will include: -
• coordinating formulation of sector policies, legislations, guidelines and standards;
• coordinating implementation of sector reform, policies legislations guidelines and standards;
• monitor, and evaluate the impacts of policy and legislations and initiate reviews of policies legislations, guidelines and standards;
• undertake analysis of sectoral policies, regulations and standards for advice to the Principal Secretary;
• developing guidelines and principles for setting water tariffs for irrigation water;
• formulating five-year National Services Strategy, in collaboration with County Governments Stakeholders;
• coordinating the implementation of strategy in collaboration with County Government and stakeholders;
• coordinating monitoring and evaluation of the strategy to ensure realization of intending objectives;
• initiating reviews of the sector to align the planning cycle or as might be guided by the Principal Secretary from time to time;
• preparing joint annual work plans aligned to the strategy, in collaboration with stake holders and monitor their implementation.
• implementing land registration policies, strategies and programmes; and
• interpreting, implementing and enforcing relevant land registration statutes and regulations.