Deputy Director, Metropolitan Planning & Environment at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director, Metropolitan Planning and Environment, CSG 7;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Urban Regional Planning, Land Economics, Building Economics, Construction Management, Quantity Survey, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning and Management, Civil Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Land Survey and Photogrammetry, Geospatial Engineering, Urban Design, Sociology, Psychology, Social Development or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Sociology, Psychology, Social Development or any other relevant Social Sciences from a university recognized in Kenya;
• been a registered member of a relevant professional body (where applicable); and
• demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• reviewing and implementing metropolitan development policies, strategies, procedures, plans, standards and guidelines;
• ensuring implementation of programmes on delineation of metropolitan areas;
• initiating review and dissemination of appropriate legislation and regulations on metropolitan development;
• ensuring implementation of strategic projects and programmes in metropolitan areas including joint projects to be implemented by both levels of government in the capital city;
• providing technical advice to national and county governments on matters of metropolitan development;
• reviewing and ensuring implementation of strategies for domestication of internal metropolitan agenda;
• reviewing and ensuring implementation of spatial plans for the metropolitan regions and major urban areas and transport corridors;
• coordinating implementation of strategic projects and programmes for promotion of Nairobi into a regional and global service hub and other cities in the metropolitan areas;
• coordinating implementation of support maintenance programmes, infrastructure and services for the capital city and metropolitan areas;
• facilitating implementation of the principles of metropolitan cooperation with the capital city county government of Nairobi and other metropolitan areas;
• providing technical support on social and physical infrastructure and services in concurrence with both levels of governments in the capital city and other metropolitan regions; and
• coordinating research, innovation, best practices and use of modern technology in metropolitan development related issues.