Deputy Director Mining, Mineral Audit, Mines Health Safety and Environment at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will include:-

• Implementing and reviewing of policies, guidelines, procedures and strategies related to Mineral Revenue Audit, Mines Health, Safety and Environment;
• Monitoring and auditing of mineral production data to facilitate collection of payable royalty;
• Monitoring and compliance enforcement of Mine Health, Safety and Environment in the Mining Sector;
• Coordination of inspection and examination of mines safety, health and environment in all the prospecting, mining or mineral processing operations;
• Evaluation of mine technical design proposals and Environmental Impact Assessment Reports related mining and exploration programs; 
• Enforcement and monitoring the implementation of rehabilitation plans in operational, abandoned and decommissioned mines;
• Coordination investigation on mines incidents and accidents;
• Determination of capital investment and operating expenditure of mines for the purpose of gathering taxable information and providing the same to other relevant authorities;
• Reviewing of policies and the prevailing fiscal regime with regards to the competitiveness of Kenya’s mining environment on fiscal regimes; 
• Supervision of collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of information on minerals production and exports data for Government revenue projections;
• Preparation and provision of royalty sharing information with the National Treasury, relevant county governments and communities;
• Enforcing compliance and preventing minerals smuggling and mineral royalty evasion in collaboration with relevant Government authorities; and
• Establishing and maintaining an up-to-date register of mineral production database, and up-to-date records of mines safety, health and environment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) years of which should have been in the grade of Senior Superintending Inspector of Mines, CSG 8 and above, or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service; 
• A Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: - Mining Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, or Civil Engineering from a recognized University or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results