Deputy Director Revenue Services at Embu County Government

Terms of Service: Two (2) Years Contract
Duties and responsibilities

• Deputizing the ECRA Director / Deputy CEQ
• Planning, formulating strategies and identifying sources of revenue Implementing County policies and regulations for revenue;
• Preparation and submission of revenue collection reports;
• Developing and implementing plans to operationalize County revenue to enhance efficient revenue collection and growth;
• Designing effective, efficient and secure systems sources /centers, rates and revenues collected;
• Setting up and projecting regular revenue trends for planning and decision making by the Authority;
• Plan, direct, coordinate and supervise revenue section in the Sub-county to ensure the staff collect the revenue and meet the collection targets as set out;
• Implement county policies and county regulations on revenue collection to improve revenue collection for the Authority;
• Design effective, efficient and secure systems of collecting revenue and liaise with enforcers in case of defaulters of revenue payers to seal all revenue leakages;
• Maintain schedules for revenue source within the Sub-county to ensure all New revenue sources are identified and improve revenue collection in the county;
• Undertake periodic surveys to determine feasibility in revenue collection from the new revenue sources to develop policies on the revenue collection; ensure the county recovers all its debts;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen,
• Be a holder of Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Economics or Business Administration/ Management or Bachelor of Arts from a recognized university;
• Must be a CPA(K) holder
• Must have experience in revenue collection in public or private sectors for a minimum period of five (5) years;
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and development objectives and ability to align them to the County’s mandate;
• Be conversant with the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act;
• Be a team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills;
• Satisfies requirement of chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity.
• Membership to relevant Professional Body will be added advantage