Deputy Director Trade and Industry Development at Nairobi City County Public Service Board

Job Requirement

• Served in the grade of Assistant Director Trade and Industry for a minimum period not less than two (2) years;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following displines : Commerce , Business Administrations ,Mathematics ,Biological/Physical Sciences , Entrepreneurship ,Statistics ,Economics, Project planning and management ,Engineering (Mechanical , Civil, Electrical, Chemical ,Industrial, Electronics , Metallurgy , Aeronautical , Agriculture ), Agriculture , animal sciences , food Technology, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics , Textile Technology , Production Technology ,Leather sciences ,Wood sciences ,veterinary medicine , pharmacy ,Geology , Environmental science , Chemistry ,Biochemistry or computer science from a recognized institution ;
• Master’s Degree in any of the following displines :-Commerce , Business Administration ,Mathematics ,Chemistry , Biochemistry , Biological sciences , Computer science , Entrepreneurship , project planning and M management , Engineering (Mechanical , civil , Electrical , chemical , Industrial , Electronics , Metallurgy Aeronautical, Agriculture ),Agriculture , Animal science , food Technology, clinical Nutrition and Dietetics , Human Nutrition Textile , Technology Leather Science , wood science ,Veterinary Medicine , Pharmacy ,Geology, Environmental Science , Intellectual property , Statistics or Economics from a recognized institution will be added advantage:
• Certificate in any of the following fields : Project planning ,project Appraisal , project Monitoring and Evaluation , Entrepreneurship , public policy Analysis ,small Enterprises Policy and promotion , Environmental impact Assessment and Auditing , Environmental Management or business Development services lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution will be added advantage;
• Certificate in Computer Application skills from a recognized institution : and
• Demonstrated high degree of professional, technical and administrative competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Job Description

An officer at this level will deputize the Director in the day to day operational and managerial activities and will be deployed in any of the following departments;-

Industrial Support Services, Micro and Small Industries, Medium and Large Industries or Industrial Information and Policy Development.

Industrial Support Services

• Duties and responsibilities will entail;- preparing strategies and action plans to implement industrial development policies; overseeing the development of industrial clusters; coordinating the subcontracting arrangements among MSI and Medium and Large industries ; developing and reviewing frame works to support incubation including infrastructure, overseeing monitoring and evaluation of projects/programmes.
• Further, duties and responsibilities will involve;- promoting the concept of resource efficiency and cleaner production technologies; promoting utilization of industrial property rights; identifying causes of under utilization of installed capacity and factory closures; and developing and implementing sustainable sectoral industrial support programmes in consultation with both the public and private sectors; and developing linkages between private sector and public institutions for employment, internship and mentorship programmes.
• In addition, duties and responsibilities will entail;- providing advice to entrepreneurs on the arbitration of disputes on standards; supporting Industrial Research and Development, innovation and technology transfer in liaison with research and development centers, Industry and academic institutions; organizing mentoring programmes to potential and existing entrepreneurs; negotiating on industrial related issues at bilateral, regional and multilateral for a.

Micro and Small Industries

• Duties and responsibilities will entail:- promoting and implementing resource efficient cleaner production technologies for MSIs; promoting the development of the niche products for existing and new markets; overseeing surveys on benchmarking of Industries with best practices with a view to promoting industrial competitiveness, undertaking resource endowment napping activities, development of industrial profiles and dissemination of information on investment opportunities; and planning for training of Entrepreneurs in Micro and Small Industries (MSIs) on business plans and Business Development Services(BDS).

Industrial Information and Policy Development

• Duties and responsibilities will entail:- preparing proposals on the review and harmonization / rationalization of taxes and tariffs; coordinating the collection, processing, analyzing and dissemination of Industrial statistics and information; conducting complex studies and baseline surveys on the performance of the industrial sector in Kenya; evaluating the impact of sectoral, fiscal and other policies on the industrial sector, developing performance indicators to facilitate effective monitoring and evaluation of competitiveness of the Industrial Sector; and overseeing the operation of information resource Centre and production of industrial publications

Medium and Large Industries.

• Duties and responsibilities will entail:- preparing technical inputs for the development of standards and promoting enforcement in liaison with Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) and industry stakeholders; overseeing the development and implementation of sustainable incentive schemes for industrial investments; providing advice on promotion and implementation of resource efficient cleaner production technologies for MLIs; promoting the development of niche products from medium and large industries; And overseeing surveys on benchmarking of industries with best practices with a view to promoting industrial competitiveness.