Deputy Director - Urban Development - 2 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Reviewing and implementing urban development policies, strategies, procedures and guidelines;
• Reviewing and recommending for approval projects and programmes on urbanization and urban development;
• Coordinating gender mainstreaming and social inclusivity in urban projects and programmes;
• Reviewing and recommending for approval appropriate legislation on urbanization and urban development;
• Reviewing and recommending for approval developed standards and guidelines;
• Evaluating and recommending for approval of appropriate legislation;
• Evaluating and recommending for approval advice to national and county governments on matters of urbanization and urban development;
• Evaluating and recommending for approval research findings on urbanization and urban-related issues;
• Ensuring coordinating and management of urban observatory and data bank;
• Ensuring coordination of advisory on best  practice on urbanization and urban development;
• Ensuring coordination of innovation and use of modern technology in urban and urban development practices;
• Reviewing and ensuring implementation of strategies for the domestication of international urban agenda; and
• Reviewing and recommending joint projects to be implemented both levels of government in urban areas.

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, one (1) of which should have  been in  the grade of Assistant Director, Urban Development, CSG 7  or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service;
• A Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Urban & Regional Planning, Land Economics, Construction  Management, Quantity Survey, Architecture, Environmental Planning and Management, Surveying and Photogrammetry, GIS, Urban Design, Mathematics/Statistics/Economics, Sociology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Been registered by a relevant professional body (where applicable);
• Demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.