Deputy Director Water and Sanitation at Kiambu County Government

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Help in identifying and exploiting local untapped mechanisms in addressing water issues within the County;
• Help in development of water financing mechanism and infrastructure in the County;
• Assist in coordinating and management of the water works in the department;
• Help to ensure that all deadlines on water and sanitation infrastructure development and provision are met;
• Assist in formulating water control guidelines in accordance with the provisions of the Water Act;
• Work with different water stakeholders WRUAs, WARMA, NEMA, WASREB, Water Trust Fund among others to Develop water sector in the County;
• Help to prepare, implement, monitor and evaluate water programs in the county;
• Help in data collection and making water related decisions through scenario planning, GIS, and multi criteria decisions among other tools;
• Support the department in other management tasks related climate, environment and energy as directed by County Executive Member or Chief Officer;
• When required represent the County in water technical meetings and perform other duties as assigned by seniors.
• Perform hydraulic modelling and pipeline design.

Requirements for appointment

• Bachelor's degree in Water engineering, Civil engineering Environment, Natural Resources management or any other  relevant degree.
• At least 5 years of postgraduate professional experience;
• A Master Degree in a relevant field e.g. Environment Planning, Water, Environment, Natural Resources, Rural and Urban planning.
• Experience in the water sector.
• Technical knowledge in Water Financing, Reforms and other related issues;
• Extensive knowledge in database management, analysis and reporting;
• Good communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to lay audiences;
• Excellent organizational skills in GIS usage, management of multi stakeholders and partnerships;
• Fluency in spoken and written English;
• Experience working with/for local authorities and diversity of teams;
• Good knowledge of County’s and Country’s policies and regulations in the field of water sector.
• Fulfills the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution