Deputy Head of Delivery Unit at Mandera County Government

REF: MCPSB/OOG/2022/12/03

Duties and Responsibilities

• Deputize the Head of the unit in monitoring and analyzing the implementation of Government Projects and programmes with a view to advising the Government on any challenges and recommending remedial measures;
• Reviewing existing implementation systems of public sector projects with a view to improving their effectiveness and efficiency with a view to making appropriate recommendations for improvement;
• Promote management accountability in the Public Service and assessing implementation of Government projects, programmes and proposing appropriate recommendations;
• Providing strategic policy direction for effective service delivery in area of deployment;
• Ensure that government policies and projects are implemented within given time frame and expected quality (value for money spent);
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with development partners and other government departments.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Bachelor degree from recognized university 
• Have knowledge and experience of eight (8) years, three years in leadership or senior management position from private or public sector 
• Have experience, and credibility to operate at a senior level in a government operating environment., delivery experience, excellent political judgement and discretion is essential;
• Have a highly developed analytical skills that can be deployed in a range of contexts.
• Have a proven track record of delivery of projects. Familiarity with portfolio management approaches would be valuable;
• Ability to deliver a challenging and complex agenda - particularly in supporting projects which need to turnaround; to deliver a step-change in erformance; or handling agendas that are diffuse or ill-defined.
• Ability to work in the face of a range of competing views and priorities, possessing highly-developed communication and negotiation skills with stakeholder in order to facilitate issue resolution and unblock issues delaying implementation;
• Assess progress against project delivery plans, highlighting key risks to delivery, proposing mitigation measures and escalating to decision-makers where appropriate;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution on Leadership and Integrity.