Deputy Sub-County Coordinators of Delivery Unit at Mandera County Government

REF: MCPSB/OOG/2022/11/06

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support on issues related to: Infrastructure development, Economics /Trade and Environmental interventions, Health, Agriculture, water and other Devolved functions 
• Promote management accountability in the Public Service and assessing implementation of Government projects, programmes and proposing appropriate recommendations;
• Coordination of the County's planning and reporting processes.
• Strengthen institutional mechanisms for outcomes performance management;
• To put in place systems for innovative ways to implement programmes and projects with high impacts and low delivery risk to the county;
• Coordinate public sector transformation, performance improvement in critical service delivery areas and to ensure that all energies and efforts are properly aligned to promote a delivery system that holds people responsible hierarchically, with rewards and sanctions as appropriate.
• Any other duties assigned by immediate supervisor from time to time 

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Animal Science, Animal Production, Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Agribusiness, Range Management, Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Economics, Dairy Technology, Agricultural Education and Extension, Degree in Engineering, Environmental Health, Education, Business Administration, Public Administration or any other Social science related Degree from a recognized institution
• Have six (6) years’ experience in Public or Private sector two (2) years of which should be in leadership and management position
• 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 performance; 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