Director Agriculture at County Government of Lamu

REF: LCPSB/ADV/23-24/56

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific duties and responsibility will be as follows:

• Implementation of the Strategic Plan and objectives of the Division;
• Handling technical, administrative, human resource, budgetary and assets management issues;
• Team building and setting performance targets and
• Addressing stakeholders concerns and instituting operational accountability; and incorporating new initiatives into the division schemes of work.
• Cost effective research to advance national and sectoral priorities;
• Modemize and make extension services responsive to customer needs;
• Update and rationalize technical training;
• Maximize sustainable gains from crop development activities;
• Device and apply strategies to maximize value of and and optimize its use for alternative purposes;
• Promote value addition to agricultural produce;
• Enhance synergies between the Ministry and its State Corporations;
• Enhance gainful cooperation between the sector and local/international stakeholders and act as liaison between the Ministry and the Central Agricultural Board.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Served in the grade of Deputy Director of Agricultural, or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service for at least three 3 years;
• A Master Degree in any of the following fields: Food Science, Home Economics, Agriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Natural Resource Management, Agribusiness, Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Education, or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution; and