Director - Agriculture at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities:
The Director will be responsible to the Agriculture Secretary for the following:

• Coordinating development, review and monitoring implementation of national agricultural policies, strategies and standards; 
• Collaborating with stakeholders in monitoring compliance with standards on agricultural produce, products and services; domesticating international agreements and protocols in agricultural crops; 
• Facilitating control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species; 
• Formulating national agricultural programmes and projects; 
• Coordinating national food security interventions; 
• Identifying and promoting public private partnerships in agricultural investments and initiatives; 
• Collaborating with stakeholders in prioritizing areas of agricultural research; 
• Mobilizing resources; 
• Coordinating performance management; and managing and developing staff.

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Deputy Director of Agriculture CSG 6 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
• A Bachelors of Science Degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture, Agronomy, Agribusiness Management  and Enterprise Development, Dry Land Resource Management, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Resource Management, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Crop Protection, Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management, Home Economics, Horticulture, Food Science and Technology or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Masters degree in any of the following disciplines: Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Information and Communication Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and applied Economics, Agricultural and Rural Development, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture Extension, Agricultural studies, Agro-Bio Resource Science and Technology, Agronomy, Agro-processing, Biotechnology, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Dry-land Integrated Land Management System, Dry-Land Resource Management, Dry-Land Agriculture, Dry-Land Agro Pastoral Systems, Dry-Land Farming, Entomology, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Planning and Management, Farm Management, Floriculture, Food Science and Post-Harvest Technology, Food Science and Technology, Applied Human Nutrition, Home Economics, Home Science, Home Management, Horticulture, Hydroponics, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, Plant Health Science and Management, Plant Pathology, Project Planning and Management, Rural Management, Seed Science and Technology, Seed Science, Soil Environment and Land Use Management, Soil Science  or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence and administrative capability required for Planning, Direction, control and coordination required for Agricultural function; and
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of National goals, Policies and Programmes and the ability to translate them into agricultural function.