Director, Disaster and Risk Management at Kakamega County

Basic Salary: Kshs. 121,430 x 6,070- 127,500 x 6,370- 133,870 x 6,570- 140,440 x 6,770- 147,210 x
6,960- 154,170 x 7,160- 161,330 x 7,810 – 169,140p.m
Terms of Service:

• Three (3) year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance

Duties and responsibilities

• Planning responses to emergencies and disasters in order to minimize risk of people and property;
• Planning and directing disaster responses or crisis management activities;
• Providing disaster preparedness training and emergency plans and procedures for natural disaster, fires, droughts, wartime etc.;
• Organize emergency response training programmes for staff, volunteer and first responders;
• Review emergency plans of individual departments such as medical facilities to ensure their adequacy;
• Liaise with the National government agencies and civil society organizations for technical Assistance;
• Identify capacity building needs in the areas of peace and reconciliation;
• Coordinate with relevant national government ministries, other counties, civil society, private sector, local communities and international development partners to enhance intervention;
• Monitor and Evaluate risk reduction programmes
• Reviewing, designing and implementing targeted policies and programmes to strengthen local platforms for trauma healing and reconciliation and conduct Monitoring and Evaluation;
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports to the Chief Officer, County Administration; and
• Engage and mobilize elders, reformed warriors and retired civil servants in inter boarder peace initiatives.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served in the grade of Deputy Director, Job group CPSB 04/‘Q’ in the Public Service for a minimum period of three (3) years or in a comparable and equivalent position in the wider Public Service or Private Sector;
• Bachelor’s degree in peace and conflict resolution, Disaster and safety management, Security and strategic studies, disaster management and international diplomacy, Disaster mitigation and sustainable development, Disaster preparedness and Engineering management or any other equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in peace and conflict resolution, disaster and safety management, security and strategic studies, disaster management and international diplomacy Disaster mitigation and sustainable development, disaster preparedness and engineering management or in any relevant field; and
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution