Director Economic Planning Chief Economist at Turkana County Government

REF: TUR/CPSB/007/2023/2024

Duties and Responsibilities
The Director will be in charge of the Economic Planning Directorate and Specific duties include:-

• Head of the Economic Planning Directorate;
• Direction of economic planning functions and production of planning, budgeting and statistical documents at the county level;
• Co-ordination and formulation of county development strategies, policies and programmes and for collation and presentation of statistical data in the form of reports and bulletins;
• Preparation of county budget;
• Preparation of county development plans and coordination of county positions in regional economic subjects;
• Monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes;
• Planning and management of human resources, projection of manpower and training to meet county development objectives;
• Supervising officers in his/her planning division in the Economic Planning Department;
• Perform any other duty assigned from time to time.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to the grade of Director, an officer should have:-

• Served in the grade of Economist for at least (3) years or other comparable and relevant position in the public sector;
• Be in possession of degree in Economics or Statistics or their equivalent recognized qualifications.
• Attained qualifications in Economics or Statistics of at least Masters of Arts (MA), Masters of Science (MSc) or Master of Philosophy (MPhil) level or their equivalent recognized qualifications
• Demonstrated outstanding professional competence marched with proper appreciation of the county’s development at the county and devolved levels and strategies necessary to meet them;
• Demonstrated a high degree of administrative capability coupled with wide experience in economic planning and/or budgeting and/or M&E and/or in the production and interpretation of statistical data.

Terms of Service :( Local Contract. – 3 Years)