Director General -Public Debt Management at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Director, Debt Management, CSG 4 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service; 
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Computer Science, Information Technology, Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; 
• A Masters Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Finance, Accounting, Project Planning Management, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; 
• A Certificate in Policy Formulation, Public Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Monitoring and Evaluation or Project Management;

OR

• A Certificate in any of the following: Debt Management Performance Assessment, Debt Sustainability Analysis or Macro-Economic Analyses and Modeling, Financial Modeling/Reporting, Public Debt Management, Public Debt Restructuring of Public Private Partnership from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrated professional competence, managerial capabilities and integrity;
• Demonstrated clear understanding of National Development Policies, goals and objectives; and
• Consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities

Duties and responsibilities 
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-  

• Advising on the government’s debt management policy;
• Maintaining public and publicly guaranteed debt data base;
• Preparing and updating the annual medium-term debt management strategy and debt sustainability analysis;
• Preparing and implementing the national government borrowing plan including servicing of outstanding debts;
• Issuing Government debt securities;
• Monitoring and evaluating all borrowing and debt-related transactions and processing the issuance of loan guarantees;
• Assessing and managing risks in national government guarantees and On-lending;
• Harmonizing, aligning and coordinating aid effectiveness in line with international declarations;
• Mobilizing development partners support and coordinating Donor activities;
• Advising on financing and credit agreements for loans, grants and donations and monitoring implementation if donor funded Projects;
• Advising county government on debt management and borrowing;
• Developing Domestic Debt markets;
• Advising on market feedback to policy changes; and
• Preparing and disseminating country memoranda to market participants; and executing global investor relations programmes.