Director Human Resource Development at Kitui County

JOB GROUP ‘CPSB 03’ (R) 

Terms of service: Contract

Requirements for appointment

• Be a citizen of Kenya;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields; Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Business Administration, Education, Sociology, Political Science/Government, Anthropology or any other relevant Social
• Science from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following fields; Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Industrial Relations, Labour Relations, Education, Public Administration, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• Relevant working experience of ten (10) years five (5) of which should have been in a senior Human Resource Management position either in the public or private sector; Served in the grade of Deputy Director of Human Resource Management and Development or in a comparable and relevant position in the public service for a
• minimum period of three (3) years;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Membership to a relevant professional body; and
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities:

An officer at this level will be deployed at the department responsible for Human Resource Management and Development. Specific duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

• Innovating and designing of human resource management and development strategies and translating them to policies;
• Introducing systems and management practices that facilitate efficient and effective management of the human resource management and development function;
• Initiating development and review of terms and conditions of service for the County Public Service
• Providing guidance on human resource management and development policy matters to County Ministries/departments and Institutions;
• Proposing performance improvement strategies that are adaptive to the changing environment and technology;
• Formulation and review of human resource management and development policies, standards and regulations;
• Initiating action on issues related to Collective Bargaining Agreements;
• Negotiating agreements with labour unions and monitoring their implementation;
• Ensuring compliance with labour laws;
• Implementing human resource management and development policies, rules and regulations and analyzing their impact on performance management;
• Advising Authorized Officers on delegated powers including constitution of relevant committees and panels;
• Coordinating the processing and verifying of the agenda and minutes for the Human Resource Management Advisory Committee;
• Ensuring that professional human resource management standards are maintained;
• Advising the Technical Departments in the County Ministries on career and Succession management, human resource planning and optimal utilization of human resources;
• Coordinating the preparation of Personnel Emoluments (PE) budgets;
• Coordinating the implementation of performance management systems including Staff Performance Appraisal System and the Rewards and Sanctions Framework;
• Coordinating in-service training;
• Ensuring the maintenance of Human Resource Information System including authorizing and safeguarding user rights;
• Payroll management including cleansing and audit;
• Coordinating and overseeing the preparation and presentation of agenda for Human Resource Management Advisory Committee and ensuring the implementation of the Committee decisions;
• Coordinating implementation of technical training assistance programmes;
• Forecasting skill and competency requirements including administration of competency tests;
• Overseeing preparation of training projections and plans
• Coordinating the preparation of human resource management and development reports; and
• Any other duty as may be assigned by a competent authority