Director - ICT (State Department for ICT & Digital Eonomy) - 10 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
An Officer at this level will be responsible to the Secretary ICT for the overall coordination of the ICT directorate. Specific duties and responsibilities will include: -

• Formulating, implementing, and reviewing ICT policies and strategies in any of the following areas: - ICT Connectivity; Data Centre and Cloud Services; Partnership and Liaison services; E-Government services; Data Management; Research. Digital Innovation and Incubation; Software Development and Digital services; E-Commerce and Entrepreneurship; Cyber Security; Systems Audit & Control; and ICT Technical Support to MDAs;
• Coordinating research and developing emerging technologies.;
• Monitoring and evaluating ICT programmes and preparing ICT status reports;  and
• Ensuring professional and technical standards are adhered to.

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

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, two (2) of which should have been in the grade of Assistant Director, ICT CSG ‘7’ and above or in comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Computer Technology; Informatics, Business Information Technology (BBIT), Computing Science and Technology, Computer Security and Forensics, Computer/Software/Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Masters Degree in Computer Science of any other ICT discipline from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Membership to a relevant professional body.
• Demonstrated a high level of competence and outstanding management qualities in computerized information systems, ICT policies and e-government strategies.
• Thorough understanding of the national goals and objectives and the ability to interpret and apply them to the computing management concepts.

Note:     Possession of a certificate in project management from a recognized institution will be considered an added advantage.