Director Lands And Physical Planning at County Government of Lamu

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, PHYSICAL PLANNING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR, LANDS AND PHYSICAL PLANNING J/G ‘R’ LCPSB/ADV/2021/16 (1 POST)
Terms of Service: 3 Years Contract

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

1. For appointment to this grade, the candidate must:
2. Be a Kenyan Citizen;
3. Have served in the grade of Senior Assistant Director/ Deputy Director of Physical Planning or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service or Private for a minimum of three (3) years;
4. Have Master’s degree in Urban, Regional planning or Town from recognised institution;
5. Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines; Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Planning or Town Planning from a recognized institution;
6. Be a corporate member of the Kenya Institute of Planners or Architectural Association of Kenya (Town Planning Chapter);
7. Be registered by the Physical Planners Registration Board;
8. Certificate in strategic Leadership and Development Programme (SLDP) lasting not less than Six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
9. Certificate in Computer application skills from a recognized institution;
10. Proven administrative ability and professional competence necessary for effective performance of work at this level;
11. Demonstrated managerial and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of National Policies, Goals and Objectives and ability to relate them to physical Planning function.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

1. Coordinating key result areas such as Planning and Management of key Government projects and new towns;
2. Planning and implementation of urban areas, towns and metropolitans;
3. Metropolitan planning and implementation;
4. County and inter–County Planning and Regional Planning and development control;
5. Overseeing formulation of physical planning manuals, standards and guidelines for the County;
6. Coordinating research on matters relating to strategic County and National projects and programmes, human settlement patterns, urbanization patterns, urban sprawl, emerging methodologies issues a and trends;