Director, Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Duties and Responsibilities
 Duties and responsibilities will include: -

• Guiding the development, implementation and reviewing policies, strategies, guidelines, standards, frameworks and regulations pertaining to mining including licensing services, compliance and enforcement, artisanal mining and value addition functions;
• Promoting effective and efficient management and the development of mineral resources, and the mining sector;
• Administering and regulating prospecting, mining, transport and dealings in minerals, including import and export of minerals in liaison with other relevant stakeholders;
• Monitoring, evaluating and ensuring of compliance with conditions relating to application and operations of Mineral Rights;
• Coordination on collection of mining related revenues, i.e., mineral royalties, ground rents and others;
• Facilitating the inspection and examination of land on which prospecting or mining operations are being conducted or land which is the subject of a mineral right;
• Provision of technical advisory and secretariat services to the Mineral Rights Board (MRB);
• Implementation of Cabinet Secretary’s decision on applications for mineral and dealings rights;
• Managing and maintaining the Cadaster system to ensure its reliability and accessibility to the public on mineral rights application;
• Facilitation of licensing and formalization of artisanal mining;
• Facilitation of licensing and permitting of quarrying activities in the country;
• Provision of mining related information to agencies, members the public and other relevant stakeholders, subject to confidentiality restrictions;
• Generation of reports and inventory on applications and status of mineral rights for submission to the Secretary Mines, and
• Addressing public enquiries and complaints relating to application of mineral and dealings rights.

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) years of which should have been at the grade of Chief Superintending Inspector of Mines, CSG 7 and above, or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Mining Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, or Civil Engineering from a recognized University or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Mining Engineering, Minerals Processing Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Management, Environmental Engineering or any other relevant degree to mining/minerals regulation function from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Demonstrated outstanding administrative capability, technical and professional competence required for effective coordination, planning and direction of the mines licensing and compliance function