Director of Fisheries - Fisheries Compliance & Enforcement at Kenya Fisheries Service

Minimum Qualifications & Work Experience

• Cumulative service period of fifteen (15) years' relevant work experience, five (5) of which should have been at the level of Assistant Director and above or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor's degree in any of the following fields: Fisheries, Biological Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Aquatic Sciences, Zoology, Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science, Physical Sciences or an equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Master's degree in any of the following fields: Fisheries, Biological Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Aquatic Sciences, Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science, Physical Sciences or an equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Strategic Leadership Development Programme from a recognized institution;
• Be conversant with national and international fisheries agreements, conventions, protocols and laws of the sea;
• Broad knowledge of fisheries development and management policies, the Fisheries Management and Development Act (Cap .378) and other related Acts;
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;
• Shown competence in planning and implementation of development, management and research of fisheries projects and programs; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results

Duties and responsibilities will entail:

• Implement policies, strategies and guidelines on compliance and enforcement;
• Implement Monitoring, Control and Surveillance;
• Manage patrols to protect fisheries resource;
• Conduct Fishing Vessel boarding and inspection;
• Manage fisheries electronic information system and all e-based fisheries compliance systems;
• Develop and implement marine fisheries compliance and enforcement strategies and plans;
• Establish networks and mechanisms for fisheries intelligence gathering and information sharing;
• Promote and/or enforce compliance with the FMDA, other regional and international instruments and best practices;
• Create awareness through Education and sensitization on legal restrictions and prohibitions;
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures for fisheries compliance and law enforcement protocols;
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders on matters pertaining to compliance and enforcement issues;
• Develop, implement and review Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) Interagency collaboration protocols and regulations;
• Manage and maintain VMS, EMS, AIS and other electronic monitoring systems;
• Collaborate in regional and international enforcement and compliance reporting mechanisms.
• Protecting areas declared as national sanctuaries to protect brood and spawn of nominated species;
• Any other related duties as may be assigned from time to time.