Director of Planning at Kisii County Government

VACANCY NO. KSI/PSB/EA/12/2024
Requirements for appointment: -

• Be a Kenyan citizen.
• Have served in the grade of Assistant Director of Planning/Deputy Director Planning or its equivalent in the Public Service for a minimum period of three (3) years and has been in continuous service for not less than ten (10) years or served in a comparable and relevant position in the private sector for a minimum period of three (3) years at senior management level in a recognized organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics and Finance or Economics and Statistics from a recognized institution;
• A Master’s degree or higher academic will be an added advantage.
• Have at least ten (10) years’ experience, five (5) of which should be in a senior management position in relevant work professional experience.
• Demonstrate general knowledge of the County Government and its functions.
• Demonstrate understanding of National and county goals, policies and developmental objectives.
• Demonstrable leadership and management capacity including Knowledge of financial management and strategic people management.
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Head of the Economic Planning Directorate;
• Provide direction on economic planning functions and production of planning, budgeting and statistical documents at the county level;
• Co-ordination and formulation of county development strategies, policies and programmes and for collation and presentation of statistical data in the form of reports and bulletins;
• Preparation of county budget;
• Preparation of county development plans and coordination of county positions in regional economic subjects;
• Monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes;
• Planning and management of human resources, projection of manpower and training to meet county development objectives;
• Supervising officers in his/her planning division in the Economic Planning Department;
• Perform any other duty assigned from time to time.
• Performing other duties that may be assigned from time to time.