Director Public Affairs and Information Services at Kitui County Assembly Service Board

Reference: KT/CASB/2026/05 | Grade: KCASB 3 (J/G R) | Posts: 1 | Basic salary: KShs. 127,340 – 182,890 p.m. (permanent and pensionable)

Job description

• Convening and chairing public relations and media-oriented meetings, ensuring minutes are strictly documented, filed, and translated into institutional communication policies;
• Coordinating all public relations activities, including the editorial production and publishing of official brochures, handbooks, flyers, news bulletins, and digital media assets;
• Managing the routine updating of the County Assembly website and official social media platforms in coordination with the ICT department to enhance information accessibility;
• Planning, organizing, and coordinating the County Assembly's corporate events, institutional exhibitions, and community outreach programs;
• Overseeing the preparation and drafting of the County Assembly's institutional profile, strategic position papers, and official corporate briefs;
• Coordinating the reception, guiding, and protocol management of all official visitors, delegations, and dignitaries to the County Assembly;
• Drafting and issuing press releases, proactively monitoring media stories, and orchestrating reactive and proactive media reporting through available communication channels;
• Coordinating with the County Assembly Broadcast Unit on all media, broadcasting, and live feed aspects of plenary and committee operations;
• Managing the operational deployment of the Digital Recording System and Public Address systems in the Chamber and committee rooms, including machine testing, maintenance schedules, and hardware charging safety protocols;
• Ensuring timely and accurate recording, translation, and transcription of all independent verbatim reports of County Assembly plenary proceedings and committee sessions, within or outside the Assembly precinct;
• Overseeing the sorting, checking, editing, and technical verification of transcripts against primary references before publication;
• Managing the classification, custody, archiving, and digital retrieval of legislative records, and overseeing the uploading of completed Hansard reports onto the institutional website;
• Directing information-seeking research and consulting appropriate authoritative sources to cross-check facts, codes, and historical data within the transcripts;
• Leading feasibility studies, systems analysis, UI/UX designs, and the deployment of computerized information systems and tailored e-services across the County Assembly;
• Directing research into emerging technological frameworks, developing ICT guidelines, and enforcing consistent application of IT standards across the Assembly;
• Formulating the architecture of the Assembly's ICT networks, maintaining centralized data processing operations, and executing strict digital security protocols;
• Coordinating macro-automation efforts to transition traditional legislative and administrative workflows into automated digital systems;
• Providing expert advisory services on all emerging information technologies to Assembly leadership and coordinating computer literacy and software application training for staff;
• Overseeing computer hardware maintenance routines and liaising with technology vendors for the administration of institutional guarantees, SLAs, and warranties; and
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the Office of the Clerk of Assembly.

Job specifications

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Valid Kenyan citizenship;
• Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Mass Communication, Public Relations, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Social Sciences or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Minimum three (3) years' relevant work experience.

Added advantage

• Master's degree from an institution recognized in Kenya or its equivalent;
• Membership to a professional body/association;
• Senior Management Course or its equivalent; and
• Certificate in computer applications/packages.