Economist II/Statistician II - 3 Posts at Nakuru County Government

For appointment to the grade of Economist II/ Statistician II, candidate must have:

• A minimum of an Upper Second - Class Honours Degree in Economic, or Economic and Mathematics, or Economic and Statistics from a recognized university/institution;

OR

• A minimum of an Upper Second- Class Honours Degree in any of the subjects enumerated at (i) above with a bias towards Computer Science, Operations Research, Survey Techniques and Demographic Techniques from a recognized university/institution;

OR

• A minimum of an Upper Second -Class Honours Degree in Statistics with appropriate specialization university/institution;

OR

• A postgraduate Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi or equivalent institution or post graduate diploma or Master’s degree in subject enumerated at (i) – (iii) above.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Economic analysis;
• formulation of development strategies;
• identification, identification and evaluation of development projects and programmes and monitoring of their implementation;
• conducting feasibility studies, determining project viability and setting projects priorities;
• collection, collation and analysis of data relating to production and marketing of agricultural / industrial products, computerization and analysis of data;
• writing and submitting reports on specific assignments: and control and supervision of technical and other supporting staff.

In the statistical field, duties will involve;

•  Management of specific economic sector an area of statistical activity;
• Drawing up survey questionnaires and setting up control procedures for receiving returns and taking up the necessary action;
• Collection, collation, computerization and analysis of data;
• Wiring and submitting reports on specific assignments; and
• Direction and supervision of technical and other supporting staff.