Economist II / Statistician II, Job Group “k” -11 Posts at County Government of Nandi

Duties and Responsibilities

• This is the entry grade for Economist/Statistician cadre. An officer at this level will be responsible for a specific sector/s, sub county, location, serce or area of actity. Duties and responsibilities at this level will involve;
• Management of a specific economic sector/s or an area of statistical actity;
• Formulation of sector/s policies, development plans and strategies;
• Proding economic planning data and economic analysis for a sector/s or an area of statistical actity;
• Identification, preparation and evaluation of development programmes and projects;
• Monitoring implementation of policies, strategies, programmes and projects;
• Conducting feasibility studies, determining project ability and setting project priorities;
• Drawing up survey questionnaires for specific sector/s or an area of statistical actity and setting up control procedures for receing returns and taking the necessary action;
• Collection, collation and analysis of data relating to economic planning, computerization and analysis of data;
• Budgetary supply matters including processing of sector/s estimates for the Program Budget;
• Prioritization of programs and actities for Results Based allocation of resources;
• Expenditure monitoring and evaluation, oversight of absorption of funds and expenditure trends, performance measurement, budget planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting in the sector/s;
• Initial processing of reallocations within the budget
• Development of sector/s budget policy and policy analysis;
• Writing and submitting sector/s reports on specific assignments; and Control and supersion of technical and other supporting staff.

Requirements for Appointment

• For appointment to the grade of Economist II/ Statistician II, candidates must be in possession of:
• A minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Economics, or Economics and Mathematics, or Economics 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 from a recognized university/institution; or
• A postgraduate Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi or equivalent institution or a post graduate diploma or Masters degree in subjects enumerated at -(iii) above.