General Manager, Construction Development And Co-ordination (Compliance, Enforcement And Quality Assurance) at National Construction Authority

Duties and Responsibilities   
Duties and responsibilities will entail: 

• Coordinating the development, implementation and review of policies, strategies, legislations, guidelines, frameworks, norms, regulations, plans and programmes on compliance, enforcement, occupational safety and health and quality assurance; 
• Spearheading provision consultancy and advisory services with respect to compliance and quality assurance;  
• Ensuring quality assurance in the construction industry;
• Overseeing standardization and improvement of construction techniques and materials;
• Overseeing regulation of contractors’ professional undertakings;
• Ensuring other regulatory requirements by other agencies in the construction industry are adhered to;
• Overseeing development, review and publication of the code of conduct for the construction industry; 
• Ensuring implementation of standards for the design, construction, operation, inspection and maintenance of construction works;  
• Ensure implementation of standards for infrastructure services, works and disaster management at a construction site; 
• Ensuring implementation of standards for the safety and security of the users and occupants of a building;
• Ensuring products, elements and systems conform to statutory requirements and standards;
• Spearheading preparation and implementation of business continuity plan for the directorate; 
• Ensuring maintenance of a Risk Management Register for the directorate;
• Promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) at the directorate; and   
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement and foster corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and good corporate citizenship.
• Providing technical advice on matters relating to chemical and physical behavior of materials; 
• Overseeing testing services using non-destructive test methods for structural and mechanical integrity of structures;
• Providing laboratory test results to support investigations and prosecution cases;
• Coordinating identification, evaluation and control hazardous factors in the construction sites which may affect the safety and health of persons employed in the construction industry;                   
• Overseeing investigation of occupational accidents, dangerous occurrences and cases of occupational diseases with a view to preventing recurrence in the construction industry; 
• Overseeing inspection of construction works;
• Overseeing provision of one stop shop for all services offered in the construction industry to all clients and stakeholders; and
• Overseeing registration of all projects and payments of construction levies.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment, a candidate must have: 

• Cumulative service period of fifteen (15) years’ work experience, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of a Manager, Construction Development and Coordination or in a comparable position and organization;
• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following: - Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, from a recognized institution;
• Master’s Degree in any of the following fields: - Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Business Administration, Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Membership to any of the following; Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK), Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK), Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), in good standing;
• Registration as a professional to any of the following regulatory bodies: Board of Registration of Architects & Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS), Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK).
• Valid professional practicing license; 
• Certificate in leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution; 
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and results; and
• Exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to NCA’s mandate