Deputy Director Community Development and Library Services at Nairobi City County Public Service Board

Job Requirements

• A minimum of Bachelor degree in Social Sciences with a bias in Social Work, Information Study, Sociology, Community Development, Gender Studies, Counseling Psychology, Anthropology or any other related discipline from a recognized Institution.
• Registered practitioner with relevant bodies
• Must have served for least three years at the level of Assistant Director Gender or its equivalent position.
• Possess Leadership skills, Communication skills, Interpersonal skills, Organizational skills, Ability to work under pressure, Negotiation skills, Ability to build and lead cohesive teams, Problem solving skills.
• Must meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya on Leadership and integrity.

Job Description

• Plans, Organizes, Coordinates and implements community development programmes at the County level.
• Formulation of policies and legislations on community development and library matters.
• Coordinating development, implementation and review of library information policies, standards and guidelines.
• Overseeing the development of programmes and activities to promote library and information service and reading.
• Validating networking and collaboration programmes.
• Institutionalize international standards, procedures and norms.
• Promoting and facilitating innovation and review of library information services and community development products.
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting on implementation of library service and community development programmes.
• Coordinating preparation of budget and funding proposals.
• Coordinating research programmes and projects in library and information service.
• Coordinate the preparation of the library & community development work plans, setting performance targets and budget estimates, guiding, supervising, coaching and mentoring staff.
• Coordinate the organization of local events/activities/exhibitions for communities and educational tours at the county.
• Responsible for coordinating cataloguing, acquisition, storage, circulation, preservation, conservation, weeding, classification.
• Indexing and abstracting information services.
• Coordinating retrieval of information.
• Coordinating interlibrary loan services.
• Compiling information for determination of optimal staffing levels.