Part Time Inspectors at Water Services Regulatory Board

Job Purpose

The Part Time Inspectors will support the regulator in surveillance of the sector though carrying out inspections of the Water Services Providers in the different areas of operation. The areas include but not limited to the following:

• Governance
• Asset development
• Asset management and Maintenance
• Non-Revenue Water Management
• Human Resource Management
• Commercial Management
• ICT deployment and utilization
• Water and Waste water management
• Customer relations
• Management of Small-scale Service Providers
• Sanitation Management

Reporting Relationship

This role reports to the Director Monitoring and Enforcement

Job Specification

The part-time inspectors will report to the Director Monitoring and Enforcement. The duties and responsibilities of the part-time inspectors will entail:

• Inspect and evaluate the water and effluent quality monitoring systems in line with the Water Quality and Effluent Monitoring Guideline and report on corrective measures.
• Evaluate Water Service Providers internal governance arrangements as per the prevailing laws and governance standards and report on corrective measures.
• Inspect and evaluate water works and water services to ensure that such works and services meet the prescribed standards in design, construction, operation and maintenance and report on corrective measures.
• Undertake performance and value for money audits.
• Inspect and evaluate the billing systems, revenue collection systems and expenditures of the WSPs in order to verify adherence to the approved tariff and license conditions.
• Assess the alignment of the WSPs’ budget to the approved tariff and adherence to approved tariff conditions.
• Asses the monthly billings and payments of Regulatory levy vis a vis provisions in the approved tariff and determine the variance.
• Establish the basis of high Non-Revenue Water (NRW) including the adequacy of the NRW reduction strategy and make appropriate recommendations.
• Assess the adequacy of the consumer complaints handling mechanisms and make appropriate recommendations for improvement.
• Inspect and evaluate the financial systems of WSPs to ensure adherence to the Public Finance Management Act and Regulations and any other applicable laws.
• Inspect and carry out efficient and in-depth auditing of the company human resources policies, processes, systems, structures, identify available gaps and recommend appropriate changes to ensure adherence to the sector standards and Regulations and any other applicable laws.
• Verify the correctness and credibility of data submitted for regulatory decisions
• Any other role that may arise in the course of the inspection works Part-time Inspectors will be oriented to effectively discharge their functions.

Person Specification
For appointment, part-time inspectors must have:

• Be a Kenyan with at least 5 years post qualification working experience in arelevant profession.
• Have Knowledge of the water sector.
• Have a degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Water Quality, Law, Finance, Human Resource, Business management, Economics, Law, or other relevant disciplines.
• Have a professional certificate from the relevant professional body that authorizes one to be a practitioner in that field (Certified Human Resource Auditor) and
• Relevant knowledge in the auditing of human resource policies, systems, structures and experience working in a HR labour -intensive organization.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Possess analytical skills backed by evidence of carrying out similar works and have good knowledge in their field of expertise
• Be computer literate
• Experience in writing reports and ability to communicate and interact professionally.
• Be willing to undertake assignments in any part of the country
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation or auditing shall be an added advantage.
• Experience in quality inspection and Auditing Skills.
• Financial management skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Problem solving Skills.Time management Skills.