Principal Housing Officer at Mombasa County Public Service Board

Job Description/Requirements

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Valuation, Property Management, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/ Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Land Economics, Real Estate and Land Administration, Building Economics, Urban/Regional Planning, Construction and/or Project Management, Economics, Estate Management, Sociology, Community Development, Statistics, Environmental Studies, Geography or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Registration by any of the following bodies: Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National Environmental Management Authority Board and any other relevant and recognized professional body. (applicable to professional degree holders only);
• A post graduate diploma in Housing or related field from a recognized institution (applicable to non-professional degree holders);
• Senior Management Course lasting not less than for (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Must have worked in the field for a minimum of 5 years.
• Served in the grade of Chief Housing Officer or in a comparable and relevant position three (3) years

Duties & Responsibilities

• Carry out surveys on housing and human settlement issues and information on land tenure;
• Analyse data to inform policy and decision making;
• Undertake assessment of housing needs, demand and supply for various income groups and sectors in the county;
• Analyse and monitor the database for prospective investors in physical housing infrastructure;
• Carry out physical and social mapping of slums and informal settlements.
• Day to day Management of County Houses and Developing County Housing Plans and projections