Principal Human Resource Management Officer at Embu County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating human resource services in such areas as appointment, promotion, payroll management, discipline, pensions, establishment and complement control.
• Analyzing the staffing levels and making proposals for succession planning.
• Analyzing utilization of human resources and advising on proper deployment.
• Analyzing staff progression and making proposals for career development.
• Ensuring the correct interpretation and implementation of human resource management and development regulations, labour laws and other statutes.
• Managing the human resource information systems.
• Preparing and compiling reports on the implementation of Performance Management systems including Performance Appraisal Systems.
• Developing training projections and plans.
• Coordinating the preparation and processing of cases for the Departmental Human
• Resource Management Advisory Committee or County Human Resource Management Advisory Committee.
• Organizing, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating training programmes.
• Facilitating the nomination of officers for scholarships.
• Taking custody of Human Resource Development records.
• Supervising training needs assessment and development.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade an officer must have:

• Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Business Administration, Education, Sociology, Political Science/Government, Anthropology or any other relevant Social Science from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Industrial Relations, Labour Relations or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Must have an experience of at least three (3) years in a comparable and televie osition in the public service. ARYS
• Membership to a relevant professional body.
• Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution.
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.