Principal Itugururu Agricultural Institute (Deputy Director Agricultural Services), at County Government of Tharaka Nithi

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agriculture, Agronomy, Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development, Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Resource Management, Agriculture and Extension, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Agriculture Economics, Crop Protection, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management, Home Economics, Horticulture,  Human Ecology, Agriculture Economics, Crop Protection, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management, Home Economics, Horticulture, Food Science and Technology or its relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Information and Communication Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and Applied Economics, Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture Extension, Agricultural Studies, Agro-Bio Resource Science and Technology, Agronomy, Agro-processing, Biotechnology, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Dryland Integrated Land Management Systems, Dry- land Resource Management, Dry-land Agriculture, Dry-land Agro Pastoral Systems, Dry-land Farming, Entomology, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Planning and Management, Farm Management, Floriculture, Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Food Science and Technology, Applied Human Nutrition, Home Economics, Home Science, Home Management, Horticulture, Hydroponics, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, Plant Health Science and Management, Plant Pathology, Project Planning and Management, Rural Management, Seed Science and Technology, Seed Science, Soil Environment and Land Use Management, Soil Science or its relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Five (5) years’ experience
• Certificate of membership to a relevant professional body; and
• Certificate in computer application skills

Duties and Responsibilities Duties

The Principal Itugururu Agricultural Training Institute reports to the County Director of Agriculture and responsibilities at this level will entail: -

• Organizing and leading regular meetings of Agricultural Training Institute;
• Ensuring a departmental committee structure which enables the business of the department to be conducted with Agricultural Training Institute input;
• Ensuring Agricultural Training Institute input in decisions impacting the department;
• Developing and implementing a department/school strategic plan including metrics for evaluating progress and assessing progress annually;
• Provide leadership in curriculum development and revision;
• Ensure that the department has valid student learning outcomes for all of its courses and academic programs, that they are regularly assessed and that the results of assessment are used for continuous improvement;
• Prepare for and organize the periodic reviews of the department's academic programs;
• Develop clear guidelines for Agricultural Training Institute recruitment, retention and promotion;
• Ensure a productive environment for research and scholarly activity;
• Promote opportunities for internal and external support of research and scholarship;
• Support trans-disciplinary collaboration;
• Provide budgetary oversight;
• Recommend the assignment of space for departmental needs according to university policy;
• Assign and supervise teaching programs/ activities;
• Ensure sufficient technical support;
• Supervise professional development of office and support unit staff
• Seeking approval for Agricultural Training Institute searches;
• Articulating the policies, processes and expectations for tenure and promotion;
• Providing prompt, meaningful, fair and written annual performance evaluations;
• Maintain collegial relationships with other department heads as well as Alumni, County and National Government administrators; and
• Any other duty that maybe assigned from time to time