Principal Policy Coordination and Strategy Officer - 2 Posts at State Department for Parliamentary Affairs

 For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Have served in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a cumulative period of six (6) years;
• Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social Sciences,
• International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate in Senior Management Course (SMC) lasting for at least four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Be proficient in computer application skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Undertaking policy analysis from the Policy tracking information system to identify legislative gaps and preparing periodic policy status reports on national development agenda; Sensitizing MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and best practices
• on policy formulation and implementation; Preparing monitoring and evaluation reports on the implementation of the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and national government policies; Identifying capacity gaps on policy making processes for MDAs;
• Preparing reports on implementation status of the commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio-economic; Coordinating data collection, collating, coding, analysis and preparing reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy interventions and decision making;
• Piloting and validating research tools and techniques for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation; Documenting best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Implementing tools and frameworks for tracking policy formulation and implementation;
• Monitoring the status and quality of data in the system; Liaising with identified institutions for capacity building on policy making process; and Developing Information Education and
• Communication (IEC) materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.