Principal Policy Coordination 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 Bachelors 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 applications skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Developing the National policy Guideline and citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework to guide MDAs on policy formulation; Coordinating sensitization of MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and best practices on policy formulation and implementation; Conducting Monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of the National Policy Guideline and citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework; Coordinating the preparation
• of monitoring and evaluation reports on implementation of the national government policies;
• Monitoring the status and quality of data in the Policy tracking information system;
• Coordinating policy analysis from the Policy tracking information system to identify legislative gaps and preparing periodic policy status reports on national development agenda; Analyzing data and
• preparing reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy interventions and decision
• making; Developing, reviewing and implementing tools, techniques and frameworks for appraisal and tracking of policy formulation and implementation; Identifying appropriate techniques and designing tools for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation;
• Coordinating piloting and validation of research tools and techniques for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation;
• Documenting best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Liaising with stakeholders for follow up on implementation of commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio- economic; Preparing reports on implementation status of the commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio-economic;
• Coordinating the preparation of reports on fora recommendations on policy interventions; and Developing Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.