Secretary at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

• served for a minimum period of eighteen (18) years and currently serving in the grade of Deputy Director CSG 6 and above or a comparable position in the Wider Public Service or Private Sector;
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Science, Environmental Planning and Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Law, Environmental Governance, Environmental Policy or any other related field from a recognized institution;
• a Masters degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Science, Environmental Planning and Management, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Law, Environmental Governance, Environmental Policy or any other related field from a recognized institution;
• a Strategic Leadership course from a recognized institution;
• vast experience in community/ local level natural resources management approaches;
• demonstrated experience in environmental governance and donor funding;
• demonstrated expertise and experience in environmental and related sectoral policies in national development agenda; and
• demonstrated professional competence, high integrity and leadership capability in work performance and results.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities at this level include:

• Offering technical leadership and vision in matters of environmental/ natural resource management in the country;
• Formulation, interpretation and monitoring environment and natural resources and related sectorial policies;
• Communicating environment and natural resource policies to the departments and related sectorial policies;
• Overall coordination of the environmental and natural resource programmes in the Ministry;
• Linking environment and natural resources issues from the respective departments and parastatals and the Ministry headquarters;
• Advising the Government on environmental legislation and its implications;
• Identifying bottlenecks that constrain the smooth implementation of environmental and natural resource policies;
• Developing and implementing linkages with regional and international organizations and stakeholders on environmental and natural resources matters and ensuring domestication of international environment agreements and protocols;
• Stating Government positions on environment and natural resource policies in management Boards and institutions; and
• Forge linkages and promote environment mainstreaming in Government and in all sectors of the economy.