Senior Assistant Director of Agriculture at County Government of Nyeri

Job Group ‘Q’

No of Positions: (1 Post)

The holder will be the Head of the Agribusiness Unit and will be reporting directly to the Chief Officer.

Responsibilities

• Upscale community food security and value addition initiatives.
• Develop a County agricultural sector priority manual.
• Fund mobilization for County Agriculture development activities
• Organize and participate in agricultural shows and trade fairs locally and internationally.
• Improve input supply.
• Provide market information.
• Promote value addition in agriculture, livestock and fisheries development.
• Promote commercial agriculture, livestock and fisheries development.
• Promote market development.
• Enhance access to appropriate credit packages and awareness creation.
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Be a Kenya Citizen.
• Be a holder of at least a Degree in Agribusiness or agricultural economics from recognized institution in Kenya.
• Not less than eight(8) years’ experience after the year of graduation
• Demonstrate a high degree of professional and technical competence in work performance and results.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of devolution, the County Development objectives and Vision 2030.
• Be a strategic thinker and results oriented.
• Be computer literate.