Social Development Officer[2] - 15 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Psychology, Community Development, Project Development/Management, Disability Studies, Counselling, Gender Studies, Gender and Development or Business Administration/Management from a university recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

• working with communities to identify and mobilize local resources for the implementation of development projects and Community Development Agreements (CDAs);
• guiding communities and stakeholders to develop Community Development Agreements (CDAs);
• supporting mining officers in community engagement on mineral beneficiation.
• liaising with local communities, artisanal miners, and other development agencies in Environmental Social Governance (ESG);
• supporting and facilitating artisanal miners to organize into formal groups, associations, or cooperatives for registration under the Mining Act;
• conducting sensitization for artisanal miners and stakeholders on sustainable mining practices, legal requirements, grievance handling, and the elimination of child labour;
• collecting sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data for all social development and mining community programs; and
• collecting and managing social development-related data for planning;