Ward Revenue Officer at County Government of Kisumu

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating collection of revenue in respective ward and prepares report, then account for all revenue collected in the area of jurisdiction;
• Supervise the revenue collection within the area of jurisdiction to ensure revenue is collected from all the revenue sources in the ward;
• Submit weekly revenue returns & preparation of monthly returns for the ward and do posting & analysis in cash book at the ward;
• Custodian of accountable documents at the ward and Identify and mainstream new revenue sources;
• Deliver all the revenue collected on a daily basis to the sub county revenue officer/senior revenue Assistant;
• Do inspection of business premises and issue of various and single business permits;
• Bank the revenue collected and maintain revenue collection entries in the primary books and institute daily réconciliations;
• Provide advisory role to the revenue management section on un-tapped revenue sources;
• Identify challenge impending collection of revenue to escalate to serior management for the solution;
• Perform any other duties that maybe assigned from time to time

Qualifications

• Be a holder of Diploma in Business Management (resonating or Finance) or its equivalent from recognized University
• Certified Public Accountant II;OR Kenyan Accounting Technical Certificate (KATC/ATC PART II) or its equivalent;
• Have experience in revenue coilection in the public or private sector for a minimum period of two (2) years. :
• Be a good team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills; 
• Certificate in computer application skills;
• Good planning, organizational, communication and analytical skills;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership