Water Management Officer I - 2 Posts at County Government of Kitui

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –

• Be a Citizen of Kenya;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education and Extension, Agricultural Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture, Soil Environment and Land Use Management or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
• Certificate in computer application skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Mobilizing farmers for irrigation scheme development;
• Updating the irrigation water users’ associations’ inventory; 
• Collecting and compiling data for irrigation planning; 
• Identifying and compiling inventory on relevant stakeholders in irrigation scheme development and management;
• Setting up demonstrations of on-farm irrigation technologies;
• Preparing training materials; 
• Training of irrigation farmers, farmer organizations and irrigation water users’ associations; and 
• Disseminating information on irrigation scheme management, supply and optimum use of water and management of irrigated enterprises at scheme level.