Career Opportunities at Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

REF: KNBS/MLS/15/2022

Job Purpose: 

Reporting to the Corporation Secretary, the job holder will be responsible for undertaking activities in the Legal Services Division.

Key Responsibilities

• Serving pleadings as required by law;
• Supervising filing of documents in court registries;
• Receiving court processes served on the Bureau;
• Preparing pleadings in all cases touching on the Bureau;
• Attending proceedings on behalf of the Bureau;
• Negotiating settlements of civil disputes;
• Preparing legal briefs and opinions, and filing appeals as need arises;
• Analyzing the probable outcomes of cases, using legal precedents;
• Ensuring risk mitigating clauses are included in all contracts and other legal instruments;
• Drafting legal documents on behalf of the Bureau;
• Negotiating contracts and memorandums of understanding between the Bureau and other parties;
• Ensuring compliance with current amendments to the laws governing operations of the Bureau;
• Researching on any legal areas touching on the mandate of the Bureau;
• Studying the Constitution, statutes, regulations, and decisions of quasijudicial bodies to determine any legal implications therein;
• Examining legal data to determine advisability of Bureau defending or prosecuting any lawsuit; and
• Carrying out legal and governance audits for compliance
• Preparing sectional work plans and related budget;
• Implementing performance management activities;
• Supervising and managing staff within the Section;
• Any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements for Appointment

• Must have served in the grade of Assistant Manager, Legal Services, level 5 or equivalent position for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution;
• Must have a Master’s Degree in Law (LLM) or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Must have a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Council of Legal Education;
• Must have a Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Program lasting not less than six (6) weeks or any other related qualification from a recognized institution;
• Must be a Certified Public Secretary with a valid Certificate from the institute of Certified Public Secretaries Kenya;
• Must have a Valid Practicing Certificate from Law Society of Kenya;
• Must have be an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Must have a Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
• Must have analytical, financial and human resource management skills;
• Must be able to work in a collaborative team environment.

Monthly Remuneration:

• Basic Salary: Kshs. 133,260 - Kshs. 189,960
• House Allowance: Kshs. 40,000
• Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 16,000
• Extraneous Allowance: Kshs 20,000

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REF - Ref: KNBS/AMHRM/16/2022

Job Purpose: 

Reporting to the Manager, Human Resource Management, the jobholder will be responsible undertaking activities in the Human Resource Division.

Key responsibilities

• Implementing Human Resource policies and strategies;
• Processing staff Recruitment, deployment, promotions and transfers;
• Complying with statutory and regulatory requirements relating to Human Resource management;
• Processing disciplinary cases;
• Administering employee welfare programs;
• Processing salary, retirement benefits, Medical claims, Group Personal
• Accidents and Group Life schemes;
• Processing of leave applications;
• Developing and implementing Human Resource Management System (HRIS);
• Any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements for Appointment

• Must have served in the grade of Human Resource Management/Development Officer or equivalent position for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Human Resource Management/Development; Education; Business Administration; Business Management ,Social Sciences or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Must have a Post-Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from a recognized institution;
• Must be a member of a recognized Human Resource management Professional body;
• Must have a Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Experience in the processing and management of payroll will be an added advantage;
• Experience of working with IPPD and GHRIS system will be an added advantage;
• Must have a Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution;
• Must have shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
• Must have analytical, financial and human resource management skills;
• Must be able to work in a collaborative team environment.

Monthly Remuneration:

• Basic Salary: Kshs. 103,860 - Kshs. 150,480
• House Allowance: Kshs. 30,000
• Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 14,000
• Extraneous Allowance: Kshs 10,00

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Ref: KNBS/ASFS/17/2022

Job Purpose: 

Reporting to the County Statistics Officer, the jobholder will be responsible for undertaking activities in the Field Office.

Key responsibilities

• Dispatching and receiving of questionnaires;
• Following-up on non-response from data providers;
• Entering data into statistical applications;
• Maintaining checklists of data providers;
• Identifying and locating statistical units of enumeration;
• Carrying out pre-test and piloting of data collection instruments;
• Printing questionnaires, archiving and retrieving completed returns;
• Updating county specific sampling frames;
• Preparing census databases for selection of sampling units;
• Listing field sampling units;
• Distributing sampling frame materials;
• Capturing data for developed and updated sampling units;
• Editing and updating records in the sampling frame database;
• Retrieving sampling units records;
• Any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements for appointment

• Must have a Diploma in any of the following disciplines:- Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Must have a Certificate in computer applications from a recognized institution.

Monthly Remuneration:

• Basic Salary: Kshs. 46,500 - Kshs. 70,500
• House Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
• Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000