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The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was established by an Act of Parliament, Chapter 469 of the laws of Kenya , which became effective on 1st July 1995 . The Authority is charged with the responsibility of collecting revenue on behalf of the Government of Kenya. A Board of Directors, consisting of both public and private sector experts, makes policy decisio...
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Job Summary
The job holder is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and tools that will enable the organization to process and analyse large volumes of structured and unstructured data. The role is critical for leveraging big data technologies to derive actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the Big Data stack (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, or cloud-native equivalents like Azure Synapse/Google BigQuery).
- Develop and implement data operations strategies aligned with organizational goals, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and sustainability.
- Ensure data analytics platforms and infrastructure is elastic enough to handle any variations in data and analytics traffic including unexpected spikes.
- Oversee the ingestion of unstructured and semi-structured data into a centralized repository for analytics.
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize data tools, platforms, and emerging technologies to enhance operational performance and analytics capability.
- Maintain real-time data pipelines that allow for immediate analytics e.g. risk profiling and "on-the-spot" compliance alerts.
- Optimize massive batch ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)/ELT (Extract, Load and Transform jobs that move data from operational databases into the data warehousing for reporting.
- Use tools like Apache Airflow to manage complex dependencies between hundreds of different data workflows across KRA’s internal and external ecosystems.
- Implement disaster recovery and failover strategies to ensure that the Data Management & Analytics (DM&A) tools are available 24/7.
- Work with Data Scientists to optimize complex SQL or NoSQL queries.
- Manage the compute and storage costs of the Big Data environment, ensuring KRA gets maximum ROI on its hardware or cloud spend.
- Implement fine-grained access control (Role-Based Access Control) to ensure sensitive information is only accessible to authorized users.
- Oversee the technical implementation of data masking and encryption "at rest" and "in transit" to comply with the Data Protection Act.
- Maintain logs of who accessed what data and when, providing a "activity trails" for security audits.
- Ensure data integrity, accuracy, security, and compliance with regulatory, audit, integrity, QMS, and risk management frameworks.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, resolve data-related issues, and advise leadership through actionable insights and reliable reporting.
- Implement corporate initiatives in the Unit: Performance Management, Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems, and Risk Management.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Engineering or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university.
- Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Engineering or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university is an added advantage.
- Training or certification in any of the following areas: Data Engineering, big data frameworks, DevOps, MLOps, or cloud platforms
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in first level management position or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Sound decision-making capabilities
- Ethics and integrity
- Accountability
- Professionalism
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good awareness of the operating environment
- Analytical and creative thinking skills
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Job Summary
The job holder shall be responsible for developing and executing the Authority’s digital communication strategy and overseeing multimedia production to enhance brand visibility, public engagement, and reputation management.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute digital communication strategy
- Oversee digital platforms, social media, and website management
- Lead multimedia production (videos, animations, podcasts, documentaries)
- Manage SEO, SEM, and digital advertising campaigns
- Analyze digital performance and provide insights
- Manage digital communication budgets and partnerships
- Implement corporate initiatives and M&E frameworks
- Implement corporate initiatives in the Unit: Performance Management, Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems, and Risk Management.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person Specifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations, Communication, Journalism, Marketing, or Digital Communication from a recognized University.
- Master’s degree in Public Relations, Communication, Journalism, Marketing, or Digital Communication from a recognized University is an added advantage
- Membership with CIPR, MSK, CIM, PRSK, KIM or related professional body
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in first level management position or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Demonstrated managerial and administrative competence as reflected in work performance and results
- Strong Managerial skills.
- Good interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Creative ability to supervise communication strategies.
- Able to work across departments and organisations in a collaborative manner.
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for planning, organizing and overseeing continuous audit activities, including data acquisition, validation, analytics and automation of control testing to enhance assurance, efficiency and effectiveness of internal audit processes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the Annual Audit Work Plan for the Continuous Audit Unit.
- Oversee execution of continuous audits and integration of data analytics into audit engagements.
- Review audit programmes, working papers and reports for quality, completeness and compliance with standards.
- Prepare audit reports for Top Management and the Audit Committee of the Board.
- Manage unit budgets and monitor utilization of allocated resources.
- Coordinate; identification, assessment and risks mitigation within the unit.
- Act as primary liaison with the Office of the Auditor-General on unit audit matters.
- Perform continuous audits designed to provide assessment of internal control processes and operational performance, in accordance with department and professional standards
- Review application of audit procedures, methodology and general accepted auditing standards to reviews to ensure adequacy of internal controls, compliance with policies, procedures and professional best practices.
- Implement corporate initiatives in the Unit: Performance Management, Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems, and Risk Management.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in: IT, Computer Science, Business IT, Engineering or relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized Univeristy.
- Master’s Degree in: Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized University will be an added advantage.
- CISA certification.
- CISM, CIA or CEH is an added advantage.
- Membership of ISACA or Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in first level management position or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability in conducting and supervising both financial and management audit.
- Strategic & Analytical Thinking
- Leadership & Communication Skills
- Operational Effectiveness
- Ethical Judgment & Customer Focus
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Planning and organizational skills.
- High level of integrity.
- Understanding and ability to apply risk and control concepts.
- Ability to apply audit standards through practical application.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to understand business processes and good awareness of functional relationships of Departments.
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Job Summary
The job holder shall be responsible for implementing the organization’s data quality, stewardship and Master Data Management strategies, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and consistency of data across all systems. The Manager will drive the implementation of MDM frameworks, policies, and procedures to support business objectives and regulatory compliance.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Define and implement the MDM strategy and Data Quality Management (DQM) frameworks aligned with KRA's corporate goals.
- Establish "Data Golden Rules" and standards for data entry, maintenance, and archiving across systems.
- Lead a network of data stewards across different departments to ensure accountability at the source.
- Oversee the "Golden Record" creation for taxpayers and staff, ensuring that a single identifier identifies a unique entity across all systems.
- Manage the complex deduplication, matching, and merging processes when integrating data from third parties.
- Define, monitor, and report on data quality and MDM KPIs, metrics, and assessments to ensure accuracy, consistency, and integrity.
- Automate data quality processes and use automated tools to constantly monitor the "health" of KRA data, identifying missing/ incomplete/ inaccurate data elements, invalid addresses, or inconsistent records.
- Perform investigative root cause analysis for data quality issues, propose and monitor implementation of remediation measures at source.
- Lead data cleansing exercises to ensure that datasets have the right quality for use in advanced analytics and AI-driven use cases.
- Oversee the implementation and optimization of MDM and Data Quality solutions.
- Ensure that data provided to the Data Science and analytics teams meets the required quality standards.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, governance policies, and corporate initiatives including Audit, Integrity, QMS, and Risk Management.
- Implement corporate initiatives in the Unit: Performance Management, Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems, and Risk Management.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Business Information Technology, Mathematics, Data Science, Business, Economics, Communications, Information Science or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university.
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology/Business Information Technology, Mathematics, Data Science, Business, Economics, Communications, Information Science or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university is an added advantage.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in first level management position or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Sound decision-making capabilities
- Ethics and integrity
- Accountability
- Professionalism
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good awareness of the operating environment
- Analytical and creative thinking skills
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Job Summary
The job holder shall be responsible for the management, maintenance, security and integrity of the Authority’s Information Technology databases.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement encryption, access controls, backup strategies as well as set up database auditing tools to track access and changes.
- Develop and implement data quality, usage, and lifecycle management policies.
- Manage database performance and capacity through regular tuning, optimization, archiving and take remedial action where necessary.
- Manage and ensure back-up restoration procedures are conducted and implement maintenance plans and ensure these are executed in accordance with stipulated policies.
- Identify servers for deployment of business applications and software installation procedures and monitor server conditions and resolve any issues arising.
- Coordinate third party update to tax system and resolve outages, disasters and other problems promptly.
- Improve SQL query performance, indexing strategies and ensure databases can handle growth (sharing, replication, clustering).
- Optimize database infrastructure costs, i.e licencing
- Manage relationships with third-party providers, data engineers and analysts
- Trouble shoot diagnose and resolve database issues.
- Balance technical depth with business acumen, ensuring databases support organizational goals securely and efficiently.
- Implement corporate initiatives in the Unit: Performance Management, Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems, and Risk Management.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Business Information Technology or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university.
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Business Information Technology or related and equivalent qualification from a recognized university is an added advantage.
- Experience in PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
- Membership of a relevant professional body.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is as added advantage.
- Knowledge of the System Application Product (SAP) HANA database is an added advantage
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years, with relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in first level management position or comparable position.
Technical Certifications:
- At least one (1) of the following Database Administration Certification: Microsoft MCITP or Oracle OCP or Certified PostgreSQL DBA (CPSDBA) or equivalent
- At least one (1) System Administration (Linux or Windows) certification
- At least one (1) Network Administration Certification e.g CCNA or equivalent
- At least one (1) Governance-related certification (COBIT or ITIL)
Key Competencies
- Leadership skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Negotiation skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Conflict management
- Supervisory skills
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for coordinating departmental performance management processes, developing strategic reports, analytics, reporting frameworks, and providing data-driven insights to support evidence-based decision-making. The role ensures alignment of departmental targets with the Corporate Plan, tracks progress of strategic initiatives, conducts gap and trend analysis, and supports the Executive Office of the Commissioner in monitoring performance delivery.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Coordinate departmental performance reviews and ensure timely consolidation and validation of performance data.
- Facilitate development and alignment of departmental targets and scorecards with the Corporate Plan and strategic priorities.
- Design, develop, and maintain analytics dashboards and automated reporting tools to enhance performance visibility.
- Conduct gap analysis and follow up on delayed or incomplete initiatives, escalating risks, and recommending corrective actions.
- Prepare executive performance reports and analytical briefs providing insights for the Commissioner and senior leadership.
- Perform data analysis, trend assessment, and forecasting to support planning, resource allocation, and decision-making.
- Support staff career development and performance enhancement within the unit, ensuring alignment with departmental goals.
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in: -Business Administration, Management, Economics, Statistics, Education, Law, Public Policy, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science or related field from a recognized University.
- Master’s degree in: -Business Administration, Management, Economics, Statistics, Education, Law, Public Policy, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science or related field from a recognized University is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of five (5) years relevant work experience, two (2) of which should have been in a first-level management position or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Strategic & Analytical Thinking
- Leadership & Communication Skills
- Operational Effectiveness
- Ethical Judgment & Customer Focus
- Data analytics
- Performance management, or monitoring & evaluation
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for operationalisation of the strategies in investigating criminal violations of the revenue statutes.
Duties and responsibilities
- Formulate and implement strategies, policies and procedures for the Section.
- Develop and implement annual work plan and budgets.
- Establish and maintain protocols for inter-agency cooperation to combat cross-border tax evasion and illicit financial flows.
- Facilitate secure and timely exchange of intelligence with partner governments agencies (PGA).
- Identify patterns, trends, and suspicious activities related to tax compliance risks.
- Encourage adoption of innovative data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning techniques to improve detection of tax offenses.
- Foster a culture of intelligence-led enforcement within the tax authority.
- Represent the tax authority in intelligence-sharing forums and identify patterns, trends, and suspicious activities related to tax compliance risks.
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the section: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences or any other relevant field from a recognized University.
- Master’s degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Law, Pure and Applied Sciences or relevant field from an accredited University, is an added advantage.
- Training in Fraud, economic crimes, corruption, assets recovery investigations from reputable institutions.
- Certificate in Tax Fraud and Investigation.
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) Certification in Basic investigation techniques and intelligence courses.
- Certificate in Tax and Customs training from a recognized institution.
- A Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Analysis, collection, and surveillance.
- Intelligence management and strategy development.
- Surveillance operations planning and execution.
- Counter-intelligence techniques and methodologies.
- Intelligence collection and analysis.
- Covert operations management.
- Source & Informer Management skills.
- Legal and regulatory compliance in intelligence operations.
- Strategic collaboration and information sharing.
- Threat detection and risk mitigation.
- Advanced knowledge of tax evasion detection techniques.
- Stakeholder engagement and coordination skills.
- Technology integration in intelligence systems.
- Managerial and administrative skills.
- Strong leadership skills & Ability to work under pressure.
- Possess good organization, planning, and analytical skills.
- Impeccable bias for strategic thinking and action orientation.
- Excellent communication & Negotiation skills.
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for providing support to the Commissioner and the Department.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Formulate and implement strategies, policies and procedures for the Section.
- Develop and implement annual work plan and budgets.
- Steer the implementation of strategies for managing Intelligence, Investigations, and Enforcement operations and actions of the Investigations & Enforcement Department.
- Develop Investigation and Enforcement frameworks/ systems that continually increase taxpayers' compliance and organize the actualization of strategic alliances to enable the realization of investigations and enforcement of strategic objectives.
- Receive, analyze, and consult with divisional heads in responding to stakeholder queries, approvals, and notifications on a regular basis and coordinate the compilation and dissemination of Departmental reports and board papers.
- Coordinate the department’s staff-related activities/programs and undertake, assess & issue advisories on compliance with regulatory & risk parameters.
- Optimize the executive time of the Commissioner and foster a strategic focus,as well as maintain the Departmental Meeting planner/ calendar/ scheduler and monitor the schedules
- Receive case profiles from various sources, evaluate, register, and monitor the progress of the investigation and provide feedback on profiles to management every month.
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the section: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements, and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor's degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences from a recognised and accredited University.
- Master’s Degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences from a recognised and accredited University is an added advantage.
- Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and National Intelligence Service (NIS) Certification in Basic investigation techniques and intelligence courses.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution, is an added advantage.
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification.
- Certificate in Tax and Customs Administration training from a recognized institution.
- Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)/International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) Certification.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle-level management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Managerial and administrative skills.
- Leadership skills
- Possess good organization, planning, and analytical skills
- Impeccable bias for strategic thinking and action orientation
- Focused and result-driven individual
- Experience in tax investigation operations will be an added advantage.
- Impeccable record of integrity
- High level of intuition and emotional intelligence
- Demonstrated creativity and innovation capability
- Strong problem-diagnosis and solving skills
- Interpersonal and networking skills
- Ability to coach, mentor, and guide the professional growth of staff under supervision
- Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills
- Agile and results-oriented
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for carrying out education, training, sensitization and awareness on corruption, integrity and ethical issues; Interpretation of the Anti-Corruption Legal Framework and Domestication in the Authority, analysis of impacts of anti-corruption policies and strategies to Authority staff, stakeholders and the general public and; ensuring adherence by the Authority and staff to the anti- corruption legal framework, Authority policies, rules and regulations as well as carrying out corruption prevention functions.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Development and Enforcement of the KRA integrity policies to enhance compliance with professional and ethical standards in the Authority
- Development and implementation of corruption prevention plans for departmental and regional Corruption Prevention Committees (CPCs).
- Providing regular reporting on compliance of KRA integrity programs; Coordinate quarterly Apex CPC, departmental and regional CPCs and monthly departmental and regional Integrity Assurance Officers (IAOs) committees
- Coordinating corruption perception surveys and the annual corruption risk assessment, and provide statistics to guide decision-making processes
- Coordinating the implementation of the national values, cohesion and integration in the Authority.
- Develop effective education & sensitization programs on corruption, integrity and ethical issues to KRA staff, stakeholders and the general public to ensure all staff and the Authority comply with internal & external requirements.
- Capacity building for CPC and IAO programs and monitor and evaluate Education and Awareness programs by analyzing the impact of Anti-corruption policies and strategies in KRA
- Coordinate, monitor and evaluate system reviews on policies, procedures and practices
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the Department: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Business management,Public Policy,Tax Policy, Law from a recognized University.
- Master’s Degree in any relevant course from a recognized Univeristy is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle level management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Leadership skills
- Possess good organization, planning, and analytical skills
- Impeccable bias for strategic thinking and action orientation
- Focused and result-driven individual
- Experience in tax investigation operations will be an added advantage.
- Impeccable record of integrity
- High level of intuition and emotional intelligence
- Demonstrated creativity and innovation capability
- Strong problem-diagnosis and solving skills
- Interpersonal and networking skills
- Ability to coach, mentor, and guide the professional growth of staff under supervision
- Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills
- Agile and results-oriented
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Job Summary
The job holder shall be responsible for the development of best practice strategies to enhance corporate purchasing and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) function.
Duties and responsibilities
- Formulate and implement Supply Chain strategies for the Section.
- Develop and implement annual work plans and budget
- Oversee the development, formulation and review of procurement policies, procedures and processes.
- Implement procurement plans in line with the Public Procurement Legal Framework.
- Coordinate and review the consolidation of the Annual Procurement Plan (APP) in line with statutory requirements as well as implementation for specific categories.
- Coordinate Procurement of Leases.
- Analyse procurement data to drive efficiency and improve supplier performance, cost control, and service quality ensuring compliance with statutory and corporate reporting requirements.
- Manage systems and processes within the department that tracks and reports efficiencies, data management and control to inform benefits realized by procurement activity.
- Develop SMEs and Special Interest Groups in collaboration with user departments, and implement a communication strategy to support the initiative.
- Coordinate market research and evaluate innovative products and services in partnership with end user departments and other interested groups.
- Oversee Supply Chain Management operations in all Regions
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiative in the Section. Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems and Risk Management programmes.
- Promote staff career development and performanace enhancement within the Section.
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Purchasing and Supplies Management, Procurement and Supplies Management, Business-related or an equivalent qualification from a recognized University.
- Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Contract Management, Business-related or an equivalent qualification from a recognized University is an added advantage.
- Diploma in Supply Chain Management CPSP-K (Part III) or CIPS-Graduate Diploma (Level 6) or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution.
- Valid Practicing license issued by Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM)
- Member of Kenya Institute of Supplies Management (KISM)
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle-level management or in a comparable position in Supply Chain Management function.
Key Competencies.
- Leadership skills.
- performance and results.
- A good understanding of the Public Procurement Policy and Legislative Framework
- Working knowledge of ERP.
- Strong leadership and managerial skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to cultivate, build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external parties.
- Excellent decision-making capabilities.
- Resilient, focused and results-oriented.
- Capability to work under pressure.
- Uphold confidentiality and integrity values
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for overseeing the successful management and delivery of digital business and technology projects across the Authority in line with KRA’s Digital Transformation plan. The position ensures coherence and synergy among projects, effective governance, timely delivery, and benefits realization of project in alignment with organizational goals.
Duties and responsibilities
- Oversee end to end successful delivery of projects related to all functional and technology areas within the Authority.
- Identify and manage interdependencies among projects to ensure coherence and synergy within the Authority.
- Implement and maintain appropriate project governance and accountability structures within the Authority.
- Manage relationships with vendors and contractors to ensure their deliveries align with project and organisational goals.
- Develop strategic programs and projects designs and guide implementation to align outcomes to client and organisational goals.
- Develop and implement annual work plans and budgets.
- Lead planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of all projects within the Authority, ensuring timely delivery, quality, and alignment with objectives.
- Address and resolve bottlenecks or challenges that hinder project progress within the Authority
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the Section. Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data governance and security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems and Risk Management programmes.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section.
Person specifications
- Bachelors degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Project Management, Information Technology, Engineering, Monitoring and Evaluation, Business Administration, Knowledge Management or related qualification from a recognized Institution
- Master’s degree in Economics, Strategic Management, Public Policy, Statistics, Mathematics, Project Management, Information Technology, Engineering, Monitoring and Evaluation, Business Administration, or related qualification from a recognized University is an added advantage.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- Relevant Project Management certifications such as Prince2, Agile PM, PMP,etc.
- Evidence of having managed a minimum of two enterprise level digital projects from initiation to closure.
- Demonstrate domain knowledge in tax, Customs and IT domains.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle level mangement or comparable position in Programs/Projects Portfolio Management field.
Key Competencies
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices.
- Experience in managing large-scale technology and operational projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strategic leadership and management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong ability to work under pressure and deliver within tight deadlines.
- Ethics and integrity, Accountability, Professionalism.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Risk management and analysis.
- Excellent work organization and coordination skills.
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Job Summary
The jobholder shall be responsible for leading the organization’s data engineering function, ensuring the development and maintenance of scalable, reliable, and efficient data infrastructure. The job holder shall be involved in driving the strategy, architecture, implementation and evolution of data analytics & integration platforms, tools and systems to support data-driven planning and decisioning embedded into day to day operations.
Duties and responsibilities
- Formulate and implement the organization's data engineering strategy in alignment with broader business objectives.
- Spearheads the design, development, and optimization of the organization’s data analytics infrastructure.
- Define, prioritize, and oversee data engineering initiatives to ensure alignment with strategic objectives, while optimizing allocation of tools, personnel, and budget to maximize organizational impact and ensure successful project execution.
- Evaluate and implement modern data platforms and tools, ensuring cost-efficiency, scalability, and compliance with security regulations while facilitating the technical integration of data from multiple internal and external sources.
- Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data analytics and AI platforms, capabilities, tools and processes.
- Facilitate the implementation and maintenance of robust and secure data and AI infrastructure and tools to support business data analytics needs.
- Evaluate and implement data engineering and AI platforms and tools.
- Oversee the integration of structured and unstructured data from multiple sources and using different data integration methods into and out of centralized systems.
- Monitor the performance of data systems and pipelines, identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
- Implement data observability practices to ensure the reliability and availability of data systems.
- Ensure development and maintenance of comprehensive technical documentation for data workflows and processes.
- Establish best practices for data engineering to ensure data integrity, consistency and scalability.
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the section: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Business Information Technology, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field from a recognized University.
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Business Information Technology, Information Security, Engineering or related field from a recognised University qualification is an added advantage.
- Must have at least one certification in data engineering or cloud native infrastructure.
- Membership to a relevant professional body.
- A Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle level management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Must have implemented/upgraded and operated data analytics platforms in a comparable size of operation, playing the role of technical lead or equivalent.
- Demonstrate proficiency in data architectures, data orchestration tools and big data technologies.
- Experience in working with tools used for AI/ML data infrastructure (e.g. feature store engineering, ML Model Deployment and real-time data pipelines) is an added advantage.
- Leadership skills
- Innovative thinking
- Conflict management
- Customer-Centric Approach
- Ethical Judgment and Integrity
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Job Summary
The job holder shall be responsible for supervision of taxpayer audits in line with relevant tax laws, policies and procedures, to enhance revenue mobilization, tax compliance and enforce accurate reporting.
Duties and responsibilities
- Ensure regional taxpayer Audits are conducted in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Acts and regulations, departmental interpretations, instructions, policies, procedures, and standards.
- Provide requisite support to Legal and Board Coordination Services in resolving disputes at IRO, ADR, TAT and courts by preparing technical submissions for independent review of objections.
- Oversee implementation of principles of Corporate Governance, relevant national policies, guidelines, and directives within the section.
- Identify, assign, allocate cases, track and maintain audit register of cases as well as system audits.
- Provide technical advice for ensure continuous improvement of business processes and review technical submissions at the subject matter experts' Technical Forum and submit proposals to bridge gaps in Laws, regulations.
- Facilitate initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management in the team.
- Develop and review audit annual work plans, working papers, taxpayers audit files and settlement reports.
- Supervise the conduct of taxpayer regional audits and submit settlement reports for approval by the DC-Audit &Risk.
- Supervise servicing of demand letters and other correspondences to taxpayers and recommend submissions to support the tax dispute resolution process.
- Supervise Implementation of and monitoring of budgets for the Audit programmes in the region.
- Promote staff career development and performance enhancement within the Section
Person specifications
For appointment to this job, the candidate must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences from a recognized and accredited University.
- Master’s Degree in relevant Social Sciences, Business, Pure and Applied Sciences from a recognized and accredited University, is an added advantage.
- Certificate in Tax Administration from a recognized institution.
- Membership of a relevant professional body.
- Practicing License is an added advantage.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution is an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of seven(7) years relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in middle level management or comparable position.
Key Competencies
- Strategic leadership and analytical thinking.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
- Change management and performance monitoring expertise.
- Visionary leadership skills
- Political awareness
- Ability to deal with operational risk
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Tax Business Understanding
- Results-driven
- Strong persuasion and negotiation skills
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to effectively manage multiple stakeholders
- Strong execution skills
- High problem-solving skills
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