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Vision To be a leading County in effective and efficient resource management, coordinated sustainable development and service delivery. Mission To facilitate equitable development and improved public service delivery to stimulate sustainable socio-economic development, high quality of life and became the best County in Kenya Pokot History The Pokot people...
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Duties and Responsibilities:
The secretary to the board is the link between board members and the secretariat and is accountable to the board members for:-
- Preparing and circulating agenda and minutes of the Board meetings
- Developing annual work plan for the board with the guidance of the chairperson
- Conveying the decision of the board
- Providing guidance and advice to the secretariat on matters of Ethics and good governance
Requirements:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen
- Be a holder of at least a first degree from a recognized University in Kenya
- (Master’s degree in Human Resource Management/Business Administration/Public Administration will be an added advantage)
- Be a certified public Secretary of good Professional Standing
- Have knowledge and a working experience of not less than five (5) years.
- Be a professional who demonstrate absence of breach of the relevant professional code of conduct
- Understand the diversity within the County
- Be capable to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines
- Must not be a state or public officer
- Satisfy the requirement of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
Terms of Service:
- 6 years Contract non- renewable
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “R”
Duties and responsibilities:-
- Organization , direction , control and coordination of the functions of the Department ;
- Interpretation and application of water resource management laws and other related statutes in line with the county goals and objectives;
- Assist in the development of appropriate County water policies legal and institutional framework for the implementation of mandate of the Ministry;
- Assist in providing technical and management guidance in all aspects of water resources management;
- Provide technical guidance in performing design work and scientific calculation on water projects and programmes;
- Interpretation of design drawing and specification and calculation in regard to water projects and programmes; ;
- Plans and direct construction, maintenance and operation of water resources and supplies system;
- Assess, design and oversee construction irrigation project and distribution of water systems;
- Preparation annual work plans and financial budget for the Department;
- Promote and maintain working relation with relevant government Department;, research institutions, private sector donors and civil society;
- Ensuring strict compliance with all financial budget and procurement procedure;
- Perform other relevant duties that may be assign form time to time;
Requirement for appointment:-
- A Bachelor of Science degree from recognized university in any the following discipline: water and irrigation, water engineering, civil engineering, agricultural engineering, water and soil engineering or related field;
- Have relevant knowledge, experience and a distinguished career in water resource management of not less than seven (7), three (3) years of which should be at a senior managerial position in the public service or equivalent in the private sector;
- Have relevant knowledge, experiences and a distinguished career of not less than ten (10) years;
- Should be registered with relevant body;
- Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
- Attended a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
- Attended a strategic leadership development course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
- Demonstrated general administrative ability required for direction, control and implementation of environmental management services.
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “P” (1 POST)
Duties and Responsibilities: This Officer will report to Director, Water Services. Specific duties will entail: –
- Develop and implement policies, goals and objectives;
- Prepare and monitor budgets and work plans for the section;
- Supervise the development of water infrastructure development and resource mobilization plans;
- Implement Departmental performance management systems;
- Manage portfolio of Projects through project teams/resources and ensuring optimal client/stakeholder relationship;
- Develop and maintain strategic alliances with key stakeholder groups, to include investors, customer groups and regulatory authorities;
- Supervise research for the Department of water, including management of related information and data;
- Undertake control quality control during construction of water supply infrastructure
- Development and maintenance of County water and sewerage infrastructure;
- Mobilization of resources for development of water and sewerage infrastructure in the County; and
- Any other duties which may be assigned from time to time
Requirements for Appointment For appointment to this grade, an officer must:
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Have served in the grade of Principal superintendent, (Water and Sewerage) Job Group CPSB 06 (‘N’) for a minimum period of three (3) years;
- Have a Masters’ degree in in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Hydrology or its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Have a Bachelor’s degree in in Civil Engineering, Water Resources, Hydrology or its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Have a senior management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
- Be registered with a relevant professional body;
- Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to the values and principles outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution; and
- Demonstrated merit and shown ability as reflected in work performance in results
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “P”
Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist the Director in implementation of programmes, projects and activities in the Department;
- Assist in the enforcement of relevant rules, laws and regulations and monitoring the resilience and health of the environment;
- Promote environment, natural resources and agroforestry activities in the county;
- Collect, analyze and report data and information on environment and natural resources activities;
- Compile regular reports as may be required on environment and natural resources activities;
- Identify needs, challenges and problems for developing effective extension methods and practices through consultation with key stakeholders, including community producers and government technical and extension agencies;
- Develop and implement action plans for enhancing public knowledge and skills of best environmental management practices;
- Ensure public participation in Government service delivery.
- Develop manual for forestry extension practices
- Perform any other duty as may be assigned.
Requirements for Appointment:
- Bachelors Degree in the relevant area
- Masters degree in the relevant field will be added advantage
- Have served satisfactorily in the grade of Principal Agro /Forestry/Environment and Natural Resources Officer Job Group ‘N’ or a comparable position for at least three (3) years
- Be registered as a member with relevant professional body
- Have demonstrated professional competence and administrative ability required at this level
- Must be computer literate.
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG“N”
Duties and Responsibilities
- An officer at this level will be deployed in a County as the head or in a division at the headquarters. At the County, the officer will be responsible for:
- coordination and management of the forest estates;
- coordinating, monitoring and implementation of forest projects and programmes;
- prescription of silvicultural operations;
- overseeing rehabilitation of degraded sites, plantation development, forest protection, biodiversity conservation and tree resource assessment;
- launching of tree planting season;
- coordinating urban forestry and roadside tree planting; monitoring utilization trend of tree resources;
- initiating and documenting the Gazettment of additional forests;
- promoting partnership with stakeholders in forest management;
- liason with relevant departments on matters relating to procurement, finance and human resource management.
- The officer will also be the secretary to the County forest licensing and Review Committee.
- At the headquarters, the officer will be deployed in a division as a subject matter Specialist to assist in any of the following areas: policy administration; planning of forestry extension programmed; plantation management; natural forests conservation and natural protection. Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, and officer must have:-
- Serve in the grade of Chief forester or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service for a minimum period of three (3) years;
- Attended a management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution;
- A thorough knowledge of forest management and conservation; and
- Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “K”
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop, implement and maintain strategies to deliver profitable mining and geology services within the county;
- Promote innovation and the use of leading edge technology in the mining and geological prospects undertaken by the miners;
- Ensure that the mine and its related surface and underground operations remain safe and efficient;
- Provide technical knowledge and management skills at all stages of mining, and to assess the impact these structures have on their surrounding environment;
- Assist miners develop new technology for extraction of materials from nature and processing them for additional value;
- Ensure proper operation in mines;
- Plan, operate, manage the extraction of valuable rocks/mineral and reclaim mines and mining facilities for both surface and underground mineral deposits to provide raw materials and energy resources needed to sustain modern civilization, at a maximum efficiency, least cost and under the safest condition and environmentally conscientious manner.
- Assist miners know what the mine is going to be like in short-mid and long term, and of course, look for new ways to optimize processes using engineering
- Develop strategies, business plans/budgets and business development to establish and grow the mining and geology sub sector into a profitable and successful business with a diverse capability profile, a depth of skills and professional personnel and an enduring level of client and partner/associate loyalty that fits in with the County’s overall strategy;
- Create technical solutions for mine design, scheduling, costing and tracking problems. Typically working on a particular time or scale setting i.e. day to day schedule vs life of mine or the next blast vs. the whole mine design;
- Ensure that miners extract minerals of interest from the ground following Mining regulations, optimizing economics and dealing with social and environmental implications.
Requirements for Appointment
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Be in possession of Bachelor of Applied Science, Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering from a University recognized in Kenya,
- Minimum 2 years combined experience in mining production and engineering with knowledge of metallurgical processes of which one year of experience at a supervisory level;
- Previous experience in a head office environment including evaluation of mineral properties, and financial, taxation is an asset,
- Proven track record of leading and managing teams;
- Ability to think strategically;
- Highly developed interpersonal skills’
- Motivation and organization skills
- Team player
- A strong network of mining industry contacts in Kenya;
- Satisfy the requirements of Chapter six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “H”
Duties and Responsibilities
- Supervising rehabilitation of dams/pans and construction of sand dams and rock catchments.
- Ensuring materials delivered to sites are kept in safe custody and properly utilize
- Ensuring the safety of skilled and unskilled labour during construction phase
- Supervising the pump mechanic during repairs and installation of pumps
- Keeping proper records of rehabilitated and constructed works
- Preparation of bill of quantities and simple designs of water facilities
- Reporting to the Engineer on weekly basis on progress of works
- Pumping tests for the developed wells and recommending appropriate pumps to be installed
- Community mobilization during implementation of project
- Ensuring that environmental aspect of project sites are well incorporated during construction and post construction phase.
Requirements for Appointment:
- Diploma in water supply/Engineering, Certificate in participatory methodologies.
- At least 2 years work experience in the water and sanitation sector in rural areas of Uganda or Kenya;
- Work experience with pastoral communities;
- Knowledge of participatory approaches, especially PHAST;
- Excellent communication skills
- Being a strong team player and adept at creating a strong team spirit
- Proven ability to work creatively and independently in the field;
- Ability to work with culturally diverse groups of people;
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “K”
Duties and responsibilities
- General coordination of all water activities/projects at the sub-county
- Producing designs, both initial outlines and full plans, of sewerage, water treatment and water structures such as pump systems and pipe networks
- Managing and maintaining water and sewerage infrastructure operations
- Presenting project details and technical information to the Chief officer
- Writing reports
- Preparation of project proposals
- Liaison with staff from other departments working at the sub county
- Preparation of bills of quantities
- Interpretation of bills of quantities and drawings to the residents
- Measurements of work done and Preparation of payment certificates
- Writing and preparation of tender documents and managing contracts in liaison with the Chief Officer
- Liaising with contractors, government agencies and suppliers
- Supervising contractors and site workers
- Using a variety of specialist computer applications/simulation software to design projects
- Coordinate with the Chief Officer to ensure that projects keep to budgets and timescales
- Maintaining an awareness of current environmental issues
- Streamlining the water agenda with the community and other interested parties
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor
Requirements for Appointment
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- Bsc Civil Engineering/Bachelor of Engineering (Water) or Equivalent
- A postgraduate qualification in the engineering field for graduates without relevant first degrees
- Registration with relevant bodies
- At least 1 years’ experience in related fields
- A training in various engineering design soft wares will be an added advantage
- Management skills
- Ability to learn/use of survey equipment such as GPS, Theodolite, Total Station/Real time kinematic
- Ability to demonstrate a genuine knowledge and interest of the water industry and environmental issue
- Certificate in Computer application skills from a recognized institution
- Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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JG “K”
No of Position: 2
Duties and Responsibilities
- Mainstreaming of climate change agenda and disaster risk reduction in the land programme;
- Ensure the integration of indigenous knowledge and systems in land management;
- Development and review of work plans, budgets and procurement plans;
- Support the preparation of technical and training materials needed for the land programme or related projects;
- Support the preparation of programme periodic project reports and briefs and reviews;
- Preparing, monitoring and revising work plans, guidelines and budgets;
- Support resource mobilization and creating linkages with related programmes at county and national level;
- Preparing operational project documents and reports;
- Represent FAO in relevant meetings and undertake any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.
Requirements For Appointed:
- Advanced degree in natural resource management, water, environment or related field
- 5 years of professional experience in natural resource management or environmental issues.
- 5 years of relevant experience in project management, design, monitoring and evaluation
- Experience in the ASAL development and climate change adaptation or mitigation
- Good communication and reporting skills
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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Job Description/Requirements
DEPARTMENT OF WATER, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
No of Positions: 3
Duties and responsibilities
- Explore/Study the Earth’s structure and natural processes Across the county and advise on the viability of underground water in various wards;
- Advise on the relevant regulations and laws in line with ground water;
- Collect and analyze data, report findings;
- Be responsible for researching job - related subjects and writing reports;
- Submission of research to journals and industry related print resources for publication consideration;
- Be responsible for presenting geological findings at county – related conferences or workshops;
- Site investigations
- Sample collection Supervision of land delineation
- Supervision active work locations
- Assess and incorporate quality controls Gather data for hydrologic, geologic, and alternative databases
- Create visualizations for sharing data, including maps, groundwater modeling, soil analyses, and mineral charts
- Communicate with stakeholders
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor
Requirements for Appointment
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- Degree in Geology or Equivalent
- At least 2 years’ experience in related fields
- A training in various geo - engineering design soft wares will be an added advantage
- Management skills
- Knowledgeable in different scientific areas including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, Earth sciences, and the geosciences Knowledge of relevant regulations and laws, and communication and writing skills;
- Ability to analyze data, report findings, and have familiarity with analysis software
- Certificate in Computer application skills from a recognized institution
- Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
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Requirements for Appointment to this grade,
A candidate must have a Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Forestry; Hydrology; Geology; Economics, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Science or Geography; Agriculture; Marine Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil engineering, Industrial Engineering, Water Engineering, Agricultural Engineering or its equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Disseminating appropriate technologies and innovations;
- Undertaking community mobilization and conducting training programmes;
- Assisting in the development of community action plans;
- Creating awareness through campaign and advocacy materials;
- Carrying out field surveys of projects; and
- Collecting, storage and dissemination of research findings
Terms of Service:
- 3 years Contract renewable subject to performance.
- Salary as prescribed by SRC.
Method of Application
You can access the advertisement details on our website www.westpokot.go.ke and submit online applications through our email myjobs@westpokot.go.ke
All application should be submitted on or before Thursday 27th May, 2021 to
Ag. Secretary/CEO
West Pokot County Public Service Board
P.O Box 577 – 30600
KAPENGURIA
- The County Government of West Pokot is an equal opportunity employer. Youth, Women, person living with Disabilities, Marginalized and Minority Communities are encouraged to apply.
- Canvasing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
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