Ongoing Recruitment at Embu County Government

Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning of office accommodation and layout
• Facilitating transport and travelling services
• Maintaining and updating furniture and office equipment inventory
• Ensuring payment of utility bills
• Facilitating movement of assets
• Facilitating general maintenance of buildings and furniture
• Facilitating logistics for meetings, conferences and other special events
• Collecting and collating data on development activities and projects
• Providing input in the monitoring, evaluation and timely reporting of community projects
• Providing input in organizing public participation awareness at the local level

Requirements for appointment

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines:- Public Administration, Business Administration/Management, Community Development or anyother Social Science from a recognized institution
• Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognized institution.

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Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level will coordinate environmental health activities in the area of deployment. Specific duties and responsibilities will include:

• Implementing promotive and preventive health programmes.
• Ensuring safety and quality of food and water for both domestic and industrial use.
• Abating sanitary nuisances. Promoting hygiene education including school health programmes. Implementing international health regulations and rules at ports, airports, frontiers and border posts.
• Undertaking inspection for preventive maintenance of health facilities.
• Vetting and approving building plans. Inspecting and issuing occupancy certificates of new buildings. ix..
• Inspecting commercial and trading premises for maintenance of set standards. Overseeing exhumation process and authorizing disposal of unclaimed bodies.
• Educating the public on health and safety at work place. Implementing community based health care programmes. xii.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of three(3) years.
• Diploma in either Environmental Health Science or Public Health Inspection from a recognized institution.
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution

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Duties and responsibilities

•  Initiating, preparing and monitoring the implementation of county and local
• Preparing action plans for specific projects such as residential housing schemes, shopping centers, industrial estates and recreational facilities;
• Providing advice to government and private agencies on development proposals and plans;
• Implementing and providing feedback on physical planning guidelines and standards;
• Undertaking thematic regional studies on matters relating to physical planning; managing physical planning data;
• Setting agenda and convening physical planning liaison committee meetings;
• Keeping record of deliberations and communicating decisions of the physical planning liaison committees;
• Providing advise on development control;
• Carrying out public education on physical planning matters; and
• Preparing annual state of physical planning reports on county and local physical development plans.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must:

• Served in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service for at least three (3) years;
• have a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines:- Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Planning or Town Planning from a recognized institution; be a corporate member of Kenya Institute of Planners or Architectural
• Association of Kenya (Town Planning Chapter);
• be registered by the Physical Planners Registration Board;
• have a certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• have a Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution;

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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 in possession of Bachelor of Applied Science, Mining Engineering, Civil Engineering or a degree in Environmental Science or an equivalent and relevant qualification from a University recognized in Kenya

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Duties and Responsibilities

• General Office Maintainance, carrying files and document, delivering Mails,
• Opening and closing of Office, Operating Basic Office Equipment

Requirements for Appointment

• Minimum KCSE Certificate Mean grade D Plain
• Any other relevant course will be an added advantage

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Requirements for Appointment.

• Is a Kenyan citizen
• Hold a degree from a University recognized in Kenya
• Has knowledge and experience in private or public sector of at least five years
• in matters relating to field of Economics, Law, finance, Accounting, Business
• Studies, Tourism, Public Administration or any other related field
• Meet requirement of chapter six of the constitution
• Has had a distinguished career in their respective field

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Duties and Responsibilities

 The administration of a County Department.

• Formulation and implementation of effective programs to attain vision 2030 and sector goals.
• Development and implementation of Strategic Plans and Sector Development Plans.
• Implementation of policies and regulations.
• Providing Strategic Policy direction for effective service delivery.
• Ensuring compliance with the National Values and Principles of good governance as outlined in Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya.
• Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position, the person should:

• Be a Kenyan Citizen.
• Have a Bachelor's degree from a university recognized in Kenya.
• Possession of a Master's degree will be an added advantage. Membership to a professional body will be an added advantage.
• Have vast knowledge and experience of not less than 5 years in a managerial position.
• Be conversant with the Constitution of Kenya and all the devolution laws.
• Demonstrate through understanding of county development objectives and vision 2030.
• Be a strategic thinker and result oriented.
• Have excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Have capacity to work under pressure to meet timelines.
• Have ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the value