Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is a corporate body established under the Statistics Act (2006). It is the principal Government agency responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication and dissemination of official statistical information and its custody.
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Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
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Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Statistics, the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in the functional area of deployment
Key responsibilities
- Carrying out pre-tests and piloting data collection instruments;
- Setting up control measures for dispatch and receipt of questionnaires;
- Updating statistical registers and checklists;
- Identifying statistical units for data collection;
- Following-up on non-response from data providers;
- Preparing tabulation and analysis plans on data;
- Collecting, collating, editing and analyzing data;
- Computing statistical indices;
- Compiling and collating County Statistical Abstracts data;
- Disseminating county level statistics;
- Updating county specific sampling units from respective sampling frames;
- Providing on statistical standards and methods guidance to stakeholders at the County;
- Undertaking any other duties, lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Must have a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Statistics; Mathematics, Economics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
go to method of application »
Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 80,400 - Kshs. 117,720
House Allowance: Kshs. 20,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 12,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Manager, Cartography, the jobholder will be responsible for undertaking activities in the Cartography Division.
Key responsibilities
- Designing geo-spatial data collection instruments;
- Carrying out pre-testing and piloting of geo-spatial mapping instruments;
- Collecting, collating and analyzing geospatial data;
- Identifying administrative boundaries for census mapping and sampling units;
- Delineating and updating Enumeration Areas (EAs) for censuses and surveys;
- Disseminating Information, Education and Communication materials for census mapping;
- Geo referencing and digitizing boundaries and features;
- Symbolizing, generalizing and simplifying features;
- Creating, joining and populating attribute tables with statistical data;
- Updating the geo databases;
- Preparing and producing maps as per stakeholder’s request;
- Calculating area measurements for census units; and
- Generating geo-codes
- Undertaking any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Bachelor’s degree in any of the following:- Geomatics; Geo-spatial Engineering; Geomatics Engineering, Geospatial Information Science or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution
- Proficiency in computer applications.
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Monthly Remuneration
Basic Salary: Kshs. 46,500 – Kshs. 70,500
House Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Terms of Employment Permanent and Pensionable
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 questionnaires;
- Following-up on non-responses from data providers;
- Collecting, collating, coding, capturing and classifying data;
- Capturing data into statistical applications;
- Maintaining checklists of data providers;
- Identifying and locating statistical units of enumeration;
- Carrying out pre-tests 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;
- Undertaking any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics or any other related qualifications from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
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Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 46,500 - Kshs. 70,500
House Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Accountant, the jobholder will be responsible for undertaking activities in the Finance Division.
Key responsibilities
- Preparing payment and surrender vouchers;
- Filing of accounting support documents;
- Managing surrender vouchers ;
- Processing Imprests;
- Drawing receipt vouchers for refund of cash by imprest holders;
- Managing petty cash;
- Posting entries in the vote book;
- Capturing the Appropriation in Aid revenue on a daily basis;
- Undertaking any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- A pass in Part II of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) or Part II of ACCA Examination or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
- Proficiency in computer applications.
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Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 46,500 - Kshs. 70,500
House Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager ICT , the jobholder will be responsible for implementing activities in Information Communication Technology Division.
Key responsibilities
- Installing computers and computer accessories for users;
- Diagnosing and resolving simple computer related faults;
- Providing user support and escalating complex issues;
- Compiling and maintaining inventory of all computer, telecommunicationequipment, computer accessories and software;
- Writing and testing simple computer programs according to instructions and specifications;
- Repairing and maintaining of ICT equipment and associated accessories; an
- Preparing service desk reports;
- Undertaking any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Diploma in any of the following disciplines:- Computer Science; Computer Programming; Computer Engineering; Information Technology; Information Science; Computer Studies; Business Information Technology or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
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Monthly Remuneration:
Basic Salary: Kshs. 46,500 - Kshs. 70,500
House Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 8,000
Terms of Employment: Permanent and Pensionable
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Manager, Administration, the jobholder will be responsible for undertaking activities in the assigned office.
Key responsibilities
- Typing letters and memos;
- Taking oral dictation;
- Managing e-office;
- Ensuring security of office equipment and records including classified materials;
- Operating office equipment;
- Attending to visitors/clients;
- Maintaining office diary;
- Handling enquiries;
- Maintaining schedules of meetings;
- Preparing responses to routine correspondence;
- Maintaining proper record keeping of correspondence and file movement;
- Ensuring security, and confidentiality of information;
- Managing office protocol and etiquette;
- Handling telephone calls and appointments;
- Undertaking any other duties lawfully assigned by the supervisor.
Requirements for Appointment
- Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, mean grade C- (minus);
- Diploma in Secretarial Studies from the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC);
OR
- Business Education Single and Group Certificates (BES & GC) from the Kenya
- National Examinations Council in the following subjects:
- Typewriting III (50 w.p.m) Computerized Document Processing III;
- Shorthand III (110 w.p.m);
- Business English III/Communication II;
- Office Practice II;
- Secretarial Duties II;
- Commerce II;
- Office Management III/Office Administration and Management III;
- Proficiency in computer applications
Method of Application
Instructions to Applicants:
- Applicants should fill and submit an online Employment Application form Ref. KNBS/F/93/29: KNBS Open Advert Employment Application Form
- You are also required to upload a Cover letter, National Identity card/Passport copy, Curriculum Vitae, Certified Copies of academic, Professional and other relevant certificates, Transcripts and all other testimonials as one single document in pdf format.
- Applications must be received not later than 27th January 2026
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