Career Opportunities at County Government Of Nyeri

Reporting to the Director – Environment and Natural Resources.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating and proactively managing environmental activities and projects at the sub county level.
• Representing the Department in all sub county forums in relation to the environmental management.
• Organizing sensitization and awareness creation meetings for environment and natural resources management.
• Carrying out site visits to assess progress of programmes, dealing with complaints and raising environmental concerns as deemed necessary.
• Supervise stock taking of national resources at the sub county level as well as identification of significant, sensitive and degraded sites for rehabilitation.
• Assisting in decision making and advising on the best practices in environmental management
• vii)Liaising and partnering with various stakeholders on environmental management within the sub county.
• Taking appropriate enforcement action in cases of non-compliance or breach of licence/permit conditions as issued by the Directorate
• Assisting in screening and reviewing EIA and EA reports within the sub county
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Director

Qualifications

The candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Be a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies, Natural Resources Management or a related field from a university recognized in Kenya.
• Demonstrate computer proficiency.
• Be a member of and in good standing with EIK or any other relevant professional body.
• Possess a certificate of good conduct
• Possess a tax compliance certificate

Experience in GIS will be an added advantage

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Responsibilities

Reporting to the Chief Officer, the Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• Making routine daily checks and inspection of the fire engine to ensure it is in sound mechanical condition
• Ensuring general routine maintenance of the fire engine and equipment in line with the manufacturer’s manual / specifications
• Reporting any malfunctioning of the vehicle/fire engine systems
• Driving/operating the fire engine as authorised
• Ensuring security and safety of the fire engine on and off the road
• Maintenance of work tickets for vehicle/fire engine assigned
• Responding to fire and emergency calls in order to prevent and/or minimize loss of life, property or injury
• Safely and efficiently driving the fire engine to the scene of fire in response to an emergency
• Operating the fire engine pumps and other fire/rescue apparatus safely and efficiently
• Perform any other function of a fire fighter
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications

The candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Be a holder of a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education / O-level education; (minimum grade D)
• Possess a First Aid Certificate lasting not less than seven(7) days
• Possess a certificate in defensive driving
• Possess a valid motor vehicle driving license class BCE;
• Have a minimum three (3) years proven experience in fire engine/firefighting equipment operation;
• Basic mechanical knowledge of vehicles
• Demonstrate experience in managing disasters
• Be physically and medically fit as certified by a Government Doctor;
• Be a holder of a firefighting/rescue service certificate from an institution recognized in Kenya
• Possess a valid certificate of good conduct
• Possession of a Grade III and above certificate in vehicle mechanics/maintenance will be an added advantage;
• Former members of the disciplined forces and the NYS who have undergone firefighting training or ex-fire fighters/fire engine operators will have an added advantage

Copies of the above certificates MUST be attached to the application form.

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Reporting to the Director – Environment and Natural Resources.

Responsibilities

Coordinate devolved forestry activities in the county including:

• Conservation, rehabilitation and monitoring of ecological health of county forests.
• All forest field operations /forest extension services.
• Development and maintenance of forest infrastructure.
• Liaison with KFS and KEFRI on forestry regulations.
• Tree planting and tree growing in the county including establishment of tree nurseries
• Maintenance of data on county tree and forest cover.
• vii)Organisation of sensitization and awareness creation meetings, as well as development of training materials for forest related activities in the county.
• Supporting communities to establish nature-based enterprises.
• Development of policies and regulations to guide county forestry.
• Establishment of management plans for county forest lands and resources.
• Planning and directing forest mapping, survey and related studies, preparing reports and recommendations
• Handling emerging forestry issues including climate change, green energy, carbon traders and eco-tourism
• Any other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications

The candidate must:

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Be a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry, Environmental Studies, Ecological Studies or Agricultural Extension or any other qualification from a university recognized in Kenya
• Demonstrate computer proficiency.
• Be a member of and in good standing with Forest Society of Kenya.
• Possess a certificate of good conduct
• Possess a tax compliance certificate
• Demonstrated passion for environmental conservation will be an added advantage