Job Description
Economist II/ Statistician II - Job Group “K” - Two (2) Positions - Advert No. 11/2024 /01
Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 39,700 - 52, 960 p.m. Job Group ‘K’
Allowances as per SRC Circulars
Terms of service: Three (3) year Contract
For appointment to the grade of Economist II/ Statistician II, candidate
must have:
i. A minimum of an Upper Second - Class Honours Degree in Economic, or
Economic and Mathematics, or Economic and Statistics from a recognized
university/institution;
OR
ii. A minimum of an Upper Second- Class Honours Degree in any of the
subjects enumerated at (i) above with a bias towards Computer Science,
Operations Research, Survey Techniques and Demographic Techniques
from a recognized university/institution;
OR
iii. A minimum of an Upper Second -Class Honours Degree in Statistics with
appropriate specialization university/institution;
OR
iv. A postgraduate Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the
University of Nairobi or equivalent institution or post graduate diploma or
Master’s degree in subject enumerated at (i) – (iii) above.
Duties and Responsibilities
i. Economic analysis;
ii. formulation of development strategies;
iii. identification, identification and evaluation of development projects and
programmes and monitoring of their implementation;
iv. conducting feasibility studies, determining project viability and setting
projects priorities;
v. collection, collation and analysis of data relating to production and
marketing of agricultural / industrial products, computerization and
analysis of data;
vi. writing and submitting reports on specific assignments: and control and
supervision of technical and other supporting staff.
In the statistical field, duties will involve;
i. Management of specific economic sector an area of statistical activity;
ii. Drawing up survey questionnaires and setting up control procedures for
receiving returns and taking up the necessary action;
iii. Collection, collation, computerization and analysis of data;
iv. Wiring and submitting reports on specific assignments; and
v. Direction and supervision of technical and other supporting staff.