Job Description
SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, (PUBLIC HEALTH)
DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE DIVISION - ONE (1) POST V/NO. 72/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh 143,640 - Ksh 262,420 p.m. (CSG 5)
House Allowance: Ksh 49,206-Ksh 60,000p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh 20,000 p.m
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days
Medical Cover: As provided by the Government
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable/Local Agreement
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) of which should be in the grade
of Assistant Director: Medical Services; Public Health, CSG 7 and above or in a
comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Environmental Health, Public
Health, Medicine and Surgery (M.B, Ch.B.) or any other equivalent qualification from
a university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following fields: Environmental Health, Public Health,
Epidemiology, Medicine, Community Health, Occupational Health Promotion and
Education, or any other relevant Health related field from a university recognized in
Kenya;
(iv) a Registration Certificate by relevant professional body where applicable;
(v) a Valid Practicing License from relevant professional body where applicable;
(vi) demonstrated managerial and administrative capability, and professional competence
in work performance and results; and
(vii) exhibited a thorough understanding of national development policies, goals and
objectives and ability to integrate them into the Public Health and Sanitation function
Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior Deputy Director, Health Management Services (Public Health) will head the
Division. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) coordinating surveillance, prevention, and control of notifiable disease outbreaks in
the Country and Region;
(ii) coordinating preparedness and response to public health events and emergencies;
(iii) maintaining database and archives on public health events and emergencies;
(iv) coordinating surveillance, prevention and control of diseases;
(v) providing high-level direction for response during health emergencies and disasters;
(vi) ensuring commodity security for health products and technologies used in public
health events and emergencies, and neglected tropical disease prevention and
control;
(vii) identification of research priorities on disease surveillance and public health
emergency management;
(viii) reporting on notifiable public health events to relevant bodies;
(ix) developing, monitoring and reviewing of policies and guidelines to strengthen
capacity for early detection, complete recording, timely reporting, regular analysis
and prompt feedback of:
a) integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) priority diseases,
events and conditions:
b) zoonotic disease prevention and control;
c) vector-borne disease prevention and control; and
d) neglected tropical diseases prevention and control;
(x) providing technical support and capacity on:
a) epidemiology to strengthen surveillance systems and enhance utilization of
data for decision making to improve response to public health emergencies;
and
b) integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) priority diseases, zoonotic
diseases, neglected tropical diseases and vector-borne diseases;
(xi) fostering One Health collaboration;
(xii) identifying and developing mechanisms to tackle threats to Global Health Security;
(xiii) maintaining a national repository of field investigations of all public health events,
emergencies, disease outbreaks and disasters;
(xiv) providing a high-level direction for response during health emergencies and
disasters; and
(xv) coordinating public health emergency preparedness and management of public
health events and emergencies, outbreaks, and disasters