Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ARTISANAL MINING, QUARRYING OPERATIONS AND VALUE
ADDITION, ONE (1) POST: V/NO. 129
Basic Salary: Kshs. 102,860 – 172,350 p.m (CSG 6)
House allowance: Kshs. 50,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 16,000
Leave Allowance: Kshs. 10,000
Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years three (3) of which should have been
at the grade of Senior Superintending Inspector of Mines, CSG 8, and above or in a
comparable and relevant position in the Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: - Mining Engineering,
Minerals Processing Engineering, or Civil Engineering or any other equivalent
qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work
performance and results
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will include:-
(i) implementation and reviewing of policies, strategies, guidelines, standards and
procedures in relation to artisanal mining, Quarrying operations and Value Addition;
(ii) coordinating the formalization of Artisanal Mining in the Country;
(iii) coordinating the establishment of artisanal mining committees and artisanal mining
associations, groups or cooperatives in liaison with other relevant state agencies;
(iv) developing, implementing and reviewing guidelines on designation of areas for
artisanal mining operations;
(v) coordination of permitting of artisanal miners in liaison with the County mining
offices;
(vi) establishment and maintenance of an up-to-date register of artisanal miners and
active, disused and abandoned quarrying sites;
(vii) coordinating capacity building and training programs necessary for effective and
safe artisanal mining, and quarrying operations;
(viii) coordinating the licensing and permitting of quarrying activities;
(ix) supervision and monitoring of artisanal mining and quarrying operations;
(x) coordination of minerals value addition programs;
(xi) reviewing of policies and the prevailing fiscal regime to promote in-country mineral
processing and value addition;
(xii) identification and promotion of use of appropriate mining technologies and
inventions in the mineral value chain;
(xiii) identification of minerals resources suitable for in-country value addition and
promote development of value addition centers;
(xiv) coordinating in the management of existing mineral value addition centers;
(xv) establishment of appropriate structures necessary for skills transfer for mineral
processing technologies;