Job Description
Qualifications and Requirements:
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 99,900 - Ksh. 169,140 p.m. (CSG 6) House Allowance: Ksh.20, 000 – 50,000 p.m. (Depending on duty station) Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16, 000p.m Leave Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year Medical Cover: As provided by the government Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable For appointment to this grade an officer must have:
(i) served for a minimum period of one (1) year in the grade of Assistant Director, Research and Partnership 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: Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Development Studies, Business Management, Education, Urban and Regional Planning, Economics, Statistics, Project Planning and Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance
Duties and Responsibilities Duties and responsibilities at this level will include: -
(i) tracking policy implementation and advising on appropriate intervention;
(ii) interpreting, and disseminating ASAL policies and strategies;
(iii) establishing and sustaining linkages with the development partners and stakeholders on financing ASAL projects;
(iv) initiating and facilitating the development of funding proposals and mobilizing resources for ASAL projects;
(v) building rapport and maintaining good relationships and linkages with investors, collaborators, partners and other stakeholders for research, knowledge management and resource mobilization;
(vi) promoting research and feasibility studies on ASAL development;
(vii) overseeing reviewing and validating project proposals and periodic progress reports on funded programmes;
(viii) overseeing identification of key priority areas and strategic interventions for ASALs;
(ix) coordinating monitoring and evaluation of ASAL policies and strategies;
(x) supervising identification, mapping institutions, organizations, agencies and conducting research in ASALs;
(xi) supervising, monitoring and coaching staff