Job Description
Ref No. CPSB/TTC/051/2022
POSITION: DIRECTOR VETERINARY SERVICE JOB GROUP CPSB 03
Number of Posts: One (1) Post
Terms of Service: Four (4) Years Contract
Basic Salary Scale: As provided for by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission
Duties and responsibilities
1. Supervise animal health programs and veterinary public health activities within the county;
2. Coordinate implementation of animal disease control activities such as surveillance,
treatment and vaccination;
3. Participate in developing disease control strategies that ensure reduced incidences of
disease outbreaks and eventually maintain the disease-free status of the County;
4. Management of information systems for the animal health sector in the county;
5. Technical capacity development for the animal sector needs i.e., training for the core
functions;
6. Organization and management of veterinary, directorate and resources in the county;
7. Supervise all private Animal health Service providers in the county Supervise hides and
skins development activities within the county;
8. Provide licenses to all artificial inseminators in the county;
9. Implement the County subsidized Artificial Insemination Services Project or any other
Veterinary Services Program supported by the County Government;
10. Compile annual, quarterly and monthly reports on veterinary activities;
11. Ensure smooth running of livestock markets and issue movement control;
12. Plan vaccination activities and other disease control measures;
13. Coordinate programs on the control of animal diseases;
14. Provide technical advice to the Chief Officer in matters relating to veterinary services in
the County especially on policy and legislation;
15. Ensure timely response to disease outbreak by enforcing livestock improvement
regulations;
16. Organize stakeholder's forum for example workshops, field days and agricultural shows.
Budgeting for Veterinary Services in the County;
17. Supervise revenue collection from meat inspection, vaccinations, licensing, livestock,
movement permits and breeding services;
18. Custodian of all physical assets under Veterinary Section;
19. Implementing Veterinary Services Programmes in the County Integrated Development
Plan (CIDP); and,
20. Any other duty assigned by the County Chief Officer.
Requirements for Appointment
1. Be a Kenyan Citizen;
2. Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Medicine or Veterinary Science or its equivalent from a
recognized academic institution;
3. Seven (7) years' experience, three (3) years of which must have been in a senior
management level in an institution either in public or private sector;
4. Certificate in Supervisory Skills Course lasting not less than Four (4) weeks from a
recognized institution;
5. Registration by Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB);
6. Be conversant with policy formulation and implementation;
7. Be a strategic thinker and result oriented;
8. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of Devolution, the County development
objectives and vision 2030; and,
9. Be computer literate.