Job Description
Ref No. CPSB/TTC/069/2022
POSITION: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LAND SURVEY JOB GROUP CPSB 05
Number of Posts: One (1) Post
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Basic Salary Scale: As provided for by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission
Duties and responsibilities
1. Directing and coordinating administrative and technical operations of the division;
2. Monitoring and evaluating surveying activities within the county;
3. Executing land cadastral surveys, cartographical, topographical, engineering and county
boundary and public utilities survey and mapping;
4. Improving techniques in surveying and mapping including land information systems, GIS
database, computer methods and other modem survey and mapping techniques in the
county;
5. Standardization, calibration and maintenance of surveying and mapping equipment; and,
6. Preparing reports and technical publications.
Requirements for Appointment:
1. Be a Kenyan citizen;
2. Must have a Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Land Surveying and
Photogrammetry, Geospatial Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, Geospatial and Space
Technology or equivalent qualifications from a recognized university;
3. Have served for at least five (5) years in the field of Land Surveying, three (3) of which
should have been in the grade of Senior Land Surveyor in the Public Service;
4. Be a registered member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Land Surveyors Chapter);
5. Have demonstrated administrative ability and professional competence required at this
level;
6. Have a thorough understanding of County Goals, Policies and Development Objectives
and the ability to translate them into Land Surveying policies and programmes; and,
7. Proper understanding of the land issues in the county as well as a certificate in GIS will be
an added advantage.