Job Description
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of twelve (12) years, three (3) of which should be at the grade of Assistant Director, Tourism Development and Promotion, 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:- Tourism, Tourism Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Eco-Tourism, Hotel and Institutional Management and Information Technology, Environmental Studies, Travel and Tour Operations Management, Travel and Tourism Management, Hotel and Hospitality Management, Sociology, Geography, Business Administration, Commerce (Marketing Option, Accounting Option) International Relations, Public Administration/Political Science or equivalent and relevant qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya: and
(iii) a clear understanding of the overall Nation goals, and development objectives and ability to translate them into Tourism Policies and Programmes.
Note:- Possession of a Masters degree in a relevant field from a university recognized in Kenya will be considered an added advantage.
Duties and Responsibilities: -
(i) coordinating promotion of Kenya as a premier tourist destination;
(ii) overseeing development and implementation of tourism partnership promotions;
(iii) coordinating tourism safety and security in collaboration with other key enforcement agencies.
(iv) coordinating Kenya’s regional tourism engagements (EAC, COMESA, NEPAD, IGAD) etc.
(v) spearheading relations with the United Nations World Tourism Organization;
(vi) overseeing development and implementation of tourism related statues, protocols, treaties and conventions;
(vii) coordinating the promotion of Kenya as a Meetings, Incentives, Conventions/Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) destination;
(viii) coordinating the monitoring of the implementation of business tourism strategy;
(ix) providing strategic leadership implementation of the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s) and agreements of corporations with other countries on tourism;
(x) ensuring compliance in the implementation of UNWTO agreements, protocols, treaties and conventions;
(xi) providing leadership in Kenya’s participation in bilateral and region meetings and forums in the field of tourism;
(xii) coordinating sectoral implementation of the Kenya Vision 2030 programmes and projects related to tourism; and
(xiii) coordinating the development and implementation of guidelines for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in tourism.