Job Description
PRINCIPAL ITUGURURU AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE (Assistant
Director Agricultural Services), JOB GROUP ‘CPSB 05’ (P) – ONE (1)
POST
Requirements for Appointment
i. Be a Kenyan Citizen;
ii. Served in the grade of Principal Agricultural Officer for a minimum
period of three (3) years;
iii. Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following disciplines:-
Agriculture, Agronomy, Agribusiness Management and Enterprise
Development, Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness,
Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Agricultural
Extension and Education, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural
Resource Management, Agriculture and Extension, Agriculture and
Home Economics, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Agriculture
Economics, Crop Protection, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-
land Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management,
Home Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Horticulture, Food
Science and Technology or its relevant and equivalent qualification
from a recognized institution;
iv. Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agribusiness
Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Natural Resource
Management, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Extension and
Education, Agricultural Information and Communication
Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and Applied
Economics, Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture
Economics, Agriculture Extension, Agricultural Studies, Agro-Bio
Resource Science and Technology, Agronomy, Agro-processing,
Biotechnology, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Dryland
Integrated Land Management Systems, Dry-land Resource
Management, Dry-land Agriculture, Dry-land Agro Pastoral
Systems, Dry-land Farming, Entomology, Entrepreneurship,
Environmental Planning and Management, Farm Management,
Floriculture, Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Food
Science and Technology, Applied Human Nutrition, Home
Economics, Home Science, Home Management, Horticulture,
Hydroponics, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land and
Environmental Management, Land and Water Management, Plant
Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Plant Breeding,
Plant Health Science and Management, Plant Pathology, Project
Planning and Management, Rural Management, Seed Science and
Technology, Seed Science, Soil Environment and Land Use
Management, Soil Science or its relevant and equivalent
qualification from a recognized institution;
v. Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four
(4) weeks from a recognized institution;
vi. Certificate of membership to a relevant professional body;
vii. Certificate in computer application skills; and
viii. Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and
results.
Duties and Responsibilities Duties
The Principal Itugururu Agricultural Training Institute reports to the
County Director of Agriculture and responsibilities at this level will entail: -
i. Organizing and leading regular meetings of Agricultural Training
Institute;
ii. Ensuring a departmental committee structure which enables the
business of the department to be conducted with Agricultural
Training Institute input;
iii. Ensuring Agricultural Training Institute input in decisions
impacting the department;
iv. Developing and implementing a department/school strategic plan
including metrics for evaluating progress and assessing progress
annually;
v. Provide leadership in curriculum development and revision;
vi. Ensure that the department has valid student learning outcomes
for all of its courses and academic programs, that they are
regularly assessed and that the results of assessment are used for
continuous improvement;
vii. Prepare for and organize the periodic reviews of the department's
academic programs;
viii. Develop clear guidelines for Agricultural Training Institute
recruitment, retention and promotion;
ix. Ensure a productive environment for research and scholarly
activity;
x. Promote opportunities for internal and external support of research
and scholarship;
xi. Support trans-disciplinary collaboration;
xii. Provide budgetary oversight;
xiii. Recommend the assignment of space for departmental needs
according to university policy;
xiv. Assign and supervise teaching programs/ activities;
xv. Ensure sufficient technical support;
xvi. Supervise professional development of office and support unit staff
xvii. Seeking approval for Agricultural Training Institute searches;
xviii. Articulating the policies, processes and expectations for tenure and
promotion;
xix. Providing prompt, meaningful, fair and written annual
performance evaluations;
xx. Maintain collegial relationships with other department heads as
well as Alumni, County and National Government administrators;
and
xxi. Any other duty that maybe assigned from time to time
Integrity Clearance
Successful applicants are expected to get clearance from the following bodies.
i. Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA)
ii. Credit Reference Bureau(CRB)
iii. Higher Education Loans Board(HELB)
iv. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission(EACC)
v. Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI)
vi. For those with higher education certificates (degrees) from outside Kenya, a
letter of recognition of qualifications from the Commission of University
Education.