Job Description
DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE - ONE (1) POST – V/NO. 140 /2023
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.143,640 - Ksh.262,420 p.m. (CSG 5)
House Allowance: Ksh.48,000p.m. – Ksh.60,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.20,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days
Medical Cover: As provided by the Government
Terms of Service: Permanent /Local Agreement
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Deputy Director of
Agriculture CSG 6 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public
service or private sector;
(ii) a Bachelors of Science Degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture,
Agronomy, Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development, Dry Land
Resource Management, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,
Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural
Resource Management, Agriculture and Home Economics, Agriculture and
Human Ecology, Crop Protection, Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise
Development, Farm Management, Home Economics, Horticulture, Food Science
and Technology or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a
university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following disciplines: Agribusiness Management,
Agribusiness, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Agricultural
Extension and Education, Agricultural Information and Communication
Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture and applied Economics,
Agricultural and Rural Development, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture
Extension, Agricultural studies, Agro-Bio Resource Science and Technology,
Agronomy, Agro-processing, Biotechnology, Crop Production, Crop Protection,
Dry-land Integrated Land Management System, 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 any
other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
(iv) demonstrated a high degree of professional competence and administrative
capability required for Planning, Direction, control and coordination required for
Agricultural function; and
(v) demonstrated a thorough understanding of National goals, Policies and
Programmes and the ability to translate them into agricultural function.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Director will be responsible to the Agriculture Secretary for the following:
(i) coordinating development, review and monitoring implementation of national
agricultural policies, strategies and standards;
(ii) collaborating with stakeholders in monitoring compliance with standards on
agricultural produce, products and services; domesticating international
agreements and protocols in agricultural crops;
(iii) facilitating control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species;
(iv) formulating national agricultural programmes and projects;
(v) coordinating national food security interventions;
(vi) identifying and promoting public private partnerships in agricultural
investments and initiatives;
(vii) collaborating with stakeholders in prioritizing areas of agricultural research;
(viii) mobilizing resources;
(ix) coordinating performance management; and managing and developing staff.