Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURE – TWENTY SEVEN (27) POSTS – V/NO
142 /2023
Salary Scale: Ksh.90,200 – Ksh.124,630 p.m. (CSG 7)
House Allowance: Ksh.16,800 – Ksh.45,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.12,000 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 and Pensionable
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Principal
Agricultural Officer CSG 8 or in comparable and relevant position in the wider
public service;
(ii) a 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 Home Economics;
Agriculture and Human Ecology; Crop Protection; Dry-land Resource
Management; 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; and
(iii) shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results;
Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
(i) supervising collection, analysis and management of agriculture crops data;
(ii) coordinating collection and packaging of new and existing agricultural
technologies;
(iii) promoting agribusiness incubation and market development;
(iv) managing and controlling trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species;
(v) undertaking assessment on national crop and food security situation;
(vi) promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental
management in agriculture;
(vii) developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects;
(viii) promoting access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural
production in collaboration with stakeholders;
(ix) training agricultural stakeholders; and
(x) preparing technical reports.