Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – FOUR
(4) POSTS – V/NO. 145 /2023
Salary Scale: Ksh.102,860 – Ksh.172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Ksh.20,000 – Ksh.50,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 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, an officer must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) of which should have
been at the grade of Assistant Director, Agricultural Research and Innovation,
CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position s in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelor of Science degree in any of the following fields: Agriculture,
Agriculture and Home Economics, Agricultural Information Communication
Management, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Horticulture, Agriculture
Economics, Agribusiness, Agriculture and Extension, Agricultural Extension
and Education, Agricultural Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture and
Enterprise Development, Food Science and Technology, Food Nutrition and
Dietetics or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a
university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) membership to a relevant professional body and in good standing (where
applicable).
Duties and Responsibilities
The Deputy Director, Agricultural Research and Innovation will be responsible to the
Director, Agriculture Research for providing leadership, organization and management
in Horticultural and Industrial Crops, Natural Resource Management, Emerging
Technologies and Post-Harvest and Marketing. Specific duties and responsibilities
include:
(i) managing the development, implementation and review of policies, plans,
strategies, guidelines, standards, programmes and projects for research and
innovation;
(ii) guiding the formulation and implementation of resource mobilization strategies
for research and innovation;
(iii) mainstreaming agricultural research projects into national programs;
(iv) promoting commercialization of research technologies and innovations;
(v) supporting mobilization of support to the establishment of centers of excellence
in research and innovation;
(vi) promoting public private partnership in agricultural research and innovation;
(vii) supervising data and information management on agricultural research and
innovation;
(viii) leading teams in undertaking agricultural research, feasibility studies and
monitoring and evaluation;
(ix) guiding transfer of modern and appropriate technologies and innovations to
value chain actors;
(x) facilitating capacity building and skills development related to agricultural
research and innovation;
(xi) supervising the human resource in the section including carrying out
performance management; and
(xii) managing implementation of performance contract targets for agricultural
research and innovation section.