Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ZOOLOGICAL SERVICES – SIX (6) POSTS – V/NO. 159 /2023
Basic 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, a candidate must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade Assistant Director,
Zoological Services, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider
public service;
(ii) A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines; Biological Science (Insect
Science), Zoology, Entomology, Parasitology or Vector Biology, Insect Science of
Bio-Information and Genomic of Insects and Environmental Science in Insect Pest
Control from a university recognized in Kenya; and
(iii) shown outstanding administrative capability and professional competence
required in managing zoological functions
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail;-
(i) participating in zoological policy development and formulation ;
(ii) coordinating the implementation of related strategic plans on the zoological
activities towards realization of national vision, coordinating the monitoring
and evaluation of all insect pests control and eradication programmes and
projects; designing research agenda setting in liaison relevant stakeholders;
(iii) designing operating procedures and ensuring compliance with zoological
standards analyzing and interpreting reports on ecological impacts of pest
control technologies;
(iv) coordinating the surveillance and control of eradication of animal and human
trypanosomiasis ;
(v) coordinating scientific investigation and control of pests of honey bees; vectors
of Rift Valley fever ; myiasis; Leishmaniasis in livestock and other emerging
and re-emerging pests profiling of vectors borne arbor viruses;
(vi) planning for efficacy and potency trails of insecticides and attractants for vector
control in liaison with relevant stakeholders;
(vii) ensuring effective the development and maintenance of vector bio geographical
information database;
(viii) planning for ecological impact assessment on pest control technologies;
(ix) enforcement of the relevant zoological legislations and policies;
(x) validating tsetse and other insect pests suppression and eradication
technologies; coordinating surveillance and control of tsetse and non-tsetse
transmitted trypanosomiasis; and
(xi) preparing annual work plan and coordinating resource mobilization and
supervising.