Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION AND PEACE BUILDING-
TWO (2) POSTS - V/NO 169 /2023
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.102,860 – Ksh.172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Kshs.20,000 – 50,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Kshs.16,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As existing in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year
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 ten (10) years, three (3) of which should have
been at the grade of Community Integration and Peace Building Officer, CSG 8
and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Public Administration,
Government, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies, Disaster
Management and Conflict Resolution, Education, Urban and Regional Planning,
Dryland Resource Management, Information Science, Agricultural Economics
and Project Planning/Management or equivalent qualification from a university
recognized in Kenya;
(iii) been a member of a recognized professional body (where applicable); and
(iv) demonstrated managerial, leadership and professional competence in work
performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:
(i) carrying out inter-communal peace building and conflict management
activities in ASALs counties and Cross Border Communities;
(ii) developing and implementing capacity building programmes for community
peace structures in ASALs;
(iii) carrying out dissemination of emerging ASALs development policies and
directives emanating from the Executive to the field offices;
(iv) undertaking mapping out of potential spots of conflicts in ASALs for early
response and develop conflict risk assessment framework;
(v) initiating the development and implementation of joint trans-boundary water
and grazing zone frame work;
(vi) initiating and supporting negotiations on joint Cross Border activities between
Kenya and neighbouring countries along ASALs Countries;
(vii) undertaking development and implementation of integrated cross border
programmes in collaboration with other Cross Boarder counties;
(viii) negotiating collaborations with partner’s institutions and government
departments in support of peace building and conflict management in ASALs;
(ix) steering development of Cross Border development framework in
collaboration with other Cross Border counties;
(x) steering the development and implementation of disaster risk reduction (DRR)
in ASALs;
(xi) providing support to legal and institutional reforms for ASALs development
in ASALs counties;
(xii) steering the development of Cross-Border livestock movement and natural
resources sharing framework for communities bordering in ASALs; and
(xiii) coordinating preparation of departmental performance contract (target
setting, negotiation, signing and resource allocation), implementing and
reporting of the state departmental performance contract.