Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GENDER – ONE (1) POST – V/NO. 218/2023
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.90,200 p.m-Ksh.124,630 p.m. (CSG 7)
House Allowance: Ksh.18, 066p.m.-Ksh.45,000p.m (Depending on duty station)
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 Gender
Officer CSG ‘8’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public
service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Gender Studies, Gender
and Development, Sociology, Business Administration (Finance/
Entrepreneurship Option), Anthropology, Counselling and Psychology,
Economics, Law or any other relevant Social Science from a university
recognized in Kenya;
(iii) certificate in either Gender Studies or Gender and Development, or any other
relevant course lasting not less than four (4) weeks or four (4) weeks in
aggregate from a recognized institution; and
(iv) demonstrated outstanding professional competence in gender work as reflected
in work performance and results.
Duties and responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) implementing Gender Policies, projects and programmes;
(ii) facilitating gender mainstreaming activities in Ministries, State Departments,
Counties and Agencies;
(iii) promoting Gender Social-Economic Empowerment;
(iv) undertaking sensitization/awareness creation on Gender Programmes and
Projects;
(v) undertaking research on gender issues, including baseline survey on Female
Genital Mutilation and Gender-Based Violence;
(vi) coordinating collection and development of gender disaggregated data and
management information systems;
(vii) monitoring gender mainstreaming, Socio-Economic Empowerment and AntiFemale Genital Mutilation and Sexual and Gender Based Violence projects and
programmes;
(viii) establishing the level of compliance with the 2/3 gender principle in the
Ministries/Departments, Counties and Agencies;
(ix) providing in-put on Gender Mainstreaming in Medium Term Expenditure
Framework Budget;
(x) monitoring prevalence of Female Genital Mutation and Sexual and Gender
Based Violence;
(xi) guiding and facilitating formation of community level structure and Female
Genital Mutilation and Gender Based Violence groups;
(xii) maintaining a complaints and grievance mechanism on gender related matters
at the counties; and
(xiii) preparing Monthly, Quarterly, Bi-Annual and Annual Reports on Gender
Programmes and Projects.