Job Description
Principal Itugururu Agricultural Institute (Assistant Director
Agricultural Services), Job Group “P” – One (1)Post
Requirements for Appointment
• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Served in the grade of Principal Agricultural Officer for a
minimum period of three (3) years;
• 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 Extension, Agriculture and Home Economics,
Agriculture and Human Ecology, Agriculture Economics, Crop
Protection, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry- land
Agriculture and Enterprise Development, Farm Management,
Home Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Horticulture,
Food science and Technology or its relevant and equivalent
qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:-
Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness, Agricultural and
Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Education,
Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural
Information and Communication Management, Agricultural
Marketing, Agriculture and Applied Economics, Agriculture
and Rural Development, Agriculture Economics, Agriculture
Extension, Agricultural Studies, Agro-Bio Resource Science
and Technology, Agronomy, Agro-processing, Biotechnology,
Crop Production, Crop Protection, Dryland Integrated Land
Management Systems, Dry-land Resource Management, Dry-
land Agriculture, Dry-land Agro Pastoral Systems, Dry-land
Farming, Entomology, Entrepreneurship, Environmental
Planning and Management, Farm Management, Floriculture,
Food Science and Post-harvest Technology, Food Science and
Technology, Applied Human Nutrition, Home Economics,
Home Science, Home Management, Horticulture,
Hydroponics, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land
and Environmental Management, Land and Water
Management, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and
Biotechnology, Plant Breeding, Plant Health Science and
Management, Plant Pathology, Project Planning and
Management, Rural Management, Seed Science and
Technology, Seed Science, Soil Environment and Land Use
Management, Soil Science or its relevant and equivalent
qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less
than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of membership to a relevant professional body;
• Certificate in computer application skills; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and
results.
Duties and Responsibilities Duties
The Principal Itugururu Agricultural Training Institute reports to
the County Director of Agriculture and responsibilities at this level
will entail: -
• Organizing and leading regular meetings of Agricultural
Training Institute;
• Ensuring a departmental committee structure which enables
the business of the department to be conducted with
Agricultural Training Institute input;
• Ensuring Agricultural Training Institute input in decisions
impacting the department;
• Developing and implementing a department/school strategic
plan including metrics for evaluating progress and assessing
progress annually;
• Provide leadership in curriculum development and revision;
• Ensure that the department has valid student learning
outcomes for all of its courses and academic programs, that
they are regularly assessed and that the results of assessment
are used for continuous improvement;
• Prepare for and organize the periodic reviews of the
department's academic programs;
• Develop clear guidelines for Agricultural Training Institute
recruitment, retention and promotion;
• Ensure a productive environment for research and scholarly
activity;
• Promote opportunities for internal and external support of
research and scholarship;
• Support trans-disciplinary collaboration;
• Provide budgetary oversight;
• Recommend the assignment of space for departmental needs
according to university policy;
• Assign and supervise teaching programs/ activities;
• Ensure sufficient technical support;
• Supervise professional development of office and support unit
staff
• Seeking approval for Agricultural Training Institute searches;
• Articulating the policies, processes and expectations for
tenure andpromotion;
• Providing prompt, meaningful, fair and written
annualperformance evaluations;
• Maintain collegial relationships with other department
heads as well as Alumni, County and National Government
administrators;and
• Any other duty that maybe assigned from time to time
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable