Job Description
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR – FIFTEEN (15) POSTS: V/NO. 28/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Kshs.102, 860 p.m. - Ksh.172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Ksh. 21,508- 50,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh. 16,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service.
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 Assistant
Commissioner for Labour CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in
the public service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines:- Human Resource
Management and Development, Law, Business Administration, Economics,
Sociology, Psychology, Statistics Anthropology, Labour Relations, Industrial
Relations or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized
Kenya; and
(iii) professionally competent and conversant with Labour Administration, Labour
Laws and International Labour Organization and International Organization of
Migration instruments, and the ability to integrate them into Kenya Vision
2030.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) initiating and implementing labour policies and programmes;
(ii) coordinating staff training matters;
(iii) coordinating field services;
(iv) ensuring proper and effective functioning of the National Labour Board and
Wages Council;
(v) coordinating the attestation of foreign contracts of employment;
(vi) vetting and recommending issuance of work permits;
(vii) participating in the coordination of International Labour Organization (ILO),
International Organization of immigration (IOM), African Union (AU) – Labour
and Social Affairs Commission), East African Community (EAC) meetings and
conferences; and
(viii) compiling of reconciliation reports.