Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SERVICES (OSHs) –
THIRTY FIVE (35) POSTS - V/No. 33/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.102, 860 p.m. - Ksh.172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Ksh.21,508 – Ksh.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) in the grade of Assistant Director
Occupational Safety and Health Services, CSG 7 or in a comparable position in
the Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines; Medicine, Nursing,
Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Biochemistry, Engineering or Occupational Safety
and Health from a university recognized Kenya;
(iii) a certificate in a specialized discipline on Occupational Safety and Health
lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
(iv) a be a member of Kenya Occupational Safety and Health Association;
(v) demonstrated professional competence and administrative capabilities in
enforcement of Occupational Health and Safety Act and Work Injury Benefits
Acts.
Note: In addition to the above requirements, for appointment to this grade an
Engineer must be registered by the Engineers registration Board of Kenya; a
Medical Officer must be registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists
Board; a Nurse must be registered by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) initiating policy and standard review;
(ii) coordinating investigations and research in occupational safety and health,
inspections and audits, surveillance workers health, prosecution under
Occupational Safety and Health Act and Work Injury Benefits Act;
(iii) overseeing the processing of work injury benefits;
(iv) training on occupational safety and Health;
(v) creating awareness on Occupational Safety and Health;
(vi) monitoring the activities of approved persons and institutions;
(vii) setting of specifications and standards for the design and quality of persons
protection equipment;
(viii) setting of safety standards for industrial machinery and equipment; and
(ix) approving of architectural plans for proposed /intended extensions and
renovations of workplace premises.