Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SERVICES (OSHs)
– FIFTY (50) POSTS - V/No. 34/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.90,200 - Ksh.124,630 p.m. (CSG 7)
House Allowance: Ksh.18,066 - 45,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.12,000 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 two (2) years in the grade of Principal
Occupational Safety and Health Officer, CSG 8 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, Occupational Safety
and Health from a university recognized in 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) Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less
than a Member of Kenya Occupational Safety and Health Association; and
(v) shown merit and ability in work performance and results.
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 Nursing Officer
must be registered by the Nursing council of Kenya; a Medical Officer must be
registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities will include:-
(i) initiating policy review on matters of Occupational Safety, Health, Industrial
Hygiene and Workers Injury benefits;
(ii) initiating review of Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Work Injury
Benefit Act, Subsidiary legislations and codes of practice;
(iii) developing and maintaining an effective programme of collecting, compiling,
analyzing and disseminating Occupation Health and Safety information;
evaluating work environment;
(iv) participating in development and determination of permissible levels of
exposure to environmental contaminants;
(v) participating in setting specifications and standards of design and quality of
personal protective equipment;
(vi) investigating electrical, mechanical, civil and chemical accidents in work places,
and occupational diseases;
(vii) monitoring activities of persons and institutions approved under Occupational
Safety and Health Act;
(viii) approving architectural plans for proposed, intended extensions and
renovations of work place buildings;
(ix) coordinating inspection of machinery, plants, processes, electrical installation
and equipment, building operations and works of engineering construction,
surveillance of workers health;
(x) processing registration of work places and employers, processing work injury
benefit claims; and
(xi) conducting court proceedings in case of contraventions of Occupational Safety
and Health Act and Work Injury Benefits Act.