Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LABOUR MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS – TWO (2)
POST - V/No.38/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.90,200 - Ksh.124,630 p.m. (CSG 7)
House Allowance: Ksh.18,066 – Ksh.45,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Kshs.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 three (3) years in the grade of Principal Labour
Market Research and Analysis Officer, CSG 8 or a comparable position in the
wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields:- Human Resource
Management/ Planning/Development, Education, Business Administration,
Economics/Statistics, Applied Statistics, Demography, Sociology, Information
Technology/Management Information Systems, Social Science, Law or any other
relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
(iii) demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in
work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) planning, reviewing and formulating policies programmes on national and
sectoral human resource overseeing the development and maintenance of the
National Occupational Classification System (NOCS);
(ii) establishing an efficient National Employment and Management Information
System (NEMIS);
(iii) designing effective strategies for carrying out human resource and labour force
surveys and determining current and future human resource skill gaps;
(iv) taking initial action on the development of strategies for human resource
development policy formulation;
(v) evaluating, reviewing and prioritizing training programmes and other forms of
Human Resource development;
(vi) providing and maintaining programme financing strategies for Human
Resource Development activities; setting objectives and strategies for
development of Human Resource Development programmes;
(vii) identifying, developing, testing and installing National Human Resource
development Programmes;
(viii) harmonizing training and other Human Resource Development activities in
identified sectors of the economy;
(ix) monitoring and reviewing training and other forms of Human Resource
development activities;
(x) developing appropriate Human Resource Development Policies and
Programmes;
(xi) monitoring and evaluation of the Human Resource situation for areas of
deficiency and/or surpluses with a view to minimizing them through Human
Resource Development Initiatives; and
(xii) supervising staff working under the officer.