Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, POST TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – ONE (1)
POST V/No.40/2024
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.102, 860 - 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, an officer must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant
Director, Post Training and Skills Development, CSG 7 or in a comparable and
relevant position in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Education, Guidance and
Counselling, Education Technology, Business Administration, Technology,
Information Communication Technology, Entrepreneurship, Human Resource
Management, Engineering or an equivalent qualification from a university
recognized Kenya; OR
Master Crafts Person (MCP) certificate or an equivalent qualification from a
recognized institution;
(iii) Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level will head and coordinate activities of a Division at the
Departmental level. Duties at this level will include: -
(i) heading and coordinating activities of the Division at the Ministry level.
(ii) Formulating, implementing and reviewing of the Post Training and Skills
Development Policies, strategies and programmes;
(iii) Implementation of the Industrial Attachment policy;
(iv) Establishing the National Institutional Framework to improve Post Training
Skills;
(v) establishing and management of the institutional framework for linking
Industry, skills development and training;
(vi) harmonizing skills training at all levels of training;
(vii) implementing the National Apprenticeship Policy;
(viii) implementing international and regional agreements, treaties, obligations, and
conventions on Skills Development;
(ix) establishing and management of National Skills Development fund;
(x) developing a Framework for Establishing and Management of Sector Specific
Skills Councils;
(xi) establishing partnership and linkages between Industry and Entrepreneurship,
Innovation and Talent Education;
(xii) coordinating the Development of Mentorship Programmes for
Entrepreneurship Education, Commercialization of Innovations and Talents
with relevant Stakeholders;
(xiii) overseeing the Development, Management and Maintenance of the National
Skills Development Management Information System and National Skills
Inventory;
(xiv) coordinating Research and Innovation on Skills Development