Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, POLICY COORDINATION & STRATEGY – TWO (2)
POSTS V/No.55/2024
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: 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, an officer must have:-
(i) served for minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of principal Policy
Coordination and Strategy Officer, CSG 8 or a comparable and relevant position
in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics
and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social
Sciences, International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent
qualification from a university recognized Kenya; and
(iii) have demonstrated professional competences as reflected in work performance
and results
Duties and Responsibilities
The Assistant Director, Policy Coordination and Strategy will be responsible to the
Deputy Director Policy Coordination and Strategy. Duties and responsibilities at this
level will include:-
(i) developing the National Policy Guideline for formulation of policies;
(ii) monitoring compliance of the National Policy Guideline by MDAs;
(iii) coordinating the analysis of policies from Policy Tracking Information System to
identify legislative gaps;
(iv) identifying policies that require legislative interventions;
(v) developing citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework to guide MDAs on
policy formulation;
(vi) monitoring the compliance of MDAs to the Citizen/stakeholder framework;
(vii) analysing data and reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy
interventions;
(viii) organizing periodic for a on emerging socio-economic issues for policy
interventions;
(ix) monitoring the implementation of commitments made during the for a on
emerging social-economic issues;
(x) liaising with stakeholders for follow up on implementation of commitments
made during the fora;
(xi) liaising with the identified institutions for capacity building in policy making
process;
(xii) coordinating capacity building programs on policy making process; and
(xiii) initiating the development of Information Education and Communication (IEC)
on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.