Assistant Director Planning Performance Management

BMA/26/CEO/ASPPM/09 

• Basic Salary Scale: Kshs. 111,500 - Kshs 284,300 p.m.
• House allowance: Kshs. 30,000
• Commuter allowance: Kshs. 16,000
• Leave allowance: Kshs. 10,000
• Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
• Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities entail

• Coordinating development, implement and review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, procedures and programmes on planning, strategy in the Academy;
• Coordinating development, implementation and review of the Academy's strategic plans, service charters and master plans;
• Coordinating preparation of the Academy's Public Expenditure Review (PER) and Mid-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget in close consultation with Finance;
• Prioritizing projects and ensuring their implementation is aligned to MTEF for the financial year;
• Undertaking economic analysis of development projects and programmes undertaken by the Academy;
• Designing a framework for monitoring and evaluation of the Academy's programmes and projects;
• Monitoring, evaluating and preparing progress reports on the implementation of the Academy's projects and programmes;
• Undertaking feasibility studies on the Academy's delivery projects in consultation with the other Directorates/Divisions;
• Establishing and maintaining partnerships and collaborations with Academy and other relevant stakeholders in support of the Academy's programmes and projects;
• Coordinating determination of the Academy's quality policy;
• Coordinating setting, documentation, implementation and review of key processes and quality objectives for all functional areas in the Academy;
• Coordinating development of strategies for performance and quality improvement within the Academy;
• Coordinating service delivery surveys;
• Formulating Standard Operational Procedures for the Academy;
• Coordinating development, implementation and evaluation of the Academy's performance targets and contracts;
• Coordinating preparation of annual work plans and performance contracts;
• Establishing and maintaining database of information on the Academy's projects and programmes;
• Preparing progress reports of the Division; and
• Building capacity and managing performance of the Division.

 Required Qualification

For appointment to this grade, a staff must have: -

• Cumulative service period of twelve (12) years' relevant work experience three (3) of which must have been in the grade of Principal Planning Officer or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines:- Economics, Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Statistics or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master's degree in any of the following disciplines:- Economics, Statistics, Project Planning and Management, Philosophy in Economics, Public Policy, Economics of Development, Rural Economics or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Project Monitoring and Evaluation lasting not less than three (3) months;
• Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications