Assistant Director/Planning And Project Management

Mandatory Requirements

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have : -

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Strategic Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, Public Policy, Project Planning and
• Management or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Attained Twelve(12) years’ relevant work experience, three (3) of which should have been in a supervisory position or in comparable position;
• Membership in a relevant professional body, where applicable,
• Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognised institution
• Served for at least Three(3) years in the position of Principal Officer, or equivalent
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
• Fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.

Duties & Responsibilities

• An officer at this level will work with the guidance of an Deputy Director. The duties and responsibilities for this position shall entail: -
• Providing advice in the development of organizational policy position papers;
• Developing of the Authority’s annual performance contract
• Undertaking the development of institutional annual work plans
• Developing quarterly, biannual and annual reports for the department;
• Developing organizational periodic strategic plans
• Domesticating of performance contract guidelines to guide the cascading of performance contracting at the various levels of the organization
• Monitoring the implementation of the corporate performance targets and reporting
• Monitoring the implementation of the corporate performance targets and undertake reporting
• Preparing, quarterly, semi-annual and annual corporate performance report;
• Liaising with the inter-agencies performance monitoring and evaluation teams and providing feedback
• Developing periodic performance report and submitting to the relevant government performance management agencies in line with the communicated guidelines
• Participating in national steering and oversight committees on performance review
• Developing of corporate and departmental performance monitoring and evaluation tools;
• Liaise with departments on the monitoring of implementation milestone for the contracted corporate major projects and report;
• Conducting mid-term and end-term corporate performance assessment for the
• Authority’s strategy implementation and related programmes.
• Conducting annual performance review for the corporate performance contract and prepare report to the relevant performance monitoring agencies