Kirinyaga County Government
County Public Service Board
The Kirinyaga County Public Service
Board wishes to recruit competent and qualified person to fill the position of;
Assistant Commissioner / Assistant
Director for Co-operative Development
Job Group `P`
Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing technical advise in area of
specialization
- Advising on Co-operative investments
- Analyzing data for policy formulation
- Enforcing compliance with Co-operative
legislation
- Carry out market research and disseminating
research findings
- Promoting value addition and processing
- Conducting Co-operative banking inspections
- Undertaking Co-operative risk assessment
- Preparing and evaluating Co-operative
activities and trends for promoting the Co-operative movement
Requirements
For appointment to this grade, an
officer must have;
- Served in the grade of Principal Co-operative
Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years;
- Bachelor degree in any of the following
disciplines:- Commerce, Business Administration, Agriculture, Economics,
Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, Agriculture Economics, Agricultural
Engineering, Co-operative Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship,
Management and Organizational Development, Finance of agri-business from a
recognized institution;
- Diploma in any of the following disciplines:-
Co-operative Management, Co-operative Auditing, Marketing, Internal
Auditing or Finance qualification from a recognized institution;
OR
- Certified Public Secretaries (CPS) Kenya part
III or Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Kenya Part III Examination from
a recognized institution;
- Masters degree in any of the following
disciplines:- Commerce, Business Administration, Agriculture, Economics,
Statistics, Mathematics, Sociology, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural
Engineering, Co-operative Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Management
and Organizational Development, Finance or Agri-business from a recognized
institution;
- Certificate in Senior Management Course
lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
- Certificate in Computer applications from a
recognized institution; and
- Demonstrated administrative ability and
professional competence in work performance.
ICT Officer
10 Positions
Job Group: “J”
– Degree Holder OR Job Group “H” – Diploma
Department: Finance, Economic Planning, ICT & Marketing
Reports To: Chief Officer through Director ICT
Job Summary: The ICT Officer is responsible for the provision
of technical support to all projects related to ICT systems, services and
processes.
This role encompasses: Maintenance
of ICT infrastructure (Networks, Hardware, Software) at County and Sub County
levels
Required
Qualifications
- A degree OR Diploma in a relevant field (ICT,
Computer Science, Computer Systems, Telecommunications or Electrical
Engineering)
- A minimum of five (5) years experience in ICT
related activities
- Excellent communication and administrative
skills
- Excellent Computer skills
Director ICT Projects – Business Systems
Implementation
1 Position
Job Group “R”
Department: Finance, Economic Planning, ICT & Marketing
Reports To: County Executive Committee Member through Chief
Officer
Job Summary: The Director is responsible for the management
and administration of all projects related to ICT systems, services and
processes.
This encompasses the design of the
Project Goals, Objectives, overall Projects Planning and implementation.
Duties & Essential
Job Functions
Administrative Responsibilities
Project Planning
- The incumbent is expected to plan and set
project goals and objectives. Administration and coordination is to be
carried out in conjunction with the Service providers.
- Key responsibility will be to ensure all the
Project pre-requisites are fulfilled from County side.
Financial
- Responsible for management of the project
budgets for ICT systems & services, capital expenditures, contracting
and staffing required for the projects to be delivered
Diversity and scope of services
- Responsible for Management, administration and
implementation of all ICT related projects & services within the
county and at sub-county level.
- This will call for a Relationship management
skill to be able to manage or maintain a working relationship with the
various ICT vendors /technology providers and service providers
Project management and Relationship
maintenance
- As a member of the Core Implementation Group
(CIG), offer technical and professional advise through-out the
implementation.
- Preparation of clear roles and responsibility
between the various project stakeholders; which should be aligned to the
overall goals & objective of the project. This is to ensure the stake
holders remain focused to expected deliverables.
- Preparation of Key project milestones
indicators and share with all project indicators. This to ensure the
project is well evaluated at every implementation stage.
- Maintain the project stakeholders within the
agreed project scope & expectations. This is to ensure the set Project
Plan is strictly adhered to by all stakeholders
- Ensure effective communication and issues
escalation matrix is well maintained amongst the Project stakeholders and
to the Project sponsors/ Department.
- Ensure all project assumptions and constraints
are clearly documented and communicated amongst the project Stakeholders
- Ensure Project milestone sign-offs are clearly
documented, agreed upon by all stakeholders and signed-off
Training, Testing and Go-live
coordination
- Facilitate the required training by ensuring
the trainees are available, well coordinates and have the required
training materials from the County
- Evaluate the Training schedules and materials
provided by the Service providers and confirm if they are sufficient and
serves the County requirements & expectations
- Coordinate the Core Implementation Group and
other key project stakeholders to be fully involved in the User Acceptance
Testing (UAT). This is by ensuring the system is fully tested on both
positive and negative scenarios, and ensure system fully meets the
requirements of the County. The incumbent is also expected to coordinate
preparation of all the test cases / scenarios.
- Coordinate the Go-live stage by ensuring
availability and commitment of all project stakeholders as this is a key
milestone for the County.
- Coordinate Post-Go-live system support , by
ensuring that the Service providers are hand-holding the Systems till
system stability
- Ensure efficient project hand-over to a well
trained in-house ICT team.
Project Management documentation
& reports
- Preparation of all Project management
documentations and reports on behalf of the Department of ICT
- Ensure quality in all project deliverables as
defined in the scope.
- Preparation of status reports at all project
milestones
Recommends the selection of, and
administers and coordinates the activities of any ICT services may be required
by the County, from time to time
- Continuous reviewing and recommendations on
ICT services or solutions by the County.
- Develops terms of reference for required
consultant services and guides the County in preparation of Requirement
Specification Documents.
- Administers, coordinates and evaluates all ICT
consultancy activities
Required Qualifications
- A degree in a relevant field (ICT, Computer
Science, Computer Systems, Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering)
- Oracle Certification
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library
(ITIL) Certification
- A minimum of five (5) years experience in
Projects planning and management
- Experience in a busy ICT environment
- Team Leadership
- Excellent communication and administrative
skills with a demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate and manage
teams & budgets
- Other relevant ICT Certifications
How to Apply
All written applications, CVs, copies of certificates, testimonials and identity card should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the left side the position being applied for and addressed to:
The Secretary,
Kirinyaga County Public Service Board, Office of the Governor,
P.O Box 260-10304,
Kutus
Hand delivered applications should be dropped at the Kirinyaga County Public Service Board Offices, Kirinyaga County Government Head Quarters, Kutus.