Vacancies in the Ministry of Agriculture – Assistant Agricultural Officer Job

Public Service Commission of Kenya – Vacant Positions in the Public Service
Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the positions shown below.
Assistant Agricultural Officer III
Five Hundred and Twenty Nine (529) Posts
V/No.146/2010
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.16,992 – Ksh.20.289 p.m. (Job Group ‘H’)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
1.     Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade C or its equivalent; and
2.     a Diploma in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Agribusiness, Food Technology, Agriculture & Home Economics, Horticulture, or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry and training grade for Assistant Agricultural Officers’ cadre. An officer at this level will be deployed in a Division or in an Agricultural Training Centre. Duties and responsibilities will involve training and advising farmers on matters related to crop production, land development, planning and management of demonstrations plots.
Interested and qualified persons are requested to make their applications online through one of the Commission’s websites www.publicservice.go.ke and www.psckjobs.go.ke OR by completing ONE application form PSC 2 (Revised 2007). The form may be downloaded from the Commission’s websites.


Please Note


  • Serving officers should first register their personal profiles on the Commission’s website before making an application for a job online. Those already registered may edit their profiles if need be.
  • Candidates should NOT attach any copies of academic and professional certificates to the application form. ALL the details requested in the advertisement should be filled on the form.
  • Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.
  • Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
  • The Public Service Commission is committed to availing equal employment opportunities to ALL KENYANS.
Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce originals of their National Identity Card, academic and professional certificates and testimonials during interviews. Serving officers will be required to produce the original letter of appointment to their current substantive post during the interview.
Completed application forms should be sent to:
The Secretary
Public Service Commission of Kenya
P.O. Box 30095-00100
Nairobi,
so as to reach the Commission on or before 21 st May  2010.