Government Jobs in Kenya - Salaries and Remuneration Commission

The Salaries and Remuneration Commission is an independent Commission established under Article 230 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, with the mandate to set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State Officers and to advise the National and County governments on the remuneration and benefits of all other public officers. 

In carrying out its mandate, the Commission has to take into account the principles of; fiscal sustainability of the public compensation bill, attraction and retention of requisite skills for service delivery, productivity and performance, transparency and fairness and equity. 

The Commission seeks to recruit qualified and competent staff to fill the following vacant position:

ICT Officer

SRC 7

1 Position

Job Summary:
 The job holder will be responsible to the Deputy Director ICT and will assist a team of
dedicated and innovative ICT professionals to develop ICT systems and enhance the ICT capacity of the Commission to enable it achieve its mandate.

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Provide adequate and timely user support, diagnosis and troubleshooting of any hardware / software faults.
  • Maintain up to date comprehensive hardware and software inventory.
  • Facilitate user training and optimal use of installed systems.
  • Ensure implementation of ICT Policies and Procedures.
  • Report and follow up on vendor problem resolution by ensuring compliance to Service Level Agreements (SLA) and contracts.
  • Ensures compliance to system security requirements.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies, Information Technology, Telecommunication or relevant field.
  • ICT Certifications i.e. A+,N+,CCNA etc. will be added advantage.
  • At least 3 years working experience in the ICT Field.
  • Excellent hands-on technical & problem solving skills, ability to assess technology needs; ability to work as part of a team.
  • Ability to communicate clearly, tact and ability to work effectively with people of all cultural backgrounds.
  • Hands-on networking experience and LAN troubleshooting, knowledge of Wireless technologies will be added advantage.
  • Hands-on experience with office automation integrated packages i.e. windows 2012 advance server, windows 8 operating system, MS office 2013 packages and knowledge of exchange server 2012 troubleshooting.
Key Competences
  • High integrity with ability to apply need to know principle.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Team player with strong managerial and leadership skills.
  • Result oriented individual who has ability to conceptualize and convert ideas into solutions.
  • Ability to operate under an environment of Performance Management and Contracting and enforce the realization of Commissions mandate through the set team and individual performance targets.

Systems Administrator

SRC 6

1 Position

Job Summary: The job holder will report to Deputy Director, ICT and will be in charge of both systems administration and network administration.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Set up, configure, and support internal and/or external networks.
  • Develops and maintains all systems, applications, security, and network configurations.
  • Troubleshoot network performance issues.
  • Create and maintain a disaster recovery plan.
  • Develop and maintain service level agreements.
  • Recommend upgrades, patches, and new applications and equipment.
  • Provide technical support and guidance to users.
  • Install new software releases, system upgrades, evaluates and installs patches and resolves software related problems.
  • Perform system backups and recovery.
  • Maintain data files and monitor system configuration to ensure data integrity.
  • Update system as to conform to new version of OS and application software.
  • Implement the policies for the use of the computer system and network.
  • Setup security policies for users.
  • Perform Network management and support for wired and wireless connections for SRC.
  • Manage exchange mail server.
  • Manage emails clients: including setup and outlook connectivity.
  • Maintaining, upgrading and administering internet services.
  • Prepare Specification for software and hardware.
  • Maintain and upgrade system anti-virus products to secure the SRC network from attack.
  • Assists in implementing SRC ICT and security management policies.
  • Ensure proper administration of all operating systems and applications.
  • Implement efficient preventative maintenance schedules of the SRC IT systems.
Minimum Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT / Electronic / Business Information Technology / Telecommunication Engineering or Computer Science.
  • CCNA/MCSE/Certified Unix administrator or any other relevant Certification.
  • At least 5 Years’ experience in a busy environment.
  • Very strong understanding of IP network.
  • Knowledge and experience of switching and routing protocols.
  • Knowledge of Open source software / hardware configurations / support / troubleshooting.
  • Knowledge and experience in network / systems monitoring tools and protocols.
Key Competences
  • High integrity with ability to apply need to know principle.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Team player with strong managerial and leadership skills.
  • Result oriented individual who has ability to conceptualize and convert ideas into solutions.
  • Ability to operate under an environment of Performance Management and Contracting and enforce the realization of Commissions mandate through the set teams and individual performance targets.
  • Ability to withstand work pressure
  • Self-Motivated

Deputy Director, Policy and Planning

SRC 4
 
1 Position

Job Summary: The job holder will report to the Director, Research, Compliance, Policy and Planning, and will ensure the planning and implementation of relevant policies resultants from the research and compliance role in line with the continuous validation of the commissions mandate, functions and principles.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Undertaking periodic fiscal sustainability analysis of the impact of various Remuneration and Benefits packages to ensure affordability and sustainability of the total Public Compensation Bill.
  • Undertake macro and micro economic studies on Remuneration and Benefits and advice on harmonization and equity to ensure implementation of smooth Remuneration and Benefits cycles.
  • Generating processes for alignment of Remuneration and Benefit's policies as per the Commission mandate with other fiscal policies.
  • Interrogate various Government policies impacting on Remuneration, Benefits and Pension and advice on best practice to the Commission.
  • Develop a quantitative modeling approach to various salary cycles and proposals received by the Commission to inform recommendations on the Remuneration and Benefits structure.
  • Continuous benchmarking of the Commissions mandate and functions with relevant comparators and advice of various recommendations.
  • Undertaking relevant analyses of critical development and Remuneration and Benefits policies.
  • Leading the Commission strategic planning function, work plans and reporting.
Minimum Requirements
  • Master’s degree in Economics, Policy Analysis, Statistics or a related field from recognized University.
  • Relevant work experience of at least eight (8) years at senior management level in a strategic organization.iii. Bachelor's degree in Economics, Policy Analysis, Statistics or any relevant field of study from a recognized university.
  • Knowledge of Public Financial Management Principles and Processes and financial analysis.
  • Relevant professional qualification.
  • Good numerical skills and demonstrated successes in the field of financial analysis, project formulation, planning, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Practical knowledge in the field of project monitoring and evaluation techniques.
Key Competencies
  • Demonstrated possessions of policy formulation and planning techniques.
  • Excellent presentation, interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Outstanding appreciation of the local and global macro and microeconomic issues
  • Significant expertise and experience in identifying, reviewing, analyzing and summarizing complex policy papers and electronic sources of quantitative and qualitative data with a high level of numerical and statistical ability.
  • ICT competencies in relevant statistical packages.
  • Have initiative in identifying issues and producing quality work.
  • Have Tax and EACC clearance certificate.
Application Process
 
Qualified candidates should submit their applications together with detailed Curriculum vitae, copies of academic and professional certificates and testimonials in a sealed envelope clearly marked at the top “Application for the position of………..(indicate the position applied for)” and mailed OR delivered to:

The Commission Secretary
Salaries and Remuneration Commission
Williamson House 6th Floor
4th Ngong Avenue
P.O. Box 43126 – 00100
Nairobi

You should also indicate your current salary and give the names of three referees who must be familiar with your previous work/academic experience indicating their telephone, postal and email address. 

The Commission will carry out reference checks and vetting before a successful candidate is given an offer of appointment.

Deadline for application
 5th September, 2014

All applicants for these positions must be compliant with Chapter 6 of the Constitution on integrity and leadership and Article 232 on values of the Public Service. 

Salaries and Remuneration Commission is an equal opportunity employer. 

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. 

Qualified persons irrespective of their gender, age, race, culture, religion or disability are encouraged to apply. 


Only short listed candidates will be contacted.