Nairobi City County
Nairobi County Public Service Board
Vacancies in Nairobi City County
Government
The Nairobi City County Public
Service Board (NCPSB) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates
to fill the following vacant position:
Economist (County Public Service Board)
JG ‘L’
(1 Post)
Requirement for Appointment
Requirement for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a
candidate must have:
- Experience of 3 years in the field of
Economics, Planning and Budgeting
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics with 2nd Class
Honours and above or equivalent qualification from a recognized
university;
- Technical competence in undertaking economic
and financial analysis in the public service; and
- Proficiency in computer application.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Preparing the CPSB Budgets, collecting and
analyzing data.
- Assisting in analyzing National Government and
County Economic and Financial policies;
- Assisting in reviewing existing economic and
financial management system procedures and practices in the County
Government;
- Preparing reports, briefs on budgetary policy
issues; and
- Any other duties assigned by the Board.
Remuneration
- Salary Scale: Kshs.35,910 – Kshs.45,880 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.20,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Kshs.6,000 p.m.
Information Communication Technology
(ICT) Officer I (County Public Service Board)
Job Group ‘K’
(1 Post)
Requirement for Appointment
Requirement for Appointment
A candidate must have:
(i) A Bachelor of Science Degree in
Computer Science/Information Communication Technology / Electrical Engineering
from a recognized institution; or
(ii) Served in the
grade of Information Communication Technology Officer II or in an equivalent
and relevant position in the public service or private sector for a minimum
period of three (3) years and have a Diploma in Computer Science / Information
Communication Technology or equivalent qualification from a recognized
institution; and
(iii) Shown merit and ability as
reflected in work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Installation and maintenance of computer
systems;
- Configuration of Local Area Network and Wide
Area Network;
- Development and updating Application System
and carrying out system analysis, design and programme specifications; and
- Overseeing the process of configuration of new
Information Communication Technology equipment, logging of problem and
advising on ICT related issues.
Remuneration
- Salary Scale: Kshs.31,020 – Kshs.41,590 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.10,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Kshs.5,000 p.m.
Deputy Board Secretary / Legal Officer
(County Public Service Board - CPSB)
JG ‘Q’
(1 Post)
Terms of Service: Contract
Requirements for Appointment
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Have a working experience of not less than
seven (7) years in the public service or private sector or be a practicing
advocate of similar experience;
- A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from a
recognized University;
- A Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from
the Council of Legal Education and be admitted as an advocate of the High
Court of Kenya with a current practicing certificate;
- Be a certified public secretary of good
professional standing; and
- Demonstrable proficiency in Computer.
Duties and Responsibilities
The officer will be answerable to the
Board Secretary with the following specific duties and responsibilities:
- Organize and Coordinate Board meetings and
Board Committee meetings;
- Maintain and distribute accurate minutes of
the Board meetings/Committee meetings to the members;
- Proactively guide the Board on all legal
matters affecting its functions;
- Ensure adherence and compliance to
legislation, including subsidiary legislation in the form of Rules,
Gazette notices, Regulations etc. relating to CPSB functions;
- Advise on Agreements, contracts and other
Board commitments and review the Board’s legal documentation;
- Preparation and submission of the Board’s
annual plans, programmes estimates and budgets;
- Preparing briefs on appeals and applications
for review to be considered by the Board; and
- Dealing with public complaints and assist the
Board in enhancing its Corporate Governance Policy and ensuring compliance
throughout the County.
Remuneration
- Basic Salary: Ksh.89,748 – Ksh.120,270 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Ksh.14,000 p.m.
Deputy Director, County Executive
Committee Secretariat
JG ‘Q’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen;
- Have at least 7 years working experience of
which 3 years must be at management level;
- Have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science or
related area from a recognized institution;
- Have a Master’s degree in a relevant field
from a recognized institution;
- Have a certificate in strategic leadership
development programme or equivalent and relevant course from a recognized
institution;
- Have proficiency in computer applications;
- Be conversant with Government protocols and
etiquette;
- Have excellent interpersonal, communication
and minutes writing skills; and
- Have proven merit and ability as reflected in
work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Deputy Director in charge of CEC
Secretariat will be responsible to the County Secretary for the following:
- Custody and maintenance of County Executive
Committee documents;
- Assist in preparation of agenda for County
Executive Committee meetings;
- Assist in preparation of Executive briefs of
County Executive Memoranda;
- Monitoring meetings of Sub-Committees of the
County Executive Committee;
- Dissemination of County Executive Committee
documents to the Executive Committee members;
- Dissemination of County Executive Committee
decisions; and
- Monitoring implementation of County Executive
Committee decisions and resolutions.
Remuneration
- Basic Salary: Ksh.89,748 – Ksh.120,270 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Ksh.14,000 p.m.
Directors
Director, Urban Planning
JG ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirement for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must have:
- At least 10 years working experience of which
5 years must be at management level;
- Must be a holder of Master’s Degree in Urban
Planning from a recognized university;
- Be registered with Kenya Planners Registration
Board and full member of Kenya Institute of Planners/Architectural
Association (Planning Chapter);
- Attended a Strategic Leadership Development
Programme in a recognized institution;
- Demonstrated a clear understanding of National
Development Policies, Goals and Objectives and ability to integrate them
into County Programmes; and
- Have demonstrated professional competence in
work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
Head of Urban Planning Department
- Provide Strategic direction on all work in the
department;
- Undertake urban research and studies and
management of information to monitor urban development trends;
- Preparation of short and long term urban
development policies, strategies, guidelines and interventions;
- Monitoring and advice on city growth and
developments with respect to land use/zoning;
- Ensure conformance with the County’s development
control policies and guidelines;
- Promote Urban Design as a means of creating
environmentally sustainable city; and
- Any other work as may be assigned.
Remuneration:
- Basic Salary: Ksh.109,089 – Ksh.144,928 p.m.
- House Allowance: Ksh.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Directors
Director, Information Communication
Technology (ICT)
JG ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirement for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must have:
- At least 10 years working experience of which
5 years must be at management level;
- A Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer
Science/Information Communication Technology or Electrical Engineering
from a recognized university;
- A Master’s degree in ICT or any other ICT
related discipline from a recognized university;
- Wide professional experience in Information
Communication Technology (ICT) policies and E-Government strategy
development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance; and
- A thorough understanding of the County goals
and objectives and the ability to interpret and apply them to the
computing management concepts.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Overall in charge of designing, configuring,
installation and maintenance of ICT systems in the county;
- Initiating policy review and updating of
existing regulations or computing management;
- Drawing up computer specifications for
equipment and services;
- Drawing up IT plans for implementation;
- Providing guidelines and advise to ICT project
managers;
- Developing and updating application systems;
and
- Providing periodic review of projects systems
and procedures and recommending improvements to ensure improvement of ICT
in the County.
Remuneration:
- Basic Salary: Ksh.109,089 – Ksh.144,928 p.m.
- House Allowance: Ksh.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Director, County Administrative Services
JG ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must:
- Have at least 10 years working experience of
which 5 years must be at management level;
- Have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or
Equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Have a Master’s degree in a relevant field
from a recognized institution;
- Have a certificate in strategic leadership development
programme or equivalent and relevant course from a recognized institution;
- Have proficiency in computer applications;
- Be conversant with Government protocols and
etiquette;
- Have excellent interpersonal, communication
and minutes writing skills; and
- Have proven merit and ability as reflected in
work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Director in charge of County
Administrative Services will be responsible to the County Secretary for the
following:
- Planning, coordinating and directing a broad
range of services including office allocation, fleet management and
hospitality management;
- Recommending procedures to help improve
operations at the County Headquarters;
- Overseeing the maintenance and repair of
County buildings and fleet;
- Ensuring that office facilities meet
environmental, health security and operational standards and comply with
regulations;
- Implementation of policies and development
plans relating to the department; and
- Ensure prudence in the use of allocated funds.
Remuneration:
- Basic Salary: Ksh.109,089 – Ksh.144,928 p.m.
- House Allowance: Ksh.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Director Administration, Decentralized
Units
Job Group ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must:-
- Have at least 10 years’ experience in
management at a senior level in the public service;
- Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Have a Master’s Degree in Public
Administration, Business Administration, Public Policy/ Human Resource
Management/ Development Management/ Strategic Management, Economics or
equivalent qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Be conversant with the constitution of Kenya,
the County Governments Act and other relevant Devolution laws; and
- Have excellent interpersonal, communication
and report writing skills;
Duties and Responsibilities
The Officer will be answerable to the
Chief Officer Decentralized Units for the following:
- Implementation of the County decentralized
policy;
- Assist in steering the County in devolving its
services to the grassroots/village level as envisaged in Kenyan
Constitution 2010 and county strategic plan;
- Coordination of staff in the decentralized
units;
- Ensuring an efficient customer care service in
the County’s decentralized units;
- Assist in ensuring compliance with the
National values and principles of good governance as outlined in article
10 and 232 of the constitution of Kenya; and
- Perform any other duty that may be assigned from
time to time.
Remuneration:
- Basic Salary: Ksh.109,089 – Ksh.144,928 p.m.
- House Allowance: Ksh.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Director, Legal Services (Civil and
Criminal Litigation)
JG ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
- Served for at least 10 years at a senior
management level in the legal field either in the public service or
private sector or be a practicing advocate with similar experience;
- A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from a
recognized university;
- A Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from
the Council of Legal Education and be admitted as an advocate of the High
Court of Kenya with a current practicing certificate;
- A relevant Master’s degree from a recognized
university;
- Must have experience in Civil and Criminal Litigation
of not less than 5 years; and
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance.
Duties and Responsibilities
The officer will be answerable to the
County Attorney for the overall coordination of civil and criminal
litigation.
Specific duties and responsibilities
include:
- Advising on civil and criminal litigation;
- Coordinating and facilitating research on
legal issues;
- Analyzing research data and compiling reports;
- Ensuring compliance with national, regional and
international legal documents/instruments;
- Developing proposals for reform on emerging
legal issues;
- Ensuring compliance with principles and values
of good governance, human rights, transparency, accountability, ethics and
integrity; and
Director, Legal Services (Legislative
Drafting, Conveyance and Contract Negotiations)
JG ‘R’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
- Served for at least 10 years at a senior
management level in the legal field either in the public service or
private sector or be a practicing advocate with similar experience;
- A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from a
recognized university;
- A Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from
the Council of Legal Education and be admitted as an advocate of the High
Court of Kenya with a current practicing certificate;
- Postgraduate Certificate in Legal Drafting;
- A relevant Master’s degree from a recognized
university; and
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance.
Duties and Responsibilities
The officer will be answerable to the
County Attorney for the overall coordination of legislative drafting, contract
negotiations, conveyance and implementation of legal policies in the mandate
areas of the County.
Specific duties and responsibilities
include:
- Advising on legal policy issues, drafting
bills and other legal documents;
- Preparing preliminary legal documents;
- Reviewing legal documents/instruments;
- Preparing contract documents and initiating
contract negotiations;
- Preparing legal opinions and undertaking law
reviews;
- Ensuring compliance with national, regional
and international legal documents/instruments;
- Ensuring compliance with principles and values
of good governance, human rights, transparency, accountability, ethics and
integrity;
- Preparing conveyance documents; and
- Advising on property rights.
Remuneration:
- Basic Salary: Ksh.109,089 – Ksh.144,928 p.m.
- House Allowance: Ksh.40,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Chief Officer, Decentralized Units
Job Group ‘S’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position, a
candidate must:-
- Have at least 10 years’ experience in
management at a senior level in the public service;
- Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences
from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Have a Master’s Degree in Public
Administration, Business Administration, Public Policy/ Human Resource
Management/ Development Management/ Strategic Management, Economics or
equivalent qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya;
- Be computer literate;
- Be conversant with the constitution of Kenya,
the County Governments Act and other relevant Devolution laws;
- Have excellent interpersonal, communication
and report writing skills; and
- Proven merit and ability as reflected in work
performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advice the County Executive on all issues of
Decentralization of County services;
- Steering the County in devolving its services
to the grassroots/village level as envisaged in Kenyan Constitution 2010
and county strategic plan;
- Coordination of staff in the decentralized
units;
- Ensuring an efficient customer care service in
the County’s decentralized units;
- Assist in ensuring compliance with the
National values and principles of good governance as outlined in article
10 and 232 of the constitution of Kenya; and
- Perform any other duty that may be assigned
from time to time.
Terms of Service: Contract
Remuneration
- Salary Scale: Kshs.120, 270 – Kshs.180,660 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.60,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Kshs.20,000 p.m.
Chief Officer, Information, Communication
and E-Government
Job Group ‘S’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
- At least 10 years working experience of which
5 years must be at management level;
- A Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer
Science / Information Communication Technology or Electrical Engineering
from a recognized university;
- A Master’s degree in ICT or any other ICT
related discipline from a recognized university;
- Wide professional experience in Information
Communication Technology (ICT) policies and E-Government strategy
development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance; and
- A thorough understanding of the County goals
and objectives and the ability to interpret and apply them to the
computing management concepts.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Chief Officer shall be authorized
officer in respect of exercise of delegated powers and shall be responsible to
the County Executive Member, Information Communication and E-Government for:
- The administrative duties of the Department;
- Implementation of policies and development
plans;
- Formulate and implement effective programs to
attain Vision 2030 and sector goals;
- Promote national values and principles of
governance and values and principles of public service referred to in
Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010;
- Drawing up IT plans for implementation;
- Providing guidelines and advise to ICT project
managers;
- Developing and updating application systems;
and
- Providing periodic review of projects systems
and procedures and recommending improvements to ensure improvement of ICT
in the County.
Terms of Service: Contract
Remuneration
- Salary Scale: Kshs.120, 270 – Kshs.180,660 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.60,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Kshs.20,000 p.m.
County Attorney
JG ‘S’
(1 Post)
Requirements for Appointment
Served for at least 10 years at a
senior management level in the legal field either in the public or private
sector or be a practicing advocate of similar experience;
- A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from a
recognized university;
- A Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from
the Council of Legal Education and be admitted as an advocate of the High
Court of Kenya with a current practicing certificate;
- A relevant Master’s degree from a recognized
university; and
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance.
Duties and Responsibilities
The officer will be answerable to the
Governor for the overall review, formulation and implementation of legal
policies in the mandate areas of the County.
Specific duties and responsibilities
include:
- Initiating policy research, formulation,
development and reform;
- Advising the County Executive on all legal and
constitutional issues, including contracts and legislative matters;
- Coordinating and facilitating research on
legal issues;
- Drafting bills and reviewing legal
documents/instruments;
- Ensuring compliance with national, regional
and international legal documents/instruments;
- Ensuring compliance with principles and values
of good governance, human rights, transparency, accountability, ethics and
integrity;
- Liaising with other Government Agencies on
legal issues;
- Overall supervision, training and development
of staff in the department;
- Advise on the negotiation, drafting, vetting
and interpretation of documents, agreements and memoranda of
understanding, treaties for and on behalf of the County Government and its
agencies;
- Be responsible for assignment of briefs to
legal counsel representing the County Government in cases;
- Shall represent the County Government in court
in any legal proceedings to which the County Government is a party or has
interest;
- Shall be responsible for advising the County
Government on all matters relating to the Constitution;
- Shall identify strategic priority areas that
require law reform within the county and in national legislation and
undertake activities in that regard; and
- Shall perform any other functions conferred on
the office by an Act of County Assembly or by the Governor or as may be
necessary for the effective discharge of the duties and the exercise of
the powers of the County Attorney.
Terms of Service: Contract
Remuneration
- Salary Scale: Kshs.120, 270 – Kshs.180,660 p.m.
- House Allowance: Kshs.60,000 p.m.
- Commuter Allowance:Kshs.20,000 p.m.
How to Apply
Written applications, CV’s, 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,
County Public Service Board
Nairobi City County
P.O. Box 30075-00100
Nairobi
Note: Important Information to all Applicants
- Applicants should be Kenyan citizens
- Applicants should meet requirements of chapter
6 of the Constitution of Kenya
- Applicants are required to attach clearance
certificates from EACC, KRA, HELB and a certificate of good conduct from
the Police.
Manual applications should be posted through the above address or
delivered to the offices of County Public Service Board, City Hall 2nd floor,
Room 212.
Online applications should be sent through the CPSB website:
countypsb@nairobi.go.ke
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted
Applications should reach the County
Public Service Board on or before Friday 31st October 2014 at 4.00 p.m.
NB: Nairobi
City County is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified women and Persons living
with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
