Kiambu County Public Service Board
wishes to recruit competent and qualified persons to fill the following
positions in the Finance and Economic Planning Department:-
County Deputy Director - Budgeting &
Expenditure
Job Group ‘‘Q’’
(1 Post)
The officer will be head of the
Budget Supply Unit and be responsible to the Chief Officer (Treasury and
Economic Planning) for efficient management budget expenditure service at the
County.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Consolidating and prioritizing of areas for
allocation of public resources for the County;
- Issuing guidelines on the budget process to
all County Government entities;
- Preparing and submitting the County Final
Strategy Paper (CFSP) in line with the national objectives in the budget
policy strategy to the County;
- Preparing and submitting relevant draft bills
to the County Assembly;
- Coordinating allocation of resources among
sectors through the sector process;
- Advising the County Treasury on management;
and
- Assessing the risks involved in new and
existing budget policies.
Requirements for appointment
For appointment to this position a
candidate must:
- Have a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or
Accounting Option) degree or an equivalent relevant degree, CPA (K) or
ACCA qualifications;
- Have served in the grade of Finance Officer
Job Group ‘N’ in the Civil Service or in a comparable and relevant
position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a minimum of not less
than three (3) years;
- Be registered with ICPAK or equivalent; and
- Show exemplary leadership qualities; and
- Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the
Constitution.
- A Masters degree in a relevant field is an
added advantage.
County Deputy Director – Accounting
Services
Job Group “Q”
(1 Post)
The officer will be the Head of the
County Treasury (Accounting) and will be responsible to the Chief Finance Officer
for efficient management of accounting services.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Advising the County Government on accounting
matters;
- Implementing approved government accounting
standards by the County Executive Committee Member;
- Designing and developing county accounting
systems;
- Providing advice to County Government
reporting formats;
- Providing a link between county bodies on
matters relating to public sector financial reporting;
- Developing guidelines for county accounting
staffing levels and training to ensure technical competence;
- Participating in the County Policy Making
Committee;
- Overseeing the implementation of the approved
accounting standards, policies and concepts to ensure compliance;
- Undertaking capacity building to staff at the
county level;
- Ensuring proper banking arrangements are in
place between the county government, Central Bank of Kenya and control in
the county exchequer account; and
- Overseeing the accounting operations of the
Sub-Counties.
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment a candidate must:
- Have served in the grade of Principal
Accountant in the Public Service or Private Sector for a minimum of five
(5) years;
- Have a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or
Accounting Option) degree or an equivalent relevant degree, CPA (K) or
ACCA qualifications;
- Must be registered with ICPAK or equivalent;
- Show exemplary leadership qualities; and
- Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the
Constitution.
- An MBA in Finance, Accounting and Banking, etc
will be an added advantage.
County Deputy Director Revenue
Job Group "Q"
(1 Post)
The County Revenue Officer will be
responsible to the Chief Officer Finance for the day to day running of the
County Revenue Collection Section.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement national policies and statutory
regulations on revenue;
- Implement county policies and county
regulations on revenue;
- Develop and implement a plan to create demand
and achieve revenue growth;
- Design effective, efficient and secure systems
of collecting revenue;
- Identify and rate economic potentials of new
revenue streams;
- Advise the relevant county committee on
matters of new revenue streams;
- Maintain schedules for revenue source within
the county;
- Device ways to motivate those who pay rates,
fees and charges;
- Develop and deploy revenue staff within the
county;
- Set broad performance targets in collection of
revenue;
- Prepare monthly reports on revenue collection
and deposits to county accounts;
- Set up an effective mechanism for monitoring
and ensuring system integrity and security; and
- Undertake periodic surveys to determine
feasibility in revenue collection.
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment, a candidate must:
- Be a Kenyan citizen;
- Have served for at least five (5) years in a
challenging Public Service or Private Sector organization;
- Have a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance or
Accounts option) degree or an equivalent relevant degree, CPA (K) or
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) qualifications;
- Be thoroughly conversant with various
financial management computer packages;
- Must satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six
of the Constitution; and • Must be a registered member of the
Institute of Certified Public
- Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or equivalent
with a good professional standing.
- A Masters degree in Business Administration
(MBA) will be an added advantage.
1. Principal Legal Counsel I (Litigation)
Job Group "P"
(1 Posts)
Duties and responsibilities
- Advising on civil and criminal litigation;
- Attending court for litigation on civil and
criminal matters;
- 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;
Requirements for appointment
- A Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a
recognized university
- Post graduate Diploma from Kenya School of Law
- Certificate of Admission to the roll of
Advocates of the High Court of Kenya• A Current Year Practicing
Certificate
- Have at least 4 years professional experience
in a busy public or private organization.
- Knowledge of civil and criminal court procedures
- Good command of computer skills and ability to
conduct legal research
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal
skills
- Have the ability to work in a team and with no
supervision
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills
and have ability to handle pressure
- Possess a result oriented approach to maters
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance
- Satisfy the requirements of chapter 6 of the
Constitution
2. Legal Counsel I (Litigation)
Job Group "M"
(1 Posts)
Duties and responsibilities
- Advising on civil and criminal litigation;
- Attending court for litigation on civil and
criminal matters;
- 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;
Requirements for appointment
- A Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a
recognized university
- Post graduate Diploma from Kenya School of Law
- Certificate of Admission to the roll of
Advocates of the High Court of Kenya
- A Current Year Practicing Certificate
- Have at least 2 years professional experience
in a busy public or private organization.
- Knowledge of civil and criminal court
procedures
- Good command of computer skills and ability to
conduct legal research
- Be computer literate, hardworking, innovative,
good negotiation skills, proactive, self motivated and aggressive
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal
skills
- Have the ability to work in a team and with no
supervision
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills
and have ability to handle pressure
- Possess a result oriented approach to maters
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance
- Satisfy the requirements of chapter 6 of the
Constitution
3. Principal Legal Counsel I - Legislative Drafting, Conveyance & Contract
Negotiation
Job Group "P"
(1 Posts)
Duties and responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements for appointment
- A Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a
recognized university
- Post graduate Diploma from Kenya School of Law
- Certificate of Admission to the roll of
Advocates of the High Court of Kenya
- A Current Year Practicing Certificate
- Have at least 4 years professional experience
in a busy public or private organization.
- At least 3 years’ experience in legislative
drafting.
- Knowledge of civil and criminal court
procedures
- Good command of computer skills and ability to
conduct legal research
- Be computer literate, hardworking, innovative,
good negotiation skills, proactive, self motivated and aggressive
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal
skills
- Have the ability to work in a team and with no
supervision
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills
and have ability to handle pressure
- Possess a result oriented approach to maters
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance
- Satisfy the requirements of chapter 6 of the
Constitution
4. Legal Counsel I - Legislative Drafting, Conveyance & Contract
Negotiation
Job Group "M"
(1 Posts)
Duties and responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements for appointment
- A Bachelors of Laws (LLB) degree from a
recognized university
- Post graduate Diploma from Kenya School of Law
- Certificate of Admission to the roll of
Advocates of the High Court of Kenya
- A Current Year Practicing Certificate
- Have at least 2 years professional experience
in a busy public or private organization.
- Knowledge of civil and criminal court
procedures
- Good command of computer skills and ability to
conduct legal research
- Be computer literate, hardworking, innovative,
good negotiation skills, proactive, self motivated and aggressive
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal
skills
- Have the ability to work in a team and with no
supervision
- Demonstrate excellent organizational skills
and have ability to handle pressure
- Possess a result oriented approach to maters
- Demonstrated managerial, administrative and
professional competence in work performance
- Satisfy the requirements of chapter 6 of the
Constitution
5. Legal Clerk
Job Group "J"
(1 Post)
Duties and Responsibilities
- Taking hearing dates in litigation matters
- Facilitating service of legal documents
- Collecting, circulating and filing of
published bills and subsidiary legislation
- Organizing the legal department registry
- Drafting legal documents under the supervision
of the Legal Counsel
- Providing any other clerical services that may
be required in the County offices
Requirements for appointment
- Diploma in Law from an institution recognized
in Kenya
- Proficiency in the use of basic computer
applications
- Possession of a current Process Server's
Certificate
- Two years experience in a busy law firm and/or
Court process
Finance Officer
Job Group “M”
12 Posts
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Be responsible for the Sub-County in so as far
as financial matters are concerned;
- Be the Head of Treasury at the Sub-County
level;
- Reporting to the Chief Officer - Finance &
Economic Planning;
- Gathering, compiling and analyzing information
on commitment and expenditure trends and initiating appropriate corrective
action as may be required;
- Initial evaluation and scrutiny of expenditure
proposals, compiling information required on budget estimates, budget
monitoring, budget outputs and outcomes, preparing fiscal returns, fiscal
reports and expenditure controls including expenditures on salaries and
allowances;
- Preparing Sub-County budget for the recurrent
and development votes;
- Processing of medium term expenditure
framework and revised estimates budget;
- Taking initial action for the budgeting of donor
financed projects, reviewing the financial implementation of such projects
and monitoring commitments on expenditures;
- Preparing quarterly expenditure forecasts as a
basis for discussions with the Treasury for release of funds;
- Initiating proposals, seeking funds for
additional expenditure and reallocation of voted funds during the year;
- Monitoring expenditure and projects including
programme implementation on a periodic basis and ensuring timely
disbursement of funds;
- Be responsible for all revenue-generating
functions and also developing and overseeing strategies for revenue
generation processes in the Sub-County;
- Superintend over the collection and accounting
for revenue collected;
- Ensuring proper accountability of the revenue
received, banking, record maintenance, reconciliation and prompt report on
collection of revenue;
- Exercise control over all revenue officers in
the Sub-County;
- Be responsible for monitoring, proper
assessment and prompt collection of all rates, rents, fees and levies; and
- Maintenance, storage, custody and issuance of
documentation in the Sub-County.
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this position a
candidate must:
- Be in possession of at least Bachelor of
Commerce (Finance Option), Business Management, Finance, Economics or
Business Administration degree;
- Be registered with ICPAK or ACCA or Chartered
Financial Analyst (CFA);
- Served in the grade of Finance Officer 1 or in
a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service or Private Sector
for at least three (3) years;
- A certificate in Public Financial Management
from a recognized institution lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
- Attended a senior management course lasting
not less than four (4) weeks;
- Show merit and ability as reflected in work
performance and results; and
- Demonstrate professional competence in the
field of Financial Management.
How to Apply
All applicants should submit their
applications together with copies of their detailed Curriculum Vitae, Academic
and Professional certificates, Testimonials, National Identity Card or Passport
and any other supporting documents.
The positions applied for should be
indicated on the envelope and
submitted to:
submitted to:
The Secretary,
County Public Service Board,
P.O. Box 2362-00900,
Kiambu
County Public Service Board,
P.O. Box 2362-00900,
Kiambu
Hand delivered applications should be
dropped in specific boxes provided for each designation on the ground floor at
the Thika Sub County offices between 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on weekdays.
Applicants should seek clearance from
- Credit Reference Bureau
- Kenya Revenue Authority
- Higher Education Loans Board
- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminal Investigation Department (Certificate
of Good Conduct) and attach copies or evidence thereof to their applications.
Applications should reach the County
Public Service Board (CPSB) on or before 30th December, 2014.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to produce, at the interview, their original Identity Cards, Academic and Professional Certificates, Testimonials, Clearance documents and other relevant documents in support of their applications
Note
- Officers already serving in the county are
encouraged to apply.
- Kiambu County is an equal opportunity
employer; women and persons living with disabilities are encouraged to
apply.
- People from non-dominant ethnic communities
are encouraged to apply.
- Any form of canvassing shall lead to automatic
disqualification.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.