The Lamu County Public Service Board wishes to recruit competent and qualified persons to fill the following vacant positions as per Sections 59 of the County Governments Act.
ACCOUNTANT I, J/G ‘K’ LCPSB/ADV/2021/14 (3
POSTS)
Terms of
Service: Permanent & Pensionable
Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, the candidate must:
- Be a Kenyan Citizen;
- Have Passed Part III of the Certified Public
Accountants (CPA) Examination
- OR
- Have Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or
Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting option) from a
recognized institution or any other relevant equivalent qualification;
- Have Passed Part II of the Certified Public
Accountants (CPA) Examination
- Have Certificate in Computer Applications;
- Shown merit and ability as reflected in work
performance and results.
Responsibilities
- Specific duties and responsibilities will be as
follows:
- Verification of vouchers and committal documents in
accordance with laid down rules and regulations;
- Data capture, maintenance of primary records such
as cashbooks, ledgers, vote books, registers and preparation of simple
management reports e.g. imprest and expenditure returns etc.
- Safe custody of Government records and assets
under him/her, analysis the line accounts and may be deployed as a cashier
where duties will entail receiving duly processed payments and receipt
vouchers;
- Posting payments and receipt vouchers in the cash
books; balancing and ruling of the cash books on daily basis;
- Extracting and providing cash liquidity analysis;
- Preparation of expenditure and Authority to Incur
Expenditure (AIE) funding returns on quarterly basis at County treasury
level;
- Preparation of Appropriation–In–Aid (AIA) returns
on quarterly basis at district treasury level;
- Paying personal and merchant claims guided by cash
balances in the cash books and treasury regulations;
- Receipting of all money due and payable to
government.
- Any other relevant duties that may be assigned
from time to time.
How to Apply
Qualified and interested candidates should download and dully fill
job application form provided on our website www.lamu.go.ke / www.lamu-cpsb.org. together with
required documents and send to:
The Secretary
Lamu County Public Service Board
P. O. Box 536-80500
Lamu.
Applicants must attach photocopies of the following documents:
- National Identity Card;
- Academic & Professional Certificates and
Testimonials;
- Copies of clearance certificates from:
- Higher Education Loans Board
(HELB);
- Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA);
- Criminal Investigation
Department (CID);
- Ethics and Anti – Corruption
Commission (EACC); and
- Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
and respective professional
- Any other relevant supporting
- Important information
- The applications should reach the County Public
Service Board on or before 8th October 2021
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
- Canvasing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification
- Youth, Women and persons with special needs are
encouraged to apply.