Public Service Commission of Kenya – Vacant Positions in the Public Service
Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the positions shown below.
Assistant Director, Geo-Information Services
One (1) Post
(Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing)
V/No127/2010
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.63,782 – Ksh.81,404 p.m. (Job Group ‘P’)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
- served for at least twelve (12) years in Geo-Information Services or a related field, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Chief Geo-Information Officer, Job Group ‘M’ or above or in a comparable position in the Management,
- Geography or any other relevant qualifications from a recognized university;
- attended a senior management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks; and
- demonstrated professional competence and administrative ability as reflected in work performance and results.
The officer will be answerable to the Senior Assistant Director of Geo-Information Services for all matters relating to the day to day administration of the Geo-Information Systems (GIS) Division.
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:
- assisting in formulating Geo-Information policies and maintenance standards;
- facilitating and conducting Geo-Information research; and
- carrying out manpower training, development programmes and deployment.
Three (3) Posts
(Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing)
V/No. 128/2010
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.63,782 – Ksh.81,404 p.m. (Job Group ‘P’)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
- served in the grade of Principal Natural Resource Survey and Remote Sensing, Job Group ‘N’ for a minimum period of three (3) years or in a comparable position in the Public Service;
- attended a senior management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks in a recognized institution; and
- demonstrated professional competence in the development of Natural Resource Survey techniques and use of Geo-Information systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing.
An officer at this level will be in charge of a division in the Department composed of a multi-disciplinary team of technical officers.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
- formulating and implementing major departmental and National programmes, research, resource assessments,
analyzing and presenting results; - relating research and resource assessment results to public policy issues and their implications; and
- translating the policy implications into National and District development planning agenda.
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.
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.
