Laikipia County is one of the 14 counties within the Rift Valley region and one of the 47 counties in the Republic of Kenya.

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: ONE (1)

TERMS OF SERVICE: PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE

Duties and Responsibilities

The Assistant Director will be responsible to the director. Duties and responsibilities will entail: -

• Implementing assets and liabilities legislation, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines;
• verifying data on assets and liabilities;
• generating reports on assets and liabilities for submission to relevant stakeholders;
• verifying physical assets against departments assets and liabilities registers;
• eensuring assets tagging in the departments/entities;
• ensuring adoption of assets optimization and utilization tools;
• validating risk management reports submitted by user departments;
• mounting capacity building programmes for the departments/entities;
• undertaking baseline survey on assets and liabilities;
• conducting monitoring and evaluation of assets and liabilities performance;
• mainstreaming strategies on compliance with policies and guidelines on leasing of public assets;

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• Served for a minimum period of seven (7) years within the Public Service or Private Sector, three (3) of which should have been at managerial level in related area or in a comparable position in the public service;
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Public Administration, Project Management, Business Administration, Business Management, Development Studies, Strategic Management, Procurement and Contract Management or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• PLUS
• CPA(K) or its recognized equivalent and Registered with the Institute of Certified Public accountants of Kenya (ICPAK)
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and,
• Certificate in computer application skills.
• Possession of a master's degree will be an added advantage

• Implementing assets and liabilities legislation, strategies, policies, standards and guidelines
• Verifying data on assets and liabilities
• Generating reports on assets and liabilities for submission to relevant stakeholders
• Verifying physical assets against departments assets and liabilities registers
• eensuring assets tagging in the departments/entities
• Ensuring adoption of assets optimization and utilization tools
• Validating risk management reports submitted by user departments
• Mounting capacity building programmes for the departments/entities
• Undertaking baseline survey on assets and liabilities
• Conducting monitoring and evaluation of assets and liabilities performance
• Mainstreaming strategies on compliance with policies and guidelines on leasing of public assets

• Computer application skills
• Assets and liabilities data verification
• Assets and liabilities reporting
• Physical asset verification and tagging
• Assets optimization and utilization
• Risk management report validation
• Capacity building
• Baseline surveys
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Compliance with policies and guidelines

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, Public Administration, Project Management, Business Administration, Business Management, Development Studies, Strategic Management, Procurement and Contract Management or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a recognized institution
• CPA(K) or its recognized equivalent
• Registered with the Institute of Certified Public accountants of Kenya (ICPAK)
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results
• Certificate in computer application skills
• Possession of a master's degree will be an added advantage