Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

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Responsibilities or duties

• Establish and abolish offices with the Board in the County Public Service
• Appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the County Public Service, including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the county and to confirm appointments;
• Exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons holding or acting in the public service;
• Prepare regular reports for submission to the County assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board;
• Promote in the County Public Service values and principles;
• Evaluate and report to the county assembly on the extent to which the values and principles of the public service are compiled;
• Facilitate the development of coherent, integrated human resource planning and budgeting for personnel emoluments in the county government;
• Advise the County Government on human resource management and development;
• Advise County Government on implementation and monitoring of the national performance management system in the County;
• Make recommendations to the salaries and Remuneration Commission, on behalf of the county government, on the remuneration, pensions and gratuities for county public service employees.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Be a holder of a first degree from a recognized university in Kenya;
• Have knowledge, experience and a distinguished career of not less than five (5) years in a senior position and in management, administration in the Public Service or Private Sector;
• A master’s degree from a university recognized in Kenya will be an added advantage;
• Have demonstrable leadership and management capacity including knowledge of public service management and strategic people management;
• Be conversant with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and Devolution Laws;
• Have ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect to diversity;
• Have capacity to work under pressure to meet deadline;
• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the national values and principles of governance as outlined in the articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010;
• Be a strategic result and thinker oriented;
• Be compliant with the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on Leadership and integrity;

• Establish and abolish offices with the Board in the County Public Service
• Appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the County Public Service, including in the Boards of cities and urban areas within the county and to confirm appointments;
• Exercise disciplinary control over, and remove, persons holding or acting in the public service;
• Prepare regular reports for submission to the County assembly on the execution of the functions of the Board;
• Promote in the County Public Service values and principles;
• Evaluate and report to the county assembly on the extent to which the values and principles of the public service are compiled;
• Facilitate the development of coherent, integrated human resource planning and budgeting for personnel emoluments in the county government;
• Advise the County Government on human resource management and development;
• Advise County Government on implementation and monitoring of the national performance management system in the County;
• Make recommendations to the salaries and Remuneration Commission, on behalf of the county government, on the remuneration, pensions and gratuities for county public service employees.

• Leadership
• Management
• Administration
• Public Service Management
• Strategic People Management
• Knowledge of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and Devolution Laws
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strategic thinking
• Result-oriented
• Integrity

• Kenyan citizen
• First degree from a recognized university in Kenya
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a senior position in management or administration in the Public Service or Private Sector
• Master’s degree from a university recognized in Kenya (advantageous)
• Demonstrable leadership and management capacity
• Knowledge of public service management and strategic people management
• Conversant with the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and Devolution Laws
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect to diversity
• Capacity to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Understanding and commitment to national values and principles of governance
• Strategic result and thinker oriented
• Compliant with Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on Leadership and integrity