Vacancy title:
Chief Health Administrative Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Management, Admin & Office, Healthcare, Civil & Government]

Jobs at:
County Government of Kitui

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, November 16 2026

Duty Station:
Kitui | Kitui

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 3 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Kitui County is located 170Km to the South East of Nairobi City. It covers an area of about 30,496 km2. It borders Machakos and Makueni Counties to the West, Tana River County to the East, Taita-Taveta County to the South, and Embu and Tharaka- Nithi Counties to the North.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support services to health-related projects;
• Coordination of county government health programmes and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) involved in the delivery of health care services or in health-related services;
• Review, formulation and implementation of health and administrative policies, procedures and programmes; and
• Effective supervision, deployment, discipline, training and development of staff in the health administrative service.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• Served in the grade of Senior Deputy Chief Health Administrative Officer or in a comparable position for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• A Masters degree in any of the following fields: Health Management, Hospital Administration, Health Planning, Public Health, Health Economics and Business Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; and
• Demonstrated outstanding professional competence and administrative ability in the management of health services in a large health institution.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: postgraduate degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to make their applications ONLINE through the Kitui County Government website: www.kitui.go.ke

Candidates should complete one KCPSB 2 Employment form. The completed KCPSB 2 Employment form, together with certified copies of applicant's National Identity Card, professional certificates, academic certificates and transcripts, should be submitted to the Kitui County Public Service Board jobs portal on or before Monday 16th November, 2026.

The KCPSB 2 Employment form is available in the County Government website. Applicants should provide all the details requested for in the advertisement. It is an offense to include incorrect information in the application. Details not obtained by closure of the advertisement will not be considered. Only short listed and successful candidates will be contacted. Short listed candidates shall be required to produce originals of their national identity card, professional certificates, academic certificates and transcripts. It is a criminal offence to present fake certificates/documents. Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.

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