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

Kenya Veterinary Board is a State Corporation established under the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VSVP) Act, No.29 of 2011. The Board is mandated to exercise general supervision and control over the training, business, practice and employment of Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals in Kenya and advise the Government on all aspects thereof. The Board seeks to recruit qualified, competent, result-oriented and self-driven individuals to fill the following vacant positions: Upholding veterinary standards

Responsibilities or duties

Registration and Licensing

• Issuing registration certificates and practicing licenses to practitioners;
• Assessing and verifying indexing, internship, registration, and licensing application forms for registration and licensing by the Board;
• Ensuring accuracy of indexing, internship, registration, and licensing data for approval;
• Ascertaining the required minimum qualifications for indexing and registration
• Compiling and processing data on licensing applications;
• Assisting in processing of registration certificates and practicing licenses of Veterinary surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Ascertaining a register of applicants for indexing, internship and registration;
• Attending to and processing enquiries on registration and licensing of veterinary practices;
• Ascertaining correctness of registers of all licensed veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Ensuring document management including e-filing;
• Supervising and guiding officers working under him/her

Veterinary Research and Standards

• Developing standards for inspection of institutions involved in veterinary and animal health training;
• Developing minimum requirements for entry into the various animal health courses
• Developing curriculum standards for training in animal health
• Developing guidelines for pre-registration examinations;
• Developing telemedicine guidelines for practice by Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Developing guidelines for consultant colleges;
• Developing CPD guidelines;
• Developing standards and policies to support the government on matters related to business, practice and employment of veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals
• Developing standards for inspection of veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Formulating and disseminating the Code of Ethics to all registered persons;
• Assessing data from desktop research on matters relating to animal health & welfare and public health and advising the Board on the best practices in regulation;
• Developing guidelines for veterinary internship;
• Developing standards for registration, licensing and regulation of institutions and organizations involved in animal welfare.

Education and Training

• Verifying processed CPD applications, waiver requests, and registered and unregistered CPD activities;
• Responding to day-to-day enquiries on education and training;
• Maintaining a register of CPD applications, and waivers;
• Reviewing and processing pre-registration examinations applications
• Conducting pre-registration examination for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Verifying submitted internship documents
• Assessing internship logbooks upon completion for registration purposes;
• Undertaking document management including e-filing
• Analyzing curricula for training in veterinary and animal health against the set standards;
• Assessing from time-to-time the human resource and training programs necessary to guarantee sound and efficient veterinary service delivery.
• Conducting examination for foreign nationals seeking temporary registration and preparing reports to the relevant committee;
• Assessing the capacity of veterinary and Animal Health Institutions for registration;
• Processing pre-registration examination applications for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Monitoring veterinary and animal health graduates on internship;
• Supervising continuous professional development (CPD) for Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary paraprofessionals.

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

Person Specification

For appointment to this grade an officer must have: -

• Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) degree or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Registration by Kenya Veterinary Board and in good standing;
• Proficiency in computer applications.

• Issuing registration certificates and practicing licenses to practitioners;
• Assessing and verifying indexing, internship, registration, and licensing application forms for registration and licensing by the Board;
• Ensuring accuracy of indexing, internship, registration, and licensing data for approval;
• Ascertaining the required minimum qualifications for indexing and registration
• Compiling and processing data on licensing applications;
• Assisting in processing of registration certificates and practicing licenses of Veterinary surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Ascertaining a register of applicants for indexing, internship and registration;
• Attending to and processing enquiries on registration and licensing of veterinary practices;
• Ascertaining correctness of registers of all licensed veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Ensuring document management including e-filing;
• Supervising and guiding officers working under him/her
• Developing standards for inspection of institutions involved in veterinary and animal health training;
• Developing minimum requirements for entry into the various animal health courses
• Developing curriculum standards for training in animal health
• Developing guidelines for pre-registration examinations;
• Developing telemedicine guidelines for practice by Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals;
• Developing guidelines for consultant colleges;
• Developing CPD guidelines;
• Developing standards and policies to support the government on matters related to business, practice and employment of veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals
• Developing standards for inspection of veterinary service delivery facilities;
• Formulating and disseminating the Code of Ethics to all registered persons;
• Assessing data from desktop research on matters relating to animal health & welfare and public health and advising the Board on the best practices in regulation;
• Developing guidelines for veterinary internship;
• Developing standards for registration, licensing and regulation of institutions and organizations involved in animal welfare.
• Verifying processed CPD applications, waiver requests, and registered and unregistered CPD activities;
• Responding to day-to-day enquiries on education and training;
• Maintaining a register of CPD applications, and waivers;
• Reviewing and processing pre-registration examinations applications
• Conducting pre-registration examination for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Verifying submitted internship documents
• Assessing internship logbooks upon completion for registration purposes;
• Undertaking document management including e-filing
• Analyzing curricula for training in veterinary and animal health against the set standards;
• Assessing from time-to-time the human resource and training programs necessary to guarantee sound and efficient veterinary service delivery.
• Conducting examination for foreign nationals seeking temporary registration and preparing reports to the relevant committee;
• Assessing the capacity of veterinary and Animal Health Institutions for registration;
• Processing pre-registration examination applications for veterinary surgeons and veterinary paraprofessionals;
• Monitoring veterinary and animal health graduates on internship;
• Supervising continuous professional development (CPD) for Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary paraprofessionals.

• Proficiency in computer applications.

• Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BVM) degree or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Registration by Kenya Veterinary Board and in good standing;
• Proficiency in computer applications.