Advert Details

Advert Number: 175/2025

Organisation Advertising: State Department for Public Service

Designation: Deputy Director - HRMD

Job Scale: CSG 6

Area of Study: Minimum Award Requirement: Degree

Number of Vacancies: 40

Terms of Service: P&P

Experience required? Yes No

Years of Experience Required: 12

For Serving Officers Only? Yes No

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• (i) cumulative service period of twelve (12) years, two (2) of which must have been in the grade of Assistant Director Human Resource Management and Development, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• (ii) a Bachelor's degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Business Administration, Education, Sociology, Political Science/Government, Anthropology or any other relevant Social Science from a university recognized in Kenya;
• (iii) membership to a relevant professional body (where applicable); and
• (iv) demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities

• (i) implementing human resource management and development policies, rules and regulations and analyzing their impact on performance management;
• (ii) advising the Authorized Officer on delegated powers including constitution of relevant committees and panels;
• (iii) coordinating the processing and verifying of the agenda and minutes for the Human Resource Management Advisory Committee;
• (iv) ensuring that professional human resource management standards are maintained;
• (v) advising the Technical Departments in the Ministry/State Department on career and succession management, human resource planning and optimal utilization of human resources;
• (vi) coordinating the preparation of Personnel Emoluments (PE) budgets;
• (vii) coordinating the implementation of performance management systems including Staff Performance Appraisal System and the Rewards and Sanctions Framework;
• (viii) coordinating in-service training;
• (ix) ensuring the maintenance of Human Resource Information Systems including authorizing and safeguarding user rights;
• (x) payroll management including cleansing and audit;
• (xi) coordinating and overseeing the preparation and presentation of agenda for Human Resource Management Advisory Committees and ensuring the implementation of the committee decisions;
• (xii) coordinating implementation of technical training assistance programmes;
• (xiii) forecasting skill and competency requirements including administration of competency tests;
• (xiv) overseeing preparation of training projections and plans;
• (xv) overseeing the budgeting, allocation and optimal utilization of training resources and opportunities;
• (xvi) coordinating the preparation of human resource management and development reports; and
• (xvii) overseeing the promotion of the values and principles of public service.

• implementing human resource management and development policies, rules and regulations and analyzing their impact on performance management;
• advising the Authorized Officer on delegated powers including constitution of relevant committees and panels;
• coordinating the processing and verifying of the agenda and minutes for the Human Resource Management Advisory Committee;
• ensuring that professional human resource management standards are maintained;
• advising the Technical Departments in the Ministry/State Department on career and succession management, human resource planning and optimal utilization of human resources;
• coordinating the preparation of Personnel Emoluments (PE) budgets;
• coordinating the implementation of performance management systems including Staff Performance Appraisal System and the Rewards and Sanctions Framework;
• coordinating in-service training;
• ensuring the maintenance of Human Resource Information Systems including authorizing and safeguarding user rights;
• payroll management including cleansing and audit;
• coordinating and overseeing the preparation and presentation of agenda for Human Resource Management Advisory Committees and ensuring the implementation of the committee decisions;
• coordinating implementation of technical training assistance programmes;
• forecasting skill and competency requirements including administration of competency tests;
• overseeing preparation of training projections and plans;
• overseeing the budgeting, allocation and optimal utilization of training resources and opportunities;
• coordinating the preparation of human resource management and development reports; and
• overseeing the promotion of the values and principles of public service.

• demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

• cumulative service period of twelve (12) years, two (2) of which must have been in the grade of Assistant Director Human Resource Management and Development, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelor's degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Business Administration, Education, Sociology, Political Science/Government, Anthropology or any other relevant Social Science from a university recognized in Kenya;
• membership to a relevant professional body (where applicable); and
• demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.