Advert Details

Advert Number: 169/2025

Organisation Advertising: State Department for Public Service

Designation: Secretary - HRM

Job Scale: CSG 4

Area of Study:

Minimum Award Requirement: Masters

Number of Vacancies: 1

Terms of Service: P&P

Experience required? Yes

Years of Experience Required: 18

For Serving Officers Only? Yes

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• cumulative service period of eighteen (18) years three (3) years of which must have been in the grade of Director, Human Resource Management and Development CSG 5 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelors 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;
• a Masters Degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human resource Planning, Industrial Relations, Labour Relations, Education, Public Administration, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development programme from a recognized institution;
• a membership to a relevant professional body; and
• demonstrated a thorough understanding of National goals, policies and development objectives and ability to transform them into Human Resource Management and Development programmes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties and Responsibilities will include: -

• formulating, reviewing and interpreting of human resource management and development policies, procedures and systems;
• planning and developing modern human resource management and development strategies;
• promoting innovations;
• developing linkages and cooperation with other stakeholders;
• settling goals for human resource management and development in the Public Service in line with the constitution and other national development priorities;
• mobilizing resources through consultative relationships and cooperating with development partners;
• overseeing the analysis of competency development reports from the public sector organizations and advising on appropriate intervention strategies to be undertaken to bridge the gaps;
• coordinating in-service training programmes in liaison with the government training institutions, professional bodies and other stakeholders;
• benchmarking with Regional and International bodies on matters relating to human resource management and development;
• building capacity of Human Resource Management and Development for effective execution of human resource management and development function;
• developing human resource management and development plans to ensure effective succession management in the Public Service;
• overall institutionalization of performance management including Staff Performance Appraisal System in Ministries/State departments;
• developing, reviewing and maintaining an integrated Human Resource Master Plan for the Public Service;
• overseeing and guiding the design, review and implementation of Human Resource Information System; and
• overseeing the promotion of the values and principles of public service.

• formulating, reviewing and interpreting of human resource management and development policies, procedures and systems;
• planning and developing modern human resource management and development strategies;
• promoting innovations;
• developing linkages and cooperation with other stakeholders;
• settling goals for human resource management and development in the Public Service in line with the constitution and other national development priorities;
• mobilizing resources through consultative relationships and cooperating with development partners;
• overseeing the analysis of competency development reports from the public sector organizations and advising on appropriate intervention strategies to be undertaken to bridge the gaps;
• coordinating in-service training programmes in liaison with the government training institutions, professional bodies and other stakeholders;
• benchmarking with Regional and International bodies on matters relating to human resource management and development;
• building capacity of Human Resource Management and Development for effective execution of human resource management and development function;
• developing human resource management and development plans to ensure effective succession management in the Public Service;
• overall institutionalization of performance management including Staff Performance Appraisal System in Ministries/State departments;
• developing, reviewing and maintaining an integrated Human Resource Master Plan for the Public Service;
• overseeing and guiding the design, review and implementation of Human Resource Information System; and
• overseeing the promotion of the values and principles of public service.

• Strategic Leadership Development
• Human Resource Management
• Human Resource Development
• Human Resource Planning
• Business Administration
• Education
• Sociology
• Political Science/Government
• Anthropology
• Industrial Relations
• Labour Relations
• Public Administration
• Counselling Psychology
• Performance Management
• Human Resource Information System
• Public Service Values and Principles

• cumulative service period of eighteen (18) years three (3) years of which must have been in the grade of Director, Human Resource Management and Development CSG 5 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelors 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;
• a Masters Degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Human resource Planning, Industrial Relations, Labour Relations, Education, Public Administration, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development programme from a recognized institution;
• a membership to a relevant professional body; and
• demonstrated a thorough understanding of National goals, policies and development objectives and ability to transform them into Human Resource Management and Development programmes.