Advert Details

Advert Number: 185/2025

Organisation Advertising: State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizens Affairs

Designation: Deputy Director - Social Development

Job Scale: CSG 6

Area of Study: Minimum Award Requirement: Degree

Number of Vacancies: 2

Terms of Service: P&P

Experience required? Yes

Years of Experience Required: 12

For Serving Officers Only? Yes

Requirements for Appointment:

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-
• (i) cumulative service period of twelve (12) years three (3) of which must have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Social 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 disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Community Development/Management, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology, or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• (iii) demonstrated administrative and managerial capabilities in promoting social development programmes/projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• spearheading formulation, interpretation and implementation of social development policies, plans and strategies;
• coordinating vocational rehabilitation and training for persons with disabilities;
• mobilizing resources for social development programmes and projects;
• designing programmes/projects that promote Kenyan's social development agenda;
• collaborating with government agencies, development partners and other stakeholders in the implementation of social development programmes and projects;
• coordinating the implementation of community mobilizing, community development, social welfare, social protection, older persons, persons with disabilities, community support programme (CCSP),Vocational Rehabilitation Services Volunteerism, and family promotion/protection programmes; and
• coordinating research on social development matters.

• spearheading formulation, interpretation and implementation of social development policies, plans and strategies;
• coordinating vocational rehabilitation and training for persons with disabilities;
• mobilizing resources for social development programmes and projects;
• designing programmes/projects that promote Kenyan's social development agenda;
• collaborating with government agencies, development partners and other stakeholders in the implementation of social development programmes and projects;
• coordinating the implementation of community mobilizing, community development, social welfare, social protection, older persons, persons with disabilities, community support programme (CCSP),Vocational Rehabilitation Services Volunteerism, and family promotion/protection programmes; and
• coordinating research on social development matters.

• Demonstrated administrative and managerial capabilities in promoting social development programmes/projects.

• Cumulative service period of twelve (12) years three (3) of which must have been in the grade of Assistant Director, Social Development, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Community Development/Management, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology, or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Demonstrated administrative and managerial capabilities in promoting social development programmes/projects.