Deputy Director, Housing

Key Responsibilities

• Policy and Strategy: Formulation, review, and implementation of housing infrastructure development policies and civil servants housing policies. Integration of policy objectives into planning and project implementation.
• Project Management: Planning, designing, monitoring, and evaluating housing projects for home ownership and rental. Overseeing resource mobilization and utilization for project implementation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinating with development partners and stakeholders to establish and maintain land banks. Facilitating the exchange of ideas through seminars, workshops, and symposiums.
• Infrastructure Development: Promoting public-private partnerships in low-cost housing infrastructure and coordinating stakeholder participation.
• Resource and Staff Management: Ensuring proper management of financial resources and overseeing the guidance, supervision, and development of departmental staff.
• Asset Management: Maintaining assets inventory for civil servants housing and ensuring the safekeeping of leases and titles.
• Research: Overseeing research and preparation of reports on pertinent issues regarding housing infrastructure.

Qualifications and Experience

• Served in the grade of Senior Assistant Director of Housing, Job Group CPSB 04 (‘Q’) or in a comparable and relevant position in the housing and human settlements sector for a minimum of three (3) years.
• Master’s degree in any of the following: Housing Administration, Urban Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Structural Engineering, Land Economics, Building Economics, Estate Management, Building/Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology, Environmental Studies, Community Development, Business Administration or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Registration by any of the following bodies: Board of Registration of Architects Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National Environmental Management Authority Board and any other relevant and recognized professional body.
• Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) from any recognized institution will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative capabilities, and initiative in general organization and management of the housing function.
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.

Salary and Terms

• Basic Salary: Kshs. 124,630 – 172,350 per month.
• Terms of Service: Three (3) years contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the Kakamega County Public Service Board recruitment portal: kcpsb.kakamega.go.ke.

Please Note:

• All the details requested in the advertisement should be filled on the online form.
• During interviews, shortlisted candidates will be required to produce original National Identity Card and Academic and Professional Certificates.
• Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
• The County Government of Kakamega is an equal opportunity employer; women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.