Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR MINING, MINERAL AUDIT, MINES HEALTH SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENT, ONE (1) POST: V/NO.130
Basic Salary: Kshs. 102,860 – 172,350 p.m (CSG 6)
House allowance: Kshs. 50,000
Commuter Allowance: Kshs. 16,000
Leave Allowance: Kshs. 10,000
Terms of service: Permanent and Pensionable
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) years of which should have
been in the grade of Senior Superintending Inspector of Mines, CSG 8 and above, or in
a comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: - Mining Engineering, Minerals
Processing Engineering, or Civil Engineering from a recognized University or any other
equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; and
(iii) demonstrated technical and professional competence as reflected in work performance
and results
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will include:-
(i) implementing and reviewing of policies, guidelines, procedures and strategies
related to Mineral Revenue Audit, Mines Health, Safety and Environment;
(ii) Monitoring and auditing of mineral production data to facilitate collection of
payable royalty;
(iii) monitoring and compliance enforcement of Mine Health, Safety and Environment
in the Mining Sector;
(iv) coordination of inspection and examination of mines safety, health and
environment in all the prospecting, mining or mineral processing operations;
(v) evaluation of mine technical design proposals and Environmental Impact Assessment
Reports related mining and exploration programs;
(vi) Enforcement and monitoring the implementation of rehabilitation plans in
operational, abandoned and decommissioned mines;
(vii) coordination investigation on mines incidents and accidents;
(viii) determination of capital investment and operating expenditure of mines for the
purpose of gathering taxable information and providing the same to other relevant
authorities;
(ix) reviewing of policies and the prevailing fiscal regime with regards to the
competitiveness of Kenya’s mining environment on fiscal regimes;
(x) Supervision of collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of information
on minerals production and exports data for Government revenue projections;
(xi) preparation and provision of royalty sharing information with the National
Treasury, relevant county governments and communities;
(xii) enforcing compliance and preventing minerals smuggling and mineral royalty
evasion in collaboration with relevant Government authorities; and
(xiii) establishing and maintaining an up-to-date register of mineral production database,
and up-to-date records of mines safety, health and environment