Job Description
POSITION: DIRECTOR, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND RESEARCH - JOB GROUP CPSB 03/‘R’ (1 POST)
Basic Salary: Kshs. 121,430 x 6,070- 127,500 x 6,370- 133,870 x 6,570- 140,440 x 6,770- 147,210 x
6,960- 154,170 x 7,160- 161,330 x 7,810 – 169,140p.m
Terms of Service: Three (3) year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance
Duties and Responsibilities
i. Providing linkages to finance, markets, resource efficiency and cleaner production technology
suppliers, Research and Development findings, quality assurance, and intellectual property
protection;
ii. Creating linkage for subcontracting among MSI and Medium and Large Industries;
iii. Identifying potential investors in specific industrial sectors in the County;
iv. Disseminating industrial information to stakeholders;
v. Identifying and Documenting indigenous technologies and entrepreneurs;
vi. Undertaking monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of Industrial projects/
programmes;
vii. Undertaking benchmarking surveys and supporting the rehabilitation of industries through
identifying, promoting and creating awareness on market opportunities for county products;
viii. Creating awareness on counterfeit goods in liaison with Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA), and
ix. Preparing industrial performance reports to enhance productivity.
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
i. Served in the grade of Senior Deputy Director Industries, Job Group CPSB 04/‘Q’ for a
minimum period of three (3) years or in any comparable and relevant position in the Public
Service or Public Sector;
ii. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field in any of the following: Engineering (Mechanical,
Electrical, Chemical, Civil Structural, Industrial, Electronics), Architecture, Building,
Economics, Land Economics, Food Science and Technology, Biochemistry, Geology, Statistics,
Commerce, Business Administration, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, Mathematics,
Computer Science from a university recognized in Kenya;
iii. A Master’s Degree or Post graduate diploma in any of the following: Engineering (Mechanical,
Electrical, Chemical, Civil Structural, Industrial, Electronics), Architecture, Building,
Economics, Land Economics, Food Science and Technology, Biochemistry, Geology, Statistics,
Commerce, Business Administration, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physics, Mathematics,
Computer Science or any other field related to industrial development from a relevant field
recognized in Kenya; and
iv. A certificate in any of the following fields: project Planning, Project Appraisal, Project
Monitoring and Evaluation, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy Analysis, Small, Enterprises Policy