Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURE – FOURTEEN (14) POSTS – V/NO 141/2023
Salary Scale: Ksh.102,860 – Ksh.172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Ksh.20,000 – Ksh.50,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.16,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days
Medical Cover: As provided by the Government
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Director,
Agriculture CSG 7 or in a comparable position in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following disciplines: Agriculture;
Agronomy; Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development;
Agribusiness; Agricultural Economics and Rural Development; Agricultural
Extension and Education; Agricultural Marketing; Agricultural Resource
Management; Agriculture and Extension; Agriculture and Home Economics;
Agriculture and Human Ecology; Agriculture Economics; Crop Protection; Dry-
land Resource Management; Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development;
Farm Management; Home Economics; Horticulture; Food Science and
Technology; or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university
recognized in Kenya; and
(iii) demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
(i) developing, reviewing and monitoring implementation of national agricultural
policies, strategies and standards;
(ii) providing technical support for compliance with national and international
standards on bio-safety, phytosanitary and food safety;
(iii) supervising packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies;
mainstreaming of international agreements and protocols in agriculture;
(iv) coordinating management and control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and
invasive species;
(v) supervising development of proposals for national agricultural programmes and
projects;
(vi) coordinating interventions on national crop and food security situations;
(vii) identifying and promote public private partnerships in agricultural investments
and initiatives;
(viii) coordinating access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural
production;
(ix) identifying and promoting local and foreign market opportunities; promoting
research-extension-farmer linkages;
(x) supervising mainstreaming of environmental management and climate change
adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture; and
(xi) training agricultural stakeholders; and preparing technical report