Job Description
DIRECTOR, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION – TWO (2) POSTS
– V/NO. 144 /2023
Salary Scale: Ksh.143,640 - Ksh.262,420 p.m. (CSG 5)
House Allowance: Ksh.48,000 p.m. – Ksh.60,000 p.m.
Commuter Allowance: Ksh.20,000 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/ Local Agreement
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of twelve (12) years, three (3) of which should have
been at the grade of Deputy Director, Agricultural Research and Innovation, CSG
6 or in a comparable and relevant positions in the wider Public service or private
sector;
(ii) a Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following fields: Agriculture,
Agriculture and Home Economics, Agricultural Information Communication
Management, Agriculture and Human Ecology, Horticulture, Agriculture
Economics, Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural
Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture and Enterprise Development,
Food Science and Technology, Food Nutrition and Dietetics or any other
relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Agriculture and Home
Economics, Agricultural Information Communication Management, Agriculture and
Human Ecology, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness,
Agriculture and Extension, Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural
Resource Management, Dryland Agriculture and Enterprise Development,
Food Science and Technology, Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Agronomy, Plant
Biotechnology, Soil Environment and Land use Management, Soil Science,
Seed Technology and Trade, Integrated Soil Fertility Management, Land
and Water Management, Crop Protection, Agriculture and Rural
Development or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a
university recognized in Kenya;
(iv) membership to a relevant professional body and in good standing (where
applicable).
Duties and Responsibilities
The Director Agricultural Research and Innovation will be responsible to the Secretary,
Agricultural Research for leadership, organization and management of the Division to
ensure coordinated and effective agricultural research. Specific duties and
responsibilities include:
(i) coordinating the development, implementation and review of policies, plans,
strategies, guidelines, standards, programmes and projects for research and
innovation;
(ii) coordinating the formulation and implementation of resource mobilization
strategies for research and innovation;
(iii) promoting commercialization of research technologies and innovations;
(iv) mobilizing support for establishing centers of excellence in research and
innovation; promoting public private partnership in agricultural research and
innovation;
(v) overseeing the management and maintenance of data and information on
agricultural research and innovation;
(vi) coordinating monitoring and evaluation of agricultural technologies;
(vii) facilitating feasibility studies and impact assessments of agricultural research
programs;
(viii) attending and presenting agricultural research and innovation papers in national,
regional and international conferences, fora, workshops, symposia and seminars;
(ix) promoting transfer of modern and appropriate technologies and innovations to
value chain actors; and
(x) managing human and financial resources in the directorate.