Job Description
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, RESEARCH – ONE (1) POST– V/NO 189/2023
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh 102,860 p.m - Ksh 172,350 p.m. (CSG 6)
House Allowance: Ksh 20,000p.m. – Ksh 50,000
Commuter Allowance: Ksh 16,000 p.m.
Leave Allowance: As provided in the Civil Service
Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year
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 at the grade of Assistant Director
Research, CSG 7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public
service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following fields: Geomatics Engineering, Land
Economics, Geospatial Information Systems, Geographical Information System,
Environmental Planning and Management, Geospatial Engineering, Land Survey,
Law (LLB) Land Administration, Geography, Photogrammetry, Urban and regional
Planning, Computer Science/ICT, Software Engineering, Mathematics and
Computer Science or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in
Kenya;
(iii) membership to a relevant professional body (where applicable);
(iv) met the requirement of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya; and
(v) demonstrated managerial and administrative capability and professional
competence in work performance and results
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) initiating formulation, implementation and review of research and innovation
policies, standards, strategies and guidelines;
(ii) overseeing the development of research proposals and programmes;
(iii) spearheading research on land matters;
(iv) promoting and facilitating leading edge research including collaborating
interdepartmental research in areas related to lands;
(v) coordinating the acquisition of intellectual property rights;
(vi) overseeing generation dissemination of research information on land matters in
liaison with the technical directorates;
(vii) overseeing the management of resource information center for lands matters;
(viii)coordinating development, implementation and reviewing of knowledge
management framework for the lands sector;
(ix) initiating monitoring of legislations and administrative acts relating to or impacting
on the lands sectors and make appropriate recommendations;
(x) spearheading capacity building and transfer of knowledge to the society through
outreach and collaborative research on land matters;
(xi) coordinating the establishment of a nexus between the Ministry, partners and
relevant stakeholders on research and innovation;
(xii) developing modalities for collaboration with external consultants and research
institutions;
(xiii)overseeing development of strategies to ensure quality control of products and
service in the land sector;
(xiv)spearheading local and international partnership to enrich research and innovation
programmes; and
(xv) initiating research and benchmark studies on best practices in land matters