Job Description
PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST - FIVE (5) POSTS – V/NO. 198/2023
Gross Salary: Kshs.185,534 – 290,597 p.m. PSC 5
(Salary includes 60% basic pay and 40% allowances)
Annual Leave: 30 working days per financial year
Medical Cover: As provided by the Commission
Terms of Service: Permanent and pensionable
For Appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -
(i) served for a minimum period of five (5) years in the field of Management
Consultancy, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development or
Organizational Development, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of
Management Analyst CSG 9 and above or in a comparable and relevant position in
the Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following fields: Human Resource Management,
Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning, Business
Administration, Economics/Statistics, Organization Design and Development,
Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Government/Political Science, Public
Administration or any other relevant Social Science from a university recognized in
Kenya;
(iii) demonstrable experience in workload analysis and staffing norms; and
(iv) membership to a relevant Professional body (where applicable).
Duties and Responsibilities:
(i) undertaking review and implementation of organizational structures, staff
establishment proposals from Ministries/Departments/Agencies and other Public
Service institutions and aligning them with their respective mandates;
(ii) providing technical support and advice to Ministries/Departments and other Public
Service organizations with a view to identifying organizational and operational
challenges;
(iii) providing technical support and institutional advisory services to County
Governments on Human Resource Management matters;
(iv) analysing, reconciling, updating and maintenance of staff establishment data in the
Public Service;
(v) analysing staff establishment data to facilitate review of organization structures and
succession management;
(vi) analysing and evaluating organizational structures and staff establishment proposals
from Ministries/Departments and other Public Service organizations to inform
determination of optimal staffing levels;
(vii) undertaking workload analysis, operational analysis, job analysis, job evaluation
and grading in Ministries/Departments and other public organizations with a
view to determine optimal staffing levels;
(viii) generating reports based on the analysis of organizational structures and staff
establishment data from Ministries/Departments and other Public Service
organizations;
(ix) initiating the development of job descriptions and specifications in career
management;
(x) preparing board papers/briefs, agenda and minutes and making
recommendations for the County Appeals and Devolution Matters Committee
and Commission Board;
(xi) initiating the development of succession plans for the Public Service; and
(xii) undertaking periodic and ad hoc assignments in areas of organizational design,
functional analysis, job evaluation, grading, and succession management.