Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, TOURISM INVESTMENT AND FINANCE – ONE (1)
POST – V/NO. 225/2023
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.90,200 p.m-Ksh.124,630 p.m. (CSG 7)
House Allowance: Ksh.18, 066p.m.-Ksh 45,000p.m (Depending on duty station)
Commuter Allowance: Ksh 12,000 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 eight (8) years, Two(2) of which should be in
the grade of Senior Tourism Investment and Finance Officer, CSG 9 and above,
or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Tourism, Tourism
Management, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Eco-tourism, Hotel and
Institutional Management and Information Technology, Environmental
Studies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Travel, Tour Operations Management,
Travel and Tourism Management, Hotel and Hospitality Management,
Sociology, Geography, Business Administration, Commerce (Marketing
Option, Accounting Option), Economics, Statistics or International Relations
from a university recognized in Kenya;
(iii) demonstrated professional competence as reflected in work performance and
results.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Specific duties and responsibilities at this level include:-
(i) carrying out the interpretation and implementation of tourism policies on
investments and finance;
(ii) coordinating the process of profiling investment opportunities in the tourism
sector;
(iii) organizing stakeholder’s consultations on tourism investment and finance;
(iv) coordinating development and review of frameworks for tourism partnerships
and entrepreneurship;
(v) coordinating the implementation of tourism incentives and disincentives
schemes;
(vi) coordinating the formulation, review and implementation of special financing
schemes for the tourism sector;
(vii) coordinating capacity building through offering business and investment
advisory services for tourism development;
(viii) coordinating the promotion of programmes funded under Tourism Funds and
other development partners;
(ix) supervising the establishment and maintenance of database on tourism
investments;
(x) monitoring and evaluation on the effectiveness of the implementation of tourism
investment and finance policies, plans and strategies.