Job Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, JOB GROUP CPSB 05 (P) -
(1 POST)
Duties and Responsibilities
• Supervising implementation of housing projects;
• Ensuring collection of data, analysis and documentation of completed projects;
• Oversee the carrying out of surveys for policy and decision making;
• Supervision of pre and post contract work in the construction of civil servants
housing projects;
• Identification of financial resources for civil servants housing programmes;
• Facilitating liaison between civil servants housing tenant purchase and housing
finance institutions;
• Ensuring maintenance of valid insurances for housing stock;
• Coordinating boarding of houses, sale of houses and collection of rent and
mortgage;
• Facilitating valuation of houses for rental and sale;
• Maintenance of housing stock responsible for guidance, supervision and
development of staff;
• Responsible for the management of financial resources.
Requirements for appointment
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Housing Administration, Urban
Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management,
Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Structural Engineering,
Land Economics, Building Economics, Estate Management,
Building/Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology,
Environmental Studies, Community Development, Business Administration or
equivalent qualification from a recognized University;
• Served in the grade of Principal Housing Officer or in a comparable and relevant
position in the housing and human settlements sector for a minimum period or
three (3) years;
• Registration by any of the following bodies: Board of Registration of Architects
and Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institution of Surveyors of
Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National
Environmental Management Authority Board and any other relevant and
recognized professional body (applicable to professional degree holders only);
• Demonstrated administrative and leadership capabilities in work performance and
results;
• Masters degree in any of the following: Housing Administration, Urban
Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management,
Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Structural Engineering,
Land Economics, Building Economics, Estate Management,
Building/Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology,
Environmental Studies, Community Development, Business Administration or
equivalent qualification from a recognized University;
• Satisfies the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya.
Terms of Service: Contract
Salary: As set by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC)