Deputy Director Administration

Duties and Responsibilities

• Administrative Management: Coordinating, managing, and supervising general administrative functions and decentralized units (Sub-Counties, Wards, and Villages).
• Policy & Strategy: Initiating, interpreting, implementing, and reviewing administrative policies, strategies, procedures, and programs.
• Service Delivery & Reforms: Overseeing effective service delivery and coordinating public service reforms within the county.
•  Citizen Participation: Facilitating and coordinating public participation in the development of policies, county plans, and service delivery.
• Intergovernmental Relations: Facilitating intra- and intergovernmental relations and alternative conflict resolution.
• Asset & Resource Management: Overseeing the safe custody of county assets, office accommodation, transport, and inventory.
• Continuous monitoring and analyzing the implementation of Government policies, programmes and projects with a view to advising the Government on problems being encountered in their implementation and recommending remedial measures.
• Reviewing existing management systems, procedures and practices with a view to improving their effectiveness and efficiency;
• Studying implemented projects and drawing practical experiences for future use in planning and designing of similar projects;
• Assessing sustainability of completed development projects;
• Monitoring working environment in the public sector and the conditions of public offices with a view to making appropriate recommendations for improvement.
• Providing strategic leadership in administration and office management.
• Coordinating implementation of government policies, programs, and projects within the department.

Requirements for appointment
For appointment to his grade, an officer must have: -

• Served in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of five (5) years;
•  Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Computer Science, Human Resource Management/Development, Building/Land Economics, Law, Commerce, Engineering, Social Sciences or in any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Demonstrated outstanding professional and managerial competence; and
• A clear understanding of government goals and strategies and be able to
• Integrate them within the overall National development goals