Duties and Responsibilities 

• A Principal Economist/ Principal Statistician will head a County Planning and Monitoring Unit or be deployed in Central Planning and Project Monitoring Division in the Ministry. Specific duties and responsibilities entail:-
• Formulation economic planning policies;
• production and compilation of statistical data;
• initiation of national economic planning policy; and
• collection and presentation of statistical data in the form of survey reports and bulletins. Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have;-

• Served in the Grade of Economist I/Statistician I Job Group CPSB 08/’L’ and above with a cumulative of twelve (12) years in Public Service;
• A minimum of an upper Second-Class Honors degree in Economics, or Economics and Mathematics or Economics and Statistics from a recognized university;

OR

• A minimum of an upper Second-Class Honors degree in any of the subjects enumerated at above with a bias towards computer Science, operations Research, Survey Techniques and Demographic Techniques from a recognized university;
• Possession of a Master’s degree in Masters of Arts (MA), Masters of Science (MSC) or Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) level or their equivalent from recognized institutions will be an added advantage; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability coupled with appreciation of the county’s economic development needs and strategies and production of statistical

Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities will entail: -

• Work at this level will involve responsibility for a broad area of economic/statistical activity which may include supervision of Several Economist I/Statistician I; assisting in the formulation of economic and statistical policies;
• initiation, implementation and appraisal of County, rural or urban development strategies and projects;
• performing the role of a planning division at the County headquarters or a Central Planning and Project Monitoring Division in a Department, and/or deputizing a County Planning Officer in a county planning and Project Monitoring Unit. Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have; -

• Served in the Grade of Economist I/Statistician I Job Group CPSB 08/’L’ and above with a cumulative of nine (9) years in Public Service;
• A minimum of an upper Second-Class Honors degree in Economics, or Economics and Mathematics or Economics and Statistics from a recognized university;

OR

• A minimum of an upper Second-Class Honors degree in any of the subjects enumerated at above with a bias towards computer Science, operations Research, Survey Techniques and Demographic Techniques from a recognized university; and demonstrated administrative and professional competence in executing work at this level