Vacancy title:
Deputy Head of Delivery Unit
Jobs at:
Mandera County GovernmentDeadline of this Job:
30 December 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 19, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
REF: MCPSB/OOG/2022/12/03
Duties and Responsibilities
• Deputize the Head of the unit in monitoring and analyzing the implementation of Government Projects and programmes with a view to advising the Government on any challenges and recommending remedial measures;
• Reviewing existing implementation systems of public sector projects with a view to improving their effectiveness and efficiency with a view to making appropriate recommendations for improvement;
• Promote management accountability in the Public Service and assessing implementation of Government projects, programmes and proposing appropriate recommendations;
• Providing strategic policy direction for effective service delivery in area of deployment;
• Ensure that government policies and projects are implemented within given time frame and expected quality (value for money spent);
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with development partners and other government departments.
Requirements for Appointment
• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Bachelor degree from recognized university
• Have knowledge and experience of eight (8) years, three years in leadership or senior management position from private or public sector
• Have experience, and credibility to operate at a senior level in a government operating environment., delivery experience, excellent political judgement and discretion is essential;
• Have a highly developed analytical skills that can be deployed in a range of contexts.
• Have a proven track record of delivery of projects. Familiarity with portfolio management approaches would be valuable;
• Ability to deliver a challenging and complex agenda - particularly in supporting projects which need to turnaround; to deliver a step-change in erformance; or handling agendas that are diffuse or ill-defined.
• Ability to work in the face of a range of competing views and priorities, possessing highly-developed communication and negotiation skills with stakeholder in order to facilitate issue resolution and unblock issues delaying implementation;
• Assess progress against project delivery plans, highlighting key risks to delivery, proposing mitigation measures and escalating to decision-makers where appropriate;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution on Leadership and Integrity.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 84
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
• Interested applicant should fill in Mandera County employment application form and attach copies of Certificates, Testimonials and Identity card. The Form can be downloaded from Mandera County Website www.mandera.go.ke or obtained from Mandera County Public Service Board office.
No online application will be accepted. Mandera County Public Service Board is an equal opportunity employer and corruption free entity.
Incomplete application form will not be accepted and giving false information in the
application form will lead to automatic disqualification.
The Board will not accept any other form of application except Mandera County
Government employments application form.
• Applications should reach the County Public Service Board on or before 30th December, 2022 at 4.30pm.
Application should be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked on the left side the position applied for and vacancy number and;
Addressed to:
• The Secretary,
Mandera County Public Service Board,
P.O. Box 356-70300, Mandera
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