SENIOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAND ADJUDICATION AND SETTLEMENT

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:
(i) served for a minimum period of twelve (12) years and currently serving in the
grade of Deputy Director Land Adjudication and Settlement, CSG 6 or in a
comparable and relevant position in the wider Public Service;
(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: - Land Survey, Law,
Geography, Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension, Agriculture and Home
Economics, Sociology, Community Development or equivalent qualification from
a University recognized in Kenya;
(iii) a Masters degree in any of the following discipline; Land Survey, Law, Geography,
Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension, Agriculture and Home Economics,
Sociology, Community Development or equivalent qualification from a University
recognized in Kenya;
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(iv) demonstrated professional ability, high integrity and competence matched by a
proper appreciation of the country socio-economic development needs at the
national sectoral and local levels; and
(v) clear understanding of the National Development goals; Vision 2030, Millennium
Development Goals; and the roles of Land Adjudication and settlement in
achievement of the same.
Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level will be responsible to the director of Land Adjudication and
Settlement for planning, organizing, directing, controlling and coordinating all technical
and administrative activities; Specific duties and responsibilities include:
(i) reviewing and interpreting policies on land adjudication and settlement;
(ii) overseeing research on new and emerging trends in land adjudication and
settlement;
(iii) facilitating feasibility studies and environmental impact on assessment of
establishment of land adjudication sections and settlement schemes;
(iv) preparing and submitting technical and administrative reports;
(v) coordinating, monitoring and evaluating land adjudication and settlement
projects and programmes;
(vi) appraising and safeguarding land adjudication and settlement records;
(vii) overseeing computerized and management of analogue and digital archive;
(viii) managing the settlement fund trustees asset inventory;
(ix) preparing land adjudication and settlement strategic plan, annual work plans
and procurement plans;
(x) coordinating performance management and performance contracting processes;
(xi) coordinating preparation of policy papers and cabinet memos; and
(xii) managing, mentoring and developing staff working in the directorate