VACANCY/NO: 153/2024
Basic Salary Scale Ksh 521,071 – Ksh 601,222 pm
Basic salary – sixty percent (60%)
Allowances – forty percent (40%)
Leave Allowance As provided by the Public Service
Commission

Annual Leave Thirty (30) working days
Medical Cover As provided by the Public Service
Commission
Terms of Service Three (3) years Contract renewable
subject to satisfactory performance

(a) Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
(i) Cumulative service period of fifteen (15) years in the field of Human Resource
Management and Development in the Public Sector, three (3) years of which
must have been in the grade of Deputy Director Human Resource
Management and Development, Job Grade PSC 4 or in an equivalent and
comparable position in the the wider Public Service.
(ii) Bachelors degree in any of following discipline: Human Resource
Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning,
Industrial Relations, Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, Public
Administration, Public Policy or any other relevant Social Science from a
recognized Institution;
(iii) Masters degree in any of the following discipline: Human Resource
Management, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Planning,
Industrial Relations, Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, Public
Administration, Public Policy or equivalent qualification from a recognized
institution;
(iv) Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized
Institution;
(v) Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable and of good
standing;
(vi) Proficiency in computer applications; and
(vii) Demonstrated thorough understanding of national goals, policies and
development objectives and the ability to transform them into compliance and
performance management policies and programmes.
(b) Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
(i) Overseeing the development, review and implementation of compliance and
performance management policies, strategies, guidelines, procedures and
standards;
(ii) Ensuring the development and review of business processes in MDAs and
making recommendations for improved service delivery;
(iii) Coordinating the development and management of an Integrated
Performance Management system for the public service;
(iv) Ensuring implementation of Public Service Commission (Performance
Management) Regulations, 2021;
(v) Facilitating implementation of the Annual Public Service Excellence Award
(PSEA) scheme;
(vi) Overseeing evaluation and reporting on the efficiency and effectiveness of the
Public Service;
(vii) Formulating and reviewing monitoring and evaluation strategies, standards
and tools in the Public Service;
(viii) Overseeing monitoring and evaluation of the organization, administration
and personnel practices in Public Service;
(ix) Ensuring compliance of service regulations, policies and guidelines in the
public service;
(x) Coordinating development and review of human resource audit strategies,
standards and benchmarks;
(xi) Ensuring alignment of individual performance with institutional
performance;
(xii) Overseeing the implementation of the Commission’s and MHRAMC
decisions;
(xiii) Promoting the development and establishment of a common approach to
strategic performance management in the public service;
(xiv) Overseeing the development of strategies for institutionalization of
performance management in the public service;
(xv) Coordinating the evaluation and assessment of service delivery in the public
service;
(xvi) Overseeing performance management and ensuring prudent utilization of
resources in the Directorate;
(xvii) Coordinating the development and implementation of the budgets, work
plans, procurement plans, projects and programmes in the Directorate; and
(xviii) Overseeing mentorship and coaching of staff in the Directorate.

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