Assistant Director-Agriculture

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:- 

• Supervising collection, analysis and management of agriculture crops data
• Coordinating collection, and packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies
• Promoting agribusiness incubation and market development
• Managing and controlling trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species
• Undertaking assessment on crop, food and nutritional security situation
• Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation and environmental management in agriculture
• Developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify areas of agricultural research
• Promoting access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural production in collaboration with stakeholders
• Training agricultural stakeholders and preparing reports. 
• Providing technical support for compliance with international standards on phytosanitary and food safety
• Packaging of new and existing agricultural technologies
• Mainstreaming of international agreements and protocols in agriculture
• Supervising management and control of trans-boundary pests, diseases and invasive species
• Developing proposals for national agricultural programmes and projects
• Supervising assessment of crop, food and nutritional security situation
• Promoting agribusiness incubation and market development
• Identifying public private partnerships in agricultural investments and initiatives
• Collaborating with stakeholders in the promotion of access to affordable credit, crop insurance and inputs for agricultural crop production
• Updating and maintaining agricultural information database
• Collaborating with stakeholders to identify areas of agricultural research
• Mainstreaming environmental management and climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture
• Training agricultural stakeholders; and preparing reports.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• Served in the grade of Principal Agricultural Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years or have a cumulative relevant and demonstrable experience of at least seven (7) years either from the public or private sector
• Bachelors of Science degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agriculture, Agronomy; Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development; Agribusiness Management; Agribusiness; Agricultural Economics and Rural Development; Agricultural Extension and Education; Agricultural Marketing; Agricultural Resource Management; Agriculture and Extension; Agriculture and Home Economics; Agriculture and Human Ecology; Agriculture Economics; Crop Protection; Dry-land Resource Management; Dry-land Agriculture and Enterprise Development; Farm Management; Home Economics; Horticulture; Food Science and Technology or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Masters degree in any of the following disciplines:- Agribusiness Management; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Natural Resource Management; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Extension and Education; Agricultural Information and Communication Management; Agricultural Marketing; Agriculture and Applied Economics; Agriculture and Rural Development; Agriculture Economics; Agriculture Extension; Agricultural Studies; Agro-Bio Resource Science and Technology;
• Agronomy; Agro-processing; Biotechnology; Crop Production; Crop Protection; Dry-land Integrated Land Management Systems; Dry-land Resource Management; Dry-land Agriculture; Dry-land Agro Pastoral Systems; Dry-land Farming; Entomology; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Planning and Management; Farm Management;
• Floriculture; Food Science and Post-harvest Technology; Food Science and Technology; Applied Human Nutrition; Home Economics; Home Science; Home Management; Horticulture; Hydroponics; Integrated Soil Fertility Management; Land and Environmental Management, Land and Water Management; Plant Biotechnology; Plant Breeding and Biotechnology; Plant Breeding; Plant Health Science and Management; Plant Pathology; Project Planning and Management; Rural Management; Seed Science and Technology; Seed Science; Soil Environment and Land Use Management; Soil Science or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in strategic leadership development program (SLDP) lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized Institution;
• Certificate of membership to a relevant professional body from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer application skills; and
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results