Job Requirement

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills):

Academic Qualifications;

• MUST have a Master’s Degree Land Management, Urban Planning, Real Estate, or other LAND related from a recognized University.
• MUST have a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Land Economics, Land Management, Land Administration, Real Estate Management, Urban planning, Geography or other Land related degree from a recognized University.

Professional Qualifications/Membership to professional bodies;

• Full membership in the relevant Chapter of Institution of Surveyors of Kenya.
• Relevant certifications such as in surveying, property management, or land use planning etc.
• A certificate in a leadership course will be an added advantage.

Previous relevant work experience required.

• Must have served for fifteen (15) years in the Lands Sector, five (5) of which must be in a senior management position in a comparable institution;

Applicants must possess level of knowledge and skills in the following areas;

• Technical competencies in land administration and management;
• Strategic leadership skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Communication skills;
• Knowledge of budget preparation skills; and
• Negotiation skills.

Job Description

•  Oversights management of Land Administration and Management Directorate;
•  Provides leadership in Directorate, formulation and review of all policies, procedures and strategies on the core mandates of the Directorate to ensure delivery of County’s strategies.
• Oversees implementation of Directorate’s programmes to give effect to the County mandate.
•  Oversees provision of advisories to County Government and other stakehoIders for sustainable conservation and utilization of Land.
• Oversees development of appropriate policies and strategies recommended for enhanced benefit sharing, access and use of Land.
• Undertakes performance management of staff in the Directorate;
• Oversees implementation of County’s resolutions on allocation of public land.
• Oversight mapping and documentation of all County land.
• Leads in development of budget and monitors implementation of planned activities in the department.
• Spearheads regularization and verification of ownership of land in all schemes within the County;
• Oversights handling of County land disputes and complaints;
• Oversights issuance of consents for public land transactions;
• Steers the maintenance of up-to-date Asset Land Register and records linked to the Public Land Inventory;
• Oversees implementation of County and Management Policy directions in the Directorate.