Responsibilities

• Provide visionary leadership and strategic direction for the Commission;
• Secretary to the Board and ensure Board papers are accurately written, are relevant and are availed to the Board members in time;
• Chief Executive Officer to the Commission;
• Accounting officer to the Commission;
• Responsible to the Board in the implementation of the KNATCOM Act, 2013 (Revised 2014);
• Responsible for the day to day operation of the Commission;
• Administration and management of the property of the Commission;
• Supervise, lead, empower and motivate staff to build strong teams and manage organizational change to remain competitive;
• Promote stakeholder management and the enhancement of the corporate image of the Commission both locally and within UNESCO;
• Promote values and principles as spelt out in the Article 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya in the operations of the Commission;
• Ensure the formulation, implementation and evaluation of UNESCO programmes and activities in Kenya;
• Ensure Kenya’s interest in UNESCO and UNESCO’s interest in Kenya in the areas of Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture and Communication and Information are effectively articulated and supported in various stakeholders’ forums both locally and abroad;
• Foster liaison between UNESCO and government ministries, departments, counties and state agencies, UNESCO agencies, civil society and the private sector concerned with UNESCO areas of competencies;
• The Secretary General/CEO shall be responsible to the Board for providing strategic leadership and direction to the Commission and the staff in the running of the day to day activities in order to achieve the Commission’s mandate in accordance with the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO Act, 2013 (Revised 2014) .