Director of Lands and Housing at Migori County Public Service Board

Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in western Kenya and borders Homa Bay County, Kisii County, Narok, Tanzania and Lake Victoria to the West. The county also borders Uganda via Migingo Island in Lake Victoria.

 

Director of Lands and Housing

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience10 years
  • LocationMigori
  • Job FieldBuilding and Construction  , Project Management 

Duties and Responsibilities
Housing Development and Management Function

  • C-ordination of the divisional matters, programmes, policy formulation and implementation at the headquarters and field offices
  • Promotion of participatory approaches and capacity building in the housing development process
  • Liaising with stakeholders to establish and maintain land banks for housing development; coordination of the activities of development partners and other stakeholders involved in housing development
  • Facilitating exchange of ideas among stakeholders through seminars, conferences, workshops and symposiums 
  • Ensuring proper management of resources for housing and human settlements development
  • Overseeing dissemination of information to stakeholders.

Housing Infrastructure Function

  • Planning, coordinating and directing overall operations at the headquarters and field offices
  • Monitoring of workloads and recommending distribution; analysis and continuous review and implementation of housing infrastructure development policies
  • Integration of policy objectives into planning and implementation of projects formulation of strategies and preparation of budgets; promoting public-private partnerships in low-cost housing infrastructure; co-ordination of stakeholder participation in housing infrastructure development; overseeing resource mobilization and utilization for implementation of projects and programs; overseeing research and preparation of reports on pertinent issues on housing infrastructure development

Slum Upgrading Function

  • Coordination of the implementation of slum upgrading and prevention programmes
  • Overseeing slum mapping and resource mobilization strategies
  • Coordination of support for capacity building
  • Implementing appropriate communication strategies
  • Ensuring delivery of affordable social and physical infrastructure
  • Liaison with stakeholder institutions and the development of mechanisms for sustainable financing of slum upgrading and shelter related infrastructure. 
  • In addition the officer will liaise with local and international agencies involved in slums and informal settlements and facilitate integration of policies in development planning. The officer will also be responsible for guidance, supervision and development of staff and management of financial resources.

Civil Servants Housing Scheme Function

  • Planning, designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing projects for home ownership and rental by civil servants
  • Formulation, review, interpretation and implementation of civil servants housing policies; 
  • Research on civil servants housing demand
  • Formulation and implementation of financing strategies
  • Ensuring delivery of affordable housing
  • Facilitation of ownership transfer to purchasers
  • Ensuring safekeeping of leases and titles
  • Translating project briefs into concepts; facilitate procurement of consultancy services and building works; engaging housing development partners
  • Facilitating issuance of loans to civil servants for construction or purchase of houses; and maintenance of assets inventory for civil servants housing. In addition, the officer will be responsible for guidance, supervision and development of staff and management of financial resources.

Requirements for appointment

  • Be a Kenyan citizen
  • Served in the grade of Senior Assistant Director of Housing or in a comparable and relevant position in the housing and human settlements sector for a minimum of three (3) years or have a cumulative relevant working experience of ten (10) years three (3) of which must have been at a senior position either in the public or private sector.
  • Registration by any of the following bodies: Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors, Engineers Registration Board, Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, Physical Planners Registration Board, Valuers Registration Board, National Environmental Management Authority Board and any other relevant and recognized professional body. (applicable to professional degree holders only)
  • A Bachelor’s  degree in any of the following: Physical planning, land valuation, Land survey, Housing Administration, Urban Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Structural Engineering, Land Economics, Building Economics, Estate Management, Building/Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology Environmental Studies, Community Development, Business Administration or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
  • A Master’s degree in any of the following: Physical planning, land valuation, Land survey Housing Administration, Urban Management, Urban/Regional Planning, Valuation and Property Management, Architecture, Interior Design, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical/Structural Engineering, Land Economics, Building Economics, Estate Management, Building/Construction/Project Management, Economics, Sociology Environmental Studies, Community Development, Business Administration or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
  • Strategic Leadership Development Programme from any recognized institution; and
  • demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, administrative
  • capabilities and initiative in general organization and management of the Housing function.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Migori County Public Service Board on migoricountypsb.go.ke to apply

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