Assistant Director-Fisheries at Migori County Public Service Board

Duties and Responsibilities

• Initiating and implementing Fisheries policies, projects, programs and strategies
• Evaluating, monitoring, control and surveillance systems
• Monitoring the implementation of regional and international fisheries agreements
• Coordinating the strengthening of fisheries extension services
• Promoting co-operation between the fisheries sector and local/international stakeholders and implementation of multilateral projects and programmes
• Coordinating fisheries extension services and management programs
• Analyzing, storing and disseminating fisheries related reports
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders to design fisheries management programs
• Coordinating fisheries research in fish stock assessment; promoting fish marketing and value addition; and evaluating monitoring, control and surveillance systems
• Participating in the implementation of bi-lateral projects and programs and participating in negotiations of multi and bi-lateral agreements
• Organizing extension approaches and methodologies; implementing fisheries management measures; formulating, implementing and monitoring resource conservation intervention strategies
• Monitoring fish seed and feed production programmes
• Designing fish marketing strategies
• Promoting fish and fishery product value addition
• Monitoring and evaluation of fish projects/programmes; undertaking applied research liaising with research institutions for research programs and dissemination of research findings; managing fisheries data bank; and coordinating resource utilization at the area of deployment.
• In addition, the officer will be the subject matter specialist in Fish Quality Assurance and Marketing, Aquaculture development, inland and Riverine Fisheries, or Marine and Coastal Fisheries.

Requirements for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan citizen
• served in the grade of Principal Fisheries Officer for a minimum period of three (3) years or have a cumulative relevant and demonstrable working experience of five years either in the public or private sector
• Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines:- Fisheries, Zoology, Aquatic Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science, Biological Sciences, Physical Science, Chemistry or any other equivalent qualifications from a recognized Institution;
• Masters degree in any of the following disciplines:- Biological Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Aquatic Sciences, Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science, Physical Sciences or any equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
•  Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized Institution;
• Certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate of membership to a professional body from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer application skills;
• Knowledge of the Fisheries development and management policies, Fisheries Act and other related Acts and international conventions; and
• shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results