Deputy Director - Zoological Services - 6 Positions at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• Participating in zoological policy development and formulation ;
• Coordinating the implementation of related strategic plans on the zoological activities towards realization of national vision, coordinating the monitoring and evaluation of all insect pests control and eradication programmes and projects; designing research agenda setting in liaison relevant stakeholders;
• Designing operating procedures and ensuring compliance with zoological standards analyzing and interpreting reports on ecological impacts of pest control technologies;
• Coordinating the surveillance and control of eradication of animal and human trypanosomiasis ;
• Coordinating scientific investigation and control of pests of honey bees; vectors of Rift Valley fever ; myiasis; Leishmaniasis in  livestock and other emerging and re-emerging pests profiling of vectors borne arbor viruses;
• Planning for efficacy and potency trails of insecticides and attractants for vector control in liaison with relevant stakeholders;
• Ensuring effective the development and maintenance of vector bio geographical information database; 
• Planning for ecological impact assessment on pest control technologies;
• Enforcement of the relevant zoological legislations and policies;
• Validating tsetse and other insect pests suppression and eradication technologies; coordinating surveillance and control of tsetse and non-tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis; and 
• Preparing annual work plan and coordinating resource mobilization and supervising. 

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• Served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade Assistant Director, Zoological Services, CSG  7 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines; Biological Science (Insect Science), Zoology, Entomology, Parasitology  or Vector Biology, Insect Science of Bio-Information and Genomic of Insects and Environmental Science in Insect Pest Control from a university recognized in Kenya; and
• Shown outstanding administrative capability and professional competence required in managing zoological functions