Director, Resource Mobilization at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• Served for a minimum period of fifteen (15) years, three (3) of which must have been at the grade of Deputy Director, Resource Mobilization, CSG 6, and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service or private sector;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines;- Computer Science, Information Technology, Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, or any other equivalent from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Masters Degree in any of the following disciplines;- Economics, Finance, Accounting, Project Planning and Management, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Certificate in any of the following: Corporate Governance, Advocacy, Public Debt Management, International Relations and Diplomacy, Monitoring and Evaluation or Project Management, Policy Formulation or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution;
• Demonstrated professional competence, managerial capabilities and integrity; and
• Demonstrated clear understanding of National Development Policies, goals and objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Officer at this level will be responsible to the Director General, Public Debt Management. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

• Overseeing the development and implementation of resources mobilization policies and strategies;
• Overseeing the harmonization, alignment and coordination of aid effectiveness in line with international Declarations;
• Mobilizing development partners’ support;
• Forecasting external and domestic inflows in the annual national estimates;
• Advising on financing and credit agreements for loans, grants and donations;
• Monitoring implementation of donor funded projects;
• Overseeing fulfillment of conditions precedent;
• Liaising with counties on resource mobilization;
• Coordinating research on resources mobilization to inform Policy Development;
• Advising on issuance of national government guarantees and on-lending management;
• Educating and updating investors on the economic performance to achieve increased demand for government’s domestic and international debt securities;
• Facilitating communication with investors and rating agencies;
• Preparing briefs on market feedback and anticipated market reactions to policy changes;
• Preparing and disseminating country memoranda to market participants; and
• Executing the global investor relations programmes