Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The National Oil Corporation of Kenya is a fully integrated State Corporation involved in all aspects of the petroleum supply chain covering the upstream oil and gas exploration, midstream petroleum infrastructure development and downstream marketing of petroleum products.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic leadership and overall executive management of the Company to achieve its mandate, strategic objectives, and sustainable value creation for shareholders and other stakeholders.
• Leading the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and review of the Company’s corporate strategy, business plans, investment portfolio, and growth initiatives in line with the Board’s strategic direction and shareholder expectations
• Driving sustainable financial performance through revenue growth, profitability, prudent cost management, capital optimization, and efficient resource utilization, while ensuring the integrity of financial reporting and safeguarding the Company’s assets.
• Providing leadership in capital allocation, investment appraisal, financial planning, and enterprise-wide financial risk management.
• Ensuring the highest standards of corporate governance, ethical leadership, enterprise risk management, internal controls, and compliance with all applicable legal, regulatory, and statutory requirements.
• Driving operational excellence, innovation, digital transformation, and continuous improvement across the Company’s operations and value chain.
• Building and maintaining strategic relationships with shareholders, Government, regulators, customers, development partners, investors, and other key stakeholders to strengthen the Company’s reputation, competitiveness, and market position.
• Serving as the principal spokesperson of the Company and promoting its corporate image and public profile.
• Providing leadership in organizational culture, talent management, succession planning, employee engagement, and change management to develop a high-performing and values-driven workforce.
• Championing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles and integrating sustainability into the Company’s operations, investments, and decision-making processes.
• Advising the Board of Directors on strategic, financial, operational, regulatory, and governance matters and ensuring timely, accurate, and comprehensive reporting on the Company’s performance and risk profile.
• Maintaining knowledge of the markets and industry of the Company so as to exploit changing opportunities for business and investment.
• Ensuring the annual budget, procurement plan, work plan and performance contract align with organizational strategic objectives and priorities.
• Driving maximum utilization and productivity from all Corporation’s assets, ensuring a positive return on all investment and operating expenditure.
• Ensuring that all the Corporation’s policies, systems and operations adhere and conform to all applicable laws, regulations and corporate governance standards.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Energy Management, Marketing, Finance or a related field from a university recognised in Kenya
• At least ten (10) years working experience in a relevant field
• Must have served in a position of Senior Management for a period of at least five (5) years
• Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010

How to apply

Submission of Applications

Application letter should be accompanied by a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting relevant experience, copies of relevant academic and professional certificates, Current and expected salary, a daytime phone contact, Personal email address, email and telephone contacts of three (3) referees, and copy of the National Identity Card.

Candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their application not later than midnight EAT on 27th October, 2026 to the Chairman of the Board clearly Titled and Referenced, “Application for the position of Chief Executive Officer, REF NOC/HR/CEO/01/08/2026 via electronic mail to ceorecruitment@nockenya.co.ke addressed to:

Chairman, Board of Directors

National Oil Corporation of Kenya Ltd

KAWI House – South C, Popo Lane, Off Red Cross Road

P. O Box 58567-00200, Nairobi Kenya

Deadline: Midnight EAT, 27th October, 2026