Deputy Director, Technical Capacity Building

Requirements for Appointment/Person Specification

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

i) At least ten (10) years relevant work experience, at least three (3) of which must be in a managerial capacity in the public or private sector;

ii) Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Aquatic or Fisheries Sciences, Biological or Physical Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental studies, Geology, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Bio-statistics, Marine engineering, Biometrics, Biotechnology; or any other aquatic, fisheries, Project Management, Social Sciences, Psychology, Education, Business or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;

iii) Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Aquatic or Fisheries Sciences, Biological or Physical Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental studies, Geology, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Bio-statistics, Marine engineering, Biometrics, Biotechnology; or any other aquatic, fisheries, Project Management, Social Sciences, Psychology, Education, Business or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;

iv) Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;

v) Proficiency in computer applications;

vi) Demonstrated good results in work performance; and

vii) Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution

Requirements for Appointment/Person Specification

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

i) At least ten (10) years relevant work experience, at least three (3) of which must be in a managerial capacity in the public or private sector;

ii) Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Aquatic or Fisheries Sciences, Biological or Physical Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental studies, Geology, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Bio-statistics, Marine engineering, Biometrics, Biotechnology; or any other aquatic, fisheries, Project Management, Social Sciences, Psychology, Education, Business or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;

iii) Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Aquatic or Fisheries Sciences, Biological or Physical Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental studies, Geology, Sociology, Economics, Anthropology, Bio-statistics, Marine engineering, Biometrics, Biotechnology; or any other aquatic, fisheries, Project Management, Social Sciences, Psychology, Education, Business or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;

iv) Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;

v) Proficiency in computer applications;

vi) Demonstrated good results in work performance; and

vii) Meets the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution

i) Formulating and implementing of policies and strategies for the KMFRI Graduate School;

ii) Overseeing development of Information Education Communication (IEC) materials;

iii) Coordinating with experts to develop training materials for target sectors;

iv) Schedule, link and coordinate the integration of soft skills training and capacity development offered by the various partners Liaising with expert departments to provide relevant training to staff and stakeholders;

v) Initiating and implementing capacity development initiatives, and these could be organized at the regional, sub- regional or national level;

vi) Coordinating awareness programs;

vii) Mobilizing resources required to implement the KMFRI Graduate School Programme activities;

viii) Coordinating the development and review of Graduate schools’ curriculum;

ix) Monitoring and evaluating the training curriculums;

x) Identifying key partners, resource persons and experts in different fields to support the implementation of the KMFRI Graduate School Programme;

xi) Document compelling stories and case studies;

xii) Developing training criteria, qualifications, schedules, specialized courses, modules and certification of courses;

xiii) Developing and maintaining research database that may be used to develop and review curriculum;

xiv) Developing tools to monitor and evaluate the impact of capacity building initiative; and

xv) Devising ways of making the capacity building initiative sustainable and reliant.