Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry grade for Economist/Statistician cadre. An officer at this level will be responsible for a specific sector/s, sub county, location, serce or area of actity. Duties and responsibilities at this level will involve;
Management of a specific economic sector/s or an area of statistical actity;
Formulation of sector/s policies, development plans and strategies;
Proding economic planning data and economic analysis for a sector/s or an area of statistical actity;
Identification, preparation and evaluation of development programmes and projects;
Monitoring implementation of policies, strategies, programmes and projects;
Conducting feasibility studies, determining project ability and setting project priorities;
Drawing up survey questionnaires for specific sector/s or an area of statistical actity and setting up control procedures for receing returns and taking the necessary action;
Collection, collation and analysis of data relating to economic planning, computerization and analysis of data;
Budgetary supply matters including processing of sector/s estimates for the Program Budget;
Prioritization of programs and actities for Results Based allocation of resources;
Expenditure monitoring and evaluation, oversight of absorption of funds and expenditure trends, performance measurement, budget planning, analysis, forecasting and reporting in the sector/s;
Initial processing of reallocations within the budget
Development of sector/s budget policy and policy analysis;
Writing and submitting sector/s reports on specific assignments; and Control and supersion of technical and other supporting staff.
Requirements for Appointment
For appointment to the grade of Economist II/ Statistician II, candidates must be in possession of:
A minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Economics, or Economics and Mathematics, or Economics and Statistics from a recognized university/institution; or
A minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours degree in any of the subjects enumerated at (i) above with a bias towards Computer Science, Operations Research, Survey Techniques and Demographic Techniques from a recognized university/institution; or
A minimum of an Upper Second Class Honours degree in Statistics with appropriate specialization from a recognized university/institution; or
A postgraduate Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi or equivalent institution or a post graduate diploma or Masters degree in subjects enumerated at -(iii) above.