• Company: Nakuru County Government
• Location: Kenya
• State: Nakuru
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: - Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in KenyaNakuru County Public Service Board Jobs in Kenya

Job Description

The county’s rich history is joined at the hip with that of the entire nation. When the Kenya-Uganda railway line was constructed, although heavily criticized as the Lunatic Express or a road to nowhere, it had a profound impact on the creation of the nation today known as Kenya.

For appointment to this position a candidate must:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Land
• Economics, Land Management, Real Estate and Property studies, Land
• Surveying and Geo-spatial Engineering, or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have a Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Land
• Economics, Land Surveying, Land Management, Urban or Regional
• Planning, Law, Real Estate and Property Studies, Business
• Administration, Public Administration or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have served in the grade of Senior Assistant Director land administration for a minimum period of three (3) years; OR have served as a senior
• administrator in land administration matters in a reputable organization for a period not less than 6 years;
• Have attended Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) or a
• leadership management course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Be registered with the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (ISK), Land
• Administration and Management chapter OR it’s equivalent;
• Be proficient in computer applications.
• Have proven administrative ability and professional competence necessary
• for the effective performance of work at this level; and
• Demonstrate managerial and professional competence in work
• performance and exhibit a thorough understanding of national policies,
• goals, objectives and ability to relate them to the Land administration and
• management function and;
• Having undergone a course on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) OR
• Mediation and a member with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• (CIArb) OR a member with Mediation Training Institute International (MTI)
• East Africa will be an added advantage.

Duties and responsibilities will entail: –

• Overseeing implementation, interpretation and enforcement of Article 66
• of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the Land Act 2012, the Land
• Registration Act 2012, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Land
• Control Act Cap 302 of the Laws of Kenya and other relevant statutes, regulations and strategies.
• Formulating legislations, policies, strategies, standards, guidelines and
• programmes relating to land administration;
• Provide oversight on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) on land administration matters;
• Establishing and maintaining land banks for investment;
• Providing oversight on sub divisions, amalgamations, change of user, extension of lease and building plans;
• Overseeing investigations on land administration matters;
• Preparing and submitting land administration reports; and
• Ensuring efficient functioning and safe custody of Land Information
• Management Systems (LMIS).

Method of Application