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Sub County Revenue Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate collection of revenues especially at the Sub county level,
• Responsible for maintenance of Sub-county revenue documents, collection of revenue and supervision of staff under him/her;
• Making accurate entries of revenue;
• Tracking accountable documents;
• Verifying and reconciling figures and authenticating the work of Revenue Clerks;
• Issuing and accounting for revenue handling materials;
• Banking collections on time; :
• Heading teams of revenue assistants/clerks in performance of tasks;
• Heading revenue collection transactions of critical nature;
• Submitting weekly revenue returns and preparation of monthly returns for the sub county;
•  Perform any other duties that maybe assigned from time to time.

Requirements for Appointment 

• Be a holder of Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration/Management or Bachelor of Arts in relevant field from a recognized university; Conversant with QuickBooks and sage pastel accounting;
• Have experience in revenue collbction in the public or private sector for a minimum period of 2 years;
• Membership to professional bodies (e.g. ICPAK, ACCA etc.) will be an added advantage;
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and development objectives and ability to align them to the County’s mandate;
• Be conversant with the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act;
• Be a team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills; ICT proficiency (Information technology skills is an added advantage
• Certificate in Computer application skills relevant to financial management from a recognized institution; Satisfies requirement of Chapter. six of the constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity.

Sub County Enforcement Officer 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertaking day-to-day administrative and operational responsibility in his or her area of jurisdiction;
• Responsible for developing security and enforcement programs within his or her area of assignment;
• Identifying areas that require enforcement activities within his area of jurisdiction;
• Receiving, scrutinizing and signing of charge sheets from investigation officers;
• Supervision and training of junior officers;
• Executing orders and warrants lawfully issued to county law breakers;
• Preparing and conducting frequent enforcement programs to ensure county by-laws are enforced accordingly;
• Liaise with other county Government Departments to ensure provision of security assistance and support to enable them realize their set goals
• Work in close partnership with national security and related agencies like the National Police Service and National Administration officials in areas of common interest.
• Overall Shift Supervisor at the sub-county level;
• Ensuring compliance to Values and Principles of the Public Sérvice in area of jurisdiction;
• Preparing and forwarding reports on all enforcement matters at the Sub County;
• Ensuring enforcement personnel welfare is catered for at the county.
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements for Appointment

• Must be a Citizen Kenyan
• Served in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a minimum period of five (5) years; 
• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines:-Security Management, Criminology and Fraud Management, Criminology and Security Studies, Criminal Justice; or its equivalent from a recognized institution
• Applicants who have served at the Kenya Police, Kenya Defense Forces or Kenya Wildlife Services with over 10 years’ experience in service is an advantage.
• Certificate in First Aid lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution will be an added advantage; 
• Certificate in computer application skills;
• Compliance with Chapter Six

Ward Revenue Officer

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating collection of revenue in respective ward and prepares report, then account for all revenue collected in the area of jurisdiction;
• Supervise the revenue collection within the area of jurisdiction to ensure revenue is collected from all the revenue sources in the ward;
• Submit weekly revenue returns & preparation of monthly returns for the ward and do posting & analysis in cash book at the ward;
• Custodian of accountable documents at the ward and Identify and mainstream new revenue sources;
• Deliver all the revenue collected on a daily basis to the sub county revenue officer/senior revenue Assistant;
• Do inspection of business premises and issue of various and single business permits;
• Bank the revenue collected and maintain revenue collection entries in the primary books and institute daily réconciliations;
• Provide advisory role to the revenue management section on un-tapped revenue sources;
• Identify challenge impending collection of revenue to escalate to serior management for the solution;
• Perform any other duties that maybe assigned from time to time

Qualifications

• Be a holder of Diploma in Business Management (resonating or Finance) or its equivalent from recognized University
• Certified Public Accountant II;OR Kenyan Accounting Technical Certificate (KATC/ATC PART II) or its equivalent;
• Have experience in revenue coilection in the public or private sector for a minimum period of two (2) years. :
• Be a good team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills; 
• Certificate in computer application skills;
• Good planning, organizational, communication and analytical skills;
• Satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership

Ward Enforcement Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertaking day-to-day operational responsibility in his or her area of jurisdiction;
• Supervise and manage enforcement staff at the ward level
• Responsible for developing security and enforcement programs within his or her area of assignment;
• Identifying areas that require enforcement activities within his area of jurisdiction;
• Liaise with other County Government Departments to ensure provision of security assistance and support to enable them realize their set goals
• Setting goals, providing guidance and constructive performance assessment.
• Identify county assets and property in area of jurisdiction to ensure that adequate security is provided.
• Ensuring compliance to values and principles of the Public Service in area of jurisdiction;
• Preparing and forwarding reports on all enforcement matters at the Sub County;
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Holder of at least a Diploma in Security Management, Criminology and Fraud Management, Criminology and Security Studies or it’s equivalent and any relevant experience and qualification.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in oral English and Kiswahili languages
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Method of Application

The candidate should apply by downloading and filling rT tor employment form available on our website: www. kisumu.go.ke, cr www.cpsb.kisumu.go.ke , fill and suomit together with copies of academic
and professional certificates in pdf format as a continuous document quoting the job title on the email subject to kcpsbjobs11@kisumu.go.ke on or before 3rd November 2023 by 5.00p.m.

Please indicaie the vacancy reference nutiber and the position applied for on the employment form. NOTE: No manual applications will be accepted.

Applicants holding foreign Degrees should have them authenticated by Commission for Higher Education (CHE) or Kenya Qualifications Authority (KNQA). In addition, during the interview, they will be required to submit their academic certificates authenticated by Issuing Institutions to the board.

Chapter 6 requirements will only be required from successful candidates upon offer of job and not at the application stage.

DISCLAIMER:

• Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification
• The Kisumu County Public fervice Beard is an Equal Opportunity Employer, the minority, marginalized groups and Persons  with disabilities who meet the minimum requirements are encouraged to apply.
• The Board does not charge any fee for interviews and processing of applications.
• Only shortlisted Candidates will be contacted

BOARD SECRETARY/CEO

KISUMU COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD
P.O. BOX 7792-40100,

KISUMU