Senior Deputy Chief Conservator of Forests Grade 2 (Strategy, Partnership & Resource Mobilization) at Kenya Forest Service (KFS)

Entry Requirements:

An officer at this level will report to Chief Conservator of Forests

Duties and Responsibilities

• Advising the Service on policies, strategies and programmes for forest conservation and management, forestry planning, monitoring and performance management, resources mobilization, enterprise development and marketing, risk management and compliance.
• Preparing, directing, coordinating, organizing and planning all activities within the Directorate.
• Liaising with Government authorities and key stakeholders on relevant policy issues relating to forestry development, conservation and management.
• Initiating, developing and review of the KFS Strategic Plan.
• Overseeing implementation of Strategic Plan.
• Monitoring and reporting on progress on implementation of the strategic plan.
• Developing and maintaining key strategic partners’ network for implementation of the strategic plan.
• Guiding development of the departmental strategic plans and ensuring alignment with the national and corporate plans/strategies.
• Guiding development/ review of performance monitoring tools and framework.
• Overseeing preparation of annual work plans, operational plans and the performance contract based on the organization’s strategic objectives.
• Providing strategic leadership in the management of the performance contracting process for the Service.
• Providing strategic leadership in initiating and implementing performance re-engineering programmes for improved service delivery.
• Provide strategic leadership in developing content for KFS input in the national and sectoral planning (MTP) and budgeting (MTEF) processes.
• Provide strategic leadership in the KFS planning and resource mobilization activities.
• Guiding and overseeing the formulation/ review of policies, strategies and programs for planning, monitoring and performance management.
• Guiding and overseeing formulation/review of policies, strategies, and programmes for partnership development and resources mobilization.
• Provide strategic forestry input in the development and review of projects and programs proposals for resource mobilization
• Provide strategic input in the formulation of policies, strategies, procedures and systems for identifying alternative sources of revenue for the Service;
• Overseeing development and implementation of strategic partnership and resource mobilization mechanism/framework.
• Provide strategic review of...

Additional Information:

Person Specification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Forestry or relevant qualification from a recognized institution
• Masters degree in any of the following disciplines; Forestry, Forest Economics, Biostatistics, Forest Planning, Business Administration, Natural Resources Management, Social science or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• A minimum of twelve (12) years relevant work experience four (4) of which must have been in a senior management position in the public or private sector;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Course lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Professional qualifications where applicable
• Member of the relevant professional body where applicable;
• Member of the relevant professional body where applicable;
• Proficiency in Computer Applications

Skills and attributes

• Good Communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills;
• Strategic and innovative thinking;
• Ability to mobilize resources;
• Strong leadership skills and
• Negotiation skills
• Sound knowledge of institutional and government donors and funding policies;
• Experience with working in Public Private Partnership environment;
• Excellent relationship building and relationship management skills with both internal and external stakeholders;
• Experience in goal setting, planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, as well as legal/contractual aspects of cooperation;
• Demonstrated thorough understanding of the national development goals, policies and  objectives and ability to align them toKFS’ policies and programs.
• Good understanding of the national planning and budgeting processes
• Good understanding of the national, regional and international obligations in the Forest Sector.