For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

• cumulative service period of fifteen 15 years three 3 of which must have been in the grade of Deputy Director of Social Development, CSG 6 or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service
• a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Community Development/Management, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Business Administration, Counselling Psychology, or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• a Masters degree in any of the following fields: Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Community Development/Management, Project Planning/Management, Public Policy, Disaster Management, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Business Administration/Management, Counselling Psychology, or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.
• a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme from a recognized institution; and
• demonstrate a thorough and comprehensive understanding of Social Development matters.

Duties and responsibilities
An officer at this level will provide overall strategic direction on the implementation of the social development function. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

• formulating implementing and reviewing policies, plans and strategies;
• monitoring and evaluating policies and programmes on community development, older persons and the aging, persons with disabilities family matrimonial and successional laws, volunteerism, guidance and counselling;
• implementing regional and international instruments on social development;
• facilitating capacity building or mainstreaming disability in the public and private sectors;
• facilitating capacity building of communities for sustainable social economic programmes and projects;
• liaising with other institution and agencies for resource mobilization;
• coordinating, reporting and disseminating social development research findings;
• coordinating the provision of financial support to vulnerable groups and individual through grants and cash transfer;
• promoting collaboration and performance management and development matters.