Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level may head a Directorate/Division. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Development of co-operative policies, guidelines and standards and monitoring compliance with co-operative legislation;
• Coordinating training of county staff on aggregation of MSMEs into viable co-operatives;
• Developing guidelines for co-operatives access to government funds, subsidies, waivers and grants and providing technical advice on co-operative investments, finance, credit, production, & marketing;
• Coordinating preparation of co-operative training and education manuals and programmes and coordinating market research and disseminating research findings;
• Validating registration and de-registration of co-operative societies and monitoring co-operative liquidation process;
• Developing framework and standards for regulating co-operative professional services;
• Developing guidelines for administration of co-operative development fund;
• Coordinating development of guidelines and proposals on promotion of co-operatives value addition and processing;
• Coordinating inquiries and inspections/investigations in co-operative’s management and governance;
• Coordinating development of guidelines for risk management and statutory management in co-operatives;
• Mediating disputes in co-operatives;
• Collaborating with relevant stakeholders in negotiating and implementing of multilateral and bilateral agreements, charters, protocols, and conventions on cooperative development

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

• Served for a  minimum period of ten 10 years, three 3 years of which should at the grade of Principal Co-operative Officer, CSG 8 and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;  
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Co-operative Business, Co-operative Management, Co-operative and Community Development, Commerce, Business Administration, Law, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Agri-Business or its equivalent qualifications from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Member of the Kenya Society of Professional Co-operators KSPC or any other relevant professional body; and
• Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance results