Duties and Responsibilities

The Senior Deputy Commissioner for Co-operative development will head a Directorate and will be responsible to the Commissioner for Co-operative Development on technical matters. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Coordinating development and implementation of co-operative policies, legislations, guidelines, and standards and coordinating co-operative development research and capacity building on co-operative development;
• Approving applications for registration of co-operatives;
• Coordinating mediation of disputes in co-operatives;
• Overseeing co-operative risk assessment and statutory management and coordinating co-operatives liquidations;
• Coordinating the administration of co-operative development fund;
• Promoting co-operatives value addition and processing;
• Coordinating multilateral and bilateral agreements, charters, protocols and conventions on co-operative development in liaison with relevant stakeholders;
• Coordinating Public-private partnership and Resource mobilization in liaison with relevant stakeholders;
• Overseeing the preparation and implementation of performance contracts and work plans

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

• Served for a minimum period of ten 10 years, three 3 of which must have been at the grade of Assistant  Commissioner for Co-operative Development, CSG 7 and above or in a comparable or 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 Masters 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 and a thorough understanding of national values, goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to the management   of the co-operative sector