Assistant Director, Planning & Performance Management

About the role

The Bandari Maritime Academy in Nairobi is recruiting an Assistant Director for Planning and Performance Management. The post reports to the Chief Executive Officer and covers coordination of planning, strategy, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, quality and performance management across the Academy. It is a permanent and pensionable position.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the development, implementation and review of policies, strategies, standards, guidelines, procedures and programmes on planning and strategy
• Coordinate the Academy's strategic plans, service charters and master plans
• Coordinate the Public Expenditure Review (PER) and Mid-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget with Finance, prioritise projects and align them to the MTEF
• Undertake economic analysis of projects and design a monitoring and evaluation framework
• Monitor, evaluate and report on project progress, carry out feasibility studies and maintain stakeholder partnerships
• Coordinate the quality policy, quality objectives, standard operating procedures, service delivery surveys and performance targets and contracts
• Prepare annual work plans, performance contracts and division progress reports, and build capacity and manage performance of the Division

Required profile

• Cumulative service period of 12 years, including 3 years in the grade of Principal Planning Officer or a comparable position
• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Economics and Finance, Economics and Statistics or equivalent; or a Master's degree in a related discipline such as Project Planning and Management, Public Policy or Economics of Development
• Certificate in Project Monitoring and Evaluation of at least 3 months
• Leadership course of at least 4 weeks from a recognised institution

Required skills

• Proficiency in computer applications

What we offer

• Basic salary scale of Kshs. 111,500 to 284,300 per month
• House allowance of Kshs. 30,000, commuter allowance of Kshs. 16,000 and leave allowance of Kshs. 10,000
• Permanent and pensionable terms of service

To apply, complete the application form and send the required documents by email, stating the job reference number and title in the subject line.