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POST 08/453 : ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
This vacancy has expired. The closing date was 20 Mar 2026.
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Requirements
Skills
Knowledge of relevant Public Service Acts, regulations and frameworks.
Knowledge and understanding of policy analysis, development and interpretation.
Knowledge and understanding of key transformation objective.
Knowledge and understanding of National Gender Policy Framework.
Problem solving and analysis.
Confidentiality.
Decision making.
Team leadership.
Creativity.
Financial management.
Customer focus and responsiveness.
Communication.
Computer skills.
People management.
Planning and organising.
Duties
Implement programmes on women, youth, children, the aged, and people living with disabilities: Provide advocacy programmes for nation building.
Coordinate the provision of advice to districts.
Facilitate the provision of education of public service on women empowerment, skills development for the youth, programmes on caring for children, the elderly and people living with disabilities.
Coordinate the participation in crosscutting departmental issues.
Facilitate the promotion of equality and equity.
Facilitate disability structure.
Facilitate improvement of the mainstreaming of disability programmes and youth economic development at all levels.
Encourage participation by young people in nation building projects, events and celebrations.
Provide social support systems for the children, youth, people with disabilities and the elderly.
Popularise rights of the children and women.
Analyse and evaluate the developed programmes and projects to alleviate poverty to benefit children.
Facilitate departmental celebrations of children’s rights and responsibilities.
Provide gender mainstreaming: Conduct advocacy workshops.
Coordination of 185 functional gender-based structure in districts.
Implement departmental policy and planning in line with the National Gender Policy Framework.
Facilitate gender training and education of all staff within the department so as to ensure integration of gender into all aspects of work.
Monitor and evaluate departmental projects and programmes to assess whether they are consistent with Nation Gender Policy.
Provide Gender focal point programmes.
Organise youth events.
Participate in the organization of international Women’s Day celebration.
Organise the departmental Women in Construction events.
Organise celebrations for people with disability.
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