PSCK Jobs-Assistant Director Occupational Safety and Health Services – 50 Posts at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

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

• Served for a minimum period of two (2) years in the grade of Principal Occupational Safety and Health Officer, CSG 8 or in a comparable position in the Public Service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines; Medicine, Nursing, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Biochemistry, Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Certificate in a specialized discipline on Occupational Safety and Health lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than a Member of Kenya Occupational Safety and Health Association; and
• Shown merit and ability in work performance and results.

Note:
In addition to the above requirements, for appointment to this grade an Engineer must be registered by the Engineers Registration Board of Kenya; a Nursing Officer must be registered by the Nursing council of Kenya; a Medical Officer must be registered by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board.

Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities will include:-

• Initiating policy review on matters of Occupational Safety, Health, Industrial Hygiene and Workers Injury benefits;
• initiating review of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Work Injury Benefits Act, Subsidiary legislations and codes of practice;
• Developing and maintaining an effective program of collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating Occupation Health and Safety information; evaluating work environment;
• Participating in development and determination of permissible levels of exposure to environmental contaminants;
• Participating in setting specifications and standards of design and quality of personal protective equipment;
• Investigating electrical, mechanical, civil and chemical accidents in workplaces, and occupational diseases;
• Monitoring activities of persons and institutions approved under the Occupational Safety and Health Act;
• Approving architectural plans for proposed, intended extensions and renovations of workplace buildings;
• Coordinating inspection of machinery, plants, processes, electrical installation and equipment, building operations and works of engineering construction, surveillance of workers health;
• Processing registration of workplaces and employers, processing work injury benefit claims; and
• Conducting court proceedings in case of contraventions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Work Injury Benefits Act.