Salary Scale: Ksh. 124,630 x 6,070 – 130,700 x 6,370 – 137,070 x 6,570 – 143,640 x 6,770 – 150,410 x 6,960 – 157,370 x 7,160 – 164,530 x 7,820 – 172,350 p.m.
Terms of Service: Contract
Requirements for Appointment
- Be a Citizen of Kenya;
- Served in the grade of Deputy Director, Revenue
Management, or in a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service
or Private Sector for a minimum period of three (3) years;
- Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following
disciplines:- Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Commerce,
Economics, Statistics or their equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Master’s Degree in any of the following
disciplines:- Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Commerce,
Economics, Statistics or their equivalent from a recognized institution;
- Passed Part III of Certified Public Accountants
(CPA) Examination, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
or Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (ICFA) or its recognized
equivalent;
- Registered with the Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA) or Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (ICFA) or
any other relevant professional body and in good standing;
- Attended a Strategic Leadership Development
Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized
institution; and
- Have at least ten (10) years of
post-qualification experience, three (3) of which must be in a senior
management position in a busy commercial or public financial accounting
and treasury environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Planning, formulating strategies and identifying
sources of revenue;
- Design effective, efficient and secure revenue
management systems of collecting revenue, managing data and providing
reports;
- Monitoring data management of revenue management
in both RMS and IFMIS;
- Providing advisory services to the Departmental
Chief Officer and other Heads of Divisions on all revenue matters in the
County;
- Formulate revenue raising measures;
- Developing and implementing plans to
operationalize County revenue to enhance efficient revenue collection and
growth;
- Supervision, training, development and placement
of staff in the Division according to their skills and capabilities to
ensure efficient use of the human capital;
- Oversight and monitoring of performance
management systems in the Department;
- Overseeing the revenue inspectorate unit to
minimize fraudulent activities;
- Providing a link between the County, Commission
on Revenue Allocation, National Treasury, Controller of Budget and other
stakeholders on matters related to revenue reporting;
- Setting up and projecting regular revenue trends
for planning and decision making in the County;
- Management, coordination and implementation of
County Government revenue related plans and policies;
- Ensure all revenue from devolved functions is
banked in the County revenue collection account and reported accordingly;
- The day to day running of the Revenue
Mobilization Division;
- Implementing County policies and regulations for
revenue;
- Prepare and submit regular revenue reports to
the County Assembly, Controller of Budget, National Treasury, Office of
the Auditor General, and the Commission on Revenue Allocation as required
by the Public Finance Management Act, 2012;
- Prepare and submit to the County Assembly a
report on all persons granted waivers by the County Executive Committee
Member for Finance, the respective amounts and the reasons thereof;
- Developing guidelines for County revenue
staffing level and training to ensure technical competences;
- Carrying out regular performance appraisals for
staff in the Division and advise the departmental Human Resource Committee
on appropriate actions as a result of the appraisals;
- Overseeing the implementation of Revenue
Management System for compliance;
- Ensuring compliance of revenue legislations;
- Maintain revenue data management in both IFMIS
and RMS;
- Reviewing the applications of RMS and recommend
changes and improvements;
- Maintain an up to date tax payer register; and
- Any other duties as may be assigned by a
competent authority.
How to Apply
Interested
and qualified candidates are requested to make their applications ONLINE through
the Kitui County Government website: www.kitui.go.ke
Candidates
should complete one KCPSB 2 Employment form. The completed KCPSB 2 Employment
form, together with certified copies of applicant’s National Identity Card,
professional certificates, academic certificates and transcripts, should be
submitted to the Kitui County Public Service Board jobs portal on or before Wednesday
4th February, 2026.
Please
Note:
- The KCPSB 2 Employment form is available in the
County Government website.
- Applicants should provide all the details
requested for in the advertisement. It is an offense to include incorrect
information in the application. Details not obtained by closure of the
advertisement will not be considered.
- Only short listed and successful candidates will
be contacted.
- Short listed candidates shall be required to
produce originals of their national identity card, academic certificates
and transcripts.
- It is a criminal offence to
present fake certificates/documents.
- Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic
disqualification.
