Social Development Officer II implements social welfare programs, conducts community needs assessments, and monitors development initiatives, requires a Sociology or Social Work Degree.
For
appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors Degree in any of
the following disciplines: – Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Psychology,
Community Development, Project Development/Management, Disability Studies,
Counselling, Gender Studies, Gender and Development or Business
Administration/Management from a university recognized in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is
the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work
under the guidance of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will
include:-
- working
with communities to identify and mobilize local resources for the
implementation of development projects and Community Development
Agreements (CDAs);
- guiding
communities and stakeholders to develop Community Development Agreements
(CDAs);
- supporting
mining officers in community engagement on mineral beneficiation.
- liaising
with local communities, artisanal miners, and other development agencies
in Environmental Social Governance (ESG);
- supporting
and facilitating artisanal miners to organize into formal groups,
associations, or cooperatives for registration under the Mining Act;
- conducting
sensitization for artisanal miners and stakeholders on sustainable mining
practices, legal requirements, grievance handling, and the elimination of
child labour;
- collecting
sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data for all social development and
mining community programs; and
- collecting
and managing social development-related data for planning;
