Senior Programme Officer

(i)    Minimum of six (6) years cumulative relevant work experience;
(ii)    Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Economics, Economics & Statistics, Statistics, Human Resource Management, Human Resource Planning, Business Administration, Planning and Project Management, Political Science/Government, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration, Law or any other relevant Social Science from a recognized institution;
(iii)    Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
(iv)    Professional qualification and members to a relevant professional body; where applicable and in good standing;
(v)    Proficiency in computer application skills; and
(vi)    Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Officers at this level maybe deployed in any of the following 
i.    Social Sector
ii.    Public Service Sector
iii.    Cabinet Affairs Secretariat
iv.    Evaluation and Reporting
v.    Economic sector

(a) Social Sector
The duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
i.    Preparing resource mobilization proposals for special government initiatives;
ii.    Undertaking monitoring and evaluation of special government initiatives’ resource utilization; 
iii.    Conducting research and collating data on social sector reforms; 
iv.    Analyzing data on Special Government Initiatives; and 
v.    Developing frameworks for monitoring the institutionalization of special government initiatives in public sector institutions.
(b)    Public Service Sector
The duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 
i.    Preparing strategies for the implementation of Public Sector Reforms; 
ii.    Collecting and collating data for Business Process Re-engineering (BPR); 
iii.    Undertaking training and capacity-building for MDAs implementing Public Sector Reforms; 
iv.    Analyzing data on the implementation of Public Sector Reforms;
v.    Preparing concept notes for innovative Public Sector Reform programs for incubation; 
vi.    Collating and analyzing data on technical advice to support MDAs on Public Sector Reforms;
vii.    Implementing collaborations and partnerships frameworks with MDAs, Independent Offices, and Constitutional Commissions in the implementation of Public Sector Reforms; and 
viii.    Verifying data updated in the Central Database for Public Sector Reforms.
(c)    Cabinet Affairs Secretariat
The duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
i.    Collecting and analyzing data for the preparation of policy briefs, summaries, quick reference guides, and advisory on Cabinet Committee agendas; 
ii.    Collecting and collating relevant information on the development of guidelines and frameworks for Cabinet Memoranda, and data for the provision of technical support to the MDAs on the preparation of Cabinet Memoranda; 
iii.    Collating the Cabinet Committee’s resolutions for submission to the Cabinet; and 
iv.    Updating the Cabinet Committee Deliberations for the Repository.
(d)    Evaluation and Reporting
The duties and responsibilities at this level will entail:
i.    Providing secretariat services to Multi-Sectoral Technical Committee meetings;
ii.    Collecting and collating data on implementation of MDAs Action Plans on implementation of Cabinet Decisions, and quarterly and annual progress reports on the implementation of Cabinet Decisions by MDAs; 
iii.    Drafting the reporting frameworks for monitoring the implementation of Cabinet Decisions in the MDAs; 
iv.    Conducting research and providing technical input on the formulation of implementation guidelines for Cabinet Decisions across all MDAs; and 
v.    Undertaking training and capacity-building for users of the Information System.
(e)     Economic Sector
The duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: 
i.    Collecting and collating data on Special Government Initiatives/programmes; and
ii.    Preparing data collection tools for tracking the institutionalization of special government initiatives in public sector institutions.