Director, Standards Development & Trade
Reporting to: Managing Director
Job Role: Providing strategic direction in the Division through visionary planning and executing standardization activities through the development of standards that will facilitate internal, regional and international trade including standards related to conformity assessments, consumer and/or public interest.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the business Vision for the Division.
- Ensure that the decisions of the Board and Management that relate to the Division are implemented.
- Providing direction in the National Quality Institute and the certification Body.
- Implementing and maintaining comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) as per relevant Quality Management Standard.
- Develop and lead a multi-stakeholder process of consultation and standards development through relationship management, partnership management, group facilitation and influencing.
- Lead collaborative standards development initiatives to ensure international relevance of developed standards.
- Anticipate market needs and provide innovative technical solutions, strategies and options in the division’s role. This will also involve creative approaches to emerging issues, and draft and present deliverables, recommendations and strategies to Management.
- Business development and revenue generation as enumerated by the Strategic Plan.
- Project Management including project structuring and managing multiple work streams independently.
Minimum academic qualification:
- Bachelor of science or any other relevant degree
- Masters degree in any specialty is an added advantage
- Professional qualification:
- Standardization /Project management course
- Senior Management Courses
Relevant work experience:
- 10 years experience in Standardization or Conformity assessment, five (5) of which must be at senior management level.
Competencies:
- Competency in Project Management
- Knowledge of WTO-TBT Technical Regulations
- Leadership skills
- Performance Management Skills
- International networking skills
- Integrity
Terms and remuneration
The successful candidates will be appointed to a three year contract.
An attractive salary package will be offered based on government guidelines
Posting
The candidates will be based at the KEBS Head Office in Nairobi but will be expected to travel from time to time to supervise the regions and other centers.
If you fit any of these specifications and are up to the challenge, please submit your application with a detailed Curriculum Vitae and copies of both academic and professional certificates, stating your current position, remuneration, three(3) professional referees, e-mail address and daytime telephone contacts to:
Managing Director
Kenya Bureau Of Standards
P.O. Box 54974-00200
Nairobi
Popo Road;
Kenya Bureau Of Standards
P.O. Box 54974-00200
Nairobi
Popo Road;
Off Mombasa Road
Your application must be received not later than Friday 22nd February 2013 at 1000 hrs (EAST).
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