Internship Program Cohort VIII – 2025/2026

CALL FOR INTERNS (COHORT VIII) IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT FOR FY 2025/26

Makueni  County Public Service Board is a body corporate established under Section 57 of the County Governments Act 2012 whose mandate includes appointing persons to hold or act in the offices of County Public Service.

The Board wishes to engage sixty (60) recently graduated students (2023 & 2024) from Makueni County as interns across the County Public Service.

DISTRIBUTION PER THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS  

Lands, Urban Planning & Development, Environment &Climate Change Department

1. Climate Change Unit
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Diploma in   Project Planning Management
   • Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Conservation/ Climate Change Management.
2. Urban Planning Directorate – Office Administration
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Secretarial Studies.
3. Urban Planning Unit
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Design/Landscape Architecture.

Office of the County Attorney

1. Legislation Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Law.

Devolution, Public Participation, County Administration and Special Programmes Department

1. Public Participation and Civic Education Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies
2. Special Programs, Disaster Management and Emergency Services Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Fire Fighting Level 3 and above in Fire Management/Firefighting technology.
3. County Administration Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Degree in the following courses; Bachelor of science in (Statistics, Economics & Statistics, Actuarial Science, Accounting, Mathematics, IT, Computer Science and Finance.) OR Bachelor of Project Planning & Management OR Bachelor of Arts in (Economics &Statistics, Mathematics, Evaluation Economics, Monitoring & and Public Administration) OR Bachelor of Commerce

Office of the County Secretary / Public Service Management

1. Human Resource Management – Records Management Unit
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Science/Records Management / Archives Management
   • Diploma in Information Science/Records Management/ Archives Management

Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperative Development Department

1. Makueni Integrated Grain Value Addition Plant Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: BSc Mechanical Engineering OR BSc Electrical Engineering
2. Agriculture – ATC Farm
   Professional Qualifications: BSc Agricultural Education and Extension OR BSc Horticulture.
3. Agribusiness Development And Marketing Division Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: BSc Agribusiness Management and Enterprise Development or BSc Agribusiness Management OR BSc Agricultural Economics and Rural Development; Farm management.
4. Livestock and Fisheries Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: BSc in Aquaculture and Fisheries.
5. Livestock Production and Fisheries Development Directorate – Poultry
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Animal Production.
6. Veterinary Services Directorate – Animal Health
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Animal Health OR Diploma in Animal Production and Health Management  OR Diploma in Animal Health Management OR Diploma in Animal Health Management and Processing
7. Cooperative Development Directorate – Cooperative Officer
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Cooperative Management.

Health Services Department – Medical Services Directorate

1. Health Records
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology
2. Office Administrators Assistant
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Secretarial Studies
3. Human Resource Management
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management
4. Accounts
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Accountancy
5. Medical Social Work
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Community Development and Social Work, Sociology.

Makueni County Public Service Board

1. HRM Directorate – Front Office
   Professional Qualifications: Degree in Secretarial Studies
2. Accounts Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/BBA with CPA II

Office of the Governor

1. Strategic Partnerships and Intergovernmental Relations Directorate
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from a recognized university
   • Proficiency in ICT
   • Fluent in written and spoken English.
2. Governors Press Services and Communication Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in communication from a recognized University.

ICT, Education & Internship Department

1. Internship, Mentorship & Volunteerism Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences (Project Planning & Management, Sociology, Community Development, Social Work)
2. Information Communication Technology Directorate – Accountant
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/ BBA/Economics and Finance.
3. ECDE and Support for Education Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Early Childhood Education-Teaching.
4. Technical Training Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Economics, Project Management OR Bachelor’s Degree in Education.
5. Information Communication Technology Directorate – Administration
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Secretarial Studies OR Diploma in Office Administration.
6. Information Communication Technology Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science or its equivalent

Trade, Marketing, Industry, Culture & Tourism Department

1. Trade and Industry Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) OR Bachelor of Business Administration
2. Trade Directorate – Culture, Music and Arts
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology (Cultural Anthropology) or Sociology.
3. Tourism Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism and Travel Management.

Infrastructure, Transport, Public Works, Housing and Energy Department

1. Public Works Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Quantity Surveying.
2. Infrastructure and Transport Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Civil Engineering
3. Energy Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Water, Irrigation & Sanitation Department

1. Water Services Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma holders m Civil/Water Engineering.
2. Dam Construction Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Gender, Children, Youth, Sports & Social Services Department

1. Gender, Children and Social Services Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Special Needs/Sign Language Interpreter.
2. Administration Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Diploma in Secretarial Studies
3. Administration Directorate
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Diploma in Film and TV Production
   • Ability to produce HD Audio-Visual material using fine cut, Adobe premiere

Finance, Planning, Budget and Revenue Department

1. Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Economics and Statistics.
2. Socio-Economic Planning Directorate
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics
   • Minimum second class honors upper division.
3. Budget Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Economics/ Actuarial Science/Statistics..
4. Risk Management Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Sciences.
5. Revenue Services Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or any other Business related course.
6. Financial Accounting Services Directorate
   Professional Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Commerce -Accounting option
7. Procurement and Supplies Management Directorate
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
   • Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Management.
8. Internal Audit Directorate
   Professional Qualifications:
   • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting/BBA/Economics & Finance
   • Diploma in Accounting