Entry Level Positions – Land and Physical Planning

Applications are invited from qualified persons for the positions shown below.

State Department for Lands and Physical Planning

LAND REGISTRAR II

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law (with a Post Graduate Diploma in Law and admission as an advocate on the High Court of Kenya), Land Economics, Land Survey or equivalent qualification 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 and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include: –

(i) receiving and recording applications for land registration;
(ii) processing of land title searches;
(iii) verifying land registration documents;
(iv) capturing data for land registration purposes;
(v) verifying scanned titles and other related documents;
(vi) processing applications for Land Control Board consents; and
(vii) collecting information on public complaints on land registration matters

Photolithographer[II]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in any   of the following disciplines: – Technology in Printing, Philosophy in Technology Printing, Graphic Design, Print Media or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities 

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) enlarging and reducing of imageries, maps, plans and charts;
(ii) preparing processing solutions;
(iii) capturing images;
(iv) processing films;
(v) planning and designing manuscripts and layouts;
(vi) generating text;
(vii) preparing machines for press printing; and
(viii) sorting out outputs

Hydrographer[II]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in any   of the following disciplines:- Geomatics Engineering and Geospatial Information Systems, Hydrographic Survey or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities 

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) carrying out single beam echo sounding and sextant measurements;
(ii) computing data for secondary ports approaches;
(iii) conducting horizontal control surveys;
(iv) undertaking coastal lining surveys, tidal zoning, tidal readings; and
(v) measuring water temperature and salinity

Photogrammetrist [II]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in any   of the following disciplines:- Geospatial Engineering, Philosophy in Technology (Geo-information), Technology in Geo-information or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities 

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) compiling centre-point and overlap diagrams;
(ii) carrying out medium and high-density topographical stereo-feature extraction;
(iii) digitizing adjudication and general boundary;
(iv) preparing photo mosaic an digital elevation base data; and
(v) processing ortho-photographs

Land Adjudication & Settlement Officer[II]

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in any   of the following disciplines:- Geography, Agriculture and Human Ecology Extension, Agriculture and Home Economics, Sociology or Community Development  from a university recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities 

This will be the entry and training grade in the Land Adjudication and Settlement Officers’ cadre. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) checking demarcated parcel boundaries;
(ii) preparing adjudication records, maintaining land adjudication  and settlement records, demarcation books, case proceedings and Preliminary Index Diagrams;
(iii) collecting baseline data for planning of settlement schemes;
(iv) preparing periodic reports in respect to the activities of a given land adjudication section or settlement scheme; and
(v) sensitizing communities on land adjudication and settlement matters

LAND ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT III

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: – a Diploma in any of the following fields: Land Administration, Real Estate Agency or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.

Duties and Responsibilities 

This will be the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include: –

(i) updating list of land rent defaulters;
(ii) responding to simple enquiries on land issues;
(iii) opening land correspondence files;
(iv) receiving and filing of correspondences on land administration matters;
(v) retrieving and conveying land correspondence file for action;
(vi) collecting and compiling data on land ownership details; and
(vii) capturing data on land transactions.

Physical Planning Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: – a Diploma in any of the following areas;- Urban and Regional Planning, Regional Planning, Urban Planning, Building, Civil Engineering, Cartography, Geo-informatics or Geographical Information Systems (GIS) from a recognized Institution.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be 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: –

(i) carrying out drawing tasks;
(ii) collecting and analyzing geographical data for preparing plans;
(iii) digitizing Physical Development Plans;
(iv) drawing physical development plans of small centers from sketches;
(v) updating plans; and
(vi) conducting site inspection

Library Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in any of the following disciplines: -Library and Information Science; Library and Information Studies; or Library, Archives and Records Management from a recognized University in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

This will be 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: –

(i) accessioning, stamping and labeling of the acquired information resources;
(ii) shelving and shelf arrangement;
(iii) charging and discharging library resources, pasting date due labels;
(iv) preparing file pockets and press cuttings;
(v) spine marking;
(vi) fixing book jackets;
(vii) listing of materials for binding; and
(viii) filing catalogue cards

Photolithographic Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Printing, Map Reproduction or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) enlarging and reducing imageries, maps, plans and charts;
(ii) preparing processing solution;
(iii) capturing images;
(iv) processing films;
(v) preparing machines for press printing; and
(vi) sorting out outputs

Hydrography Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Hydrographic Surveying, Land Surveying or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) carrying out single beam echo sounding and sextant measurements; and
(ii) computing data for secondary ports and approaches.

Photogrammetry Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) compiling centre-point and overlap diagrams; and
(ii) carrying out low density topographical stereo-feature extraction.

Cartography Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Cartography or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include:-

(i) drawing survey and deed plans, and small area boundary schedules and small area preliminary index diagrams;
(ii) digitizing maps and charts;
(iii) scanning maps; and
(iv) capturing data on geographical names in both soft cop and manual cards

Geospatial Data Management Assistant [III]

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Diploma in Archives and Records Management or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized in Kenya

Duties and Responsibilities

This is the entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at his level will work under the guidance and supervision of a senior officer. Duties and responsibilities will include receiving, registering and indexing of geospatial data from public and private producers.