Social Development Officer[2]

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.

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:- (i) working with communities to identify and mobilize local resources for the implementation of development projects and Community Development Agreements (CDAs); (ii) guiding communities and stakeholders to develop Community Development Agreements (CDAs); (iii) supporting mining officers in community engagement on mineral beneficiation.

(iv) liaising with local communities, artisanal miners, and other development agencies in Environmental Social Governance (ESG); (v) supporting and facilitating artisanal miners to organize into formal groups, associations, or cooperatives for registration under the Mining Act; (vi) conducting sensitization for artisanal miners and stakeholders on sustainable mining practices, legal requirements, grievance handling, and the elimination of child labour; (vii) collecting sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data for all social development and mining community programs; and (viii) collecting and managing social development-related data for planning;