The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) is a State Corporation established under the Forest Conservation & Management Act FCMA), 2016. The Mandate of KFS is to protect, conserve, develop and sustainably manage forests and allied resources for environmental stability and the social-economic benefits for the present and future generation. In addition, KFS provides technical advisory services to the County Governments to execute their respective devolved forestry functions.
In order to strengthen its human resource capacity, the Service wishes to recruit qualified competent staff to fill the following vacant positions listed below on permanent and pensionable terms to enable it fulfill its mandate effectively and drive the country towards the attainment of 30% tree cover by 2032.
OFFICE ASSISTANT III /NURSERY/ ENUMERATOR – REF KFS/OA/III/N/E/2024 – KFS GRADE 13 – (32) POSITIONS
Entry Requirements :
- A candidate must have a Kenya Certificate of Education (KCE) Division IV or Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Grade D+;
- Fulfils the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.
An officer at this level shall report to a senior officer
Duties and responsibilities
- Perform basic nursery duties which include Sowing of seeds in the nursery, Collect Forest soil and potting, prick out the seedlings to transplant in, beds, Water all seedlings daily, Weed and clean the nursery, Root-prune the seedlings and Apply fertilizers to the seedlings
- Assist the forester in assessment of plantations for purposes of sales by assisting the forester survey plantations, Capture plantation data, assist in times of tree planting and fire fighting activities, and damage assessment.
- Promote public values and principles
- Mentoring and coaching
