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Census Jobs for over 164,000 Kenyans; KNBS states date when and where adverts will be available; Full timelines

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS, has given the timeline when adverts for the short term census jobs will be made. KNBS has further given a full schedule of activities ahead of the August census exercise. ” Kenya Census 2019 job advertisements will be available as from next week (This week). Kindly keep to our official social media pages, as well as our website https://www.knbs.or.ke for further details,” reads a memo by KNBS.

Advertisements seeking to invite eligible Kenyans to apply for the jobs are expected to be published in all media outlets by the end of this week with short listing and interviewing expected to run from 28th June to 18th July this year.

This assurance comes even as anxious keep on posing questions to KNBS concerning the Census jobs. One Alex Muriiki asked, “Hello. I saw today you advertised about the recruitment of 2019 census personnel. Kindly what is the procedure for applying?
Thank you.” And this was the response from KNBS, on one of its official sites, ” Alex, the advert has not been posted yet. It will be rolled out this coming week. The advert will give you all the details.”

Avoid fraudsters. KNBS does not ask for any payment during the recruitment exercise.
KNBS warns the general public to be wary of fraudsters; who are out to extort money from unsuspecting Kenyans by using dubious means.

The Government will recruit over 164,000 Kenyans for this year’s census exercise of which 135,000 enumerators will be recruited on a temporarily basis, 27,000 will be content supervisors and 2700 will be Information Technology, IT, persons. Also to be hired are village elders, security personnel and coordinators to assist in making the exercise flawless.

The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census will be the 8th in Kenya’s history. Other censuses were conducted in 1948, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009. Information that will be generated from the 2019 Census will help with planning, budgeting and programming for important services; future policy formulation as well as resource allocation across counties and the National Government.

Mobile based technology to be used in data collection in a bid to ensure that the final figures are accurate.

Tablets configured by two contracted local universities; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Moi University, will be used during the census. Key benefits of using modern technology in data collection during the exercise will include reduction of time for data processing, analysis and release of the results. The use of mobile technology in the census will also save the country from printing millions of paper questionnaires.

CENSUS EXERCISE BUDGET

The 2019 national census is expected to cost the taxpayer Ksh.18.5 billion. This is an increase of Ksh.10 billion from the last census in 2009; which cost Sh8.4 billion. The 2009 exercise involved 111,696 enumerators, 22,323 supervisors, 5,788 senior supervisors and 100,000 village elders.

PROGRAMME FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 2019 KPHC ACTIVITIES FROM 14th JUNE – 31st AUGUST, 2019

KNBS has released the official programme of activities and timelines to be observed during this year’s Census exercise. See the schedule below;

1). Formation of the County Census Committee; 4th-8th June, 2019.
2). Operationalization of the County Census Bank Accounts; 12th June, 2019
3). Identification of Storage Facilities; 15th June, 2019
4). Organizing for security arrangements for the implementation of the census; 15th June,2019
5). Collection of Census Materials from KNBS Head Quarters to the Counties; 15th-21st July, 2019
6). Distribution of Census Materials to the Sub Counties and Divisions; 20th -23rd July 2019

Recruitment of Census Personnel
7). Advertisement of all the positions in the print media, website, County, sub county, location and sublocation offices and Receiving applications at the KNBS County offices
; 11th – 24th June 2019
8). Identification of the centres for conducting interviews; 17th – 29th June, 2019
9). Communicate to the CCCs through CSOs the number of personnel in different positions (ICT supervisors Content supervisors and Enumerators); 20th June 2019
10). Forwarding of applications/summary forms to the relevant authority; 25th -27 June, 2019
11). Shortlisting and contacting shortlisted ICT Supervisors, Content Supervisors and Enumerators for the interviews; 28th June-7th July, 2019
11). Interview and contacting successful ICT Supervisors, Content Supervisors and Enumerators; 5th – 18th July, 2019

Training
12). Training ICT Supervisors, Content supervisors and enumerators; 25th July – 20th August, 2019.

Actual Enumeration
13). Distribution of equipment and materials to the Census personnel (ICT supervisors, content superviors, enumerators)
; 21st August, 2019
14). Pre-enumeration Listing of Households;
22nd to 23rd August, 2019
15). Data Collection (Enumeration); 24th to 31st August, 2019

CONTACTS
For further clarification and/ or inquiries, please use the official KNBS contacts below:
a). Telephone Number: 020 3317583/6/8
b). Email: directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke

2019 Census jobs- Why most Kenyans are opposed to the manual applications through Chiefs and their assistants

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS, has advertised positions for the 2019 Census exercise. Of the advertised posts, 2,700 are for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Supervisors, 27,000 posts for Content Supervisors while, 135,000 vacancies will be filled by Enumerators. Interested candidates should submit their applications by 24th June, 2019.

Read more details here;
. 2019 Census jobs- knbs advertises the ICT Supervisors, Enumerators and Content Supervisors jobs; Get requirements and application procedure
. KNBS gives guidelines on formation, requirements and functions of various Census committees
. 2019 Census Exercise- Guidelines and Timelines
. The 2019 Census jobs application centres and other guidelines

According to the advert, ICT Supervisors are expected to submit their credentials to the respective County Statistics Offices. On the other hand, Content Supervisors and Enumerators should submit their applications to Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs; respectively. The move by the agency to use Chiefs and their assistants in the recruitment process has angered a section of Kenyans. This group holds that using Chiefs would make the recruitment process flawed and riddled with corruption. In the just concluded Huduma Number registration exercise, Chiefs were used to recruit the Huduma clerks a move that saw the exercise marred with irregularities in recruitment; with some chiefs recruiting only their kinsmen. They now want KNBS to make the application process purely online.

Here are some comments made by angered Kenyans, online;

Marigiri; “Corruption! Corruption! Corruption! Make it online please! Offline will encourage ‘kitu kidogo’ syndrome.”

Bill; “Manual application is just promoting cheifs to perfectly extend corruption. online application is the best idea.”

Mathew Ngeno; “The application should be online to get rid of corruption,nepotism and favorism that we witness during the huduma namba.”

Linus Kim; “Hello, how sure are you the recruitment exercise will be fair by sending applications to chiefs and sub chiefs offices…won’t this thing be of relatives only like what happened in huduma number. Online thing works best.”

Kings Alex; “Too bad the application will again have to pass through chiefs/subchiefs just like that of huduma namba. These are the most corrupt and unscrupulous rascals in Kenya. We had to pay 5K each to get that job. Others only employed their relatives! They’ll reap big this time round.”

It remains to be seen if indeed KNBS will change tune and have the applications done online, as requested by a section of Kenyans.

2019 Census exercise; Guidelines for formation, Composition and Roles of County and Sub- county Census Committees

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS, has provided provided guidelines on the formation and composition of the County Census Committees. The County Committees, which should be in place by now, are to be constituted and chaired by the County Commissioner. According to the timelines provided by the Statistics agency, County Census Committees (CCS) should have been in place by 8th June, 2019.
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According to the guidelines released by KNBS, County Census Committees shall be constituted by the County Commissioner, in consultation with the County Statistics Officer, which shall consist of not less than twelve and not more than fifteen persons who shall include:

  1. County Commissioner, who shall be the Chairperson;
  2. County Statistics Officer, who shall be the Secretary;
  3. County Social and Gender Development Officer;
  4. County Supply Chain Management Officer;
  5. County Police Commander;
  6. County Intelligence Coordinator;
  7. County Information Officer;
  8. County Director of Education;
  9. County Population Coordinator;
  10. County Accountant;
  11. Deputy County Commissioner at the County Headquarters
  12. County Human Resource Officer;
  13. County Secretary;
  14. County Chief Officer, responsible for Finance and Economic Planning;
  15. A representative of the dominant religious organization in the county; and
  16. A representative of the special groups (e.g. Persons with Disabilities)

A National Coordinator from the Technical Working Committee (TWC) will also be in attendance in the CCC meetings whenever possible and will provide technical and logistical backstopping to the County Census Committees. The CCCs will be responsible for the overall coordination of census activities in the respective counties. During the inauguration of the CCCs, all Deputy County Commissioners will be invited and will be expected to constitute and Chair Sub-County Census Committees, which will be performing functions of the CCC at Sub-County level as detailed in the guidelines provided.

Photo- Census Management Structure. (Source; KNBS)

Functions of the CCCs shall be:

a) General administration, coordination and execution of census activities at the county level in consultation with the National Census Coordinator (NCC) who is the Director General of KNBS;
b) Undertaking census publicity and advocacy activities within the county;
c) Making security arrangements in the county;
d) Ensuring the safety of all census personnel, materials and instruments under their control;
e) Ensuring that the relevant census materials and equipment are returned and safely stored at the county HQs; and
f) Oversee/guide/facilitate the operations of the Sub-County Census
Committee.

Key responsibilities of the CCCs will cover areas such as:
i. Logistical coordination;
ii. Recruitment and training of census personnel;
iii. Identifying venues for training;
iv. Financial management;
v. Publicity and advocacy; and
vi. Risk Management

Specific roles of the CCCs will be to:
1) Facilitate the recruitment of ICT and Content Supervisors and Enumerators as provided in the Personnel recruitment guidelines;
2) Identifying training venues for training of enumerators and supervisors in accordance with the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act, 2015;
3) Manage and coordinate training of Content Supervisors and Enumerators in the respective counties;
4) Provide adequate transport during recruitment, training and enumeration processes for the census;
5) Provide adequate security for all census personnel and materials;
6) Use the developed checklists and control forms during recruitment, and
also to distribute materials and equipment to census personnel;
7) Develop a schedule showing the timing of the movement of census
materials from and back to the County Headquarters;
8) Prepare and implement an action plan for receiving, packaging and
transportation of census training and enumeration materials from the
county headquarters to the field and back to the county headquarters and
to the KNBS headquarters;
9) Ensure that effective publicity and advocacy is done; and
10) Identify risks associated with the Census and their mitigation measures.

FORMATION OF THE SUB- COUNTY CENSUS COMMITTEES, SCCCs.

In order for the CCC to manage recruitment and other census related
responsibilities at the Sub-County level, Sub-County Census Committees (SCCCs) shall be constituted with membership as follows:

  1. Deputy County Commissioner – chairperson
  2. CSO’s Representative( Secretary)
  3. A representative from County Census Committee (CCC)
  4. All Assistant County Commissioners (ACCs)
  5. Human Resource Officer (National Government)
  6. Sub-County Planning Officer
  7. Sub-County Education Officer
  8. KNBS Coordinator (Ex-Officio)
    The roles of the SCCCs will be to:
  9. Manage the recruitment of Content Supervisors and Enumerators;
  10. Oversee distribution of census materials;
  11. Coordinate activities during the enumeration period such as security and logistics.

The SCCCs may co-opt officials of residents’ associations to assist in matters of advocacy in the regions where their existence is recognized. Sub-County Administrators should be included as members of the SCCCs in the place of
planning officers.

The 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census will be the 8th in Kenya’s history! Other censuses were conducted in 1948, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999 and 2009. A total of about 164,000 Kenyans will be contracted to carry out the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census exercise countrywide.

Latest news on the 2019 Census job adverts, KNBS issues warning

‘Ignore fake Census job adverts doing rounds on Social media platforms,’ is the latest warning from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, KNBS. KNBS via a presser has thus notified the general public that recruitment for this year’s census officials will be done in June. “Job advertisements will only be placed on the local newspapers and the official KNBS website – https://t.co/AIxuCPupLy in June 2019. Anything prior to this date is unfortunately fake,” KNBS has warned.

KNBS says no one should pay for recruitment to Census jobs. “KNBS does not require any payment for any job application,” KNBS adds.

KNBS is currently undertaking the cartographic mapping exercise in Nairobi County until 31st May 2019. This is in preparation for the upcoming national Census exercise.

A number of fake adverts have been doing rounds on Social media with some aimed at conning unsuspecting job hopefuls.

Below is one of such fake advert;

RECRUITMENT OF 2019 KENYA CENSUS FIELD PERSONNEL
The Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030, through the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), will conduct the National Population and Housing Census in 2019 in accordance with the Statistics Act 2006.
The Bureau is embarking on recruitment and training of the field personnel that will be involved in the enumeration exercise.

POSITIONS
The personnel are divided into three categories, namely;
Senior Supervisors (6,573)
Supervisors (25,831)
Enumerators (151,936)
REQUIREMENTS
The following are the requirements for various positions.

Enumerators:

Must be of good conduct and responsible citizens
At least form four level of education with a minimum of C- or equivalent
Must have legible, neat handwriting
Must be residents of the sub-locations, preferably the enumeration areas, they wish to work in
Aged between 18 and 50 years old
Must have a national identify card
Fluent in the main local language/dialect
Must be available from 14th August to 2nd September, 2019

Supervisors:

Should be mature and responsible citizens, preferably teachers, government officers, or university graduates with management experience, or persons with equivalent qualifications such as higher national diploma with experience in coordinating research/ surveys, or presiding officer in general elections
Must be residents of the sub-locations they wish to work in
Aged between 25 years and 50 years Must have a national identity card
Fluent in the main local language/dialect
Must have good communication and training skills
Must have good public relations
Must be available from 4th August, to 4th September, 2019
Senior Supervisors:
Applicants should be mature and responsible citizens, preferably senior teachers or head teachers in secondary schools, or senior civil servants, or university graduates with a master’s degree (preferably with management experience) or senior employees of NGOs or private sector with experience in surveys/census/research
Must have good communication and training skills
Must have good public relations
Must be aged between 30 and 60 years old
Must have national identity card
Must be available from 26th July to 6th September, 2019
Applications should be received by Noon, 29th June 2018 for Senior Supervisors and Supervisors, and by Noon, 4th July, 2018 for Enumerators.
Additionally, Enumerators and Supervisors must apply to work in the sub-locations where they usually live.

Short listed candidates will be interviewed as follows:-
Position: Senior Supervisors
Recruitment Date: 2nd-3rd July, 2018
Recruitment Place: County Headquarters
Position: Supervisors
Recruitment Date: 6th – 7th July, 2018
Recruitment Place: Constituency Headquarters
Position: Enumerators
Recruitment Date: 8th- 10th July, 2019
Recruitment Place: Constituency Headquarters
The District Census Committees may make special arrangements to lower or raise the minimum qualification depending on availability of personnel.
Note: That all applications should be done online; that no application forms have been issued; and that the application process is free and open to the public.

2019 Census jobs; KNBS advertises the ICT Supervisors, Enumerators and Supervisors jobs; Get requirements and application procedure.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is a State Corporation established under the Statistics Act (2006). It is the Principal Government Agency responsible for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication and dissemination of official statistical information and its custody.

It also oversees the coordination, supervision and development of programmes within the National Statistical System.
The Government of Kenya through KNBS will be conducting the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census in August, 2019 and wishes to invite applications from qualified individuals to fill the following Temporary Positions:

Job Title: ICT SUPERVISORS
Ref: KNBS/KPHC/ICTS/1/2019
No. of Posts: 2, 700 (To be distributed in all counties)

Terms of Employment: Fixed term contract for a period of 30 days.
Gross Remuneration: Ksh.3, 000 per day- Total Kshs.90, 000 (Taxable)

Job Purpose:
i. Reporting to the County Statistics Officer (CSO), the job holder will be responsible for undertaking census activities before, during and after enumeration exercise.
ii. Key Responsibilities
iii. Training Content Supervisors and ensuring that Enumerators are adequately trained;
iv. Working with the Content Supervisors to ensure that the census enumeration starts at the agreed time in the assigned supervision
areas;
v. Carrying extra census equipment/materials to be given to the Content Supervisors in case of emergencies;
vi. Providing technical support on ICT issues to Content Supervisors and Enumerators in their area of supervision;
vii. Any other duties as may be assigned by the CSO.

Requirements for Appointment
i. Must be a Kenyan Citizen, eighteen (18) years and above;
ii. Must be a resident of the Sub-county where they will be assigned to work;
iii. Must have at least a Diploma certificate in Information Communication Technology or any other relevant qualification related to Information Technology (IT) from a recognised Institution;
iv. Must have good communication skills;
v. Must have good leadership skills
vi. Must be available for an uninterruptible period of at least twenty-three (23) days from 12th August to 2nd September, 2019.

Job Title: CONTENT SUPERVISORS
Ref: KNBS/KPHC/CS/2/2019
No. of Posts: 27, 000 (To be distributed in all counties)

Terms of Employment: Fixed Term Contract for a period of 23 days
Gross Remuneration: Ksh.2, 500 per day- Total Kshs.57, 500 (Taxable)

Job Purpose:
Reporting to the County Statistics Officer (CSO), the job holder will be responsible for the census activities before, during and after enumeration exercise.

Key Responsibilities
i. Training all the enumerators under their supervision;
ii. Ensuring that all materials and equipment required (mobile devices and accessories) for training for the Enumerators and enumeration
areas under their supervision area are in place;
iii. Assigning enumeration areas to the Enumerators under their supervision;
iv. Liaising with the Village Elder, Assistant Chief or Chief to identify all the special population groups, i.e. in institutions, hotels/lodges, travelers, out-door sleepers, among others in the supervision area;
v. Undertaking census enumeration in the resampled households
vi. Keeping a register of Enumerators who are assigned to work under them;
vii. Ensuring that everybody in the supervision area has been enumerated;
viii. Submitting all the equipment/questionnaires to the CSO;
ix. Any other duties as may be assigned by the CSO.

Requirements for Appointment
i. Must be a Kenyan Citizen, eighteen (18) years and above;
ii. Must be residents of the location where they will be assigned to work in;
iii. Be conversant with the local language/dialect in the area they will be working;
iv. Must have at least a Diploma Certificate in any field:
v. Must possess good communication skills and demonstrate ability to work in teams;
vi. Must have leadership skills
vii. Must be available for an uninterruptible period of at least twenty-three (23) days from 12th August to 2nd September, 2019.

Job Title: ENUMERATORS
Ref: KNBS/EN/3/2019
No. of Posts: 135, 000

Terms of Employment: Fixed term contract for a period of 16 days
Gross Remuneration: Ksh.1, 500 per day- Total Kshs.23, 000 (Taxable)
Job Purpose:
Reporting to the Content Supervisor, the Enumerator will be responsible for enumeration during the Census.

Key Responsibilities
i. Identifying boundaries for the Enumeration Areas (EAs), locating all structures and visiting every household to list all the usual mem-
bers in the EA assigned to them before the enumeration exercise;
ii. Ensuring that all the necessary equipment/materials to be used for enumeration are available to them before the exercise commences;
iii. Administering all questions and recording responses on all persons who will have spent the night of 24th/25th August 2019 in each of the households in the assigned Enumeration Area.
iv. Obtaining complete and accurate answers and capturing them correctly during the enumeration exercise;
v. Forwarding all equipment and questionnaires (used and unused), maps, notebooks and any other materials as directed to the Content Supervisor after the enumeration exercise;
vi. Undertaking any other duties as may be assigned by the CSO.

Requirements for Appointment
i. Must be a Kenyan Citizen, eighteen (18) years and above;
ii. Must be a resident of the enumeration area or neighbouring enumeration area they will be assigned to work in;
iii. Be conversant with the local language/dialect;
iv. Must be Computer literate or be able to use smart phones;
v. Must have at least form four (4) level of education with a minimum of KCSE grade of C (plain) or its equivalent qualification;
vi. Must be available for at least uninterruptible period of sixteen (16) days from 15th to 31st August, 2019.

INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
All applicants are required to write a cover letter addressed to relevant “County Statistics Officer” indicating clearly the position being applied for (stating the reference number) and details of ID Number, Academic qualification, County, Sub-County, Division, Location, Sub-Location, and Village/Estate of residence.
Attach copies of National Identity card, Academic certificates and other relevant certificates. Each of the applicant must have either an active Bank Account or a Telephone Number registered in his/her name through which payment will be made at the end of the exercise.

(Taxation
in accordance with prevailing tax regulations shall apply in every payment).

For all cadres of personnel, applications should be submitted by 24th June 2019 in the following offices;
a. ICT Supervisors: To be submitted to the respective County Statistics Offices;
b. Content Supervisors: To be submitted to the Chiefs’ office;
c. Enumerators: To be submitted to the Assistant Chiefs’ office.

All applicants upon submission of applications should register their details on the Applicant’s Summary Form and on the Register and are advised to take note of the serial number for any future reference.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Interviews for all the positions will be conducted from 5th to 14th July 2019.

NOTE: There is no online submission of the applications and no payments should be made when applying for any of the census positions.

KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.