‘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.