Terms of Service: Five (5) years contract renewable up to attainment of mandatory retirement age, subject to satisfactory performance and adherence to the Authority’s Code of Conduct.
Remuneration: As per KRA salary structure
Job Summary
The jobholder will manage a team of engineering and innovation managers and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure efficient development and maintenance of systems for Large & Medium Taxpayers, Micro & Small Taxpayers, Customs & Border Control, and Corporate departments at KRA.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development and enhancements to Corporate business systems, ensuring improved quality and continued alignment with KRA’s business needs
- Identify and recommend new coding standards, policies, and tools to enhance the Authority’s software development practices.
- Ensure security is embedded in design, project management requirement development and upheld throughout the systems development lifecycle
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as product management, architecture, and operations teams to define and execute the technical roadmap for tax and revenue enterprise systems.
- Collaborate with external stakeholders to identify and prioritize innovation initiatives, balancing business needs, technical feasibility, and resource constraints, while assessing system performance, scalability, and reliability to proactively resolve technical challenges
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement, promoting the adoption of emerging technologies, best practices, and industry trends within the engineering team.
- Establish and enforce innovation and engineering processes, methodologies, and standards to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability of the systems.
- Identify and recommend new coding standards, policies, and tools to enhance the Authority’s software development practices.
- Oversee implementation of corporate initiatives in the region/division: Ensure conformity to ISO standards and data security requirements, and manage Audit, Integrity, Quality Management Systems (QMS), Risk Management programmes and staff performance.
Person Specifications
For appointment to this job, one must have:-
- A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Business Information Technology or relevant fields from a recognized Institution.
- A Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Computer Science, Information Communication Technology, Business Information Technology or relevant fields from a recognized Institution, will be an added advantage.
- Cumulative service period of seven (7) years, three (3) of which should be at middle level management.
- Leadership Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution will be an added advantage.
- Certification in project management will be an added advantage.
- Membership to a relevant professional body will be an added advantage
Professional Qualifications in any of the following are required
- Certification in Agile Development, Systems Development or equivalent
- Certification in System Administration, Database Management, Storage Management or Business Continuity Management.
Key Competencies
- Visionary leadership, strategic thinking, strong organizational, planning, analytical and interpersonal skills.
- Adaptability and strong Project management skills
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving and creative thinking skills
- Strong persuasion, negotiation and communication skills–both oral and written.
- Professionalism, Ethical Judgment and Integrity.
Job Application Guidelines
Registration:
- Go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login and then click on the ‘Register’ button to start the application process.
- After registration, you will receive an email enabling you to confirm your email address and complete your registration.
Log on:
- After registration go to https://erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login
- Key in your username and password then click on ‘Log in’ to access your account.
- After successful log in, the system will open the ‘Applicant Cockpit’.
Candidate Profile (To create or update applicant detail):
- On the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page, go to the tab ‘Candidate Profile’.
- Click on ‘My Profile’ to create and update your profile.
- Follow the instructions to complete your profile.
- The process will end by clicking the tab “Overview and Release”.
- Ensure you click the check box on the page to complete the profile.
Application process:
- To view the open job postings, click on the tab ‘Employment Opportunities’ on the ‘Applicant Cockpit’ page.
- Under the heading ‘Job Search’ click the ‘Start’ button to view all available vacancies.
- Click on the Job posting to display the details of the position.
- To apply for the position, click ‘Apply’ button at the top of the page.
- Follow the instructions to complete and submit your application.
- Kindly note that all mandatory fields must be completed.
- To complete the process of application, click the ‘Send Application Now’ button after reviewing and accepting the ‘Data Privacy Statement’.
In case of any challenges, please send your email query to isupporthr@kra.go.ke
If you experience any delay in receiving an email notification at the end of the e-recruitment registration process, please refresh your email. In case of any challenge, please send your query to isupporthr@kra.go.ke
Kenya Revenue Authority does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, shortlisting, interviewing, and/or offer)
