KEBS Assistant Manager, Market Surveillance Civil and Electrical Jobs in Kenya
Job Purpose
Coordinates monitoring and evaluation of the quality and compliance of locally manufactured and imported products in the assigned sectors including but not limited to: Mechanical, Civil, Building & Construction, Textile & Leather, Electrotechnical engineering; chemical, petrochemical, food and agriculture in the Kenyan market to ensure that the products comply with approved Kenya, Regional and International Standards; and taking appropriate enforcement actions as mandated under the Standards Act Cap 496, Laws of Kenya.
This is to facilitate local, regional and international trade and ease of doing business while safeguarding consumer health and safety, protection of environment in line with Articles 42, 43(a, b, c & d), 46 (a, b & c) of the Constitution of Kenya and the Standards Act (Cap 496 Laws of Kenya); and entrenchment of a culture of quality for the realization of Kenya’s vision 2030, African Union Agenda 2063 and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks
Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities
Supervises implementation of strategies and policies for market surveillance in the assigned sectors in order to safeguard the health and safety of over 50 Million consumers in Kenya; protection of the environment; and entrenchment of a culture of quality in the country for delivery of KEBS mandate, realization of sustainable development goals, Kenya Vision 2030 and African Union Agenda 2063;
Executes the National Action Plan to Combat Illicit Trade in liaison of multiagency team in order to protect businesses in the assigned sectors from unfair competition;
Organizes market surveillance consultative forums in the assigned sectors to create awareness and enlist support for market surveillance enforcement strategies;
Monitors compliance of locally manufactured and imported products in the assigned sectors to
safeguard the health and safety of consumers and protection of local industries in support of the
Kenya Industrialization Strategy;
Organizes gathering, analyzing and sharing of intelligence in liaison with Interpol, International Maritime Organization (IMO), Coast Guard, Kenya Revenue Authority, Kenya Defence forces, and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to detect and prevent entry of substandard and illicit products and dumping of hazardous waste in the country;
Formulates and implements strategies for investigation and resolution of consumer complaints in the assigned sectors for purpose of protection of consumer rights;
Establishes, implements, monitors, evaluates and improves Management Systems adopted by KEBS
in the department for the purpose of ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and sustained customer
satisfaction;
Establishes and implements of corporate risk management framework to minimize risk for
achievement of organizational objectives in the sections;
Advises the Manager, Market Surveillance on emerging issues on market surveillance and regulatory framework in the assigned sectors;
Operational Responsibilities / Tasks
Develops and implements sectional workplans, annual budgets procurement plans.
Develops and implements sensitization programmes in Conformity Assessment for economic
operators;
Supervises development, maintenance and improvement of the database for consumer complaints, samples of tested products, seized products and their disposal status in the assigned sectors;
Compiles case files on non-conforming products for prosecution of offenders in liaison with
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