This archive report was first published on 18 July 2019.
Nairobi County has opened up opportunities for 2,500 job seekers with the announcement of various vacancies.
On July 18, 2019, the reconstituted Nairobi City County Service Board, which had been paralyzed by a lack of quorum, announced the job openings.
According to Governor Mike Sonko, the new service board has been gazetted and is now operational.
The advertised positions include 800 city inspectorate officers, 200 traffic marshals, 200 fire marshals, 30 fire drivers, 520 ECD teachers, and 275 nurses.
Other vacancies are for 165 clinical officers, 64 medical officers, 53 hospital clerical officers, 35 pharmacists, 25 laboratory technicians, 25 social workers, 25 nutritionists, 10 planners, 10 surveyors, 15 road engineers, 10 architects, and 225 subordinate staff.
“When these new staff are recruited, it will assist in decongesting traffic in the CBD, enhance firefighting preparedness, improve medical health services as well as early childhood education improvement,” said Sonko.
Job seekers can apply for the vacancies by visiting the board’s web portal.