POST: Parish Chief (06 Vacancies)
Ref. No: BDSC/BDLG/ADM/01/01/2026
Salary Scale: U5
AGE: 21 Years and Above
Job Purpose
-To carry out the overall administrative and management of a parish unit in the Local Government.
Qualifications
-Should have a diploma in social work and social administration or public administration or Law or social development or management from a recognized awarding institution.
Duties and responsibilities
-Mobilizing communities for development projects;
-Preparing workplans and budgets for the operations of the parish;
-Preparing and and compiling reports on parish operations for the attention of the sub-county chief;
-Collecting and accounting for local revenue in the parish;
-Enforcing the implementation of National and local government policies, programmes and council bye-laws in the parish;
-Providing technical support to the parish council on any matters relating to lower local government governance;
-Undertaking duties of secretariat to the parish council;
-Managing and monitoring local government projects implemented in the parish;
-Coordinating the maintenance of law and order in a parish;
- Registering birth and deaths;
-Mobilizing and sensitizing communities to ensure food security;
-Preparing accountabilities for community projects.
Competences
-Planning, Organizing and Coordinating;
-Records Management;
-Mobilization Skills.
-Public relations and customer care;
-Communicating effectively.
-Ethics and integrity
-Concern for quality and standards
-Networking