For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, Psychology, Community Development, Project Development/Management, Disability Studies, Counseling, Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Business Administration/Management or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya.
Duties and responsibilities:

This is an entry and training grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will work under the guidance of a senior officer. Specific duties and responsibilities include:-

Working with communities to identify and mobilize local resources for the implementation of development projects; 
Guiding communities develop Community Action Plans (CAPs);
Liaising with local communities and other development agencies in implementing community development programmes; 
Identifying self-help groups and community-based organization for registration;
Collecting sex and disability disaggregated data for all social development programmes;
Collecting social development related data for planning;
Guiding communities and self-help groups to identify their social economic needs;
Mobilizing communities to implement their development projects; and
Mainstreaming disability in programmes and projects.