The Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA Careers portal has been activated for the recruitment of new staff into multiple roles as part of the institution’s 2024/2025 recruitment exercise. Interested and qualified persons are to visit the KRA recruitment portal to signup and apply for their position of interest.
In this post, we will outline a list of the available KRA Jobs and how to signup and create your KRA applicant profile on the KRA e-recruitment portal.
About the Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA
The Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA is a government of Kenya institution that was established through an act of parliament to facilitate the mobilization of government revenue and to enhance growth in economic activities and trade by ensuring compliance with tax and customs laws.
Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA Jobs 2024
Deputy Commissioner – Regional Coordinator – Southern Region
Key Responsibilities
- Support ease of doing business initiatives through review of the process and effective deployment of staff in key critical areas to facilitate trade.
- Monitor and support revenue collection initiatives through identified effective strategies.
- Formulate regional administrative budgets, monitor and control expenditure approvals within the region.
- Coordinate Brand Building Initiatives, Media Engagement, and Customer Complaints Resolution in the Region.
- Coordinate Enforcement activities in the Region
- Create synergy across the departments and facilitate exchange of tax information to enhance revenue collections and service delivery.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the region: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on regional matters.
- Provide regular reports on regional related matters to the KRA Management.
Academic qualification:
- A Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications/ Membership to Professional Bodies:
- Membership in a recognized professional body.
Work experience:
- Minimum of 10 years work experience in similar role with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
Deputy Commissioner – Information Communication & Technology
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinating on resource and capacity planning for the required ICT skills in the Authority
- Budgeting and expenditure approvals and control
- Formulating and implementing ICT Policy
- Coordinating systems integration
- Coordinating identification, selection and deployment of suitable infrastructure technologies in the Authority
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on matters that relate to automation in tax administration, systems integrations and policy formulation
- Provide regular reports and technology related advice to the KRA Management and Board of Directors.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management in the division.
- Ensure conformity to ISO (9001/2015 and 27001/2013) and data security requirements.
Academic Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications or any other IT related field.
- Post Graduate degree in IT related field will be an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
- Certification in IT Governance in any of the following; Certified Information Security Auditor, Certified Information Security Manager, Certified Governance IT, Control Objectives for Information technologies, ITIL, Project Management (Prince II or PMP Certification)
- Membership in a recognized IT related professional body.
Work experience.
- Minimum of ten (10) years of work experience in IT practice with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
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Deputy Commissioner – Risk Management
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee the development and implementation of the Customs operational risk framework
- Coordinate collection of business intelligence data and analysis
- Oversee creation, maintenance and updating of the risk profile database
- Oversees development of mitigation mechanisms to counter identified risks
- Oversee monitoring and evaluation of profiled and targeted declarations.
- Oversee post-clearance audit function
- Oversee debt management function
- Establish and maintain liaison and working relationships with Government Agencies, Departments and other stakeholders to enhance effective Customs operations
- Oversee analysis and implementation of legislation and policy guidelines and strategies for the smooth running of Customs operations.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Provide regular reports and advice on Customs operational Risks and Post Clearance Audit matters to the KRA Management.
Academic Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications/ Membership to Professional Bodies
- Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Customs Administration.
- Membership in a recognized professional body.
Work experience
Minimum of 10 years of work experience in Customs or tax operations, 5 (cumulatively) of which must have been in any of the following: audit, policy, release points, or tax stations, risk management or National Targeting Center, Document Processing Centre, Valuation, Policy or Enforcement; at least 3 years in a senior management role.
Deputy Commissioner – Human Resources
Key Responsibilities
- Formulation and implementation of HR strategies and policies to support the overall Corporate strategy.
- Forecasting workforce requirements, trends, variances and aligning them to the available budgetary allocations.
- Provide the Authority with an optimum number of well trained, appropriately skilled and highly motivated staff to meet its objectives.
- Drive a high performance culture.
- Maintain ethics amongst staff through employee relations and discipline management.
- Ensure compliance to internal policies and legal standards.
- Develop and maintain competitive remuneration and terms and conditions of service.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the Division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on HR matters.
- Provide regular reports and HR related advice to the KRA Management and Board of Directors.
Academic Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree Human Resource Management or related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications/ Membership to Professional Bodies
- Post graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management/ Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP(K)).
- Membership in a recognized HR professional body
Work experience
Minimum of 10 years of work experience in HR practice with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
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Deputy Commissioner – Trade Facilitation
Key Responsibilities
- Overseeing trade facilitation programs and initiatives, management of remissions and exemption regimes.
- Oversee customs bonds management.
- Oversee coordination of departmental taxpayer services programs.
- Establish and maintain liaison and working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to enhance effective Customs operations.
- Oversee analysis and implementation of legislation and policy guidelines and strategies for smooth running of Customs operations.
- Mobilize revenue collection arising from trade facilitation.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Provide regular reports and advice on trade facilitation related matters to the KRA Management
Academic qualification:
- A Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage
Professional qualification / Membership to Professional Bodies:
- Postgraduate Diploma/ Certificate in Customs Administration.
- Membership in a recognized professional body.
Work Experience
Minimum of 10 years of work experience in a similar role with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
Deputy Commissioner – East & South of Nairobi-Tax Service Office
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the formulation and implementation of strategic plans, policies, procedures and best practices with departmental heads and policy units.
- Overseeing the revenue mobilization and collection activities to meet the set targets.
- Overseeing Taxpayer Base Expansion activities to meet the set targets.
- Participate in departmental policy making activities
- Coordinating revenue collection work plans through feedback reports so as to achieve set targets.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on revenue matters.
- Provide regular reports and advice on revenue related matters to the KRA Management.
Academic qualification:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Economics or related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Professional Qualification / Membership to Professional Bodies:
- Tax Training
- Membership in a recognized professional body
Work experience
Minimum of 10 years work experience in a similar role with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
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Deputy Commissioner – Revenue & Regional Coordination
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee, direct, and monitor regional operations in the division to enhance revenue mobilization.
- Oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive annual work plan for effective revenue mobilization operations.
- Oversee analysis and implementation of legislation and policy guidelines and strategies for smooth running of revenue mobilization operations.
- Establish and maintain liaison and working relationships with local, regional and international stakeholders for effectiveness of revenue mobilization.
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk Management.
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management.
- Provide regular reports on customs revenue related matters to the KRA Management.
The job holder should possess the following minimum qualifications:
Academic qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field from a recognized institution.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
Professional Qualification / Membership to Professional Bodies:
- Postgraduate Diploma/ Certificate in Customs Administration.
- Membership in a recognized professional body.
Previous relevant work experience required
- Minimum of 10 years of work experience in a similar role with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization.
Deputy Commissioner – Supply Chain Management
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinating on resource and capacity planning for the required Supply Chain Management skills in the
- Development and control of Supply Chain Management policies, procedures and process in line with Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act
- Review and consolidate the Annual Procurement and Disposal Plans prior to KRA Management and Board of Directors approval.
- Identification and implementation of cost saving and cost reduction opportunities
- Ensure effective inventory management and
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on matters that relate to Supply Chain Management
- Provide regular reports and procurement related advice to the KRA Management and Board of
- Drive initiatives to improve ethics, culture and facilitate change management in the
- Facilitate implementation of corporate initiatives in the Division: Audit, Integrity, QMS and Risk
The job holder should possess the following minimum qualifications:
Academic qualification:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field from a recognized
- A master’s degree in a relevant field is an added
Professional qualification / Membership to Professional Bodies:
- Professional Level Diploma MCIPS(UK) / CPSP-K (Kenya) or equivalent
- Member and Licensed Practitioner KISM (Kenya Institute of Supplies Management
Previous relevant work experience required:
- Minimum of 10 years work experience in Supply Chain Management practice with at least five (5) years at a senior management level in a comparable organization
How to Create a KRA Application Profile
Applicants interested in applying for the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) jobs are required to first register for a KRA recruitment account on the KRA e-recruitment portal and log in to update their account with personal details.
How to Register for KRA Careers Account
For a detailed guide on how to create your Kenya Revenue Authority careers account, check the post KRA Recruitment Portal Registration Process.
KRA Careers Login
- After registration for KRA Careers Account, visit www.erecruitment.kra.go.ke/login
- Enter your username and password
- Click on the login button to access your account.
- Wait for the system to redirect you to the Applicant Cockpit
KRA Job Application Process
Applicants are required to log into the KRA careers portal and follow these guidelines to apply for the Kenya Revenue Authority jobs online;
- Log into the KRA careers portal with your username and password
- Click on the Employment Opportunities tab 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 the 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
Kenya Revenue Authority – KRA Contact Information
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 [email protected]
