Republic of Kenya
The Judiciary
Vacancy Announcement
The Kenya School of Judicial Education (KSJE) is the focal point
for coordinating and conducting training of judges, judicial officers and
non-judicial staff.
With this mandate, the School wishes to recruit results oriented
individuals with drive, vision, passion and enthusiasm to fill the following
positions:
Communications and Publications Officer
(2 Positions)
Reporting to the Deputy Director, Legal Research and Policy,
this position will be responsible for managing the communications and
publications functions of the School.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Managing
the communication and publication of legal research findings, policy advisories
and recommendations;
- Developing
and utilizing communications channels for alerting the Judiciary
of current developments in the law, jurisprudence or judicial
administration;
- Spearheading
the design and development of new communication and
publication material;
- Coordinating
and managing the School’s public affairs function;
- Coordinating
the development of the content of the School’s website and any other
related platforms;
- Introducing
new and emerging communications technology for communication
and publication including multimedia production.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
Degree in English, Journalism, Communications or other related field;
- Five
(5) years of experience in a communications or publishing
related environment;
- Knowledge
of design and publication packages (e.g, Adobe InDesign/Photoshop
/Illustrator/ Acrobat, scanning and text recognition, multimedia
applications);
- Strong
interpersonal and communication skills; and
- Proven
writing and editing skills.
Researcher
(5 Positions)
Reporting to the Deputy Director, Legal Research and Policy,
this position is responsible for conducting multi-disciplinary legal
research and supporting the School’s judicial education, research and
policy functions.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Identifying
legal, policy and emerging issues in jurisprudence and developing
a research agenda;
- Coordinating,
planning and conducting multi-disciplinary legal research related
to the judicial process, emerging jurisprudence and court
administration generally;
- Developing
research tools, plans and processes to ensure high quality
legal research which meets international standards of excellence;
- Ensuring
dissemination of legal research findings within the Judiciary,
justice sector and the public in general;
- Providing
input into the research, design, implementation and evaluation of
the School’s curriculum; and
- Conceptualizing,
developing and coordinating a mentorship program for the Judiciary’s
Legal Researchers.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Law or other related field;
- Five
(5) years experience as a Researcher in the legal field;
- Proficiency
in advanced computer analysis, report preparation, presentations
and internet search programs and tools;
- Knowledge
of and experience using research and analysis tools such as SPSS;
- Strong
written and oral communication skills; and
- Strong
analytical and problem solving skills.
Policy Analyst
(2 Positions)
Reporting to the Deputy Director, Legal Research and Policy,
this position is responsible for providing direction in policy review and
development to support the judicial process and judicial administration.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Developing
policies by contributing to policies related to the judicial process
and judicial administration;
- Analyzing
new laws, policies, and court rules on their potential or real impact
on the Judiciary in general and the courts in particular;
- Developing
long term and short term policy advisory plans and protocols;
- Identifying
policy research areas and emerging issues in jurisprudence
and developing and implementing tools and processes to ensure high
quality policy advisory which meet international standards of
excellence; and
- Developing,
reviewing and editing policy papers and manuscripts to be published.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Masters
degree in Law or other related field;
- Five
(5) years experience in complex policy analysis, research projects
and initiatives in the legal field;
- Proficiency
in advanced computer analysis, report preparation, presentations
and internet search programs and tools;
- Knowledge
of and experience using research and analysis tools such as SPSS; and
- Strong
written and oral communication skills; and
- Strong
analytical and problem solving skills.
Librarian
(1 Position)
Reporting to the Deputy Director, Legal Research and Policy,
this position is responsible for managing the School’s resource center and
library system and ensuring effective and timely service, and access to
quality and relevant legal and judicial resources.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Developing
and reviewing the library and resource center’s policies, regulations
and procedures;
- Implementing
and maintaining the use of new and emerging technologies relevant
to resource centers and library systems;
- Implementing
and managing the Schools e-learning/distance learning program;
- Acting
as the liaison between the School, National Council for Law Reporting
and other key stakeholders to facilitate resource sharing;
- Liaising
with the Communications and Publications Officer to ensure dissemination
of relevant documents to key stakeholders; and
- Managing
the day-to-day functions of the library and resource center
including acquisition, cataloging and maintenance of resources.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelors
degree in Information Science, Library Science, Library Studies or
other related field;
- Five
(5) years experience in a high demand, customer service-oriented library;
- Demonstrated
outstanding professional competence in management of
library services;
- Strong
interpersonal and customer service skills; and
- Sound
planning and organizational skills.
Partnerships and Linkages Officer
(1 Position)
Reporting to the Deputy Director, Legal Research and Policy,
this position is responsible for managing internal, national, regional and
international partnerships and networks to support the growth of jurisprudence
and learning.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Identifying
potential partners and networks to contribute to judicial education
and professional training activities as well as legal research and
policy advisory;
- Developing
internal institutional linkages related to judicial education within
the Judiciary and the National Council on the Administration on
Justice;
- Developing
and overseeing partnership with external stakeholders engaged
directly or indirectly in judicial education and professional
training activities as well as legal research and policy advisory;
- Advising
and assisting in documenting and negotiating agreements, protocols
and contracts with external partners; and
- Managing
compliance of contractual agreements of various partners.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Communications, Public Relations or other related field;
- Five
(5) years of experience in establishing partnerships with national,
regional and international legal networks;
- Extensive
experience interacting and communicating with senior management
and executives;
- Strong
interpersonal and communication skills; and
- Ability
to maintain confidentiality.
Administrator / Executive Assistant to the Director
1 Position
Reporting to the Director, the Administrator/Executive Assistant
to the Director will be responsible for providing a wide range of
technical, administrative and office support to facilitate the effective
operation of the office of the Director of the School.
The Key Responsibilities for this role will include:
- Acting
as the point of contact for all incoming communication to the Director as
well as managing outgoing correspondence and communications;
- Preparing
and editing a variety of correspondence, memoranda, reports and
other material as well as composing routine correspondence;
- Managing
all filing and record keeping required for the office of the Director;
- Organizing
and facilitating regular and ad-hoc meetings under the
Director’s instruction;
- Managing
the Director’s calendar and appointments; and
- Managing
the day-to-day administrative functions of the office of the Director.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration or other related field;
- Three
(3) years experience as an Administrator in a fast-paced environment for
a medium to large organization;
- Good
organizational and record keeping skills;
- Ability
to prioritize and effectively manage one’s workload; and
- Strong
interpersonal and communication skills.
In addition to the requirements listed per position, all
candidates should have:
- Proficient
knowledge of Microsoft Office applications;
- Advanced
computer skills and web literacy;
- High
ethical standards, sound professional and personal integrity;
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills; and
- Ability
and willingness to be proactive and take initiative.
All applications should be made through: www.judiciary.go.ke/jobs/ so as to reach the Secretary
of the Judicial Service Commission no later than 30th December, 2012.