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.
