Senior Supervision and Compliance Officer at - Nairobi, Kenya - Council of Legal Education

Description

In addressing issues linked to education and training for a competent legal profession in Kenya, both the pre and post-colonial governments have undertaken various initiatives and set up several commissions of inquiry to formulate appropriate policy
Job Specifications
The duties and responsibilities at this grade will entail: - Participating in enforcing quality standards as directed by the Principal Supervision & Compliance Officer;
Participate in supervising legal education providers as directed by the Principal Supervision & Compliance Officer;
Participate in designing tools to ensure monitoring of adherence to standards of training and set curriculum by a legal education provider;
Participating in conducting office and field-based investigations into allegations of violations of the Legal Education Act, standards, and applicable rules and Regulations;
Participating in carrying out investigative research;
Participate in originating draft investigative results;
Assist in collating complaints or allegations for assessment;
Assist in conducting compliance checks on all legal education providers;
Assist in reviewing information from legal education providers to detect noncompliance or assess problems;
Participating in developing and maintaining an updated register of accredited legal education providers in Kenya;
Participate in writing draft review of institutional annual reports from legal education providers and make necessary recommendations.
Participating in the implementation of appropriate legal training programmes by legal education providers in line with set standards;
Assist in maintaining accurate records of all licensing, supervision and compliance activities;
Participating in the review of compliance procedures to ensure relevance and adherence to best practice;
Participate in ensuring investigations procedures/protocols to verify compliance with standards in legal education and training;
Assist in investigations and resolution of compliance concerns raised by the Council;
Assist in the review of corrective actions reports submitted legal education providers to ensure adherence with the standards and prescribed license conditions;
Implement appropriate compliance management systems and tools for efficient and effective compliance management.
Participate in planning and conducting regular compliance audits to assess compliance levels across the licensed legal education providers and applicants for licensing;
Participating in monitoring adherence to standards of training and set curriculum by all legal education providers; and

Participate in designing and developing tracking matrices to track status of applications for licensing as well as status matrices of compliance by licensed legal education providers with the license conditions prescribed by the Board.

Person Specifications
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:

• Bachelors degree in law from a recognized institution;

A minimum period of (6) years' relevant experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Supervision and Compliance Officer I or its equivalent;
Be admitted as an Advocate of Kenya and in good standing;
Membership in good standing to the Law Society of Kenya;
Proficiency in computer applications; and
Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.

Key Competencies, skills and attitudes

Planning skills;
IT and analytical skills;
Communication and reporting skills;
Ability to work independently and Team player