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 non-compliance or assess problems;
- Participating in developing and maintaining an updated register of accredited legal education providers in Kenya;
- Participate in writing draft reviews 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 practices;
- 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 action reports submitted to 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 the status of applications for licensing as well as status matrices of compliance by licensed legal education providers with the license conditions prescribed by the Council.
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;
- Proficiency in computer applications; and
- Fulfill 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.
Terms of Service and Remuneration Appointment will be on permanent and pensionable terms. SALARY SCALE BASIC SALARY: 96,589 x 8,831 – 105,420 x 8,831 -114,251 x 8,831 -123,082 x 8,831 -131,913 x 8,831 -140,744 per month. Other remunerative allowance includes; House, Commuter, and airtime allowance as per prevailing Salaries and remuneration commission guidelines.
How to Apply
Interested and eligible candidates are urged to access the detailed job descriptions of the jobs visit our website: www.cle.or.ke under careers and click on the link https://cle.or.ke/careers/ Applicants should follow the following steps for application to be considered complete:
- Email soft copies of the cover letter, CV, Certificates, and any other documents supporting their qualification to hrdept@cle.or.ke with the job title and reference number as the email subject for the job applied.
- A link will be auto-sent to the applicant’s email to complete the employment application form further.
Applicants must complete both steps for their application to be deemed complete, hard copy applications will not be accepted.
Successful candidates MUST be of the highest ethical standards, integrity, professionalism and comply with the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya.
Please note that:–
Due to the high number of applications anticipated, it will not be possible for the Council of Legal Education to respond to each application and only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing in any form and giving false information will lead to automatic disqualification.
The Council of Legal Education is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified Women and Persons Living with Disabilities and persons from marginalized communities are encouraged to apply and clearly state that they are women and/or have disabilities and marginalized.
Applications are to reach the undersigned at 5 pm on 17th September 2024.
AG. SECRETARY/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION
P. O. BOX 829 – 00502
KAREN, NAIROBI
