Probation & Aftercare Director at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.120, 270 – Ksh.180,660 p.m. – Job Group ‘S’

Responsibilities for the Probation & Aftercare Director Job

• An officer at this level will be responsible to the Principal Secretary for the organization, control and management of the department. Duties and responsibilities include: formulating, reviewing and implementation of Government Policies on Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation;

• formulating, interpreting and implementing Government Programmes and activities on Crime Prevention and Treatment of Offenders in the Community; directing and controlling Departmental activities in all the Counties and at the Headquarters;

  efficient and effective organization and operation of the Department and supervising

• Probation Services countrywide; liaising with the Judiciary, Police, Children Service and Prisons Departments and other legal sectors including development partners for better management of the Criminal Justice System;

  providing secretariat services to the Central Probation Committee and advice to the

• Committees on matters relating to the departmental operations; and ensuring safe custody of offenders residing in the Community, Correctional Institutions under the department.

Qualifications for the Probation & Aftercare Director Job

• served for a minimum period of eighteen (18) years, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Senior Assistant Director, Probation and Aftercare Service, Job Group ‘Q’ and above;

• a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following Social Sciences: Social Work, Sociology, Criminology, Guidance and Counselling, Social Psychology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;

• a Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Sociology, Criminology, Guidance and Counselling, Social Psychology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; attended strategic leadership course in a recognized institution;  demonstrated professional competence, administrative capabilities and initiative in the

• general organization and control of the department; and

• been conversant with Government Policies on Criminal Justice Administration and

• Management of Offenders.