National Registration Assistant Director at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

V/No.38/2017

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.89, 748 – Ksh.120,270 p.m. (Job Group ‘Q’)

Qualifications for the National Registration Assistant Director Job

• Served for a cumulative period of fifteen (15) years, three (3) of which should have been at the grade of Principal Fingerprint Officer, Job group ‘N’ and above or in a comparable and relevant position in the in the Public Service;
• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Forensic Science, Criminology, Security and Disaster Management, Information Science, Information Communication Technology, Anthropology, Library and Archival Science, Sociology, Psychology,Government/Political Science, Community Development, Conflict Management, Development Studies, Cultural Studies or Communication from a university recognized in Kenya;
• A Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines:- Forensic Science/Investigation, Criminology, Security and Disaster Management, Armed Conflict and Peace Studies, Information Communication Technology, Business Administration or Information Science from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Attended a Strategic Leadership course in a recognized university;
• Been gazetted as a Fingerprint Officer;
• Passed Departmental Fingerprint Technology Examination Papers ‘A’ ‘B’& ‘C’;
• Attended a departmental Advanced Fingerprint course lasting not less than two (2)weeks; and
• Thorough understanding of the Registration of Persons Act (Cap 107), related Acts,registration procedures and related government regulations.

Responsibilities for the National Registration Assistant Director Job

• Overseeing cross referencing of detected double, multiple and illegal registration of national identity cards;
  coordinating validation of automated searches involving fingerprints;
• Collaborating with security agencies and other stakeholders in combating and controlling illegal entry of persons into the country;
• Liaising and collaborating with relevant training institutions on the planning, designing,implementing,
• Monitoring and evaluating training programs for fingerprint for fingerprint personnel;
• Initiating and formulating fingerprints operational procedures;
• Initiating the adoption of new technologies in the provision of fingerprint services; and
• Designing public outreach programs in fingerprint services.