Assistant Data Commissioner - Enforcement at Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

Job Specification
Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) minimum mean grade C+ (Plus) or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Six (6) years’ experience in a related field, three (3) of which must be in a managerial position;
• Bachelor’s degree in Law from a recognized and accredited institution;
• Master’s degree in Law, Public Policy, Public Administration, or their equivalent from a recognized and accredited institution will be an added advantage;
• Diploma from Kenya School of Law or its equivalent from a recognized and accredited institution;
• Membership with relevant professional body in good standing;
• Certificate in Management Course from a recognized Institution; and
• Experience in data protection is an added advantage.

 Duties and Responsibilities

Specific duties and responsibilities at this level will entail: -

• Prepare and service of enforcement and penalty notices;
• Prepare and submit applications to court for preservation order for the expeditious preservation of personal data;
• Enforcing penalties for non-compliance by data processors and data controllers;
• Obtain and implement the court warrants on premise search;
• Issuance of enforcement and penalty notices;
• Develop penalty notice database;
• Develop guidelines on identifying data to be preserved;
• Monitoring and Evaluate preservation of personal data; and
• Any other duties assigned by the Deputy Data Commissioner, Complaints, Investigations and Enforcement.

Core Competencies

The following core competencies and skills will be required;

• Leadership skills;
• Management skills;
• Presentation skills;
• Communications and Negotiation skills;
• Resource mobilization and management capabilities;
• Analytical skills;
• Decision making capabilities;
• People and Knowledge management;
• Creativity and innovativeness.