Deputy Commissioner General of Prisons at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

For appointment to this grade a candidate must:-

• Be currently serving in the grade of Senior Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons, Job Group S (PG 12);
• Have demonstrated thorough understanding of national goals, policies, programs and ability to relate them to the prisons functions; and 
• Have maintained outstanding discipline record

Duties and Responsibilities
He/she will be the Principal Assistant to the Commissioner General of Prisons. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

• Developing projections and objectives for offender containment, rehabilitation administration of justice and social reintegration;
• Interpretation and enforcing prisons act, rules, Borstal Institution Act and the Prisons Service Standing Orders;
• Guiding the formulation and implementation of departmental policies, rules, regulations and standing orders;
• Advising the Commissioner General of Prisons on matters relating to operations of the directorates;
• Coordinating setting of performance contracting targets, quarterly reports, monitoring and evaluating performance of the directorates, section heads and individual officers; and
• Ensuring operations are in line with government policies, strategic plans and time frame.