Deputy Director, Legal and Enforcement at State Department for Public Works

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Assistant Director Legal and Enforcement, CSG 7 or in a comparable position in the wider public service;
• a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Public Policy and Administration, Security, Law, Sociology, Anthropology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;
• been registered by a relevant and recognized professional body (where applicable); and
• demonstrated professional competence and managerial skills as reflected in work.

Duties and Responsibilities
An officer at this level may be deployed in any of the following functional areas. Specific duties and responsibilities include:

• Built Environment Compliance
• collaboration with relevant stakeholders in reviewing and ensuring implementation of national built environment compliance policies, strategies, procedures, programmes, guidelines and regulation;
• supervising preparations of standard compliance manuals and templates for use by relevant agencies;
• issuance of built environment inspection certificate to buildings owners/developer;
• verifying authenticity of compliance 
• profiling buildings compliance status across the country;
• disseminating information to stakeholders on existing and proposed development standards and regulations;
• supervising research work and promoting benchmark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment compliance issues;
• maintaining the national built environment compliance electronic database.

Enforcement

• working in collaboration with relevant stakeholders in reviewing and ensuring implementation of national built environment enforcement policies, strategies, procedures, programmes, guidelines and regulations;
• supervising preparations of standard enforcement  manuals and templates for  use by relevant agencies;
• enforcing remedial measures in built environment;
• engaging with multi-sectoral agencies to facilitate verification of enforcement notices issued to landlords and developers;
• working in liaison with  relevant agencies to ensure stakeholders adhere to recommended standards guidelines and regulations governing built environment structures;
• supervising research work and promoting benchmark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment enforcement issues;
• maintaining the national built enforcement electronic database.