Director Compliance - Registration and Licensing at National Council for Children’s Services

REF NO: NCCS/2/2023

Job Purpose
An Officer at this grade will be deployed to head the Department of Registration and Licensing
and will be reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.
Duties and responsibilities entail: -
Regulating, registering, approving, evaluating and monitoring the implementation of child Welfare Programmes proposed by Charitable Children Institutions in accordance with the Children Act, 2022;
Establishing panels of persons from whom guardians ad litem will be appointed by the court in matters relating to children including adoption as per the Act;
Maintaining and updating a register of guardians ad litem;
Establishing, maintaining and updating a database of children in Kenya;
Accrediting and licensing duly registered adoption and child protection agencies in order to facilitate domestic and inter-country adoptions;
Establishing, updating and maintaining a database for domestic and inter-country adoptions;
Receiving and keeping records and reports on children available for adoption from 
haritable Children Institutions, adoption societies, parents and guardians, authorized officers and other relevant persons; 
Establishing, maintaining and updating a register for children free for adoption and prospective adoptive parents;
Certifying and declaring children free for adoption;
Establishing, maintaining and updating a database of adopted children in consultation with the Registrar; and 
Undertaking any other functions as may be lawfully assigned.

Person Specifications
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Communication; Education; Sociology; Law; Library and Information Sciences; Gender and Development Studies;  Community Development; Counseling and Psychology; Sociology and Religious Studies; Sociology and Economics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master's degree in any of the following disciplines: - Education; Community Studies; Research and Public Policy; Project Management; Gender and Development Studies; Guidance and Counseling; Counseling and Psychology; Sociology; Public Administration and Policy or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• At least Twelve (12) years of work experience, five (5) of which must be in senior management;
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Computer Proficiency; and
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter 6 of the Constitution.

Key Competencies and Skills

• Good communication and presentation skills;
• Leadership skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Organization and planning skills;
• Mandatory Requirements for the Position