Senior Principal Legal and Enforcement Officer at State Department for Public Works

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Principal Legal and Enforcement Officer, CSG  8 or in a comparable and relevant 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 as reflected in work performance and results.

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

• working in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders in implementing national built environment compliance policies, strategies procedures programmes, guidelines and regulations;
• planning preparations of standard compliance manuals and templates for use by relevant agencies;
• working with relevant agencies to facilitates issuance of built environment inspection certificate to relevant stakeholders;
• liaising with multi-sectoral agencies in verifying authenticity compliance certificates;
• working in close consultation with relevant stakeholders to profile and regularize building compliance to required standards of construction and habitation;
• disseminating information to stakeholders on existing and proposed development standards regulation;
• conducting research and undertaking benchmark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment in compliance issues;
• maintaining the national built environment in compliance with electronic database.

Built Environment Enforcement

• working in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders in implementing national built environment enforcement policies, strategies procedures programmes, guidelines and regulation;
• preparing standard enforcement manuals and templates for use by relevant agencies;
• working in collaboration with multi-sectoral agencies in 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 recommend standard guidelines and regulations governing built environment structures;
• conducting research, undertaking bench mark studies with other institutions to keep abreast with emerging trends in built environment enforcement electronic database; and
• maintaining the national built environment enforcement