Employment Opportunities at Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
• Bachelor of laws (LL.B) degree from a recognized university;
• Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Council of legal Education;
• Admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
• Member of the larv Society of Kenya in good standing; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) ofthe constitution of Kcnya zoro.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deployed to work at any of the Regional, County or Sub County Offices under the guidance of a senior and experienced officer. Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:
• Conducting criminal and related poceedings in relation to cases instituted before courts of law;
• Analysing of judpents, and preparation of appropriate documents for appeal, rewiew, or rwision and related proceedings where necessary;
• Conducting pretrial, in-trial and post-trial proseqtiotr strategies;
• Advising gorarnment departrents and agencies on criminal matters;
• Conducting the prosecution of criminal cases;
• Drafting plaadings;
• Ensuring prudent management of rcsounces;
• Participating in the development and implementation of annual work plans,
• prccur€ment plans and budgets;
• Collecting, collating, anabaing and submitting of criminal statistical data and reports;
• Liaising with the police and other law enforcement agencies; and
• Conducing legal researth on the files dlocated to them.

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REQIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration Finance option or Accounting or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountant - CPA Part II or its equivalent qualifications; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) of the constitution of Kenya 2olo.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deployed to work at the
• Regional or County Offices under the guidance of a scnior and experienccd officcr.

Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:

• Implementing accounting policies, standards, systems, strategies and procedures for the Office;
• Monitoring effectiveness of aeounting policies guidelines, procedur',es and standards;
• Facilitating expenditure contrrol;
• Preparing payment rouchers both for staff dafuns, imprest uarrants and suppliers;
• Invoicing of all payment vouchers;
• Invoicing ofAIEs for all ODPP spending units;
• Filing of all roudrers both for payments, reeipts, imprest ald surrenders of import;
• Custodian of voudrer stamping stamps;
• Maintaining various voudrer movement registers;
• Filing and storing and retrieval of official documents for the accounts division;
• Processing of furvoice payrm.ent through the Integrated Financial and Management Infomation System (IFMIS); and
• Eiling and storage of accourts documents.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Procurcment and Supply Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Logistics, Purrhasing and Supplies Management or equivalent qualifications from a recognized university; OR Bachelor's degree in Management/Social Sciences with a Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management or its approved equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Member of a professional body of Supply Chain Management Officers' i.e. Kenya Institute of Supplies Management or Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply;
• Practicing license from Kenya Institute of Supplies Management or Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) of the constitution of Kenya zoro.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

 For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's Degree in any of the following disciplines: law, Science, Sociology, Criminolory, Psycholory or any other relevant qualifications from a recognized institution.
• Membership to any professional body as per the discipline;
• Certificate of competence in accord processing (Ms word, word perfect), spreadsheet (Ms excel, lotus), database management (Ms Access, Dbase, Oracle, Sequential Query tanguages - SQL) operating systems (u'indors), clesktop publishing (, Photoshop) and Statistical Packages (SPSS) from a recognized institution; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) of the constitution of Kenya 2010

This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deployed to work at any of the Departments at the Headquarters, Regional or County Offices under the gui.L"ce of a senior and experienced officer. Specifically, duties and responsibilities will indude:

• Analping of court cases and legislation that have been declared unconstitutional and making proposals for review;
• Conducting intensive reseach induding academic literature reviews and empirical research;
• Preparing of a law digest for easy accessibility and reference to the laws;
• Implementing multidisciplinary r€sesrctl approadres to infonn public prosecution practice;
• Preparing and presenting concept papers and proposals from prioritized activities; and
• Colecting and collating of relomnt authorities touching on criminal law and keeping a compendium of the same.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (BA)-Accounting/ Finance Option or
• Bachelor of Science (BSC)-Auditing and Consultancy/Finance option from a recognized Institution or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountant - CPA part II or equivalent qualifications; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) ofthe constitution of Kenya 2oro.

DUTIES AND RXSPONSIBILITIES

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deployed to work at the Headquarters or Regional Oftices under the guidance of a senior and experienced officer.
• Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:
• Implementing audit and risk strategr, policies, Audit Framework, procedures and programmes;
• Implementing the Internal Audit Charter for ODPP;
• Analyze the utilization of software and data analyical tools to cnhance the efliciency of the audit process;

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REQUIREMENT FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointrnent to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or any other Information Communication Technolory related discipline from a recognized institution;
• Programming skills and development of ICT systems using Pyhon, Pert, PHP or any other language will be an added advantage; and
• Meet Chapter Six (6) ofthe constitution of Kenya zoro.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will be deployed to work at the Regional or County Offices under the guidance of a senior and experienced ofticer.

Specifically, duties and responsibilitics will be include:

• Providing technical support to end users for all handware and software to facilitate ease in the use of information technology in the operations of ODPP for enhancement of efficiency;
• Maintaining ODPP Information Commrrnisatisn fectmolosi Exstems to minimize system breakdovms that disrupt operations;
• Preparing ICT equipment maintenance Eports to ensure the maintenance is monitored for cost management purposes;

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REQUIRMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Communication, Journalism, Public Relations, Digital Media or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; OR Bachelor's Degree in Social Science with a Post Graduate Diploma in Communications/ Public Relations/ Journalism for general degree holders;
• Skills in Graphic Dcsign and Videography will be an added advantage;
• Memrbership to Public Relations Srriety of Kenl'a or any othcr relevant professional body; 
• Meet Chapter Six (6) of thc constitution of Kenya 2010.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deployed to work at Regional or County Offices under the guideance of a senior and experienced of6cer.

Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:

• Implementing and rwiewing Public Affairs and Corporate Communication and customer care policies, stardards, E6tems, strategies, manuels, pmgrammes and procedures for the Office;
• Proceding suppoft in the danelopment, implementation and review of the departmental work plans, budget and procurement plans;
• Monitoring effectiveness of Public Affairs and Corporate Communication policies, guidelines, procedurts and standards;
• Implementing ODPP service delivery cbarter;
• Collecting and collating information for updating the content for the rvebsite and digital media platforms;

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

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) grade C Plain;
• Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognized institution; and
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya zoro.

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level may be deplryed at County and Sub county offices. Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:
• Maintaining an efficient filing system;
• Peting different entries in relevant ledgers and requisitions as per the ODPP procedures and provide information used to monitor the utilisation of rcsources in the institutiou
• Drafting simple correspondences as advised;
• Compiling simple statistical records based on routine or special sources of information;
• Receipt and rccord entry and exit of offre infonnation material;

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REQUIRMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -
• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education mean grade of D+; and
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) ofthe Constitution of Kenya zoro.

Duties 

• Collecting and disposing waste;
• Arranging the office equipment and furniture;
• Dispatch mails within and outside the office; and
• Assist in preparation of office and court documents.