Latest Recruitment at the State Department for Parliamentary Affairs

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Have served in the grade of Senior Legislative Affairs Officer or a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service for a minimum period of one (1) year;
• Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution;
• Have a Post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law;
• Have been admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with at least one (1) year post-admission experience;
• Have Certificate in Senior Management Course (SMC) lasting for at least four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Be proficient in computer application skills; and
• Has shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Compiling and collating data from MDAs on legislative proposals ;
• Prepare Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials on national legislation formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; sensitize MDAs on guidelines, procedures and processes for formulation of National legislation;
• Conduct Monitoring and evaluation on implementation of guidelines for formulation of National legislation;
• Pepare report on implementation of guidelines for formulation of National legislation;
• Track the status of development of legislative proposals by the MDAs; Preparation of consolidated periodic Reports on the Legislative Agenda and legislation proposals development status by the MDAs, to implement tools for monitoring and tracking legislative development processes; and to monitor the status and quality of data in the Legislative Agenda Tracking Information System.

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For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Have served in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a cumulative period of six (6) years;
• Have Bachelors in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social Sciences, International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate in Senior Management Course (SMC) lasting for at least four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Be proficient in computer applications skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Developing the National policy Guideline and citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework to guide MDAs on policy formulation; Coordinating sensitization of MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and best practices on policy formulation and implementation; Conducting Monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of the National Policy Guideline and citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework; Coordinating the preparation
• of monitoring and evaluation reports on implementation of the national government policies;
• Monitoring the status and quality of data in the Policy tracking information system;
• Coordinating policy analysis from the Policy tracking information system to identify legislative gaps and preparing periodic policy status reports on national development agenda; Analyzing data and
• preparing reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy interventions and decision
• making; Developing, reviewing and implementing tools, techniques and frameworks for appraisal and tracking of policy formulation and implementation; Identifying appropriate techniques and designing tools for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation;
• Coordinating piloting and validation of research tools and techniques for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation;
• Documenting best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Liaising with stakeholders for follow up on implementation of commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio- economic; Preparing reports on implementation status of the commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio-economic;
• Coordinating the preparation of reports on fora recommendations on policy interventions; and Developing Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

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 For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Have served in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a cumulative period of six (6) years;
• Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social Sciences,
• International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have Certificate in Senior Management Course (SMC) lasting for at least four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Be proficient in computer application skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Undertaking policy analysis from the Policy tracking information system to identify legislative gaps and preparing periodic policy status reports on national development agenda; Sensitizing MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and best practices
• on policy formulation and implementation; Preparing monitoring and evaluation reports on the implementation of the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and national government policies; Identifying capacity gaps on policy making processes for MDAs;
• Preparing reports on implementation status of the commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio-economic; Coordinating data collection, collating, coding, analysis and preparing reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy interventions and decision making;
• Piloting and validating research tools and techniques for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation; Documenting best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Implementing tools and frameworks for tracking policy formulation and implementation;
• Monitoring the status and quality of data in the system; Liaising with identified institutions for capacity building on policy making process; and Developing Information Education and
• Communication (IEC) materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

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For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:-

• Have served in the grade of Senior Parliamentary Liaison or a comparable and relevant position in the Public Service for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Have a Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines; Law, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Public Administration, Business Management,
• Economics, Statistics or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have a post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law or a Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Public Administration, Business Management, Economics, Statistics or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have been admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya with at least three (3) year post-admission experience or three (3) year working experience in the following disciplines: Law, Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Public Administration, Business Management, Economics, Statistics or any other equivalent qualification;
• Be proficient in computer application skills; and
• Has shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Developing and reviewing the Parliamentary Liaison Framework; Sensitizing MDAs on the Parliamentary Liaison Framework;
• Monitoring the implementation of the Parliamentary Liaison Framework; Organizing fora with Parliamentary leadership and Parliamentary Liaison Officers in the Executive on Government business in Parliament; Monitoring the implementation of the fora resolutions and recommendations;
• Preparing reports for the apprisal of Parliament and Cabinet on Government affairs; Reviewing and guiding MDAs on responses to parliamentary enquiries in collaboration with Parliamentary Liaison Officers in the Executive; Preparing responses and reports to Parliament;
• Establishing and maintaining a database of Parliamentary Resolutions and National Executive’s undertakings to Parliament;
• Preparing reports on the status of implementation of Parliamentary Resolutions and National Executive’s undertakings to Parliament;
• Developing and reviewing tools for monitoring and tracking the implementation of Parliamentary Resolutions and National Executive’s undertakings to Parliament; Establishing and maintaining a database of Parliamentary Liaison Officers in the Executive; Updating the database of Parliamentary Liaison Officers in the Executive; Formulating and reviewing the roles of Parliamentary Liaison Officers in the Executive; Identifying the capacity gaps of public officers in the MDAs on legislative and parliamentary affairs; and Identifying and liaising with institutions to build capacity of public officers in the MDAs on legislative and parliamentary affairs.

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For appointment to this grade, a candidate must:-

• Have Served in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a cumulative period of four (4) years;
• Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social Sciences, International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Be proficient in computer application skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Collecting and coding data on key emerging socio-economic issues;
• Collating data for policy analysis from Policy Tracking Information System to identify legislative gaps and decision making;
• Preparing draft concept notes on policy analysis; Preparing training materials for sensitization of MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and on best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Preparing draft IEC materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
• and Preparing monitoring and evaluation reports on implementation of the national government policies.

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For appointment to this grade, a candidate must: -

• Have served in a comparable position in the Public Service or Private Sector for a cumulative period of four (4) years;
• Have Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Economics and Statistics, Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Social Sciences,
• International Relations, Business Administration or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Have proficient in computer applications skills; and
• Have demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities: -

• Preparing monitoring and evaluation reports on the implementation of the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and national government policies;
• Undertaking policy analysis from the Policy tracking information system to identify legislative gaps and preparing periodic policy status reports on national development agenda; Sensitizing MDAs on the National Policy Guideline, citizen/stakeholder’s engagement framework and best practices on policy formulation and implementation; Identifying capacity gaps on policy making processes for MDAs;
• Preparing reports on implementation status of the commitments made during the fora on key emerging socio-economic;
• Coordinating data collection, collating, coding, analysis and preparing reports on key emerging socio-economic issues for policy interventions and decision making;
• Piloting and validation of research tools and techniques for appraisal of policy formulation and implementation;
• Documenting best practices on policy formulation and implementation;
• Implementing tools and frameworks for tracking policy formulation and implementation;
• Monitor the status and quality of data in the system;
• Liaising with identified institutions for capacity building on policy making process; and Developing Information Education and Communication (IEC) material materials on policy formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.