Job Description:

About the Job

This is an entry-grade position for a Research Officer II at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP). There is one (1) post available. The basic salary scale ranges from Kshs.69,394 p.m. to Kshs.99,312 p.m. The terms of service are permanent and pensionable. An officer at this level will be responsible to the Senior Research Officer for the assigned Research function.

Responsibilities

Analyzing court cases and legislation that have been declared unconstitutional and making proposals for review.
Conducting intensive research, including academic literature reviews and empirical research.
Preparing a law digest for easy accessibility and reference to the laws.
Implementing multi-disciplinary research approaches to inform public prosecution practice.
Preparing and presenting concept papers and proposals from prioritized activities.
Collecting and collating relevant authorities touching on criminal law and keeping a compendium of the same.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law, Science, Sociology, Criminology, Psychology, or any other relevant qualifications from a recognized institution.
Membership to any professional body as per the discipline.
Certificate of competence in word processing (Ms word, word perfect), spreadsheet (Ms excel, lotus), database management (Ms Access, D-base, Oracle, Sequential Query Languages – SQL) operating systems (windows), desktop publishing (PageMaker, Photoshop) and Statistical Packages (SPSS) from a recognized institution.
Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.