Assistant Director - Probation

(i) served for a minimum period of two (2) years at the grade of Principal Probation

Officer, CSG 8;

(ii) a Bachelors degree in any of the following disciplines: Social Work, Sociology, Criminology, Law, Counselling Psychology, Social Psychology or equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya; (iii) a certificate in Senior Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution; and (iv) demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.

An officer at this level may be deployed at the Headquarters, Regional Offices or Probation Institutions.

At Headquarters, duties and responsibilities at this level will include: - (i) developing, implementing and reviewing Probation and Aftercare policies; (ii) coordinating compliance to the pre-sentence, bail, sentence review, release boards assessment reports; (iii) analysing and preparing supervision reports form field station; (iv) developing and maintaining data bank on case committees and their membership; (v) compiling a list of case committees and members from gazettement and analysing case committee reports and recommendations for the National Case Committees; (vi) designing, piloting and disseminating crime prevention strategies and peace keeping activities; (vii) coordinating pre-release report to Power of Mercy Committee, Borstal Institution Boards, Rehabilitations School Committees; (viii) developing and implementing of child and youth justice strategies; and (ix) interpreting and disseminating of offender data and programs to relevant government agencies and other stakeholders;

At Regional Offices, duties and responsibilities at this level will include: - (i) undertaking Community Service Orders and Probation and Aftercare functions; (ii) preparing and presenting reports for special needs offenders; (iii) coordinating the implementation of restorative justice programs; (iv) conducting home visits and follow-ups for high-risk offenders’ resettlement and rehabilitation; (v) coordinating the identification, engagement induction of Community Probation Volunteers; (vi) supervising and strengthening Community Probation Volunteers program; (vii) undertaking social inquiries for high court cases; (viii) undertaking supervision of high-risk offenders; (ix) preparing bail assessment reports for high-risk cases; (x) rehabilitating high-risk offenders and administering appropriate interventions; and (xi) coordinating prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).

At Probation Institutions, duties and responsibilities at this level will include: - (i) coordinating admission, assessment and classification of probationers; (ii) spearheading the development, implementation and reviewing of supervision plans for all probationers admitted to the institutions; (iii) ensuring temporary safe accommodation and provision of basic amenities for all probationers admitted; (iv) coordinating offender Vocational training, rehabilitation, treatment and re-integration programs and facilitating empowerment of offenders for resettlement; (v) coordinating stakeholders’ engagement on offender management; (vi) coordinating supervision of offenders in accordance with risk levels; (vii) guiding on implementation of recommendations of case committees and management committees; and (viii) facilitating formal education for school going probationers as well as relevant skills training

Eligibility: for serving public officers only.