Research Officer II at Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

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Qualifications:Research Officer II

Bachelors Degree
For appointment to this position, a candidate must have:
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; and
Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.

Duties & Responsibilities:Research Officer II

This is the entry grade for this cadre. An officer at this level will be responsible to the Senior Research Officer for the assigned Research function. Specifically, duties and responsibilities will include:
Analyzing of 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 of 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; and
Collecting and collating of relevant authorities touching on criminal law and keeping a compendium of the same.