Research Officer

Full time @Office of The Director of Public Prosecutions in Research/Science
  • Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya, 01000 View on Map
  • Post Date : March 18, 2026
  • Salary: Ksh30,000.00 - Ksh100,000.00 / Monthly
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  • Job ID 10246
  • Offered Salary  1000
  • Career Level  Others
  • Experience  2 Years
  • Gender  Both
  • Industry  Science/Research
  • Qualifications  Diploma/Degree/Masters
  • State  Nairobi
  • City  Nairobi

Job Description

Research Officer

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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Interested and qualified persons are requested to make their applications ONLINE (no hard copy applications will be accepted) through the provided link on the ODPP website www.odpp.go.ke careers page or https:// jobs.prosecutions.go.ke/ Applications should reach the Office on or before 30 March, 2026 by 5.00 p.m. (East African Time).

  • The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is committed to implementing the provisions of Article 232 (1) of the Constitution. Therefore, Persons with disability, Intersex and those from marginalized and minority communi- ties are encouraged to apply.
  • Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce originals of their National Identification Card, academic and professional certificates & transcripts during the interviews.
  • The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is an equal opportunity employer.

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