Principal Compliance Officer - 5 Posts

Duties and responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities entail:

• Reviewing and updating the monitoring tools for children’s institutions;
• Coordinating all children welfare activities in the regions;
• Preparing and submitting inspection reports;
• Monitoring adherence to set standards by children’s institutions;
•  Participating in reviewing of children programmes and policies in order to address children emerging issues;
• Coordinating the dissemination of standards on the care of displaced or unaccompanied children to stakeholders for implementation;
• Networking and coordinating stakeholders’ technical working teams on the preparation of the country status reports on regional and international obligations;
• Monitoring implementation of international and regional obligations relating to rights and welfare of children;

Job Specification    
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have: -

• At least nine (9) years’ work experience three (3) of which must be at the grade of Senior Compliance Officer or in a comparable position;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Social Sciences, Education; Sociology; Gender, Women and Development Studies; Gender and Development; Community Development; Counseling and Psychology; Sociology and Religious Studies; Sociology and Economics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
•  Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable;
• Management course not lasting less than four (4) weeks; and
• Computer Proficiency.