Director Registration & Compliance Job NCCS

Project Management Jobs, NCCS Jobs. Responsible for overseeing registration and compliance functions, developing and implementing regulatory policies, monitoring compliance with requirements for organisations serving children, coordinating inspections and assessments, maintaining registration records, handling compliance issues, and preparing reports for management. Requires a relevant Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate qualification in Law, Social Sciences, Public Administration, or a related field. The position is based in Nairobi and requires on-site work.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive applications, vet and recommend for approval of child welfare programmes proposed by charitable children’s institutions in accordance with the Act;
• Develop and review criteria for establishment of child welfare programmes;
• Monitor adherence to set standards of Charitable Children’s Institutions and child welfare programmes for compliance;
• Prepare and submit monitoring reports of Charitable Children’s Institutions and child welfare programmes to the Council;
• Establish, maintain and update a database of children in Kenya; 
• Establish panels of persons from whom guardians ad litem appointed by the court in matters relating to children including adoption regulated under the Act; 
• Maintain and update a register of guardians ad litem; 
• Accredit and license duly registered adoption and child protection agencies in order to facilitate domestic and inter-country adoptions;  
• Establish, update and maintain a database for domestic and inter-country adoptions; 
• Receive records and reports from Charitable Children Institutions, adoption societies, parents and guardians, authorised officers and other relevant persons on children available for adoption;  
• Establish, maintain and update a register of children free for adoption and prospective adoptive parents; 
• Certify and declare a child free for adoption;  
• Establish, maintain and update a database of adopted children in consultation with the Registrar; 
• Provide the platform for the Council in serving as the central authority for the purposes of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions; 
• Collaborate with relevant state departments, state and non-state agencies to monitor and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of all social programmes established in the interests of children;&nb

Qualifications

For appointment to this Grade, an officer must have: –

• At least Fifteen (15) years’ relevant work experience, three (3) of which must be in senior management;
• 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;
• Master’s degree in any of the following disciplines: – Guidance and Counseling; Sociology; Education, Counseling Psychology; Public Administration Policy; Gender Studies and Development; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Criminology and Security Management; Community Development; Development Studies; Project Management or any other related field from a recognized institution; Development; Counseling Psychology or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks;
• Membership to a relevant professional body where applicable; 
• Practicing License where applicable; and
• Computer Proficiency.

Key Competencies and Skills 

• Good communication and presentation skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Organization and planning skills; 
• Research Skills; 
• Negotiation skills; and 
• Leadership skills.

How to Apply

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