Job Description
IPOA/HR/15/2024: INSPECTIONS OFFICER II, IPOA GRADE 9 (2 POSITIONS
Job Title Inspections Officer II
Grade IPOA 9
Directorate Inspections, Monitoring and Preventive
Services
Department Inspections
Location / Work Station Headquarters, Nairobi / Regional Offices
Reporting Relationships
Reports to Inspections Officer I
Job Purpose
Responsible for carrying out inspections of police premises and detention facilities
under the control of the National Police Service.
Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks
1. Support implementation of policies, strategies, guidelines, plans, standards and
procedures pertaining to Inspections, while ensuring compliance with relevant
laws, rules and regulations;
2. Conduct inspections of police facilities and premises under the control of the
Service to professionalize the service;
3. Implement inspection tools, concepts and controls to suit emerging trends in
policing;
4. Consolidate data for compiling inspection reports with recommendations to
the service or any state organ;
5. Follow up on implementation of recommendations arising from inspections of
police facilities and premises;
6. Conduct rapid inspections response activities in the Authority;
7. Update records in the division;
8. Consolidate data for development of internal reports in the division;
9. Implement risk mitigation measures;
10.Implement Management decisions;
11.Develop and implement individual work plan.
Job Dimensions:
I. Financial Responsibility
Draft Work Plans, procurement plans and the Budgets
II. Responsibility for Physical Assets
Responsible for Office equipment, furniture and records
III. Decision Making / Job Influence
Operational decisions
IV. Working Conditions
Predominantly in an office setting with occasional field travel.
Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).
Academic qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law, Public Administration,
Criminology, Sociology, Political Science, Social Sciences, Security Studies or
equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies
Professional qualification and membership to a professional body where
applicable;
Previous relevant work experience required.
This is an entry level job
Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
Functional Skills: Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:
1) Organization and Planning Skills
2) Dispute Resolution Skills
3) Decision Making Skills
4) Interpersonal Skills
5) Communication Skills
6) Analytical Skills
7) Investigations skills
1) Transparency and accountability
2) Ethics and Integrity
3) Team player
4) Creativity and innovation
5) Resilience
6) Independence