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Deputy Commissioner General - Prisons at Public Service Commission

  • Experience Required:3 Years
  • Total Positions:1
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Category: Administration
  • Minimum Education: Certificate
  • Job Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Posted on: December 16, 2021
  • Last Date: January 5, 2022

Job Description

Job Group/Grade/Scale: PG13, :(132,000.00-195,410.00)
Ministry: Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government
Department: State Department of Correctional and Rehabilitation Services

Qualifications and Requirements:

For appointment to this grade an officer must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of three (3) years in the grade of Senior Assistant Commissioner General of Prisons, Job Group S ( PG 12);
(ii) demonstrated thorough understanding of national goals, policies, programs and ability to relate them to the prisons functions; and
(iii) maintained outstanding discipline

Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-
(i) developing projections and objectives for offender containment, rehabilitation administration of justice and social reintegration;
(ii) interpretation and enforcing prisons act, rules, Borstal Institution Act and the Prisons Service Standing Orders;
(iii) guiding the formulation and implementation of departmental policies, rules, regulations and standing orders;
(iv) advising the Commissioner General of Prisons on matters relating to operations of the directorates;
(v) coordinating setting of performance contracting targets, quarterly reports, monitoring and evaluating performance of the directorates, section heads and individual officers; and
(vi) ensuring operations are in line with government policies, strategic plans and timeframe

Skills Required

Managerial Skills
Coordination Skills
Interpretation Skills

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