Job Description
For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:-
(i) served for a minimum period of ten (10) years, three (3) years of which should be at the grade of Principal Registrar of Trade Unions CSG ‘8’ and above or in a comparable relevant position in the wider public service;
(ii) a Bachelors Degree in Law (LLB) with a post graduate diploma in legal studies from the Kenya School of Law;
(iii) admission as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya;
(iv) a Post graduate Diploma in legal studies from the Kenya School of Law
(v) a valid and current membership with the Law Society of Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities will include:
(i) guiding the due process of registration of trade unions, employers’ organizations, federations and amalgamations;
(ii) coordinating the promotion of a healthy regulatory framework for the operations of trade unions, employer’s organizations and federations;
(iii) guiding the due process of registration of trade unions, employers’ organizations, federations and amalgamations;
(iv) coordinating the promotion of a healthy regulatory framework for the operations of trade unions, employer’s organizations and federations;
(v) overseeing the registration of trade unions, employers’ organizations and federations constitutions that comply with the Labour Relations Act;
(vi) coordinating the general regulation of trade unions in accordance with the law and the Trade Unions Individual Constitutions;
(vii) oversees the Issuance of circulars to trade unions, employers’ organizations and federations hold general elections after the five-year period;
(viii) coordinates the registration of the newly elected trade unions, employers’ organizations and federations officials upon completion of the general elections and whenever such changes are made;
(ix) represents the Senior Deputy Registrar the National Labour Board;
(x) oversees and coordinates the inspection of trade union books of accounts and records to ensure that trade union dues are applied in accordance with the law and takes appropriate action as per reports submitted;
(xi) coordinates and facilitates the preparation and submission of instructions to the Office of Attorney General for concurrence on representation in court cases;
(xii) spearheads the drafting and response to parliamentary questions and complaints from the office of the commission on Administrative Justice (Ombudsman);and
(xiii) maintains and keeps custody of the trade unions’ Register.