Research Officer II

Requirement for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Law, Science, Sociology, Criminology, Psychology or any other relevant qualifications from a recognized institution;
  
• Membership to any professional body as per the discipline;
  
• Certificate of competence in word processing (Ms word, word perfect), spreadsheet (Ms excel, lotus), database management (Ms Access, D-base, Oracle, Sequential Query Languages – SQL) operating systems (windows), desktop publishing (PageMaker, Photoshop) and Statistical Packages (SPSS) from a recognized institution; and
  
• Meet the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
  

• Analyzing of court cases and legislation that have been declared unconstitutional and making proposals for review;
  
• Conducting intensive research including academic literature reviews and empirical research;
  
• Preparing of a law digest for easy accessibility and reference to the laws;
  
• Implementing multi-disciplinary research approaches to inform public prosecution practice;
  
• Preparing and presenting concept papers and proposals from prioritized activities; and
  
• Collecting and collating of relevant authorities touching on criminal law and keeping a compendium of the same.