Job particulars
- Job title
- Director Registration and Compliance
- Hiring organisation
- Testimonials
- Location
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Industry
- Project Management
- Level
- Management
- Posted
- 6 Oct 2026
- Closing date
- 20 Oct 2026
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.
Candidate requirements
- 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.
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