The role of the Standards and Licensing Officer I, Grade CLE 7, involves supporting the regulatory functions of the Council of Legal Education concerning standards, licensing, and compliance for legal education providers and qualifications. The officer will participate in research, assessment, and monitoring activities to ensure quality legal education and training in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities (Job Specifications)
The duties and responsibilities at this grade will entail:
- Support the designing of tools for collating and compiling data relating to standards and licensing.
- Participate in drafting initial research reports on legal education and training.
- Populate, organize and maintain information files on research conducted by the Division.
- Assist in conducting reviews and assessments of applications for licensing or renewal of license from legal education providers as directed by the Senior Standards and Licensing Officer.
- Assist in preliminary preparation of documentation, briefs and reports for audit and inspection of legal education providers.
- Conduct preliminary assessments of applications for recognition & approval of qualifications in law obtained outside Kenya.
- Support research on matters relating to standards and licensing & compliance, including benchmarking studies on industry/sector standards, regulations, and best practices in legal education and training.
- Assist in conducting periodical scans of the regulatory environment; monitor developments in laws and policies touching on legal education and training and proactively develop and recommend appropriate proposals for the review of the relevant policies, laws and regulations and recommend proposals to improve licensing, supervision and compliance processes.
- Provide support in organizing regular engagements and collaborations with other regulatory bodies, legal education providers and other stakeholders on matters touching on regulation of legal education training.
- Assist in planning and conducting sensitization programmes on matters touching on legal education and training, including capacity building to Council staff, legal education providers, and other key stakeholders.
- Assist in conducting comprehensive stakeholder mapping of stakeholders in legal education and training and develop appropriate stakeholder engagement strategies for various categories of stakeholders.
- Support the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the development of licensing standards and for supervising and monitoring compliance by legal education providers.
- Participate in periodical review of standards and criteria for recognition and approval of foreign qualifications in law as well as the standards for licensing of legal education programmes and providers.
- Assisting in ensuring that all licenses for legal education providers are up-to-date and ensure issuance of notices for renewal of licenses to legal education providers.
Person Specifications (Minimum Requirements)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
- Bachelor's degree in Law from a recognized institution.
- A minimum period of three (3) years' relevant work experience which should have been at the level of Standards and Licensing Officer II or an equivalent position.
- Be admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and in good standing.
- Proficiency in computer applications.
- Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution (on leadership and integrity).
Key Competencies, Skills, and Attitudes
- Communication skills
- Reporting skills
- Team player
