Director, Registration and Compliance

• Receive applications, vet and recommend for approval 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 are appointed by the court in matters relating to children, including adoption
• Accredit and license duly registered adoption and child protection agencies to facilitate domestic and inter-country adoptions
• Establish, update and maintain databases for domestic and inter-country adoptions and for adopted children in consultation with the Registrar
• Certify and declare a child free for adoption
• Serve as the central authority platform for the purposes of the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions
• Collaborate with relevant state departments and agencies to monitor and evaluate social programmes established in the interests of children

Qualifications & Experience:

• At least fifteen (15) years’ relevant work experience, three (3) of which must be in senior management
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Gender/Women and Development Studies, Community Development, Counseling and Psychology, or equivalent from a recognized institution
• Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling, Sociology, Education, Counseling Psychology, Public Administration, Gender Studies, Criminology, Community Development, Development Studies, Project Management or a related field 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

Skills & Competencies:

• Computer proficiency
• Strong leadership and policy formulation skills
• In-depth knowledge of child welfare, adoption regulation and compliance frameworks