Director Registration and Compliance (Child Welfare)

About the role

The National Commission for Children (NCCS) is recruiting one Director of Registration and Compliance (NCCS Grade 2, contract, vacancy NCCS/16/2026). The post covers registration, compliance and licensing of child welfare programmes, adoption agencies and children's institutions.

Key responsibilities

• Receive applications, vet and recommend approval of child welfare programmes proposed by charitable children's institutions in line with the Act
• Develop and review criteria for establishing child welfare programmes
• Monitor adherence to standards of charitable children's institutions and child welfare programmes, and prepare monitoring reports for the Council
• Establish, maintain and update a database of children in Kenya
• Set up panels and registers of guardians ad litem appointed by the courts in child-related matters, including adoption
• Accredit and license registered adoption and child protection agencies, and maintain databases for domestic and inter-country adoptions
• Certify children free for adoption and maintain a register of prospective adoptive parents
• Maintain a database of adopted children in consultation with the Registrar
• Act as the Council's central authority for the Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoptions and collaborate with state and non-state agencies to evaluate social programmes for children

Required profile

• At least 15 years of relevant work experience, three in senior management
• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Gender and Development, Community Development, Counseling and Psychology, or its equivalent
• Master's degree in Guidance and Counseling, Sociology, Education, Public Administration Policy, Criminology, Development Studies, Project Management or a related field, or its equivalent
• Leadership course of at least four weeks
• Membership of a relevant professional body and a practicing licence where applicable

Required skills

• Good communication, presentation, analytical, research, negotiation and leadership skills
• Organization and planning skills
• Computer proficiency