PROBATION OFFICER II – NINE (9) POSTS V/No.118/2012

REPUBLIC OF KENYA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KENYA
DAILY NATION: 17th May, 2012
OUR MISSION
“To enhance excellence in public service delivery by providing the required
human resource in the most effective manner”
VACANT POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE
Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the positions shown below.
Interested and qualified persons are requested to make their applications online through one of
the Commission’s websites www.publicservice.go.ke and www.psckjobs.go.ke OR by
completing ONE application form PSC 2 (Revised 2007). The form may be downloaded from the
Commission’s websites.
Please Note
Candidates should NOT attach any documents to the application form. ALL the
details requested in the advertisement should be filled on the form.
Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.
Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IS COMMITTED TO AVAILING EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ALL KENYANS. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Shortlisted candidates shall be required to produce originals of their National Identity Card,
academic and professional certificates and testimonials during interviews.
Serving officers shall be required to produce the original letter of appointment to their current
substantive post during the interview.
Completed application forms should be sent to:
THE SECRETARY
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF KENYA
P.O. BOX 30095 – 00100
NAIROBI,
so as to reach the Commission on or before 30th May, 2012.

VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTRY
OF HOME AFFAIRS
PROBATION OFFICER II – NINE (9) POSTS V/No.118/2012
Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.21,895 – Ksh.25,304 p.m. (Job Group ‘J’)
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have a Bachelors degree in Social
Sciences in any of the following disciplines: Social Work, Sociology, Criminology,
Guidance and Counselling or Social Psychology from a recognized university.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is the entry and training grade for the Probation Officers’ cadre. An officer at this
level will work under the supervision of a more senior officer. Duties and responsibilities
at this level include:-
(i) interviewing accused persons for bail reports;
(ii) conducting and presenting social injury reports on probation and community
service offenders as required by the courts;
(iii) making pre-trial and post-trial social enquiries reports for the courts on referred
offenders;
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(i) conducting and submitting social enquiry reports to correctional institutions and
discharge boards; and
(ii) keeping updated records of offenders under supervision.