Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 25, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

The Judicial Service Commission is established under Article 171 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, with a mandate of promoting and facilitating the independence and accountability of the Judiciary and the efficient, effective and transparent administration of justice.
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
POSITION: SENIOR ICT OFFICER-SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (JSG4)
Job Reference Number: V/No. 11/2022
Number of Positions: One (1)
Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable
Gross Salary Scale: Kshs. 169,800 – 227,600 p.m

Job Purpose:
The job holder will be responsible for managing all stages of the software development cycle including early ideation, design, implementation, scaling and go–live and that the process meets the best practices for software development and documentation while meeting user requirements.
Reporting Responsibilities:
The job holder is responsible to the Assistant Director, ICT
Area of Deployment: Directorate of ICT

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
i. Analyzing current business processes and making recommendations
for improvement based on industry trends and professional business
knowledge
1. Overseeing the development of ICT Solution by analyzing the business,
documenting the processes, outlining business requirements, re–
engineer processes and matching a solution required to solve and
automate the process.
2. Overseeing the software development process of all the ICT solutions for
the Judiciary to ensure the solutions are developed at the highest
standards in compliance with SDLC best practices.
3. Establishing innovative new systems, tools and processes that
significantly improve operations throughout the organization;
4. Developing standards and guidelines for software design lifecycle and
coding to be used by the software team;
5. Ensuring Judiciary ICT systems scales in line with the overall
organization growth strategy;
6. Leading software development resources (in–house and software
vendors/contractors) on architecture improvement projects,
customizing internal systems with off the shelf software;
7. Recommending best–fit solutions, languages, and frameworks for all
application projects;
8. Coordinating the communications from the stakeholders and users to
the software development team at all the software development stages.
9. Ensuring IT solutions developed solve the solutions of the problems
they were identified to address;
10. Working with managers to set clear KPIs (quarterly and annually) and
ensuring work aligns to these goals/metrics and come prepared with
documentation for quarterly review meetings with managers;
11. Performing code reviews to identify opportunities for future
enhancement to code written/apps developed;
12. Facilitating daily deliverables for developers, reporting updates to daily
staff meetings, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective
meetings;
13. Planning all deployment schedules, project roadmap timelines,
appropriately assessing potential risks/timeline slips and making
ongoing adjustments to task prioritization as needed;
14. Managing both UNIX/LINUX and Windows based Virtualized and
containerized Server environments;
15. Providing second line technical support in resolution of servers and
application technical issues raised by users and log the same in the
helpdesk; and
16. Facilitating Performance Management, mentoring, guidance and
counseling of staff.

Job Requirements: Academic and Professional Qualifications
For appointment to this grade, the applicant must have: –
i. A Bachelor of Science degree in any of the following fields: Computer
Science, Computer Technology, Informatics, Computer Science &
Technology, Information Systems, Business Information Technology
(BBIT), Computing Science and Technology, Computer Security and
Forensics or its equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution;
ii. Membership of the Computer Society of Kenya or any other recognized
professional body;
iii. Possess at least two (2) certifications in Software Engineering/DevOps
Certifications e.g CSD, PSD, Zend Certified PHP, PHP Developer,
PCPP1, DCA, MCADE, or equivalent;
iv. A Senior Management course or its equivalent from a recognized
institution; and
v. Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and
results

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified persons are requested to make their applications by:
1. Filling an Online Application Employment Form available at the Judiciary jobs portal:
https://www.jsc.go.ke/index.php/careers/
2. Applicants should upload soft copies of the following documents to the online application: –
a) A letter of application;
b) A detailed and updated curriculum vitae, to include background information such as past employment record (if any), community service, financial discipline, pro bono activity (if any), past and present and legal professional engagement;
c) Names of three (3) professional references and two (2) character references who can verify and comment about the applicant’s past and present employment or engagement;
d) Copies of admission certificate to the roll of advocates, testimonials, professional certificates and academic transcripts;
e) Applicant’s recent coloured passport size photographs (2 No.); and
f) Five (5) samples of any professional writings, including but not limited to judgments, advocacy submissions in courts, scholarly writings or any legal publications that the applicant has authored.
Shortlisted candidates will be required to submit valid clearance certificates from the following bodies during the interview: –
• Kenya Revenue Authority
• Higher Education Loans Board
• Directorate of Criminal Investigation
• Ethics and Anti–Corruption Commission
• A recognized Credit Reference Bureau
• Recommendation from the relevant Professional Body, as the case may be, as being in Good Standing
• Advocates Complaints Commission
• Law Society of Kenya
Applicants MUST take note that it is a criminal offence to provide false information and documents in the job application as the same will be verified by relevant bodies.
The application must reach the Commission NOT LATER THAN 11TH MARCH, 2022 AT 5.00PM
Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted. Canvassing in any form will lead to automatic disqualification.
The Judicial Service Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer and selects candidates on merit through fair and open competition from the widest range of eligible candidates.

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