The Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman) is a Constitutional Commission established under Article 59 (4), Chapter fifteen of the Constitution and the Commission on Administrative Justice Act, 2011, with the mandate of addressing all forms of maladministration in the public sector in Kenya.
The Commission is also charged with overseeing and enforcing the implementation of the Access to Information Act, 2016.
The Commission seeks to fill the following internship positions:
Legal Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Screening of complainants
ii. Assisting in handling public complaints and provision of legal advice;
iii. Assisting in conducting legal research on matters relating to administrative justice
and other legal matters;
iv. Compiling reports and collating data for preparation of briefs
v. Any other duties assigned by the Commission from time to time.
Human Resource Management Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Assisting in filing, updating and maintaining employee records
ii. Providing clerical and administrative support to the division
iii. Assisting in the day to day operations of the HR functions and duties
iv. Assisting in processing documentation and preparing reports
v. Preparing staff leaves, onboarding of interns, and other day to day operations
vi. Supporting in the coordination of HR /staff functions
vii. Any other duties assigned by the Commission from time to time
ICT Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Assist in maintaining Local Area Network and Wide Area Network
ii. Assist in drawing and scheduling preventive and corrective maintenance
iii. Providing technical ICT support to users
iv. Assist in implementing preventive maintenance schedules
v. Assist in carrying out systems analysis in liaison with users
vi. Assist in training on ICT hardware and software
vii. Assist in installing and configuring ICT equipment and services
viii. Assist in monitoring the use of hardware and software and ensure that all
hardware is licensed
ix. Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Public Education, Advocacy & Corporate Communications Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Assist in collecting information for undertaking research on various
maladministration investigations;
ii. Assist in organising forums such as meetings, workshops and trainings
iii. Assist in disseminating information on public education and advocacy
iv. Assist in drafting reports
v. Assist in creating awareness on maladministration and the role of the Commission
through public forums and use of print and electronic media
vi. Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Resource Centre Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Assist in issuing and receiving books
ii. Assist in compiling statistics of borrowed books
iii. Assisting users to track reading materials through relevant library system
iv. Assist in handling general enquiries
v. Assist in registering new library users
vi. Assist in Searching the database
vii. Assist in sending reminder notices for overdue publications
viii. Assist in updating the catalogue
Internal Audit & Risk Intern
Duties and responsibilities for this position will entail:
i. Assist in undertaking audit assignments and preparing detailed audit
observations and reports
ii. Participating in carrying out institutional risk evaluation, and efficiency
audit
iii. Assist in conducting financial and systems audit
iv. Participating in developing and updating of internal audit manual;
v. Assist in carrying out audit inspections of CAJ’s records
vi. Assist in auditing of systems and processes
vii. Assist in carrying out audit checks and identifying any accounting errors
viii. Assist in collecting data on periodical financial returns, estimates and
expenditure
ix. Assist in examining vouchers, cashbooks, ledgers confirming the propriety and
accuracy of the transactions
x. Assist in Auditing annual accounts
xi. Any other duties assigned by the Commission from time to time.
