# Institutional, Governance & Regulatory Specialist Job IRES, Nairobi, Kenya

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Company: IRES, Nairobi, Kenya

Category: Marketing & Communications

Location: Kenya

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-21

Expires: 2026-10-05

## Job Description

### Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Governance and Regulatory professional to deliver training and advisory support on institutional governance, regulatory frameworks, policy and legislative analysis, stakeholder engagement, and public-sector reform. The consultant will help participants apply governance principles to practical institutional and service-delivery challenges.

### Key Responsibilities

- Design and deliver practical training on governance, institutional reform and regulatory management.

- Facilitate sessions on policy and legislative analysis within the Kenyan water and natural-resources context.

- Support the design of governance reforms, delegation arrangements and institutional alignment.

- Facilitate stakeholder engagements and workshops involving national and county governments, agencies and partners.

- Translate regulatory and policy requirements into practical institutional actions and decision-making tools.

- Develop case studies, exercises and learning materials based on real governance and regulatory challenges.

- Contribute technical input to proposals, reports and capacity-development assignments.

### Minimum Qualifications and Professional Experience

Academic Qualifications

- Master’s Degree in Law or a related field.

- Professional training in the relevant field of specialization is preferable.

Professional Experience

- Minimum 10 years of experience engaging county or national government ministries, departments, and agencies in water-sector or natural-resources policy development or related activities.

- Prior experience working on water-sector or natural-resource management issues.

- Experience working with government partners and other public-sector stakeholders.

- Experience in policy development, research, capacity development and related activities.

- Experience facilitating stakeholder engagements and workshops.

Technical Competencies

- Governance reform; regulatory frameworks; policy and legislative analysis; devolved governance; institutional arrangements; stakeholder engagement; public-sector capacity development.

Key Skills and Attributes

- Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.

- Excellent policy analysis and critical-thinking ability.

- High-level written and verbal communication.

- Strong understanding of Kenyan public-sector institutions.

- Proficiency in English and Kiswahili.

- Professional integrity and stakeholder sensitivity.

Training & Facilitation Experience

- Proven experience as a consultant trainer, facilitator, technical adviser, or subject-matter expert.

- Demonstrated ability to translate technical and professional concepts into practical, participant-centred learning.

- Training of Trainers (ToT) certification is an added advantage.

- Strong understanding of adult learning methodologies and competency-based facilitation.

### Consultancy Role Focus

- Provide specialist governance and regulatory expertise for training, institutional reform, policy support and stakeholder-engagement assignments.

### Mode of Engagement

- Successful candidates will be engaged as external consultant trainers on a need basis.

- Assignments may involve training delivery, technical advisory support, curriculum/content development, workshops, facilitation, and related consultancy services.

- Further details, including assignment scope, duration, and professional fees, will be provided during the initial engagement meeting.

### How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their CV, cover letter, and copies of all required certifications to trainingjobs@indepthresearch.co.ke by 26th August 2026. Please include the title of the position in the subject line.

All documents must be in PDF format.

Note:  Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

## Requirements

Apply by email: trainingjobs@indepthresearch.co.ke

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