EVANS YOGO OCHELE
Principal Security Officer
Nairobi
Summary
Initiative, diligent and result-oriented, Good interpersonal skills and embraces diversity, Creative, strategic thinker and a team leader, Committed to excellence, Versatile and flexible, Analytical, ethical and honest, and Agile, physically and mentally fit.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Principal Security Officer
Independent Policing Oversight Authority
07.2024 - Current
- Supervising implementation and/or review of policies, strategies, guidelines, systems, plans, standards and procedures that impact on security services while ensuring compliance to applicable laws and circulars
- Managing outsourced security services
- Coordinating the conduct of internal investigations
- Collating, analyzing and disseminating intelligence to enhance security in the Authority
- Coordinating weapon handling and armed security operations
- Supervising surveillance and access control operation teams in the Authority
- Supervising conduct of Security Risk Analysis (SRA) and surveys in the Authority
- Organizing provision of close protection and security escort services in the Authority
- Coordinating provision and dissemination of security updates and advisories in the Authority
- Supervising development and implementation of capacity building programs on security matters in the Authority
- Coordinating implementation of disaster management programs in the Authority
- Managing records in the department
- Coaching, mentoring, supervising and facilitating capacity development for staff under my purview
- Coordinating development and monitoring implementation of individual workplans for staff under my purview
- Undertaking all security background checks
- Developing internal and external reports in the department
- Collaborating with directorates and departments at the Authority for effective security services
- Developing periodic individual performance reports at the department
- Identifying risks and formulating mitigation measures
- Any other conferred duties as may be necessary in achieving the objectives of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority- Kenya
- Prevented unauthorized access to facilities by enforcing strict entry protocols and verifying identification.
- Reported suspicious activities and persons to law enforcement.
- Checked identification of persons entering and exiting facility to eliminate unauthorized visitors.
- Maintained a safe environment for employees and visitors through continuous risk assessment and threat analysis.
Principal Security Officer
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
10.2011 - 07.2024
- Company Overview: MTRH - Eldoret, Kenya
- Overseeing a reporting procedure that tracks security incidents for improving prevention mechanisms, as the Head of Department of Security Services at MTRH
- Managing all aspects of on-site security
- Overseeing the functions and reporting procedure of the institutionalized MTRH Police Patrol Base
- Developing of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for day to day operations, and periodically reviewing the Quality Work Procedure Manuals
- On-job training and refresher foot drills to Security Guard force
- Generating a security alert status system
- Attending and contributing to daily operational and routine security meetings
- Assessing and investigating all forms of threat that might lead to breach of security and safety and responding to situations with mitigating measures
- Carrying out the cyclic ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 Internal Information Security Management System audits
- Undertaking periodic fire drills, security sweeps, penetration tests, intruder detection and alarm response
- Providing regular briefs to both the Hospital Authority and liaising with the State security agencies on the prevailing dynamic security matters
- Advising the Hospital Management on the security requirement and developing sound security policies and procedures for approval
- Preparing the Annual Procurement Plan and Training Needs Analysis for the Security Services Department
- Determining the relative worth of the existing jobs, and identifying jobs to be evaluated and developing their job descriptions thereafter
- Drafting minutes, quarterly performance contract reports, manuals and formulating policy frameworks as the Secretary to the institutional Corruption Prevention Committee for Executive reviews and Board approvals for subsequent submission to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission of Kenya
- Any other conferred duties as may be necessary in achieving the objectives of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
- MTRH - Eldoret, Kenya
Chief Officer II (Inspector- Dog Master)
Kenya Prisons Service
09.2009 - 10.2011
- Treatment and rehabilitation of offenders
- Planning for security operations and intelligence network
- Detection of security threats by use of sniffer dogs, and carrying out Canine husbandry
- Training and capacity building to Prisons staff
- Project management and supervision of personnel
- Any other lawfully assigned duties as may be necessary in achieving the objectives of the Kenya Prisons Service
Prisons Warder (Constable- Instructor)
Kenya Prisons Service
08.2006 - 09.2009
- Paramilitary Course Instructor for physical/agility training and duties
- Class tutorials facilitation to Prisons recruit warders/constables and course men & women on Human Rights, Public Relations and Public Officer Ethics
- Surveillance on vital installations
Education
MBA - Strategic Management option
Kisii University
01.2016 - 10.2023
Higher Diploma - Security Intelligence and Forensic Management
Kenya Institute of Studies in Criminal Justice
01.2012 - 01.2014
BSc - Animal Production
Egerton University
01.1999 - 01.2005
KCSE - undefined
Got Rateng’ Mixed Secondary School
01.1994 - 01.1997
Skills
Initiative, diligent and result-oriented
Educationalbackground
KEBS, Kisumu, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Internal Information Security Management System Audit Course,
10/04/22 to 10/07/22, SGS Academy, Nairobi, ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems Internal Auditor Course, 10/12/20 to 10/14/20, KEBS, Kisumu, ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Lead Auditors Course, 06/11/18 to 06/17/18, EACC North Rift Region, Integrity Assurance Officers Training, 08/29/17 to 08/30/17, MTRH Eldoret, Grant Writing & Project Management Training, 07/07/17 to 07/08/17, Kisii University, Eldoret Campus, Research Methods & Methodology, 11/13/16 to 11/18/16, Lloyds Fire Equipment & Security Management, Naivasha, Advanced Fire Marshall, 07/22/16 to 07/23/16, KEBS, Eldoret, Internal Quality Auditor course for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, 03/14/16 to 03/18/16, Kenya School of Security Management, Nairobi, Corporate Security Management,
08/03/15 to 08/06/15, Kenya Chemical Society and Oak Ridge National Library, TN USA, Industrial Chemical Security, 10/20/14 to 11/14/14, Kenya School of Government- Lower Kabete, Senior Management Course no; 238/2014,
10/14/14 to 10/17/14, Kenya Radiation Protection Board and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nairobi, Design Basis Threat,
02/19/14 to 02/21/14, Indiana University Centre of Biometrics and Moi University Academic Research Ethics Partnership (AREP), Eldoret, Teaching Skills in International Health Research Ethics (TaSkR),
08/01/13 to 08/02/13, KCA University, Institute of Capacity Development-Nairobi, Fraud Awareness Prevention and Detection,
06/24/13 to 06/26/13, Kenya Institute of Management, Eldoret, Leadership and Performance Management,
07/18/12 to 07/20/12, KEBS, Eldoret, Internal Quality Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System,
03/16/12 to 05/07/12, Post Graduate Studies, Kisii University, Eldoret Campus,
2016 to date, MBA (Strategic Management option), Currently at Year 2 Semester 2, completing December 2023,
Professional Training, Kenya Institute of Studies in Criminal Justice,
2012-2014, Higher Diploma (Security Intelligence and Forensic Management),
Undergraduate, Egerton University,
1999-2005, BSc (Animal Production), 2nd Class Upper Division,
High School, Got Rateng’ Mixed Secondary School, 1994-1997, KCSE B plain
Professionalmemberships
- National Quality Institute, KEBS/NQI/No 0023, A body of quality practitioners entrenching a quality culture in the Kenyan society.
- Professional Criminologists Association of Kenya, PFIM 466/2021, A body promoting effective and efficient professional criminological services, of which I’ve been conferred a Registered Criminologist (R.Crim).
Personal Information
- ID Number: 21843411
- Date of Birth: 12/12/79
- Nationality: Kenyan
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Principal Security Officer
Independent Policing Oversight Authority
07.2024 - Current
MBA - Strategic Management option
Kisii University
01.2016 - 10.2023
Higher Diploma - Security Intelligence and Forensic Management
Kenya Institute of Studies in Criminal Justice
01.2012 - 01.2014
Principal Security Officer
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
10.2011 - 07.2024
Chief Officer II (Inspector- Dog Master)
Kenya Prisons Service
09.2009 - 10.2011
Prisons Warder (Constable- Instructor)
Kenya Prisons Service
08.2006 - 09.2009
BSc - Animal Production
Egerton University
01.1999 - 01.2005
KCSE - undefined
Got Rateng’ Mixed Secondary School
01.1994 - 01.1997
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