Dual Use Officer

The officer applies multilateral export control regimes, including the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual Use Goods and Technologies, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group for chemical and biological controls, and the Missile Technology Control Regime MTCR. They review detailed engineering performance metrics, evaluating whether a commercial five axis computer numerical control CNC machine tool, high speed digital oscilloscope, carbon fiber material, or advanced cryptographic software exceeds controlled technical specification thresholds specified on National Strategic Goods Control Lists.

While enterprise export compliance software screens product codes and entity names, strategic export control compliance is fraught with national security consequences and criminal liabilities. Hostile foreign actors utilize complex shell company networks, false commercial descriptions, and deceptive transshipment hubs to bypass export bans. The compliance officer conducts thorough end use and end user due diligence, examines military end use catch all regulations, prepares export license applications for submission to ministries of foreign affairs and defense, and audits overseas distributor facilities to verify that sensitive technologies remain securely under authorized commercial control.

The morning begins in the defense technology export control office reviewing an urgent sales inquiry involving the export of advanced multi channel digitizer boards to an overseas research laboratory. The officer compares the technical bandwidth, sampling rate, and bit resolution from the engineering specifications against category 3 of the Wassenaar Arrangement control list, determining that the hardware exceeds the control threshold and requires an individual export license. They run restricted entity screening on the purchasing institution, discovering red flags indicating potential affiliations with foreign military rocketry programs. In the afternoon, the officer interviews the sales director, enforces an immediate compliance hold on the transaction, drafts a formal licensing briefing for corporate legal counsel, and conducts an audit of server access logs to ensure that controlled engineering drawings were not improperly transferred electronically to unauthorized foreign nationals.

In the afternoon, you execute core deliverables, consult with cross functional colleagues, document operational outcomes, and ensure that all equipment and handover notes are fully updated before completing the shift.

A Dual Use Strategic Goods and Wassenaar Arrangement Licensing Compliance Officer screens, classifies, audits, and licenses international shipments of dual use advanced commercial technologies, industrial machinery, chemicals, and software that have potential applications in both civilian commerce and military weapon systems. Operating within aerospace and defense contractors, high technology semiconductor manufacturers, chemical process exporters, and national strategic trade regulatory directorates, the officer prevents unauthorized proliferation of strategic capabilities while enabling legitimate global trade.

Core responsibilities include classify high technology products against national strategic goods lists and the wassenaar arrangement dual use list., operational coordination, and ensuring strict adherence to Kenyan statutory frameworks and quality standards.

Key organizations hiring for this role include Kenya Revenue Authority KRA Customs and Border Control, East African Community EAC Directorate of Customs, Kenya Association of Manufacturers KAM, Bollore Transport and Logistics Kenya, alongside expanding opportunities in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and regional infrastructure projects.

Dual Use Officer Specialist, Senior Dual Use Officer, Dual Use Officer Lead, Dual Use Officer Consultant

While enterprise export compliance software screens product codes and entity names, strategic export control compliance is fraught with national security consequences and criminal liabilities. Hostile foreign actors utilize complex shell company networks, false commercial descriptions, and deceptive transshipment hubs to bypass export bans. The compliance officer conducts thorough end use and end user due diligence, examines military end use catch all regulations, prepares export license applications for submission to ministries of foreign affairs and defense, and audits overseas distributor facilities to verify that sensitive technologies remain securely under authorized commercial control. Employment opportunities concentrate across major industrial, commercial, and financial hubs including Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Eldoret, alongside specialized regional project sites.