Director – Internal Quality Assurance at Mount Kenya University in Thika – Kenya Jobs and Vacancies
Mount Kenya University is a Chartered University operating as a non-profit making institution of higher learning in East Africa. The University has its main campus located in Thika Town. It has also established campuses in Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nkubu (Meru) and Kigali (Rwanda). Currently the University has seven (7) schools offering various Postgraduate, Bachelors, Diploma and Professional Certificate Courses. The University is a member of Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA).
In order to serve the growing number of students and to strengthen the academic programmes and in pursuance with our focus of being a centre of academic excellence, the University wishes to recruit qualified academic and administrative staff as follows:
DIRECTOR – INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE
Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Finance, Administration and Planning)
Mount Kenya University wishes to recruit director responsible for the Internal Quality Assurance. In-order to strengthen internal quality assurance mechanisms and the monitoring of quality of academic programmes offered in the university, he/she will be responsible for;
- Promoting and maintaining quality of the university programmes through planning, defining, encouraging, assessing and improving practice
- Ensuring continuous improvement in the entire operations of the University and ensure compliance with required standards of higher education training,
- Upholding and promoting quality assurance and learner assessment procedures
- Ensuring application of international best practices for human resource development. Work for the development of Internationalization and Institutionalization of quality enhancement policies and practices
- Formulating appropriate quality assurance policies ,practices and procedures for enforcing and monitoring performance against desired targets.
- Enhancing processes of academic quality assurance in the areas of Curriculum validation and review, Student learning, teaching and assessment, Staff development and appraisal ,Supervision of students, Evaluation of staff publications and Use of appropriate technology in service delivery
- Development and application of innovative practices in various programmes / activities leading to quality enhancement
Qualifications and Experience:
The successful candidates will report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs and shall be the head of internal
quality assurance and should have the following qualifications and experience:
- Be a Professor or Associate Professor with an earned Ph.D. or its equivalent from a recognized University or
- Senior Lecturer / holder of a Master’s Degree with at least Three (3) years of experience in senior, academic and management positions
- Familiarity of ISO Certifications, Kaizen will be an added advantage
- Leadership experience in a University environment
- Be of the highest ethical standards, integrity and professionalism.
Competitive remuneration and generous medical insurance cover will be offered to successful candidates in accordance with Mount Kenya University Terms and Conditions of Service.
A comprehensive Curriculum Vitae that contains details of daytime telephone number, the current remuneration , names, postal and e-mail addresses of three (3) referees and copies of academic and professional certificates should be submitted alongside the applications and be sent to:
The Human Resources Director
Mount Kenya University
P.O. Box 342 -01000, Thika
Email info@mku.ac.ke, hrm@mku.ac.ke
Submit two copies of your application not later than Monday, 6th June, 2011.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
For more details about Mount Kenya University visit the University website: www.mku.ac.ke
“MKU is an equal opportunity employer.”
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