Mount Kenya University Career Opportunities

Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Finance, Administration and Planning)

Career Opportunities

Introduction

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).

Vacancies

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:

1. Registrar – Academic Affairs

1 Post

The successful candidates will report to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs and will provide administrative
support to the university academic division.

Duties and Responsibilities

·         Coordination of all teaching activities which include preparation of curricula, regulations, University almanac, timetables, examinations, result slips, transcripts, certificates and graduation.

·         Formulation and provision of policy guidelines on planning, development and management of academic programmes.

·         Guiding Heads of Departments, Deans of Faculties, Directors of Schools or Institutes and principals of Academic centres and running of academic programmes.

·         Overseeing the administration of the students’ affairs which include admission, registration, orientation, student welfare, counseling, career guidance and discipline.

·         Coordination of student and staff research activities.

·         Planning and organizing public lectures, student attachments and university ceremonial functions.

·         Provision of secretariat to senate and its committees.

Qualifications:

·         Applicants must have a PhD degree

·         They must have worked in a senior position in a University

·         The ideal candidate should be conversant with the running of Academic Affairs in a University or an institution of higher learning.

·         In addition the candidate should be conversant with strategic management techniques.

2. Director – Internal Quality Assurance

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.

3. Academic Staff

Associate Professors, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers, and Assistant Lecturers in the following areas:

Programme: School of Health Sciences – Bachelor of Clinical Medicine

Area of Specialization:

·         Paediatrics

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